Category: music
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Fun fact: there is no children’s choir on the track at all. In fact, every sound heard on the song was performed by McCartney himself.
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I wanted to kill two birds—two turtle doves, perhaps—with one stone today. Metaphorically speaking. None of our avian friends were harmed in the making of this blog post.
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I’m not going to apologize for this. I love the Jingle Cats unashamedly. Nor will I post a second video to make up for the fact that this is really a novelty song.
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However you spell the name of the Jewish holiday, it gives me an excuse to post Neil Diamond’s cover of the song Adam Sandler wrote about it.
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Lady Gaga has impressed me with plenty of her other songs, and I would go far as to describe her as a pop genius. Surely, “Christmas Tree” deserves another listen?
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Apparently today is National Ding-A-Ling Day, and also the Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts of Taboo Day. Both of those things bring Chuck Berry to mind.
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I feel like some of my selections thus far might be somewhat alienating to people whose taste in holiday music is rooted in the classics. And when I say “the classics”, I of course refer to songs written in the mid 20th century.
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December 9 is officially Christmas Card Day. And while that sounds like an observance fabricated by Hallmark to move more product, it would have provided me with the perfect excuse to post this video. Well, I’m a day late.
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There are actually some pretty great indie-rock Christmas tunes, but unfortunately most of them don’t have videos. Thank goodness for the Raveonettes.
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It’s Christmastime! In Hollis, Queens! Mom something something something collard greens!
John Lucas 