Powerful distress from Tamela Mann asks in nearly fluent English “What is Christmas Without You?” Lots of answers to that question here.
Cute Aesthetics disco R+Bs “Snow Globe“–oddly enough about being without Mr. Melody. Then it starts skipping. And doesn’t stop. Now it’s weird.
One of my fave-o BLUE ALERT dumped songs is Landon Tewers’s “I Hope You Have A Shitty Christmas“. He hopes you’re eaten by a shark. And yes, there’s a last laugh. Rock.
Big Top Heartbreak overproduces “Christmas In The Asylum” so that simple punk explodes into unbalanced easy listening. Colorful characters. Heartbreaking story.
Liam Carlin & The Kegs get proper punk with “Christmas in the Madhouse“. Adult supervision recommended.
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, naturally, has “Away in a Madhouse” as a standard carol.
Santa in the sanitarium? The Therapy Sisters jump blues “Santa’s Got the Blues” with moxie. It’s not your fault, Nick.
Matt Roach applies social commentary to the shelter skelter of the holidays in “Christmas in the Nuthouse“. No jackets were straited in this rocker.
“Christmas in the Loony Bin” sounds as if it were recorded there. Daniel Johnston’s folk rager offers no solutions, only walls. Osaka Popstar‘s rocking cover makes more sense. Not that that’s a good thing. Faniel makes a funeral march out of it. Ye gods.
Arlen Rundvall opts for detailed storytelling with his “Christmas in the Psych Ward“. It’s indie punk grisly reality, wards and all.
Sophie Gault maintains she’s doing all right spending “Christmas In The Psych Ward“. Is it what’s true or is it what she wants? Country rocking the psyche.
Xmas promotes selfishness and greed, on a merit system purportedly, but still grabby and materialistic. So, look at me, everyone! I’ll tell you all about it!
“Dating a Narcissist at Christmas” is a parody on ‘Beginning to Look’ with some personal details given by Amber Kacherian. Bombastic rationalizations.
The Batman 2287 enters “It’s a Narcissistic Christmas” as a parody on ‘Holly Jolly’. Apparently this guy encounters no end of these selfish a-holes with big elbows.
“Christmas For A Narcissist” is punk pushiness from The Crackhouse Critters seeming to side with the self-obsessed. Privilege rules.
Since Me First is antithetical to the Christmas Spirit, ’tis The Satanic Temple who lampoons ‘Joy to the World’ with “Joy to Ourselves!” It’s all in selfish fun.
Why do you always gotta be the “Christmas Ham“? Make Like Monkeys want to know. Who ordered this center of attention? Retro rock (the good kind).
Battling the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross stages around the holidays finds little solace, and almost NO empathy. Stay in the spare bedroom with the guests’ coats, fer gudness sake.
“Christmas is a Grief Bomb” by Hetty White is a lively frolic through losing… well you pick. Your cat counts. Even Mother Mary saw cross beams in the manger. Christ’ll pick up the tab. (I’m babbling due to shock from listening to this.)
“Christmas Mourning” by Michael Allen Howard shouts out to loved ones in particular. But the chipmunking and kidsong melodies give one pause.
Salem Ilese takes a more morose method with her “Christmas Mourning“. New Age indie ethereality.
“Christmas Mourning” by Loser Company also draws out the notes in order to make this shabby indie into a dirge. Mission accomplished.
“Christmas Mourning” by Gavin Prophet advances to further stages as the garage pop goes rap then back. It’s a bit pissed.
Men and Mountains bestow “The Gift of Grief” with enough garage banging and caterwauling as to make a grown man cry.
The Crocodile Shop really rocks “December Mourning“, but not in a fully cathartic way. More of a party way.
The source of much television mirth, this crippling inability to function imprisons personality. Let’s have fun with that.
“OCD Christmas Elves” by Backbite is frothy pop AI that revels in delusion and insanity. Just some DSM catchphrasing.
“The OCD Of Christmas” by Malcolm Tent is ’12 Days’ about having to redo a gift endlessly, so inappropriate and annoying.
Pandemic blues elicited a “Socially Distanced Christmas” a condition when sung about by Matthew Jordan includes OCD. (‘Cuz bored…..) Showtune pop.
