Speaking Of Awesome Christmas Songs

December 8th, 2008 // 2 Comments

Those of you who (like me) love Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and rollicking piano parts would do well to download My Teenage Stride’s “Is It Christmas Time Already?,” which adds a Wall Of Sound sheen to their shambolic energy. If there’s any justice in the world this will get played at least once on my local Lite station’s holiday-music shuffle. (Yes, I’m totally comfortable saying that even though I know how that isn’t the way the world works at all. It’s that good.) [17 dots]


  1. Anonymous

    Good music – shite vocals.

  2. ObtuseIntolerant

    @owenmeany: I didn’t mind the vocals at all…wish I could have heard them better in the mix.

    In an effort to keep myself consistent and predictable around the hallowed halls of Idolator, this is still my favorite non-classic (a category in which I include anything that appeared on Very Special Christmas albums) Christmas tune:

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