Roll On: Earl

Chieftain EARL in Anglo Saxon becomes British count. Lah dee dah.

EARL GREEN & Mathew Stegner address Earl and Mr. Green in the pornographic “My Christmas Stocking“. Guess what a guy like Earl keeps in there! Novelty through and through.

The odd home-grown Xmas musical ‘Welcome to Virginia’ takes time to mourn “My Precious Earl“, the father-to-be of the pregnant chick. Folk showtune.

The Moffat’s crash some Riders in the Sky TV show to sing “Earl the Christmas Squirrel“. What a nut.

As sequel (and ad) Ronald Yahr squeezes AI into the shape of “Earl the Squirrel’s Universal Christmas Adventure“. Pop, a little country. (Obsessing, he also has an AI pop love song “Christmas with Earl the Squirrel“.) [Seems the Orlando theme park was beset with a rooting rodent years ago and adopted his likeness because that’s what theme parks do.]

Ed Gowens chases down more livestock with “Earl the Red-Beaked Rooster“. For the most part, a comedy routine (more stereotype/less funny).

Earl and Cletus through the power of AI country find when “Santa’s Down in Tennessee“. David Toth josh us through bullying, kidnapping, and alcoholism.

Slidawg & the Redneck Ramblers follow Earl “Up on the Trailertop” hunting reindeer. Doesn’t end well for the bubba. Great fiddling, middling redneckery.

Cousin Earl is composing the nog in the hard-driven AI country “Christmas Eve Breakdown” attributed to Misfit Prophets. Chaos ensues.

Earl’s is good for a jamming session in the AI country banger “Christmas in a Chevy“. John T Ellis leads us to the conclusion, robots for hillbillies.

AI down home country from Rocketkat wishes you a “Merry Redneck Christmas“. Among Sue, Joe, and Earl only the latter seems responsible.

“Earl’s Christmas” ticks off all the hillbilly criteria: unemployed protagonist, overpopulated family (lotsa names), overly sentimental self reflection, trivial triumph. Brandon Fulson takes country seriously.

Roll On: Dude

Another nickname, for a male person. Etymologically from Yankee Doodle Dandy. But it’s a reference to a human being… so let’s find some novelty.

Beached Whale grumbles, “Dude It’s Christmas” under some alt-funk. Be cool.

“Hey Dude (Get Off of My Roof)” is parody fun from ’60s Invasion. worth a spin.

Chris Plansker mashes up many pops for “Dude, I Think She Santa“. Dubious.

Megan Lim is called out (as Dude) for her lite pop “Mandatory Christmas Song“.

The Mops screech out parody in “Nippy the Ice Dude” like they don’t care.

Jet Baker one-up the idea with “Dude the Stoner Snowman“. New indie tune.

In “A Maddeningly Merry Tune” Venomous Sin metal out how you are Dude.

2 Dudes and a NES knight everyone as Dude in “Dude Song“–for Christmas.

Roll On: Douglas

From Scottish Gaelic DOUGLAS has to do with dark water running past. Paints a picture.

Raffi’s “Douglas Mountain” is a place, not a person. Yet it’s covered in snow and bears and… awww. Kidsong.

Also not a person, “Douglas Fir” gets props for holding your balls for Xmas. Two Fingers of Firewater give us the deets with sax heavy indie.

For Joe Frye “Old Fashioned Christmas” requires one of those majestic conifers, freshly killed. Country lite.

“Christmas Night on Commonwealth” by The Night Hobs seconds that motion, with folk twisting into metal.

Last one for the fir. “We Got a Christmas Tree” set to ‘Family’ allows Santa’s Elves to name names. Fun.

“We’re Bringing Back Christmas” is Ryan Reynolds from that Netflix musical no one liked. While pitching live trees, he takes the time to diss neighbor Doug. Deplorable guy uses fake.

Back to “Doug 2020“. Lumpp stuffs bad edit comedy down our stocking in honor of something to do with the holidays.

