Yes, the season is again upon us. My favorite part of the holiday season is the music. Unfortunately, it's also my least favorite part. I love turning on the radio to hear a great arrangement of a Christmas tune.
But then- the next song is something atrocious, like the one I heard last night- "The hat I got for Christmas is too big". I just sat there, staring incredulously at the radio speakers, wishing so hard to make it end, but also too much in shock to actually reach for the power button. Some guy with a horribly fake Mexican accent was lamenting the fact that Santa had brought him the wrong size sombrero. Excuse me while I gag. It's bad enough that Grandma got run over by a reindeer, but now this?!
Basically, when it comes to real Christmas music, I have two rules:
1. Do it right. Traditional songs, in a relatively traditional manner, preferably the original. Don't just be another voice doing the same song the same way with some generic background music and a few soulful riffs. I'll undoubtedly compare to the original, and you'll fail miserably.
OR
2. Do it completely differently. Make it so unique that I recognize the song, recognize its link to the season, but it has its own character. For example: Mannheim Steamroller and/or Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Pretty much anything by Andy Williams. Winter Wonderland done by Avalon. Let It Snow done by Gloria Estefan. Or (going out on a limb here) Deck the Halls done by She-Daisy. Most of the music we did for our Christmas show a couple years ago. Good stuff!
I'm sick of mediocre music, or ridiculous music like the sombrero song. Next to rampant commercialism, it's what disgusts me about Christmas.
I guess I'm just Picky.
But it felt good to rant, just a little bit. Now, I'm off to listen to my carefully-selected playlist of holiday music :)
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