Already we are rolling up for the mystery tour of the holidays. Music is a big part of it. In malls, on the radio, there’s a perpetual playlist out there that is part audio truffle, part marshmallow world nostalgia. Then there are tunes that may have been intended to trigger comfort and joy but over time have entered the realm of forever monotony.
For this hour however, Bing Crosby and Brenda Lee can waltz their way out to the tunes of Mariah or the Mannheim mainstream.
In this Old School Mistletoe Jam, a disgruntled Miles Davis records under protest, a “Police” man records incognito, we ride alongside the first song ever about sidewalk surfing, and find mistletoe in Vietnam.
Push play on this page or click the link above to stash it in your podcasts: Here’s your JAM!!
Santa Came Home Drunk (1960) Clyde Lasley and the Cadillac Baby Specials
I Want a Rock and Roll Guitar (1960) Johnny Preston
Santa Claus (1965) The Sonics
There Ain’t No Sanity Claus (1980) The Damned
I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis (1956) Debbie Dabney
Yulesville (1959) Edd “Kookie” Byrnes
Happy Holidays (1983) Smegma
Santa and the Sidewalk Surfer (1963) The Turtles
Christmas Day (1960) Detroit Junior
Santa’s Beard (1988) They Might Be Giants
Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (1962) Miles Davis, Bob Dorough
One Christmas Catalogue (1984) Captain Sensible
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (1968) James Brown
Christmas in Vietnam (1966) Johnny & Jon
Yo Ho Ho (1980) Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland)
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