WEBVTT 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:13.779 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:13.779 --> 00:00:16.579 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:16.579 --> 00:00:19.120 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.460 Joining me tonight as guest curator is Patreon 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:26.019 mixtaper, as well as producer for the State of 00:00:26.019 --> 00:00:29.239 Amorica podcast, the incredible Black Crowes 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:32.039 podcast, Jason Donchus. Jason, thank you so much 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.240 for joining me on My Weekly Mixtape, man. Hey, 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.200 thanks for having me. Well, now I get to ask 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:38.979 you the same question I ask all of my first -time 00:00:38.979 --> 00:00:41.420 guests, and that is, what does the word mixtape 00:00:41.420 --> 00:00:44.280 mean to you? Well, a lot of your guests have 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:46.859 answered the same way I would. And like them, 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:50.479 I grew up in the heartbeat of the era of the 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:53.679 mixtape, starting with the dual cassette, where 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:55.719 you're recording from one tape to the other tape, 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.539 trying to put that perfect mix of songs together 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:01.700 to send a message to somebody. Or for me, you 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:04.239 know, I didn't have a CD player in my car when 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:06.659 CDs first came out. I only had a tape deck and 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.959 I preferred to make, I'd have 10 or 20 different. 00:01:10.019 --> 00:01:14.040 This is my, you know, smooth jazz mixtape. This 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:18.480 is my old school hip hop mixtape. And to a fault 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.540 for me, mixtapes actually sometimes get in the 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:25.000 way, especially now in the era of went from burn 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:29.599 disc BNPs with people into now playlists streaming. 00:01:30.939 --> 00:01:32.500 I went through quite a phase where I listened 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:35.379 to almost exclusively mixtapes and sort of lost 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:37.500 the art of the whole album front to back for 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:39.500 a long time because I loved mixtapes so much. 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.340 Yeah, I'm guilty of that from time to time. But 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:45.379 for me, it comes in waves where I'm all about 00:01:45.379 --> 00:01:47.959 the album for a few months and then I just need 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.299 to mix things up and then I'm all about the playlists 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:52.640 and mixtapes. And I especially loved it when 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:54.980 other people would make you, hey, I made you 00:01:54.980 --> 00:01:58.060 a funk mixtape. Check this out. And then most 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:00.069 of it would. Would be pretty good, but then you'd 00:02:00.069 --> 00:02:01.989 pick up, oh, I really like that. And then you 00:02:01.989 --> 00:02:03.650 go on a deep dive and now you've just learned 00:02:03.650 --> 00:02:06.790 a whole new artist you didn't know before. Yeah. 00:02:06.810 --> 00:02:09.009 One of my buddies who's sadly no longer with 00:02:09.009 --> 00:02:13.469 us did a instrumental progressive mixtape for 00:02:13.469 --> 00:02:17.090 me once. So after 90 minutes of listening to 00:02:17.090 --> 00:02:19.409 actually at the time, this was done on CD. So 00:02:19.409 --> 00:02:23.530 after 80 minutes of listening to this, he purposely. 00:02:24.490 --> 00:02:27.569 renamed all the tracks of just track one, track 00:02:27.569 --> 00:02:30.069 two, track three. And he said, and I want you 00:02:30.069 --> 00:02:32.969 to call me when you're done. And there was about 00:02:32.969 --> 00:02:37.210 four songs on that, that I still have on my playlist 00:02:37.210 --> 00:02:40.490 to this day. And actually I became fans of certain 00:02:40.490 --> 00:02:43.689 bands on like the Magna Carta labels and stuff 00:02:43.689 --> 00:02:46.030 that I would never have known of had it not been 00:02:46.030 --> 00:02:50.009 for that mixed disc. So tonight we are not going 00:02:50.009 --> 00:02:51.870 to be talking about progressive instrumental 00:02:51.870 --> 00:02:56.610 unless. There is that progressively instrumental 00:02:56.610 --> 00:03:00.729 Christmas jam that came out after 1980. And who 00:03:00.729 --> 00:03:02.930 knows? Maybe there is. But we're going to get 00:03:02.930 --> 00:03:05.849 in the holiday spirit tonight with a new spin 00:03:05.849 --> 00:03:09.669 on a Christmas party mixtape. Because when most 00:03:09.669 --> 00:03:12.889 people hear a Christmas party, they think about 00:03:12.889 --> 00:03:14.909 everything. They think about the classics. They 00:03:14.909 --> 00:03:17.830 think about novelty songs. They think about newer 00:03:17.830 --> 00:03:20.319 stuff. we're putting a little bit of a hitch 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.020 right in the center of this to give us a little 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:25.240 bit of a challenge. And we're only going to focus 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:30.419 on Christmas songs released after 1980. So Jason, 00:03:30.460 --> 00:03:32.659 what were you looking for in the songs you're 00:03:32.659 --> 00:03:35.120 bringing to the table tonight? Well, I had all 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:37.400 different ways that I could go with this. And 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.340 it depends on, I have to imagine what exactly 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:43.039 the mood of the party is. And probably in real 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:45.280 life, I would have two or three different ones 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.960 in my pocket. So when I showed up, I could read 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:51.120 the room. Am I putting on like some classic worship 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.780 stuff? Am I going to head down the road of some 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:57.439 of those church songs that maybe were redone 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.580 in a fun way? No, that doesn't seem the room. 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.219 Oh, a lot of eggnog happening in here. Okay. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.020 I've got the perfect mixtape for that. And I'm 00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:06.819 going to tell you, I leaned more towards the 00:04:06.819 --> 00:04:09.719 eggnog influenced mixtape than I did anything 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.599 else. Looking for things that are just fun to 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.800 sing along to or dance to or bring back fun memories. 00:04:16.510 --> 00:04:20.850 And probably drink some eggnog, too. Love the 00:04:20.850 --> 00:04:23.529 approach. I am similar in the fact that I went 00:04:23.529 --> 00:04:28.029 with a lot of songs that are enjoyable year round, 00:04:28.170 --> 00:04:31.610 dare I say it, even though they're technically 00:04:31.610 --> 00:04:35.529 considered Christmas songs. I also have an affinity 00:04:35.529 --> 00:04:40.699 for novelty songs. One of my favorite. Holiday 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:43.420 seasons. I'll never forget was right after my 00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:47.040 wife and I got married 2005, 2006. I want to 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:51.060 say maybe in a 2007 serious XM at the time it 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:54.160 was, they were split apart and XM radio had a 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:58.399 station called special Xmas and it was nothing 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:04.720 but novelty songs, 24 hours a day. And I. discovered 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:08.160 so many ridiculously weird and obscure music 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.839 i really wish they would bring that station back 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:12.620 because i'm sure there's a lot of it out there 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:18.439 but it's hard to find truly novel novelty songs 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.899 that's true without it being so absurd that it 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:24.910 just ruins the fun of it exactly Well, let's 00:05:24.910 --> 00:05:26.750 get down to business. Tonight, as I mentioned 00:05:26.750 --> 00:05:29.430 at the top of the show, Jason and I will be curating 00:05:29.430 --> 00:05:32.550 an 80s and beyond Christmas party mixtape, and 00:05:32.550 --> 00:05:35.189 we'll use the old cassette deck approach. Jason, 00:05:35.230 --> 00:05:37.449 as my special guest, will begin Side A with his 00:05:37.449 --> 00:05:40.029 first song choice, and then I'll add a song that 00:05:40.029 --> 00:05:42.990 I feel best follows up that choice. We'll then 00:05:42.990 --> 00:05:45.029 flip -flop choosing songs until we've mapped 00:05:45.029 --> 00:05:48.319 out 10 songs for Side A. We'll then give our 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.920 mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map outside, 00:05:51.100 --> 00:05:53.779 be only this time I'll kick things off with Jason 00:05:53.779 --> 00:05:56.779 choosing second. Our overall goal for this episode 00:05:56.779 --> 00:05:59.319 is to craft the best 80s and beyond Christmas 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.839 party mixtape possible through only 20 songs. 