Just plain obsession evokes more perfumery than red flags, vis. “Obsessed with Christmas” AI folk pop by Bill Barlow.
More concerning:”A Christmas Obsession“, sinister AI orchestration from The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra (ft. Gloom Darkheart) follows a creeper.
Joe Roggi identifies as “The Christmas Lunatic” due to his obsessive behavior at the end of the year. Call it method celebration. Bluesy easy listening with rocking guitar riffs.
Bah & The Humbugs included a lovely solo number for Santa in that pirate musical I’ve mentioned before. “I’m Not Obsessed” is a real symphonic soul searcher for the elf.
AI with personality, “Obsessive Compulsive Christmas” by Shagrats Ltd plays hob with the condition AND light rock. Suffering for our entertainment.
Taking a step back, bipolarism (manic depression) may be a seasonal disorder in one form or another. Well, i can relate.
Grinch by day, Santa Claus by night, ProJudah plays bluesy pop “Bipolar Christmas” with a laff track. Seems willing to embrace it all.
Blaming schizophrenia, Katie R Dale stares you down with “The (Bipolar) Christmas Song“, a parody of that chestnuts number. Resignation here.
Atombuzz celebrates “Bipolar Christmas” with grunge and a reluctance to fully enjoy it. Bleak? Just use it for a career in the arts!
Roger John sails through his “Bipolar Christmas” with kickin’ parang. I keep waiting for the down parts. But dancing while i’m waiting.
Liquid Fluid Water comes to the rescue with the depressing “Bipolar Xmas“, a showtime of the bluesy jazz variety.
4 Aspirin Morning is floundering through their brass heavy blues “Bipolar Christmas“. It’s a hard climb back up.
Delta-9 dissolves into syhthed madness for “The Part Time Bi-Polar Elf…“. It’s carrib and EDM and rock and indecipherable. (Ask me tomorrow what i think of it. It’ll change.)
“It`s Not Christmas Everyday” is usually a lesson reminding you to be as good as you can be all the time. But in the chords of Bright Paper Werewolves, this trope takes on a sinister and random slant. Reminders to behave come with a raised hand warning. Rock into metal.
The Colors Turned Red rock “Back By Christmas” about returning to the city, provided it’s not too shitty. Provisions don’t suit the celebrations, but you do you.
“Lying in the Snow” with nowhere to go, Isaac Stancill also takes exception to your cliches. Rocking country oddness.
Johnny Setlist’s “Christmas Time is Here Again” does not bode well for any of us. It’s all crap, garbage, and stuff we hate. Lounge pop with an axe to grind.
The Original Cast of Naughty… but Nice! is sick of Xmas songs, so in “Naughty and Nice” they sing about their discontent. Wait– what? Showtune, sho’ nuff.
Arne Hansen & The Guitarspellers toast “Seasons Greetings to You All” out of both sides of their mouths. It’s hard to say (they say), but it is rocked.
A deranged family is enough to make Matthew McLaughlin feel disconnected from the “Holiday“. Plenty more beef in this peppy alt-pop, but it’s all unbalanced.
Radar & Satellite singa bout hope and joy in “Christmastime“, but their creepy vocals and thrashing metal backup make me uneasy. The parts about Santa knowing all your lies, or losing your spouse are not traditions in my domicile.
The loss of faith and friends is also not on my list of Xmas affirmations, but Lori McKenna makes a seven course out of her “Grateful“–an idea she aspires to rather than embraces. Folk.
Make Like Monkeys is my goto for fun holiday retro pop, but they have a dark side. “Christmas Doesn’t Last” is about drunken failing; “Isn’t It Christmas?” is existential angst; and “Hollow Holiday” is just mopey. Bummed now.
Valerie Warntz wants to “Shake Up Christmas” and she spins a tremulous tale of a boy and girl on opposites ends of the world wishing for love… but the folk pop song ends with no resolution. Well, crap.
The loss of Father Christmas sets off a “Cynical Christmas” for Wild Earp & The Free For Alls. Honky tonk blues that also gives up on Jesus. Look out.
“A Not so Merry Christmas” occurs when love is lost, so say The Boxmasters. Sashaying indie pop, bordering on 1956 RnR.
