Everett Koop generation, if I were trying to put the moves on a woman and she lit up a cigarette, that would totally kill the mood. Do you think anyone would write a song like that these days? Not only do we have implied date rape (“Say, what’s in this drink?”), but what girl nowadays would use their family being upset as a reason why they couldn’t stay with some guy? Would anyone today who wasn’t a hardcore religious prude care what the neighbors would think? Also, as part of the C.
Besides, at least they wrote a whole new set of lyrics! But Pachebel’s Canon with kids singing “Merry Christmas” over and over on top of it? That’s just freaking lazy.īaby, It’s Cold Outside – Okay, I’m actually not tired of this one, despite its being constantly played, but I still wanted to comment on it because it’s so bizarre (which I suppose is part of why I’m not tired of it). It’s like, “I know Christmas is going to suck, but try to squeeze a little bit of enjoyment out of it, okay?”, which I guess was the original intention, but I got the impression Sinatra was unsuccessfully trying to avoid that message.Ĭhristmas Canon – I’ve complained about how the writers of “What Child Is This?” couldn’t be bothered to come up with their own tune, but my tongue was pretty firmly lodged in my cheek at the time. I mean, you’d be disappointed if someone told you they were taking you on vacation to Italy and they took you to Little Italy instead, right? I think it’s much the same way as if you’re expecting Christmas and get Little Christmas instead. Then there’s the “little,” as if to say it’s not a full-fledged holiday. Despite the later mention of faithful friends gathering near, the “yourself” kind of makes it sound like you’re spending Christmas alone. Part of it is the tone of the music (I’m really clueless when it comes to musical terms, but would it be accurate to say it’s in a minor key?), but also just look at the title. The thing is, even with those twice-altered lyrics, it’s still depressing. Then Frank Sinatra recorded a version with the lyrics even further altered to be less depressing, and it’s that version that gets covered and played most often. Louis was deemed too depressing, so it was rewritten to be slightly less so.
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The way the song was originally written for the movie Meet Me in St. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – It’s probably worth reading the Wikipedia entry on this song, because it’s short but quite interesting. Now, however, it seems like every half hour I’m hearing some chick (usually Madonna can’t they at least play the Eartha Kitt version?) ask for the deed to a platinum mine. Santa Baby – I don’t remember hearing this all that much in my formative years, so for a little while it was kind of an interesting novelty. Merry Christmas Eve! I’m getting into the spirit with this post, which is all about Christmas music.ĬHRISTMAS SONGS I’VE HEARD WAY TOO MUCH RECENTLY:
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