Teen Advisory Group Holiday Music Round-up

Give it to me, Baby by Rick James from The Definitive Collection

Michela – this isn’t Christmassy at all
Mai – But I picture Rum & Eggnog and a topless guy in santa pants with suspenders. Or else all the Whos in Whoville going crazy at a Christmas party. All the cougar Whos hanging with the 20 year old Whos dancing like on Soul Train
Ashley – Is this actually Christmas music? [the answer is no]
Sam – thumbs up!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Jingle Cats from Here Comes Santa Claws

Ashley – this sounds like baby music
Michela – I could see drunk and stoned people laughing at this – or immature teenagers
Celina – Stop it
Zach – I like the trombone
Michela – it sounds like it could be something from an elementary school recital
Celina – Make it stop…

Must be Santa by Bob Dylan from Christmas in the Heart

Mai – Sounds like something you would hear played in a grade 3 classroom
Michela – it’s a classic Christmas song that’s trying too hard to be upbeat
Zach – I feel like I’m in Grade 5
Mai – it’s a kids’ song
Michela – it’s an annoying cover of a classic Christmas song
Zach – the musicians are trying to be hipsters
Baharak – What is the age range of hipsters?
General discussion about hipsters ensues
Randy – Do you guys know who this is? It’s Bob Dylan.
Mai – That was Bob Dylan? Shoot me.

I Know You Want Me by Pitbull from Rebelution

Michela – Sounds like Christmas in Mexico
Mai – or an iPod commercial
Ashley – it’s a braindead song – I hate it.
Michela – it would be good for a Christmas party where people are dancing on tables and smashing things.

Christmas Morning the Rum Had me Yawning by Lord Beginner from Where Will You Be Christmas Day
Zach – no teenager would like this
Michela – This sounds like something from a Nazi occupation era Christmas party in the 1940s, with all the bachelors together drinking their hearts out – a lonely Christmas song.
Sam – this would be good for after Christmas dinner when everyone’s in a stupor
Celina – It makes me think of a bunch of milkmaids dancing around a maypole
Michela – but with dark undertones…

Du Hast by Rammstein from The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture

Mai – uh, not Christmassy
Everyone falls silent

YMCA the Village People from Village People

Everyone starts dancing and singing along
Michela – Classic party song!

Christmastime is Here by Vince Guaraldi from A Charlie Brown Christmas

Michela – this is Christmas
Zach – This sounds like one man alone in the only bar open on Christmas day
Ashley – But it’s Charlie Brown
Mai – It’s beautiful
Michela – this is music for decorating the tree
Mai – it makes me think of fake snow sprayed in a window. Sweet and happy
Zach – no. It sounds like a European Film Noir with someone alone.
Sam – I like it
Zach – Stop right now. It’s a lonely song.
Ashley – It’s a classic Christmas song

River by Joni Mitchell from Blue

Zach – Joni Mitchell is always so depressing
Mai – it reminds me of Love, Actually
All – that was the best movie ever!
Zach – Alan Rickman is the greatest
Mai & Zach – Alan Rickman has the sexiest voice
Much discussion of Alan Rickman ensues
Sam – That was good, I liked it.

The Fall of Mr. Fifths by Why? from Alopecia
Ashley – it’s kind of random
Zach – no it’s a Christmas song
Ashley – seriously?
Zach – listen! There’s a line about Christmas.

Night and Day by Ella Fitzgerald from Ella Fitzgerald
Mai – this is great
Sam – this is great
All – This is beautiful
Zach – You know who’s great – Billie Holiday. Yeah, but sad.
Randy – Wanna hear something else?
Zach – No, this is good.