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.519 At the end of the show, you can take our conversation 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:08.439 to the next level by visiting the episode page 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.500 at myweeklymixtape .com to give our final mixtape 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:14.790 a listen via the embedded playlist. 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Now with that, a few 00:06:39.029 --> 00:06:41.490 Patreon mixtapers chimed in with what they think 00:06:41.490 --> 00:06:43.550 should kick off our playlist, and I want to give 00:06:43.550 --> 00:06:46.720 a few. quick shout outs to those sean faust chimed 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.399 in saying there's only one correct answer and 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:52.360 that's new york city christmas by rob thomas 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:55.379 and i counted there were nine exclamation points 00:06:55.379 --> 00:06:59.319 after thomas so you know he truly means this 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.500 one mally hart chimed in with bad religions cover 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:05.839 of oh come oh ye faithful followed up quickly 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.610 by weezer's oh holy night And Philip Bergman 00:07:09.610 --> 00:07:12.170 chimed in with Come On Christmas by Ringo Starr. 00:07:12.449 --> 00:07:15.209 And as he states, one of the few really good 00:07:15.209 --> 00:07:17.829 cuts from that album and an exuberant opener 00:07:17.829 --> 00:07:21.170 to get the festive mood going. So with those 00:07:21.170 --> 00:07:24.250 songs out in the holiday atmosphere, I'm officially 00:07:24.250 --> 00:07:26.730 pressing the record button on our mixtape and 00:07:26.730 --> 00:07:29.310 the floor is yours. Jason, what song are you 00:07:29.310 --> 00:07:32.810 choosing to kick off side A? Well, I feel like 00:07:32.810 --> 00:07:34.769 if we're going to make a Christmas party mixtape 00:07:34.769 --> 00:07:37.899 and we press play. The first thing we should 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:42.360 hear naturally is Jingle Bells. And it's especially 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:46.800 fun when the Jingle Bells kick into a monstrous 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.920 and unforgettable horn riff that starts off the 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:52.779 best Christmas song ever to be made, which is 00:07:52.779 --> 00:07:57.199 from 1987 Run DMC's Christmas in Alice. That's 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.600 how you start a party right there. We got Ill 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.240 Reindeer. Gotta have Ill Reindeer all over the 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.250 place. Just a fun little hip hop song where Run 00:08:06.250 --> 00:08:09.189 DMC really lets it loose. Talk about novelty 00:08:09.189 --> 00:08:11.750 without being a novelty. They have the ability 00:08:11.750 --> 00:08:14.870 to have some really funny lyrics and tell a funny 00:08:14.870 --> 00:08:20.189 story while also just really memorable groove 00:08:20.189 --> 00:08:22.230 underneath it with that horn riff and the jingle 00:08:22.230 --> 00:08:24.509 bells. And I think that's the best way we get 00:08:24.509 --> 00:08:29.250 things started. Absolutely adore the pick. I 00:08:29.250 --> 00:08:32.009 got to go with adore because Christmas in Hollis 00:08:32.009 --> 00:08:35.340 could very well be. My favorite Christmas song 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:40.240 of all time. Hands down. Hard stop. I mean, I'm 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:43.759 going to be perfectly honest. There's no way 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:50.620 to get this mixtape better now. I love this song 00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:53.919 so much. This is peak Christmas mixtape for me. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.529 There is no way. We're going to be able to up 00:08:57.529 --> 00:08:59.850 the excitement from this because this is an absolute 00:08:59.850 --> 00:09:03.889 jam. The song sampled Clarence Carter's 1968 00:09:03.889 --> 00:09:09.690 Christmas song, Backdoor Santa, as well as Frosty 00:09:09.690 --> 00:09:12.350 the Snowman, Jingle Bells, like you said, and 00:09:12.350 --> 00:09:14.590 Joy to the World in the middle during the breakdown. 00:09:15.269 --> 00:09:19.610 The music video is unforgettable. It went on 00:09:19.610 --> 00:09:23.190 to win Rolling Stone's Best Video of the Year 00:09:23.190 --> 00:09:28.080 in 1987. Beating out, get ready for this, Michael 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:32.919 Jackson's Bad, which was directed by Martin Scorsese. 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:38.179 That is how amazing this video was, this song 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:42.399 is. This was at a time when Run -DMC basically 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.879 cemented the fact that they were hip -hop royalty. 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.779 And I think this song was the cherry on top of 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:53.799 that statement. Because every time when I think... 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:56.519 hip -hop legends they're one of the first groups 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.539 that comes to mind for me and this is god it's 00:09:59.539 --> 00:10:03.220 awesome awesome start now i'm gonna have to come 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:05.720 down a little bit but i want to try to keep the 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.299 energy up as much as possible you mentioned that 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:10.879 there was a little bit of jingle bells going 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:13.519 on in the sample however they didn't play the 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:17.080 full song and you can't have a christmas party 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:21.029 playlist without jingle bells now There are so 00:10:21.029 --> 00:10:23.809 many renditions of Jingle Bells you can go with. 00:10:23.889 --> 00:10:27.690 But I think to kind of keep that whole horn section 00:10:27.690 --> 00:10:30.610 thing going from Christmas in Hollis, I think 00:10:30.610 --> 00:10:34.129 we're going to jump forward to 2002. And we're 00:10:34.129 --> 00:10:35.970 going to get a little rockabilly going here. 00:10:36.250 --> 00:10:38.789 And we're going to get the Brian Setzer Orchestra 00:10:38.789 --> 00:10:42.830 from 2002's Boogie Woogie Christmas. And we're 00:10:42.830 --> 00:10:44.929 going to get Jingle Bells going. I mean, this 00:10:44.929 --> 00:10:47.450 is getting the party started. You've hit it off 00:10:47.450 --> 00:10:50.509 at a 10. We got to try to keep the energy and 00:10:50.509 --> 00:10:53.990 Brian sets her orchestra. They have so many amazing 00:10:53.990 --> 00:10:55.769 Christmas albums. I could have pretty much picked 00:10:55.769 --> 00:10:58.429 a song at random, but coming out of Christmas 00:10:58.429 --> 00:11:01.169 and Hollis, it can only be Jingle Bells. Well, 00:11:01.269 --> 00:11:04.070 I like that it's Jingle Bells because we're Christmas 00:11:04.070 --> 00:11:07.190 and Hollis. If you don't know it, you know, it's 00:11:07.190 --> 00:11:08.750 easy to groove to, but you can't necessarily 00:11:08.750 --> 00:11:11.090 sing along. Who can't sing along to Jingle Bells? 00:11:11.309 --> 00:11:14.149 So now you've got the whole room singing along 00:11:14.149 --> 00:11:17.909 up and dancing. So I think that's a great pick. 00:11:18.429 --> 00:11:24.129 coming off of a run DMC. So now thinking about 00:11:24.129 --> 00:11:27.090 how to come after that. So I like that we're 00:11:27.090 --> 00:11:30.049 keeping the energy high. I'm going to dip back 00:11:30.049 --> 00:11:32.549 into, so you're going to notice a theme for me 00:11:32.549 --> 00:11:36.629 of I'm more of a lose rock type of guy. Although 00:11:36.629 --> 00:11:39.330 I just gave you run DMC, but there's the backdoor 00:11:39.330 --> 00:11:42.169 Santa sample. So there's that. But if I'm going 00:11:42.169 --> 00:11:44.769 to keep the party started and keep it lively 00:11:44.769 --> 00:11:48.080 and, and I think of the video. For this next 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:51.879 pick, 1983, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:55.240 Rock and Roll Christmas. Because then we're going 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:57.340 to come out of Singing Jingle Bells into like 00:11:57.340 --> 00:12:00.259 this party scene where everybody's dancing around, 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.200 a little bit of a bluesy kind of Southern rock 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:06.659 groove, uptempo. And I just like how the video 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:09.700 shows everybody dancing around. The first thing 00:12:09.700 --> 00:12:11.240 I thought of when I thought of the Christmas 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:15.100 party was the Jingle Bells in the groove. From 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:16.620 Run DMC. And then the second thing I thought 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:19.580 of was that video where everybody's, let me show 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:21.519 you what a rock and roll Christmas is. And then 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.539 he lets them into the room with all of them dancing. 