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So far today, the tally of Run Run Rudolphs and other overplayed/underliked Christmas songs is pretty low, but that's because I've only been listening to Christmas music for about 30 minutes now. During that time, I've heard one Run, Run Rudolph and one Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, plus a Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.
Why the reliance on standards and the three main Christmas rock songs, I keep wondering, when other songs do just as good at exemplifying how we'd like our holidays to go, and how they actually go. Other songs like today's song, The Best Indie Rocker Christmas Song That Is Not An Old Standard, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' "Jingle Bell Rock" or "Run Run Rudolph," which, despite being an indie rocker song, manages to capture both the Christmas-we-want and the Christmas-We-Get:
It's "Everything Is Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" by Eels:
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Hey, that's every bit as valid as all that symbolism junk they taught you about poems in 9th grade English class.
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That's not Eels playing the drums, by the way. That's somebody named "Phil McKenna," and he really kicks butt on the drums, doesn't he? Phil's earned himself the second nomination today: The Best Drummer on The Best Indie Rocker Christmas Song That Is Not An Old Standard, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' "Jingle Bell Rock" or "Run Run Rudolph"
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Prior Songs:
The Best Jazzy Hepcat Swinging Christmas Song That Is Not An Old Standard, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree', "Jingle Bell Rock," or "Run Run Rudolph."
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