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Christmas Song

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It’s a COVID Christmas song!

December 25, 2020December 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments cAbiners, Christmas Song, COVID-19

They say you should write about what you know. The cAbiners have done just that with this Christmas song.

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Arkells release a music video for their holiday song “Pub Crawl”

December 11, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arkells, Christmas Song

Arkells have become one of the most prolific Canadian bands of the last decade. They’re always writing, recording, and releasing

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Music News 

What’s the most popular Christmas song of the modern era? You’re not going to like this.

December 4, 2019August 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Christmas Song, George Michael, Mariah Carey

According to research by Viberate, there are more than one million Christmas songs in the wild. I believe it, too,

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Unusual Christmas Song, Take 4: Lord Buckethead and “A Bucketful of Happiness”

December 22, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Song, Lord Buckethead

If you follow UK politics, you might remember Lord Buckethead, a one-time candidate for Prime Minister. He says that his

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Just in Time for Christmas, Green Day Releases a Holiday Song

December 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Song, Green Day

Green Day has been around for more than a quarter century without releasing an original Christmas song [citation needed]. They’ve

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The Darkness Has a Christmas Song: “I AM SANTA”

November 22, 2015November 21, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Song, Darkness, Last of Our Kind

The Darkness–who, by the way, released an excellent album entitled Last of Our Kind, one of my favourite hard-rockin’ records

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20 Songs Written by the Most Unexpected People

December 25, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Celine Dion, Christmas Song, Dee Snyder, Songwriters

A porn song that ended up in Sesame Street? Jingles by Barry Manilow? And Brian Eno did what for Microsoft?

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Music News 

Yes, The Killers Have a New Christmas Song This Year

December 13, 2014December 13, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2014, Christmas Song, Jimmy Kimmel, Killers

Every year, The Killers pump out a new Christmas single. Their 2014 model–maintaining a streak that began in 2006–features Jimmy

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A David Lee Roth Christmas Song? Okay…

December 11, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Song, David Lee Roth, Van Halen

Welcome to The Roth Show. (Via Hennemusic)

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Steel Panther’s 2014 Christmas Song Is…Well…Um… [NSFW-ish]

December 9, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Song, Parody, Steel Panther

Steel Panther is the LA hair metal band for whom 1987 never ended. They’d like everyone to know that they’re

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