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:29.200 George Thorogood is a 1980s blues rock treasure. 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:33.279 I mean, come on. Bad to the bone. You think about 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.259 his cover of Moving On Over, which was originally 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:40.019 a Hank Williams country song. I got a chance 00:12:40.019 --> 00:12:42.659 to see him live. George Thorogood and the Destroyers, 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:46.860 they put on such. a fun show one bourbon one 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:49.820 scotch one beer i can go on about them you we 00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:52.519 could do a whole my weekly mixtape episode on 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.600 the destroyers and maybe i will someday i think 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:56.879 that's warranted and there's a good chance even 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:59.240 though this is a christmas song it could make 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.159 the list because it's just it's one of those 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.860 songs that yes you listen to it around the holidays 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:07.100 but if it wasn't about christmas don't tell me 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:08.659 you wouldn't listen to this song all year long 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:11.100 could be rock and roll halloween for all we know 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:14.940 exactly But following that up, I'm going to go 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:16.960 back to an album we've talked about tonight. 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:21.519 And the album, because my favorite Christmas 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:24.399 song of all time is on it, definitely elevates 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:26.879 the excitement I have for the entire album. And 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.860 1987's A Very Special Christmas is my favorite 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:33.740 Christmas album of all time. I love pretty much 00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:35.559 every track on it. And I could probably just 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.399 drop all 15 songs from the album throughout this 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:41.519 mixtape and make a pretty damn good excuse. As 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:45.299 to what makes a good rock and roll 80s and up 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:48.120 Christmas party. But I'm going to go with one 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.519 that might not be seen as one of the go -to singles 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:56.399 from the album. But is just amazing. And it's 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:00.559 Bryan Adams' Run Rudolph Run. It's a cover of 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:04.240 Chuck Berry. So you're getting that bluesy sound 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.100 like you have with George Therogood and the Destroyers. 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.820 But you're doing it with that 80s sheen just 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:13.200 a little bit. Brian Adams has that grasp about 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:15.759 his voice. He could do blues very, very well. 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.600 I mean, he does obviously the power ballads and 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.759 everything, but his rock songs are fantastic. 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:23.700 He's got a great rock voice. And this version 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:28.120 is almost punk -esque in nature. It's live. It's 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.000 manic. It's got that energy. You feel it. And 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.700 I think coming out of Rock and Roll Christmas, 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.419 it's the perfect follow -up. So Brian Adams, 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:38.620 Run Rudolph Run. Yeah, that's a good pick. You 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:40.960 scooped me on the song. I had that on the list. 00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:43.340 I was debating. I was going to feel out where 00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:46.000 the list went to see which version I wanted. 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.360 The one that was the top of my list was Faster 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:52.159 Pussycat version. Nice. Okay. So again, a workaround 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:55.019 to get an old classic on the set list. Run Rudolph 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:57.940 Run, obviously Chuck Berry. It's a staple at 00:14:57.940 --> 00:15:00.240 Christmas time. So many people have covered it 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.419 from country artists to pop artists to metal 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:06.460 artists. So it definitely was going to get on 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:09.200 the list. Question for me was just who was going 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:12.519 to pick it and by which artist. All right. So 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:16.279 now I got to follow that up. Yeah. We're in the 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.100 old bluesy style. We're still upbeat, though. 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:23.940 I think I'm going to take this bluesy rock. I'm 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:26.139 going to pull it into a little bit of country. 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:29.799 And again, this is going to be another workaround 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.840 to get an old song on the list covered by a more 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:37.179 modern artist. Could be classified as a novelty 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:40.059 song. It's a little bit cheesy and fun and goofy, 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:44.259 but it gives us some good rock and country licks 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:46.940 while we sing a song from the perspective of 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:50.000 a child trying to figure out what exactly is 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.919 going on with Santa Claus and his mother. And 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.320 the song is from 2006. It's a Buck Owens cover 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.399 of Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy by Brad Paisley. 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:04.730 Nice. Brad Paisley's Christmas album is so much 00:16:04.730 --> 00:16:10.570 fun. He is one of the hands down best country 00:16:10.570 --> 00:16:14.610 guitarists on the scene right now. And he incorporates 00:16:14.610 --> 00:16:19.149 so many different elements into that sound that 00:16:19.149 --> 00:16:22.909 it's so unique. And his Santa looks a lot like 00:16:22.909 --> 00:16:29.110 daddy cover is amazing. And crap, I literally 00:16:29.110 --> 00:16:32.200 know the perfect song. to follow it up with. 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:35.200 And it's kind of in that same vein, but I'm going 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.360 back to the same damn album. Ah, screw it. I'm 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.679 doing it. I'm going back to 1987's A Very Special 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:43.620 Christmas because coming out of Brad Paisley's 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:46.340 Santa Looks a Lot Like Daddy, we got to go with 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:48.799 John Mellencamp keeping that almost country -esque 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.259 vibe going with their version of I Saw Mommy 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:55.080 Kissing Santa Claus. So it's kind of the answer 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.320 to Santa Looks a Lot Like Daddy, I Saw Mommy 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:00.240 Kiss. There's a whole lot of shenanigans going 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.740 on with the parents here and Santa. Who knows 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:06.240 what's happening? But musically. John Mellencamp's 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.259 version comes right out of Brad Paisley and continues 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:12.619 that vibe on a musical level really, really well. 