What’s the deal with famous musicians and Christmas songs this year? I guess it wasn’t enough that Bad Religion had released an entire album of punk-rock Christmas songs, people wanted more of this? There’s no way I am going to listen to this Bad Religion release, it sounds too much like an old joke, anti-Christians singing Christian folklore… But may be this is what gave some bad ideas to all these other rock stars.
Bad idea like this one: Megadeth and Jenny Lewis teaming up for ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’! Talk about some Christmas oddity! I thought that Dave Mustaine was the most unwanted guy of show business after his repeated rants going all over the homophobic, racist, sexist right-wing spectrum! But instead, he gets to sing with indie darling Jenny Lewis in a fake infomercial about a Megadeth Christmas song cover album? Sure, she looks terrorized by the whole experience but isn’t this supposed to be a joke? Meaning that they are friends in real life? I am so confused….
Then, there is this Funny or Die video, an episode of ‘Between Two ferns’ with Zach Galifianakis, featuring Tobey Maguire, Samuel L Jackson and Arcade Fire giving us a very odd version ‘Little Drummer Boy’. I like everyone in the video, and I don’t find anything funny about the whole five minutes of it. It is supposed to be awkward and goofy, but honestly I could have lived without Régine’s out-of-tune high-pitched shriek and Win’s bored cigarette. Are they trying very hard to be funny? I know, it’s supposed to be hilarious…
At last, this one is a bit different because there is absolutely no goofing around but pure beauty this time: Cat Power just covered the ultra classic song ‘Have A Merry Little Christmas’, and you know what? She managed to reinvent the song, it’s beautiful, chilling, and she sings with a voice to give you lumps in the throat, and I hate Christmas songs! The only problem is that it is an Apple’s TV commercial for Christmas. Sure it’s discreet, you see the Apple logo only once, at the end of the ad, but the entire family reunion movie looks like the perfect tearjerker manipulating our feelings just to make us buy more Apple products!
Anyway watch the three videos below at your own risk!
