Year-round Yuletide oddities
Dolly and Kenny two-step a pop country “Christmas to Remember.” Ski lodges, cuddling, and hitting the slopes frame some great romance of soulless syncopation.
Joe Paradiso’s “Back to the Ski Lodge” bends to SciFi more than ski-fi with its wobbly electronica. Druggy.
Pagan Holiday’s “Skiing” is a garage rock list of good/bads out of life. Just headband along.
Wondermints has got a “Ski Party” for you. Surf rock (natch) makes your sock hop into merino leggings hop. Fun!
Nessa’s Playhouse returns us to the children’s music category with the fast-paced “Christmas Miracle.” No miracles were created during these lyrics, just eating, singing, and skiing.
Angry electronica from m0rxx creates a fierce, competitive “Skiing” environ. Go faster or get outta the way.
Sledding gets a nod in “Merry & Bright” by Benton Stokes. But the house is done up like a Smoky Mountain lodge, so we’ll loop this into a wintertime sports catchall. Easy Listening for the old’uns.
“Dancing with the Mountains” is John Denver’s disco metaphor for skiing. Oh no! (Right?) C’mon, try it!
“Skiing in Hell” brought to you by HOGI is more whimsical than most of the electronic instrumentals offered so far. Good enough for me.
JunyTony drops “Snowman Family” as a get-up-and-move kids’ exercise number. They include skiing as a family groove. Just a touch of calypso seals the kidsong deal.
The Bunny Slope is for toddlers. CoComelon pushes the xylophone for the instructional kidsong “Ski Song.” Send the adults to bed to play this one.
The Micronaut uses some countdown electronics to take us “Skiing.” Occasional leaps make it frosty.
AVH Muzak introduces us to the philosophy of “Skiing” via spoken word and EDM. Everybody get down tonight.
Rosroc is snowbound at the lodge in “Not Making It Home (for the Holidays).” This R+B with rap interludes isn’t complaining, or even working it out so much–what with cuddling by the tree and hoping to smoke with Santa.
CT arpeggios electronic “Skiing” with an eye for the woodsy slaloming. Zwoosh.
Zac Hurell chants in recognizable English about flirting in the cold, while children outside sled and ski. “This Christmas May Not be the One” doesn’t elevate the player as much as weird us all out.
Cross country gets a turn in the urgent folk of DJ Boring’s “Lean House Skiing.” Rhythmic. As it should be.
Geoff Lea’s “Geoff Skiing” is a thrasher of a rock instrumental. Fast, out of control, fiery.
“Skiing is My Religion” does invoke mythical figures and power, but Geoff Samuels uses snazzy prog rock more to mock than to poeticize downhill thunder.
Barbary Coast Pirates set the beach party on the slopes with “Apres Ski A-Go-Go.” This jitterbug of a rock dance number will not stop.
By turns glad, sad, and mad “Skiing Down A Hill Of Dead Fishies” by golden diskó ship creates a club world of snowy hell. Pop mash up.
Childish instrumentals from Soniq Theater create a roller coaster mood in “Alpine Skiing.” Cool beans.
I DO understand the metaphorical nature of skiing, what with all the drug connections to cocaine… Coyote Rumors takes “Skiing Down” into the sexual arena. Without getting blue, he’s sorry–i guess. Mopey pop.
Can you handle the sexy stuff? “Alpine Skiing” is the punk-ish rock dance instruction from Pansy Division. It starts with a pole in each hand…
“Slope Bunnies & Skiing Down Cool’s Mountain” from The Ultimate Rush by DJ Rockstar Pussy is mangled media with a garage edge. There extra-large is the message.
Instrumental meowing from Good Neighbor, “Ski Lodge” feels like electronic snowfall and waiting.
Monique Clare sings about pain in her violin-oso “Downhill Skiing.” Experimental classical. Nice.
Victims Athletic are a bit snarky with their angry hard rocker “Ski Lodge.” To each his bone.
Wingless Mountain builds suspense with a mean tempo in “Ski Lodge.” Electronic instrumental.
Dance music from Maitro builds us a disco “Aspen Ski Lodge.” Cartoon characters only.
Connie Francis kitsches up “I’m Gonna be Warm this Winter.” This 1959 ur-rock pop starts out in a ski lodge. Then… love. Kylie Minogue copies this for no good reason.
“Ski with Slope” is Wyegee messing with us emotionally. You know that thing where music reaches in and pulls out your still beating heart, dances with it, then puts it back in, and brushes you off. A bit like that. Electronica.
Beatgum brings us more traditional rock (finally) with the trembly “Hot Skiing.” Desire and appreciation without much mountaineering. But… rock.