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:16.180 Yeah, and I love all this stuff. I'm already 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:18.599 excited to listen to this mixtape because it 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.819 hits all the buttons for me. It's good fun. It's 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:25.420 country, southern style rock and roll. I'm just 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:29.980 excited to crank all that stuff up. And, you 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:32.460 know, those songs are, everybody knows the words 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:34.420 to them. So again. There are other ones you're 00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:38.160 going to sing along and groove along to. So I'm 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.240 going to take that and I'm going to bring it 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:46.059 a little bit back into the rock area. Still staying 00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:49.579 upbeat, but I actually just came across this 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:53.579 song. So I had thrown out to my text group of 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:58.019 State of Amorica friends and asked them about 00:17:58.019 --> 00:18:00.319 it. And one of the songs that came up that I 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:04.309 wasn't aware of in 1990. ACDC does Mistress for 00:18:04.309 --> 00:18:07.390 Christmas. So while we're continuing to talk 00:18:07.390 --> 00:18:09.690 about what's going on with the parents, let's 00:18:09.690 --> 00:18:12.890 have ACDC come in and look for a mistress. I'm 00:18:12.890 --> 00:18:15.089 not going to lie to you. This song sounds exactly 00:18:15.089 --> 00:18:18.910 like an ACDC song. So if you took all the words 00:18:18.910 --> 00:18:21.230 out that are Christmas related and just put regular 00:18:21.230 --> 00:18:24.210 old ACDC lyrics in it, it's straight off a razor's 00:18:24.210 --> 00:18:28.630 edge. It's ACDC. But to have the Christmas lyrics 00:18:28.630 --> 00:18:33.579 and the... Well, let's say sleaziness of ACDC 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:36.980 searching for a little side action on Christmas 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:39.759 while they're rocking. There's nothing wrong 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.220 with that. You said it. The Razor's Edge. This 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:46.519 is not a Christmas song as far as I'm concerned. 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:50.480 I listen to the ACDC catalog probably once a 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:52.759 year where I'm like, all right, I just got to 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:55.000 go all the way from the beginning, all the way 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.559 up. When the song comes on, I'm like, this isn't 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:01.059 a Christmas song. And Hailstorm does a great 00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:04.140 cover of it. And again, not a Christmas song. 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.759 Yes, it's Mistress for Christmas. So yes, it's 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.220 a Christmas song. But in my mind, it's in a gray 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:13.759 area. It blurs the lines enough where I can listen 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:17.619 to it all year round without a shroud of guilt. 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:21.079 And I think I'm going to do another response 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:23.460 to your call here because you put in this kind 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:27.960 of 80s style hard rock. In Mistress for Christmas. 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:32.240 So I'm going to respond with the same vibe. And 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:36.839 the same vein. And a song that's very familiar 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:41.880 to everybody. That are hard rock fans. Because 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.299 it is not a Christmas song. We're not going to 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:50.059 take it by Twisted Sister. However, in 2006. 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:54.740 On a Twisted Christmas. Dee Snider and the Boys 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:57.960 reimagined. We're not going to take it complete 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:02.759 with a music video to match. And it's, Oh, come 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:06.359 all ye faithful sang to the music of, we're not 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:11.039 going to take it. There is no way that this isn't 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:13.240 the perfect followup to mistress for Christmas. 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:16.799 And that video, it's just a great, the beginning 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:19.359 of it, where he's, he's got the CD all wrapped 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:24.289 up. And, uh, The lady just about has a heart 00:20:24.289 --> 00:20:28.829 attack when that's her gift. Those guys, I tell 00:20:28.829 --> 00:20:31.069 you, they are something else. That's all I can 00:20:31.069 --> 00:20:34.509 say about those guys. That's a fun, man. That's 00:20:34.509 --> 00:20:36.589 a, and that's a tough one to follow because now 00:20:36.589 --> 00:20:38.470 you're getting into like, that's a little off 00:20:38.470 --> 00:20:41.049 the beaten path with how they, uh, they pulled 00:20:41.049 --> 00:20:44.190 that off. Cause you've got a classic Christmas 00:20:44.190 --> 00:20:50.829 song done to a classic eighties tune. So coming 00:20:50.829 --> 00:20:55.890 off of that. While we are disparaging our families, 00:20:56.289 --> 00:20:58.990 I think I've got to take what might be a little 00:20:58.990 --> 00:21:01.269 pivot coming off of that, but I think it's just 00:21:01.269 --> 00:21:04.569 weird enough to work. And this was another recommendation. 00:21:04.670 --> 00:21:08.410 This is from the prof, Ray Permy. He sent me 00:21:08.410 --> 00:21:10.430 this song and I listened to it. This is sort 00:21:10.430 --> 00:21:14.009 of like an Irish bar chant. And it's from 2013. 00:21:14.250 --> 00:21:17.230 It's Dropkick Murphy's The Season's Upon Us. 00:21:17.309 --> 00:21:20.779 Yes! And it's basically like an old Irish bar 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:25.640 chant about how much your family sucks. And if 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.380 you know all the words, it's fun to sing along 00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:31.720 to, as all Irish jig songs are. And some of the 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:34.900 things that are in there are just fantastically 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:38.420 hilarious, where he's just absolutely sick of 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:40.680 all of his family and can't help but to get out 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:43.059 of there as quick as he can. And that's what 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:45.220 some of us feel like at Christmas, you know? 00:21:46.190 --> 00:21:48.390 I'm going to go with Dropkick Murphy's The Season's 00:21:48.390 --> 00:21:52.930 Upon Us. Well, you 100 % scooped me on the pick. 00:21:53.109 --> 00:21:56.970 That was 100 % on my list. I was just trying 00:21:56.970 --> 00:21:59.289 to figure out where to put it. So you made my 00:21:59.289 --> 00:22:02.009 life a lot easier because now I don't have to. 00:22:02.369 --> 00:22:06.170 That song peaked at number 23 on Billboard's 00:22:06.170 --> 00:22:09.890 US Hot Rock and Alternative Songs. Strangely 00:22:09.890 --> 00:22:15.349 enough, in January of 2014, after the season. 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:20.119 was upon us so the song i guess people had such 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:23.019 a joyous time with their family that this song 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:26.619 resonated up the charts for the dropkick murphy's 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:31.099 absolutely love the pick and normally this would 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:33.660 not be the song i close out the side but you 00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:36.000 and i have had a really good call and response 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:39.809 going on this side So you did the blues slash 00:22:39.809 --> 00:22:42.809 80s rock of George Thorogood and the Destroyers, 00:22:42.829 --> 00:22:45.450 and I followed it up with the 80s rock of Bryan 00:22:45.450 --> 00:22:48.750 Adams. You had Brad Paisley with the country 00:22:48.750 --> 00:22:51.430 vibe, and I followed it up with John Mellencamp's 00:22:51.430 --> 00:22:54.849 country vibe. You pivoted to ACDC and the hard 00:22:54.849 --> 00:22:57.490 rock vibe, Mistress for Christmas. I followed 00:22:57.490 --> 00:23:00.809 up with Twisted Sister. Then you pivoted it to 00:23:00.809 --> 00:23:04.150 a punk sound with The Seasons Upon Us by the 00:23:04.150 --> 00:23:08.160 Dropkick Murphys. And I want to... Continue that 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:13.180 punk -esque pivot, but also give a callback to 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:16.680 the first song on the side. So the first song 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:19.759 on the side, Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis. It's 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.960 got horns. It's from A Very Special Christmas. 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:24.859 I'm going to jump up to A Very Special Christmas 00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:28.960 3. Again, I love that series. It was for a great 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:31.259 cause, and I love all the songs on pretty much 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:35.819 all of them. But 1997. One of the biggest bands 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:39.900 on the planet covers a song originally recorded 00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:44.920 a year earlier by punk band, the vandals. And 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:48.160 a year later, the guitarist Warren Fitzgerald 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.599 produced for a very special Christmas three, 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:56.759 no doubts rendition of Oi to the world. I mean, 00:23:56.819 --> 00:24:03.480 this version introduced the vandals to so many. 00:24:04.029 --> 00:24:06.990 People who never heard them before, because when 00:24:06.990 --> 00:24:08.809 you go in the liner notes and you read about, 00:24:08.950 --> 00:24:11.450 you see that this was not originally by no doubt. 