Sequel Rights went to the trouble to AI a musical number based on that Paul Rudd/Jack Black odd ‘Anaconda’ remake. But it’s Xmas.. i mean “It’s Snakemas!” Characters Doug and Griff and Claire and Kenny are all named.

Worse country AI: “Heartfelt Hands” supposedly by Maeggieos–just a guy in an untended junky yard with dogs. Then Santa falls off the roof. Why?!

Aunt Molly,. Uncle Ted, and Cousin Doug are the reasons “Friends Are Welcome but Relatives by Appointment Only“, a Reed Simonsen AI country show tune that reaches for the roof.

Disgustingly prurient, The Dicamillo Sisters describe what they are going to do to your butthole, as well as fielding the question “But Why’s It So Cold?“, and admitting to Douglas I’m the Christmas Bandit!

Santa is Real isn’t kind as nasty with “Aryn and Doug (A Sexual Christmas Miracle)“, a power-indie about penetration.

“Doug’s Bells” by Look at Doug is a poor excuse to repeat this name. The outro, however, is outré.

Doug and the Angry Elves brings big band swing (via AI) to begin “The Christmas Rumble“. They supply evidence they participated (Santa still flinches when he sees Doug). Fun adjacent.

Snook’s frequent coconspirator, Dougie, gets into a drunken fit of pique over the holidays for a “Violent Night“. He sleeps it off in the jug. Then… consequences.

“Too Much Eggnog” is a problem for Chris Commisso (feat. Rey BB) code switching betwixt R+B and rap. Classy stuff, until she admits she’s cheating on you with your best friend Doug. Oh, and all the puking on the lawn.

“Doug’s Greatest Christmas Ever” by Seattle’s harmonious indies Uncle Bonsai reveals the hero who will save the office over Christmas. The reason why it’s Doug might surprise you.

Roll On: Dorothy

DOROTHY, Dorothea, Theodora, Dottie, and Dot are all gifts of God. Pretty generous.

Dear regale “Dorothy” with carnival wooing. Or hating. Xmas is in there, too. Somewhere.

The Wiggles work Dorothy the dinosaur into many of their kidsongs, introduced with “Dorothy’s Christmas Roses“, a swing pop giggle fest. Also there’s “Christmas Ballet“, stuttered to classical musicality. And “Dorothy’s Special Christmas Cake“, pop rock about fruitcake. [This opens them to parody, so watch out for The Dorothys with such BLUE ALERT numbers as “Dorothy, the Red-Nosed Dorothy” and “Unto Us, This Dorothy Night“.]

Artificially Infectious reggaes a tribute to “Dot” who arrived during the holidays. Real name is Shelby, but oh well.

The Venn diagram of names and words can baffle a blogger, but i call cool with the disco “I Can’t Even (All Dot the Dot Time)” by The New Carpenters.

Roll On: Donovan

A family from County Cork became so well liked that DONOVAN became a boys’ name for other fams. It had something to do with size and hair color.

Ace Cantrell raps to his mother about how much he appreciates her and brags about her grandkids Donovan and Haley. BUT, “I Don’t Think (I’m Coming Home For Christmas)” is the main thing–so, hope you kept the receipt.

A holiday single hit in the UK 1965, “Merry Gentle Pops” by The Barron Knights reads like morning FM drive time comedy from forty years ago. Donovan is only the first pop star mocked in carol form. This is a time capsule of novelty supreme.

Roll On: Donna

DONNA‘s in charge. The Domina of Ancient Rome; the Donna of Modern Rome; the Dona of Barcelona.

[A few songsmiths mispronounce Donner the reindeer. They get no space here.]

“The Twelve Days of Donna” by MK and the Sloppy Sons seems musical. But it’s still the same old same old. Their sass might be explained in “Does Donna Hear What I Hear?” Seems she might be a music instructor from their past. Sick burn from years later!

The “Unaccompanied Gardener” stuck in an airport around the holidays is named Donna, but prefers Courtney, or so Love Note to Dexter sings in indie mismatched harmony. (What’s Lewis Black doing there?!)