I love Christmas tunes. Every year I listen to them pretty much the whole month of December. But damn, there are some shitty ones. Just this morning on the radio I heard Macy Gray singing 'This Christmas (Hang Up the Mistletoe)'. What is it that gives these people an excuse to put out a shitty song and think it's OK because it's Christmas? I blame those Keith Haring-painted CD's that came out in the 80's and 90's. The first one was OK, the Sting and U2 tunes on there were great, and of course Christmas in Hollis is a classic.
I love Christmas tunes. Every year I listen to them pretty much the whole month of December. But damn, there are some shitty ones. Just this morning on the radio I heard Macy Gray singing 'This Christmas (Hang Up the Mistletoe)'. What is it that gives these people an excuse to put out a shitty song and think it's OK because it's Christmas? I blame those Keith Haring-painted CD's that came out in the 80's and 90's. The first one was OK, the Sting and U2 tunes on there were great, and of course Christmas in Hollis is a classic.
This weekend I went up to my company's cabin near Flagstaff. There was snowmobiling and drinking and direct TV fun. Saturday night, the ladies wanted to go up to the lodge to pick up some supplies and hang at the bar a bit, so me and my buddy Adam ended up staying in the cabin and watching a freaking awesome show called Three Sheets.
This weekend I went up to my company's cabin near Flagstaff. There was snowmobiling and drinking and direct TV fun. Saturday night, the ladies wanted to go up to the lodge to pick up some supplies and hang at the bar a bit, so me and my buddy Adam ended up staying in the cabin and watching a freaking awesome show called Three Sheets.
I keep hearing 'Do They Know It's Christmas' on the radio. Damn that song is catchy. And it's fun too, which is really weird. I find myself toodling down the road, pointing my finger out the window singing 'Feeeeeed theeeee WOOOO---OOORLD!' like I'm a rockstar. Speaking of that, I like to try and figure out who is singing at what part. I know I could probably look that up online somewhere for the answers but it's so much more fun going ooh...I love this verse! Is that Big Country or Tears for Fears singing? Wait, I know this is Boy George...or maybe it's the guy from Depeche Mode?
I keep hearing 'Do They Know It's Christmas' on the radio. Damn that song is catchy. And it's fun too, which is really weird. I find myself toodling down the road, pointing my finger out the window singing 'Feeeeeed theeeee WOOOO---OOORLD!' like I'm a rockstar. Speaking of that, I like to try and figure out who is singing at what part. I know I could probably look that up online somewhere for the answers but it's so much more fun going ooh...I love this verse! Is that Big Country or Tears for Fears singing? Wait, I know this is Boy George...or maybe it's the guy from Depeche Mode?
This morning on my way to work I wondered how much brain memory is being used up just remembering the words to Christmas songs. I swear I know 90% of the words to every song they play on the Sirius christmas station. Even the shitty ones. I can sing 'Grandma got run over by a reindeer' from start to finish without any hints. That portion of my brain could have been used for memorizing the Magna Carta, or learning a new language, but no. 'Cousin Mel' lives there instead.
This morning on my way to work I wondered how much brain memory is being used up just remembering the words to Christmas songs. I swear I know 90% of the words to every song they play on the Sirius christmas station. Even the shitty ones. I can sing 'Grandma got run over by a reindeer' from start to finish without any hints. That portion of my brain could have been used for memorizing the Magna Carta, or learning a new language, but no. 'Cousin Mel' lives there instead.