00:24:11.549 --> 00:24:15.089 You go back and realize, oh, wow. And this album 00:24:15.089 --> 00:24:18.130 is a whole punk Christmas album. So I am very 00:24:18.130 --> 00:24:20.809 thankful that Warren did this with no doubt. 00:24:20.990 --> 00:24:25.029 I love Gwen Stefani's voice on it. It's fun. 00:24:25.170 --> 00:24:27.950 It's exciting. It's a party song. You got the 00:24:27.950 --> 00:24:31.650 horns. It's kind of a great way to kind of be 00:24:31.650 --> 00:24:34.589 the yin to. Christmas and Hollis at the end of 00:24:34.589 --> 00:24:38.470 the side so no doubt oi to the world yeah that's 00:24:38.470 --> 00:24:41.430 a good pick and I like your point about no doubt 00:24:41.430 --> 00:24:43.410 and in the path you went down with the vandals 00:24:43.410 --> 00:24:45.390 there's a lot of these songs and other songs 00:24:45.390 --> 00:24:47.210 that we may talk about later that had the same 00:24:47.210 --> 00:24:50.970 effect to to the point where I started compiling 00:24:50.970 --> 00:24:53.589 this list of Christmas songs and ended up compiling 00:24:53.589 --> 00:24:56.690 a whole list of other songs to go back and revisit 00:24:56.690 --> 00:24:59.769 from various bands especially when you start 00:24:59.769 --> 00:25:02.619 realizing This song was covered by this more 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:06.299 modern artist, which was covered by this later 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:08.420 artist, which was actually a cover from this 00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:11.359 way earlier artist. And some of these songs that 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:14.960 are classics and staples from the 90s and 2000s 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:18.279 are actually songs from the 50s and 60s that 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:21.160 you didn't even realize. So I love that aspect 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:25.000 of music in general, but I especially love when 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.380 a band like No Doubt takes a song and gives it 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:30.230 a little different twist. Well, there you have 00:25:30.230 --> 00:25:34.309 it, folks. That concludes Side A of our 80s and 00:25:34.309 --> 00:25:37.190 Beyond Christmas Party Mixtape, which consists 00:25:37.190 --> 00:25:41.190 of Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis, Brian Setzer 00:25:41.190 --> 00:25:43.970 Orchestra's Jingle Bells, George Therogood and 00:25:43.970 --> 00:25:46.589 the Destroyers' Rock and Roll Christmas, Brian 00:25:46.589 --> 00:25:50.150 Adams' Run Rudolph Run, Brad Paisley's Santa 00:25:50.150 --> 00:25:53.529 Looks a Lot Like Daddy, John Mellencamp's I Saw 00:25:53.529 --> 00:25:57.109 Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus, ACDC's Mistress for 00:25:57.109 --> 00:26:00.559 Christmas, Twisted Sisters' Oh Come All Ye Faithful, 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:04.079 Dropkick Murphy's The Season's Upon Us, and No 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:07.920 Doubt's Oy to the World. Head over to myweeklymixtape 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.559 .com to hear all the songs we've discussed in 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:13.599 this mix through the playlist embedded on the 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:17.799 episode page. Now, Jason, before we flip it over 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:20.799 to side B, you talked about this earlier, the 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:24.140 State of Amorica podcast, which you are a producer 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:27.339 of. For those people that don't know State of 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:31.920 Amorica, this is the premier Black Crows podcast. 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:34.960 So why don't you tell people about that? Yeah, 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:37.220 I appreciate that. As far as we know, we're the 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:40.599 only Black Crows podcast. Black Crows are a favorite 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:44.069 band of many. A lot of people are. Hard to find 00:26:44.069 --> 00:26:46.849 that love this band as much as we do. Our podcast 00:26:46.849 --> 00:26:50.049 talks about this band, really digs into the history, 00:26:50.170 --> 00:26:51.769 the members. We've had a lot of band members 00:26:51.769 --> 00:26:54.269 on. We've had a lot of equipment and sound guys 00:26:54.269 --> 00:26:56.869 on. Just really talking about the legacy of this 00:26:56.869 --> 00:26:59.130 band and everything that they bring to the table. 00:26:59.670 --> 00:27:02.849 I'm lucky enough to be the producer. I don't 00:27:02.849 --> 00:27:05.529 get on air as often, although I've been a little 00:27:05.529 --> 00:27:08.190 bit more lately. But Dave and Ian are really 00:27:08.190 --> 00:27:11.009 the voice of the podcast. I do a lot of the sound 00:27:11.009 --> 00:27:13.440 editing and the song clips. Give them all my 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.519 ideas and tell them what works and what doesn't 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.819 work, which I'm sure they love. And meanwhile, 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.240 what we've done is not just create a podcast, 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:24.200 but what we encourage people is like you, like 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:27.079 I got here with you, is join our Patreon. The 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.160 Patreon content is what I do most of. That's 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:33.339 what I primarily do. And we've built not only 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:35.460 just a podcast celebrating a band, but we've 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:39.059 built a community of music lovers that, yeah, 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:41.359 the Black Crows is how we got here, but the Black 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.990 Crows is just. catalyst we were just speaking 00:27:43.990 --> 00:27:46.849 of no doubt and going on that rabbit hole of 00:27:46.849 --> 00:27:49.190 discovering other bands i would tell you that 00:27:49.190 --> 00:27:51.450 two -thirds if not three -quarters of the music 00:27:51.450 --> 00:27:54.869 that i listened to today somehow or another tie 00:27:54.869 --> 00:27:57.490 back to the black crows because they covered 00:27:57.490 --> 00:28:00.450 a band or because a band opened for them or because 00:28:00.450 --> 00:28:03.190 their members have dispersed and joined other 00:28:03.190 --> 00:28:05.569 bands rich robinson was the lead guitarist for 00:28:05.569 --> 00:28:07.349 a while or the rhythm guitarist i guess technically 00:28:07.349 --> 00:28:10.170 for bad company I was never a big Bad Company 00:28:10.170 --> 00:28:12.190 fan, but when he jumped in that band, I'm like, 00:28:12.230 --> 00:28:14.609 well, I guess I better check this band out. So 00:28:14.609 --> 00:28:17.569 it's things like that that happen, and we get 00:28:17.569 --> 00:28:20.230 to talk about it. We do Zoom hangs. We do all 00:28:20.230 --> 00:28:22.170 sorts of things to build community. We do road 00:28:22.170 --> 00:28:26.029 trips and meet up. So if you like the Crows, 00:28:26.109 --> 00:28:27.910 come on over. But more importantly, if you just 00:28:27.910 --> 00:28:31.009 like music in general, come check us out. Dig 00:28:31.009 --> 00:28:33.309 into this band. Dig into all the rabbit holes 00:28:33.309 --> 00:28:35.210 you can go down with this band, and it's a good 00:28:35.210 --> 00:28:39.759 time. Absolutely love it. Black Crows are a premier 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:42.779 Southern rock group, and I hope at some point 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:46.720 to be able to do a Black Crows episode. Would 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:50.400 love to have one of the brothers on, but obviously 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:53.420 we'll see how that goes. I know you guys know 00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:57.740 very well how easy that is or isn't. If you're 00:28:57.740 --> 00:29:00.519 taking count into which members of the band have 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:03.539 been on and which ones haven't, there you go. 00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:09.339 Well, let's move into side B now where I get 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:11.960 to kick things off. And look, we've talked about 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:14.859 it. Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis is my favorite 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:18.579 Christmas song of all time. So to start off side 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:23.279 B, I want to give a callback to that song. One 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:25.339 of the songs that Christmas in Hollis samples 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:31.180 is Backdoor Santa. And on 2001's A Very Special 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:34.779 Christmas Five, which was recorded live in December 00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:40.819 of 2000, B .B. King and John Popper of Blues 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:44.720 Traveler got together and covered Backdoor Santa 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:49.440 with the same opening for all intents and purposes 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:53.519 as Christmas in Hollis. So as a callback to side 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:56.799 A and trying to keep that energy up while keeping 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.779 with that bluesy theme, because I mean, come 00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:01.839 on, this is a Christmas song. I don't care that 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.359 the lyrics are about Santa and old Saint Nick. 