“you better watch out” really does sound less like festive cheer and more like a threat from someone who’s one carol away from losing it.
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Of course I put my #millennialchristmas list in a Spotify playlist for you. Have a wonderful holiday! open.spotify.com/playlist/1WT...
I end my #millennialchristmas song list where I began, with a #1 “Christmas in L.A.,” this time by fusion-funk combo Vulfpeck. Powered by Joe Dart’s booming bassline and singer Theo Katzman’s graceful drums, “Christmas in L.A.” is the holiday joy bomb we all need. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5K3...
Which ‘60s act made the best music this century? It’s The Monkees, who did my #2 #millennialchristmas song with an Adam Schlesinger-penned “House of Broken Gingerbread.” It’s a perfect Monkees song on a perfect Monkees Christmas LP. RIP nearly everyone on this banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkOl...
Given that she grew up on a Christmas Tree Farm, It won’t surprise you that Taylor Swift gets my #3 #millennialchristmas song. From the musical event of the century, Folklore/Evermore, Swift makes Christmas the villain in “’Tis the Damn Season.” Write this down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuvh...
My #4 #millennialchristmas song is “Presents Without a Bow” by Kacey Musgraves and Leon Bridges. Musgraves dropped the century’s best Christmas LP, then followed it up with a hysterical star-studded holiday special watchable on Amazon, including this delight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZV...
The last time I made this list in 2010, my current #5 #millennialchristmas song topped it. “Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)” is Harvey Danger’s love letter to Seattle, wrenched through the vision of a Guild 45th employee stuck behind the counter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3og...
My #6 #millennialchristmas song is a whole EP, “Fruitcake” by Sabrina Carpenter. There’s a sexed-up holiday “Nonsense” remake and the brilliant torch song “Cindy Lou Who.” The one that gets me is the funktastic “Is It New Year’s Yet” but everything here is top-shelf. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWv...
My #7 #millennialchristmas song is “Chiron Beta Prime” by Jonathan Coulton. Every family needs Christmas cheer, especially those trapped on prison asteroids. We’ll be playing this on every planet our robot overlords colonize. Did I say overlords? I meant protectors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4um...
At #8 on my #millennialchristmas song list is “Not Another Christmas Song” by Blink-182. Now this is all cynicism, right down to the elvish murder spree. It’s darn funny and has a dynamite hook. Darn if Blink didn’t make another great Christmas song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e41G...
My #9 #millennialchristmas song is “White Wine in the Sun” by Tim Minchin. Don’t atheists deserve a great Christmas song too? Minchin suckers you in with wordplay and justifiable cynicism, then ends up grabbing your heart and bringing a tear to your eye. So good.
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My #10 #millennialchristmas song: “Christmas in L.A.” by the Killers & Dawes. The Killers really get into Christmas, putting out a charity song each Yule. This one, soaked in Warren Zevon allusions with Owen Wilson and Harry Dean Stanton, is the best of a great bunch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=938G...
But first, the honorable mention: Kristen Bell’s “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” It would top any #millennialchristmas song list, except it’s not a Christmas song. Frozen pointedly takes place in summer, so it’s not on the list. Still, it’s a keeper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeQ_...
It’s Christmas Eve! The perfect day for Christmas music. But your playlist is crammed with songs from the 1950s through the ‘80s. Is there any good Christmas music written THIS millennium? There is! I’ll give you my Top 10 #millennialchristmas songs. Hit play on all of them. Merry Christmas!
