MC Lars (Featuring Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup) puts on a progressive show “I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas” including, among other sustainable joys, three million soy beans. Pop opting.
Christmas Countdown: 60,000,000
Addison takes us through the elementary school song “Sixty Million Snowflakes.” She’s precocious, if not patient with our ability to learn the song.
Christmas Countdown: 65,000,000
Finally! A true Christmas novelty number! The Benefit posit What If– God sent his only child to save Earth when the apex species was dinosaur? Jaunty folk rock with speechification (rather than singing). “T-Rexmas (A Nativity Story 65 Million Years in the Making).” Fun!
Christmas Countdown: 80,000,000
Gabe Cornell likewise bypasses the whole explicit Xmas mention. “Millions” is a slow, melodic rap detailing how much money he’s got. And if you don’t like it, you can kill yourself. He counts it out to eight. Times ten. Isn’t that the true meaning of Christmas? (It IS on a holiday-is album.)
Christmas Countdown: 100,000,000
The Brothers Footmen sing about belief and faith in “Million Reasons.” This could be some love song, ‘cuz a ‘baby’ is invoked. But the hundred million reasons to doubt will be washed away by one good reason. Sounds like a Christianity thing, t’me. Xmas album with this rando soul song.
B2K mentions the hundred-million-dolla G4 among the swag “Santa Hooked Me Up” with. Rap with range.
Christmas Countdown: 1,000,000,000
Willivision and Mindy Lloyd sing the blues for the “Billionaire Christmas.” How do they do it (the billionaires)?
The Help reveal “All I Want for Christmas is a Billion Dollar No-Bid Contract.” But after this garage rock, the blues.
“One Billion Years of Christmas” from Myles Anderson takes us on a study of–wait for it–Scientology. This is some reference to the billion-year contract signed at certain levels of attainment. So, it’s not just Xmas, it’s the big picture. Tootling show tune.
Christmas Countdown: 6,000,000,000
Derek A. Dempsey’s wacky metaphors may have graced the blog before, but his country cum hipster coffee house poetry matters, dammit! “Six Billion Lights (On the World’s Biggest Christmas Tree)” may have undercounted the world’s population for better syncopation, or, as i believe, has left out the pagans.
Christmas Countdown: 7,000,000,000
Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, and Pete Morton get hyperbolic about YOU, ya weirdo. “Seven Billion Eccentrics” mentions Xmas, but mostly picks on how unique you are as an individual. After much friendly country folk joshing, they decide you’re the best. Shucks.
Christmas Countdown: 12,000,000,000
Hans Somme sashays through anti-capitalism bouncy pop with “Christmas Market.” (Or is it German??) Twelve billion reasons to be mad, 68 million people who’ve been had. It counts.
Christmas Countdown: uncountable
Some numbers are beyond conceivable, like in “A Grinch’s Dream.” The Yev narrate this folk-pop plaintive to Santa about the eight million billion (or whatever) recipients Santa is expected to reach. But, who’s counting?
While we’re getting weird, let’s drop in a musical thing of questionable Christmas-osity… Skippa Jones and “Million Billion Trillion.” Puts me in a celebratory mood for all that warbling pop-music random ping ponging.