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:08.619 This is a blues song where B .B. King and John 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:13.200 Popper are dueling solos. This is an all year 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:17.079 long jam that just so happens to fit the vibe 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:19.960 better at Christmas time. B .B. King, Back Door 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.700 Santa. Yeah, it's a great pick. And coming off 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.900 just what we were talking about on the flip, 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:26.579 the Black Crows do do a cover of that as well. 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:30.460 Came out originally in 2005, I think. Saw a lot 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:34.259 of airplay in 2020 as well. But yeah, you can't 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:36.740 go wrong with whether it's that version with 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:39.259 B .B. King and John Popper highlights a lot of 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:42.200 the musicality of it. The Black Crows version 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:45.480 really gives Chris a voice to really dig into 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:49.259 all that blue stuff and really belting it out. 00:30:49.690 --> 00:30:53.509 to just put you in a mood again. Eggnogs are 00:30:53.509 --> 00:30:56.089 flowing. Let's get grooving. That's a great pick. 00:30:56.650 --> 00:30:59.410 Obviously had it on my list with the crows there. 00:30:59.849 --> 00:31:02.089 There's also another version that you could jump 00:31:02.089 --> 00:31:04.869 into as well. Around that same time, I think 00:31:04.869 --> 00:31:09.190 it was 2004, Australian band Jet did a fantastic 00:31:09.190 --> 00:31:11.430 version of it from their four -year consideration 00:31:11.430 --> 00:31:15.069 release. That one has a little bit more of the 00:31:15.069 --> 00:31:17.549 garage rock sound. This song has popped up many 00:31:17.549 --> 00:31:20.549 a times throughout the 2000s and it always works 00:31:20.549 --> 00:31:24.150 because at the end of the day, Clarence Carter's 00:31:24.150 --> 00:31:27.099 original is a frigging masterpiece. that all 00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:29.859 these bands can paint their own versions of, 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:32.599 and it's still amazing. Yeah, no doubt. Yeah, 00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:34.759 I love all those versions. Obviously, I'm going 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.559 to lean towards The Crows. I love that BB King 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:39.940 version, though. That's just amazing. So now 00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:41.819 I have the challenge of how do you come off of 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:45.299 something like that? A couple of my songs I have 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:47.920 on my list don't flow out of that as well as 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:50.740 I would like, but I think here is where I would 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:53.900 like to... Up the energy again a little bit, 00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:56.440 maybe pull us out of the bluesy stuff and into 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:59.880 some more, I guess, for lack of a better term, 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:05.220 arena rock style, but from a Beatle. So that's 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.799 kind of weird. So I'm going to acknowledge your 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:11.980 Patreon recommendation. Ringo Starr, Come On 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:15.940 Christmas, 1999. Seems like a staple of Christmas 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.859 songs. You got to have some sort of horn section 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:21.130 in there. So we got some sax in this. We got 00:32:21.130 --> 00:32:23.210 some nice harmonies in the vocals, but at the 00:32:23.210 --> 00:32:26.369 end of the day, it sounds exactly like an arena 00:32:26.369 --> 00:32:29.750 rock song that gets everybody fired up and dancing. 00:32:29.849 --> 00:32:32.190 So we're going to pick up the tempo just a little 00:32:32.190 --> 00:32:35.329 bit as we move into the second side here. Love 00:32:35.329 --> 00:32:37.089 it. And when you said Beatle, there was a part 00:32:37.089 --> 00:32:38.529 of me that thought you were going to go with 00:32:38.529 --> 00:32:41.730 Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmas Time. And 00:32:41.730 --> 00:32:43.970 in my brain, I'm sitting there going, I don't 00:32:43.970 --> 00:32:46.269 know how that would work coming out of Backdoor 00:32:46.269 --> 00:32:47.829 Sand. But as soon as you said Come on Christmas, 00:32:47.970 --> 00:32:51.160 I'm like. That works. Okay, that I could hear. 00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:55.019 So I love it. And coming out of that, it's hard 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:56.920 to top a Beatle, so I'm not even going to try. 00:32:57.299 --> 00:33:00.680 But I am going to stay in that arena rock vein. 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:04.339 So I'm basically following your shadow here. 00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:08.079 But I feel like when I think about arena rock 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:11.519 and Christmas songs, I can't help but immediately 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:15.140 get right back to the beginning of our time frame 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:19.299 here and go to 1981. And this was a B side for 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:22.720 the hit song. My kind of lover from his in the 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:26.500 dark album. This is Billy Squire. Christmas is 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:30.200 the time to say, I love you. I immediately am 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:32.880 brought back to a kid sitting on the ground, 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:37.220 watching MTV and seeing all the VJs singing along. 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:40.920 I read Martha Quinn saying that it was her favorite 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:45.250 all time MTV moment ever. I vividly remember 00:33:45.250 --> 00:33:48.029 it like it was yesterday. And this song always 00:33:48.029 --> 00:33:51.250 stuck into my head for that reason. And kind 00:33:51.250 --> 00:33:53.430 of given that arena rock theme, I think Billy 00:33:53.430 --> 00:33:56.190 Squire is a perfect fit here. So Christmas is 00:33:56.190 --> 00:33:58.990 the time to say I love you. Yeah, that's a good 00:33:58.990 --> 00:34:01.589 call. I like the flow there. And that's Billy 00:34:01.589 --> 00:34:04.509 Squire is, I think, somewhat underrated. You 00:34:04.509 --> 00:34:06.630 know, he doesn't have a lot of hit stuff out 00:34:06.630 --> 00:34:08.409 there, but I really enjoy a lot of the stuff 00:34:08.409 --> 00:34:10.809 he does. And Christmas, that really brings out 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:14.070 a time to get arena rocking. Again, I'm looking 00:34:14.070 --> 00:34:16.570 at my songs I have in my list and thinking, how 00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:18.329 am I going to make these transitions? Because 00:34:18.329 --> 00:34:22.269 some of these are just so out there that I'm 00:34:22.269 --> 00:34:24.210 going to have to really work hard to make it 00:34:24.210 --> 00:34:26.090 make sense. I'm going to have to sell you on, 00:34:26.230 --> 00:34:30.630 this is why this works. And I think what I'm 00:34:30.630 --> 00:34:32.070 going to do, I'm going to keep it up -tempo. 00:34:32.110 --> 00:34:34.250 Not exactly Reno Rock, but I'm going to keep 00:34:34.250 --> 00:34:36.789 it up -tempo. We're going to go a little bit 00:34:36.789 --> 00:34:40.429 punky and probably into that vein of novelty 00:34:40.429 --> 00:34:43.090 thing that you think. I'm also going to pull 00:34:43.090 --> 00:34:45.150 in a classic song. Everyone's going to know the 00:34:45.150 --> 00:34:46.889 words to, but we're going to do it a little quirky. 