Tag: "holiday_songs"
A Bob Rivers Christmas
This will be the last Unusual Holiday Song post I plan to write, as I've grown tired of the feature and I think it's run its course. I figured I'd go out with a bang by writing about FOUR songs - the most I ever offered in one post. Bob Rivers is an… more »
I Know What We're Gonna Do This Christmas
In 2007, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, former writers of "Rocko's Modern Life", created a little animated show for Disney called "Phineas & Ferb". The show is about two little stepbrothers named Phineas and Ferb - what, you thought they… more »
A Not-So-Rosie Christmas
One of the perks of being rich and famous is that you get to torture the public with vanity projects showing off your (lack of) talent, simply because you have the funds and means to do such stupid things. It's even worse when you con the public into… more »
Spinning That Latin Dreidel
Jewish people have very few festive Hanukkah songs. There's Adam Sandler's "Hanukkah Song"...and that's about it. Erran Baron Cohen, brother of Sacha Baron Cohen and composer of the original music for "Borat" and "Da Ali G Show", tried to change that… more »
A Totally Weird Christmas
You know, the holidays can be a hard time for me. It seems like I get treated unfairly. It's bad enough that Burl Ives doesn't want me to join in any reindeer games - which is ironic because I am neither a reindeer, nor athletically-inclined. "They… more »
A Styling Jew On Christmas
The month of December can be a downright depressing time of the year if you don't worship the fat guy in the red suit. Go to any store, and you'll likely see candy canes, wreaths, Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, stockings, and red and green 'til your eyes… more »
Reindeer Crossing
It's not very common that a comedy song itself gets parodied, but that's just what happened to "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". In 1997, Cledus T. Judd, country music's answer to Weird Al Yankovic, decided to switch up the Christmas classic by… more »
It's Hammer Time!
Since 2005, I have been posting unusual holiday songs for either Christmas or Hanukkah every year. Okay, it was a one-time-only thing in 2005, but has become a regular tradition since 2009. Normally, I just make one holiday post for Christmas or… more »
Silent Night, Deadly Night
This year I decided to change things up a bit for this reoccurring feature. The title up there may say "Unusual Holiday Songs", but we're gonna take a look at an "Unusual Holiday Video" this year. Everyone loves Christmas, so it should come as no… more »
If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas
As some of you may know, every year in December I post an unusual holiday song on the Spook Central blog. Well, I'm not gonna let one bitch of a storm prevent me from continuing with the tradition. I have a small surplus of unusual holiday songs on my… more »
Put On Your Yarmulke, It's Time For Chanukah
For the past few years I've been posting an unusual holiday song each December. This year Matthew Jordan (of the Ghostbusters Wiki) offered to make me a little image to use for this now-annual tradition, and I thought it would be a great way to connect… more »
A Macarena Christmas
This year's song of choice is one that I never even knew existed until I found the four-track CD single at a church's White Elephant Sale back in July 2009. You all know the original Bayside Boys remix, as much as I'm sure you'd like to forget it, and… more »
Merry Cryptmas
I am now officially starting a recurring, but not necessarily annual, tradition here at Spook Central of posting one or two holiday songs that aren't quite your normal holiday songs. I unofficially christened this new feature back in 2005 with the… more »
Rugrats Holiday Songs
In the spirit of the holidays I have a little present for all of you: two MP3s I encoded of the two best songs from the Rugrats Holiday Classics! CD (2004), along with the lyrics as printed in the liner notes. Rugrats Chanukah (inspired by Chanukah, Oh… more »