Yeah hear me out on this… Boots absolutely adores this holiday classic covered by Ms. Gibson from the 1992 A Very Special Christmas 2. And I wanted to score some Brownie Points with my better half so I’m including it my esteemed list. And I know what you’re thinking: how on EARTH are the words “Debbie…
An exchange from the 1994 movie Airheads: [Chazz and Rex are testing Chris] Chazz: Who’d win in a wrestling match: Lemmy or God? Chris Moore: Lemmy. [Rex imitates a game show buzzer] Chris Moore: … God? Rex: Wrong, dickhead, trick question. Lemmy *IS* God. Well now who can argue with that? Truth be told, there were…
OK bear with me on this one… Pete Townshend’s classic 1980 hit Let My Love Open The Door is not, strictly speaking, a “holiday song” by any imagination. It is, however, a deeply spiritual and extremely uplifting one. Ostensibly a love song, this Top 10 hit from his Empty Glass solo album is indeed about love, but not romantic…
Hi and welcome back for another year of festive holiday musical happy-time! No big hurrah here, no major write-ups, I thought I’d jump right into this year’s selections with an instrumental piece from legendary prog-rock band Jethro Tull. Their 2003 release Jethro Tull Christmas Album is one of my favorite seasonal listens. It’s equal parts Pagan…
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Another MTV Holiday classic. Literally. Filmed right on their set, with most of the original VJs, back in the halcyon days of the fledgling cable network. Back when Nina Blackwood was the object of every guy’s young lustful urges, but we all really had huge crushes on Martha Quinn. She was the ultimate girl next…
There are entirely too many versions of Jingle Bell Rock out there, but this one is my all-time favorite. I bar no holds when I proudly proclaim my total enjoyment of all things Hall & Oates — Abandoned Luncheonette is one of those great 70s albums that doesn’t get enough acknowledgment — and the bouncy…
Strictly speaking, “Bears” — a 1984 prog/rock/metal single from Zebra — is not a holiday song, per se and such as. However, it is entirely evocative of that whole winter holiday feel, complete with xylophone chimes, strings, choirs, etc… plus it’s about freakin’ hibernating BEARS man! By a band called Zebra! Yeah I don’t know…
I know many of you are shocked…SHOCKED!!!…that I would include a Kinks song in a list of my favorite musical anything. If I were rattling down my list of Top Swahili Yodeling Rodeo Songs, I’m fairly certain I’d find a way to squeeze Ray Davies & Co. in there somehow. Mea maxima culpa. Still though,…
OK let’s get silly for a moment here and discuss Hebraic Yuletide Alienation. Or not. This one is a seasonal favorite for me, only because I love belting it out at karaoke every December and there’s not a dry seat in the house afterward. Plus it reminds me of the salad days of the late…