00:34:47.429 --> 00:34:50.070 So a band that I really like, it's called Reliant 00:34:50.070 --> 00:34:53.889 K, and they put out a Christmas album back in 00:34:53.889 --> 00:34:57.829 2007. And a lot of the versions of the songs 00:34:57.829 --> 00:35:01.110 they do on there are up -tempo, punky, sort of 00:35:01.110 --> 00:35:03.289 quirky versions of the songs. And one in particular 00:35:03.289 --> 00:35:05.389 that seems to be very popular in my household 00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:08.510 is one of the most repetitive songs ever to be 00:35:08.510 --> 00:35:11.239 recorded, but they do it in such a way. where 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:14.159 they change tempo, they change tonality, they 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.219 throw some really surprise quirks at you when 00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:19.820 they sing these things. But I think the only 00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:23.099 way you can force people, by now with plenty 00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:25.539 of eggnog in them, to sing the 12 Days of Christmas 00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:29.480 is to do it Reliant K style. Fantastic. I was 00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:31.559 wondering where you were going with that. I love 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:35.559 the Reliant K Christmas album. That, to me, is 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:41.530 like prime pop punk era Christmas music. And 00:35:41.530 --> 00:35:44.190 that one, yes, it is repetitive, but the way 00:35:44.190 --> 00:35:46.869 they change up the timing and the pacing and 00:35:46.869 --> 00:35:50.949 the five golden ray and like it just works so 00:35:50.949 --> 00:35:54.750 damn well. I absolutely love it. And once again, 00:35:55.010 --> 00:35:57.530 I'm going to follow in your shadow and stick 00:35:57.530 --> 00:36:00.210 with this punk and I'm going to stick with quirky 00:36:00.210 --> 00:36:03.320 and I'm going to go really quirky. And I'm going 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:06.519 to go to the quirkiest side of punk, but I mean 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:09.699 that in the greatest of ways. And I'm going to 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:13.320 even throw in the ska to the ska punk part of 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:17.900 this equation and bring up one of the premier 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:21.320 ska punk bands. This song was originally released 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:27.739 as a, let's date it, free MP3 single on the band's 00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:32.360 website and officially released. On their 2021 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:37.000 EP, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas 2, T 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:41.900 -O -O, I'm going with the Aquabats cover of Holiday 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:45.260 Road from the original vacation movie by Lindsey 00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:49.059 Buckingham, however, also known in Christmas 00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:52.000 Vacation. So it's a little bit of a stretch, 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:56.550 but everybody knows. holiday road and when you 00:36:56.550 --> 00:37:00.190 hear it done in this ska punk goofy style the 00:37:00.190 --> 00:37:04.210 eggnog has hit hard at this point and everybody's 00:37:04.210 --> 00:37:10.969 singing the row and having a lot of fun and this 00:37:10.969 --> 00:37:13.210 is keeping that party just off the charts right 00:37:13.210 --> 00:37:17.690 now so aquabats cover of holiday road that's 00:37:17.690 --> 00:37:21.250 a song i promise that if you just said to me 00:37:21.250 --> 00:37:24.199 the name of that song and said do you like that 00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:26.139 song i would say i don't know that song and you 00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:28.579 would say i promise you do and then you would 00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:32.260 play it and i would immediately go oh yeah i 00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.800 don't think i've ever paid attention to what 00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:36.619 the name of that song was but obviously with 00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:39.380 the vacation movies it's well known basically 00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:42.360 the theme right of the of that franchise and 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:45.800 um what yeah that's a great way to keep the party 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:49.389 going and having the sky and horns in there It 00:37:49.389 --> 00:37:52.210 continues to make it tough to switch out and 00:37:52.210 --> 00:37:53.969 figure out how I'm going to get these last couple 00:37:53.969 --> 00:37:57.269 songs in there. I have to acknowledge a request, 00:37:57.469 --> 00:37:59.889 though, in my shout out to the Patreons over 00:37:59.889 --> 00:38:03.630 at SOA, because one of the ones that got a lot 00:38:03.630 --> 00:38:06.090 of, once it was recommended, I got a lot of people 00:38:06.090 --> 00:38:07.590 like, yeah, that's got to be on there. That's 00:38:07.590 --> 00:38:09.429 got to be on there. And we got to start to figure 00:38:09.429 --> 00:38:12.309 out how we're going to calm this party down so 00:38:12.309 --> 00:38:15.710 that we don't end up having a lot of damage and 00:38:15.710 --> 00:38:20.369 police called. I'm going to bring it. So we have 00:38:20.369 --> 00:38:24.510 a bonafide rap song on here. I'm going to bring 00:38:24.510 --> 00:38:28.190 it down from the ska and punk and move into sort 00:38:28.190 --> 00:38:31.250 of a rap song, but not quite. But it is quirky 00:38:31.250 --> 00:38:34.150 and it's got a nice little groove. And it's been 00:38:34.150 --> 00:38:36.849 covered by a lot of modern artists, specifically 00:38:36.849 --> 00:38:40.289 the Spice Girls, as an example. And that's a 00:38:40.289 --> 00:38:42.289 little more upbeat version of it. But we're going 00:38:42.289 --> 00:38:45.989 to transition into Christmas rapping by The Waitresses. 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:51.280 from 1982. And again, great groove. You've got 00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:54.059 your horns that you have to have in any Christmas 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:56.480 song. I recommend that on the mixtape, we put 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.880 the single edit because it tends to run a little 00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:02.039 long, but it's essentially she's singing in a 00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.920 way that's basically rapping. And that's the 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:06.639 shtick of the song. It's Christmas rapping spelled 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:10.179 with a W, but she's really sort of rap singing 00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:12.400 the song and it's really quirky. And it's another 00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:16.059 story about how Christmas can go. Not so great 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:20.079 sometimes in a funny way. Iconic song. Obviously, 00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:23.639 every year on the radio growing up in the 80s, 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:26.840 all the radio stations would kindly let their 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:29.800 DJs spend Christmas with their family. And they 00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:33.179 would just do the 24 hours of uninterrupted Christmas 00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:36.000 music, which was fantastic because there was 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:38.619 no commercials to deal with. It was just holiday 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:40.480 music around the clock. And I remember that song 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:43.409 being played. every pretty much every hour on 00:39:43.409 --> 00:39:47.969 the hour it it's just a absolute classic and 00:39:47.969 --> 00:39:52.710 it's got such a unique vibe that it almost serves 00:39:52.710 --> 00:39:55.090 for the last four songs as a little bit of a 00:39:55.090 --> 00:39:57.869 palate cleanser because there's really no way 00:39:57.869 --> 00:40:01.670 to come out of that especially from the aquabats 00:40:01.670 --> 00:40:05.570 to the waitresses and have it make perfect sense 00:40:05.570 --> 00:40:08.989 so to kind of set us off with a little bit of 00:40:08.989 --> 00:40:12.320 a kind of a clean slate with Enough directions 00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:16.480 you can bounce off of. Playlist Wars fans will 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:19.099 go back and remember an episode that we did that 00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:22.380 kind of ran. Oh, I'd say this joke went for at 00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:25.480 least 30 something episodes. We did an episode 00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:29.059 of who could create the best YouTube playlist. 00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:33.559 And in my 10 songs, I included their version 00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:37.800 of Christmas Baby Please Come Home from 1987's 00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:41.969 A Very Special Christmas. In my top 10 U2 songs 00:40:41.969 --> 00:40:46.050 of all time playlist. Needless to say, I didn't 00:40:46.050 --> 00:40:49.630 win. I didn't even come in second by the nearest 00:40:49.630 --> 00:40:52.530 of margins. I was blown out of the water. And 00:40:52.530 --> 00:40:56.190 for the next 30 something episodes, I was just 00:40:56.190 --> 00:40:59.929 destroyed over the fact that I chose this as 00:40:59.929 --> 00:41:02.869 a top 10 U2 song. But I'm going to say here on 00:41:02.869 --> 00:41:05.230 my weekly mixtape that I stand by that decision. 00:41:05.630 --> 00:41:10.550 I still think it's a top 10 U2 song. And I absolutely 00:41:10.550 --> 00:41:15.469 love their version. 100%. The original Everybody 00:41:15.469 --> 00:41:19.070 Knows by Darlene Love is an absolute classic. 00:41:19.309 --> 00:41:21.590 I think of the beginning of Gremlins when I think 00:41:21.590 --> 00:41:25.230 of this song. But U2's version had just such 00:41:25.230 --> 00:41:29.050 a rock edge to it. There was almost this punky 00:41:29.050 --> 00:41:31.929 spirit that they brought to it. This was U2, 00:41:32.170 --> 00:41:36.150 Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum era, my favorite 00:41:36.150 --> 00:41:39.619 time for this band. And this fit right in the 00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:43.800 middle of all of that. And to me, it's a fantastic 00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:47.139 Christmas song. And yes, a top 10 U2 song. I 00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:51.000 apologize, U2 fans. I have nothing against the 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.320 band. But this song just kicks that much ass. 00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:58.619 Christmas, baby, please come home by U2. Yeah, 00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:00.440 I like it. And it's a song that kind of fills 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:03.719 the room. It's rocking, but we're bringing the 00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:05.320 tempo down. We're trying to calm people down 00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:08.739 now and enjoy. the last of their night. Let the 00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:11.559 eggnog wear off a little bit. Let the tension 00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:13.880 in the room come down. Let us kind of vibe out. 00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:16.500 Still getting the rock going, which I really 00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:20.480 love. And coming out of that, I'm going to continue 00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:22.960 to kind of mellow things out as we round out 00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:25.420 the end of the mixtape. But I want to bring a 00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:28.760 little bit of R &B, a little pop R &B in here. 00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:31.559 And because I remiss if we can get through a 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:34.920 playlist without putting this band, this group 00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:37.869 on here. Because I think they're just a testament 00:42:37.869 --> 00:42:42.389 to the 90s. And it's one of the best ways that 00:42:42.389 --> 00:42:45.230 I can think of to groove out during Christmas. 00:42:45.329 --> 00:42:48.469 So I'm going to head that into a little poppy 00:42:48.469 --> 00:42:52.789 R &B song called Sleigh Ride by TLC from 1992. 00:42:53.730 --> 00:42:57.190 And complete with a Lisa Left Eye rap in the 00:42:57.190 --> 00:43:00.329 middle of it to get us on that vibe. But that's 00:43:00.329 --> 00:43:02.510 how we're going to continue to kind of groove 00:43:02.510 --> 00:43:04.869 things out and bring the energy down a little 00:43:04.869 --> 00:43:09.500 bit. People forget that in 1992, TLC was one 00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:11.880 of the biggest bands on the planet. And Left 00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:15.059 Eye was such a unique and gifted presence. I 00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:19.579 absolutely love the inclusion of this. And it's 00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:22.880 changing the vibe enough where since we each 00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:26.579 only have one choice left, I could kind of pick 00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:29.539 up the party to kind of end it on like this really 00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:33.039 heavy, epic note. Or I can continue to bring 00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:37.199 us down. To kind of wind the party up in a nice 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:43.059 bow, all wrapped up as a gift. I'm really torn 00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:46.440 about which direction I want to go in. Prague 00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:49.420 Instrumental comes in. Yes, yes, unfortunately. 00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:51.119 Yeah, well, if I was going to go with the Prague 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.420 Instrumental side, the closest thing I could 00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:56.360 have did was pick Trans -Siberian Orchestra's 00:43:56.360 --> 00:44:00.619 Christmas Eve Sarajevo 1224. But to me coming 00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:04.039 out of TLC, that just feels very like oil and 00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:06.619 water. It doesn't come out of it in a way that 00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:09.980 would really flow naturally, but I do love that 00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:14.159 song. And it is one of the biggest Christmas 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:17.639 albums of all time in the U S certified three 00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:20.860 times platinum. I mean, it's gotten over a million 00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:24.380 downloads. It's just an unbelievable song, but 00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:27.679 does not work coming out of sleigh ride. However, 00:44:28.489 --> 00:44:30.829 I know I've said a very special Christmas a lot 00:44:30.829 --> 00:44:33.269 in this hour, but I talked about one and I talked 00:44:33.269 --> 00:44:35.909 about three. I got to pull something. And actually, 00:44:35.949 --> 00:44:38.210 I talked about five as well. I got to bring something 00:44:38.210 --> 00:44:40.590 from two, even though four got ignored. Sorry 00:44:40.590 --> 00:44:43.989 for. But when it involves your favorite artist 00:44:43.989 --> 00:44:47.670 of all time recording his original Christmas 00:44:47.670 --> 00:44:51.989 song, you have to go with Tom Petty's Christmas 00:44:51.989 --> 00:44:57.050 all over again. How can I possibly talk about 00:44:57.050 --> 00:45:01.030 Christmas? and not talk about this fact. It is 00:45:01.030 --> 00:45:06.969 a Tom Petty original Christmas song. If it doesn't 00:45:06.969 --> 00:45:09.889 sound familiar, it was in Home Alone 2, Lost 00:45:09.889 --> 00:45:12.829 in New York. And then you can't forget the ending 00:45:12.829 --> 00:45:15.829 fade of the song where he says, let me see, I 00:45:15.829 --> 00:45:18.590 want a new Rickenbacker guitar, two Fender Bassmans, 00:45:18.829 --> 00:45:23.510 a Chuck Berry songbook, a xylophone. Tom Petty, 00:45:23.530 --> 00:45:26.539 Christmas All Over Again. Yeah, what a great 00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:29.320 song. Tom Petty is one of the best songwriters 00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:32.619 out there and miss that guy. What a great way 00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:34.820 for him to contribute to this Christmas album. 00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:39.119 And coming out of that, I think what we want 00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:42.960 to do is maybe actually finish with a little 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:46.139 bit something unusual. And I'm going to pull 00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:47.920 something that I would usually put on a list 00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:49.659 that I would put on like if I were to make a 00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:52.960 mixtape of worship songs. But I want to kind 00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:55.780 of wrap it up with just a reminder of why we 00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:58.880 all came here in the first place. And the best 00:45:58.880 --> 00:46:02.119 way to experience this song is with your kids. 00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:04.440 This was originally on a VeggieTales Christmas 00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:08.820 CD. And this is a song that we'll finish it up 00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:11.420 with having a little fun. This is by a band called 00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:14.699 Owl City with help from Toby Mac. Just to have 00:46:14.699 --> 00:46:17.079 a little lighthearted fun, reminding us of the 00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:19.909 Christmas spirit. So coming off of Tom Petty's 00:46:19.909 --> 00:46:21.369 Beauty, we're going to go into a little bit of 00:46:21.369 --> 00:46:24.309 a pop mode, a little bit upward tempo to just 00:46:24.309 --> 00:46:26.510 kind of wrap things up on a fun note. And there's 00:46:26.510 --> 00:46:29.789 a song from 2013 called Light of Christmas by 00:46:29.789 --> 00:46:33.309 Owl City and Toby Man. This is the kind of song 00:46:33.309 --> 00:46:36.190 that I could see if our Christmas party had ending 00:46:36.190 --> 00:46:41.769 credits. The credits are rolling and we're. Having 00:46:41.769 --> 00:46:44.150 all the different songs that were played throughout 00:46:44.150 --> 00:46:46.090 the night. And they're rolling up the screen. 00:46:46.150 --> 00:46:47.670 Everyone's kind of packing up their stuff. And 00:46:47.670 --> 00:46:49.809 this song is playing in the background. Putting 00:46:49.809 --> 00:46:52.489 a nice little exclamation point at the end of 00:46:52.489 --> 00:46:54.730 our evening. Because this has been a really, 00:46:54.789 --> 00:46:58.550 really fun party. Side B kicked off with B .B. 00:46:58.570 --> 00:47:02.320 King and John Popper. Backdoor Santa. Ringo Starr's 00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:05.159 Come On Christmas, Billy Squire's Christmas is 00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:08.159 the Time to Say I Love You, Reliant K's The 12 00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:11.159 Days of Christmas, The Aquabats' Holiday Road, 00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:14.860 The Waitress' Christmas Wrapping, U2's Christmas 00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:19.239 Baby Please Come Home, TLC's Sleigh Ride, Tom 00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:22.239 Petty's Christmas All Over Again, and Owl City 00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:25.760 with Toby Mac, Light of Christmas. 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