Fa-La-La-La-Lame, Part 2
There is a whole sub-genre of "Christmas" songs that aren't about Christmas at all.
They're about Winter, or at least cold weather.
"Jingle Bells" doesn't once mention the holiday, but you can't hear it without thinking of Christmas!
"Frosty The Snowman" likewise has zilch to do with "the season" but you sure only ever hear it in the days leading up to December twenty-fifth.
Yep, Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow, and the rest are really just "Cold Weather Songs!" The irony here is that Winter starts only a scant three or four days before Christmas.
This leaves us with today's "Fa-La-La-La-Lame" song, which belongs to this category:
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
Here's a jolly little duet all about using cold weather as an excuse for date rape!
The male singer begs, "Baby, don't hold out!"
The line, sung by the female, "Hey what's in this drink?" really gives the game away, don't you think?
Creepy, just plain creepy. But somehow this evergreen is indelibly linked to the birth of the Christ child.
Side note: The local PBS station re-ran a "Three Tenors" Christmas Concert recently and I laughed my head off thinking about those guys singing this to each other in their vein-popping operatic style!
They're about Winter, or at least cold weather.
"Jingle Bells" doesn't once mention the holiday, but you can't hear it without thinking of Christmas!
"Frosty The Snowman" likewise has zilch to do with "the season" but you sure only ever hear it in the days leading up to December twenty-fifth.
Yep, Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow, and the rest are really just "Cold Weather Songs!" The irony here is that Winter starts only a scant three or four days before Christmas.
This leaves us with today's "Fa-La-La-La-Lame" song, which belongs to this category:
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
Here's a jolly little duet all about using cold weather as an excuse for date rape!
The male singer begs, "Baby, don't hold out!"
The line, sung by the female, "Hey what's in this drink?" really gives the game away, don't you think?
Creepy, just plain creepy. But somehow this evergreen is indelibly linked to the birth of the Christ child.
Side note: The local PBS station re-ran a "Three Tenors" Christmas Concert recently and I laughed my head off thinking about those guys singing this to each other in their vein-popping operatic style!
posted by Craig D at 6:06 PM
13 Comments:
your three tenors reaction is similar to the way i feel when i hear a commercial song singer belting out something about pants
Great post, Craig. I'd never really given those songs much thought before.
Kinda like the "why does everybody think Humpty Dumpty is an egg?" mystery.
Very funny!
"rohypnol roasting on an open fire"
...and before I get slated for joking about date rape I in no way condone such activity.
...up on the roofie top, xbox?
Boom Boom!
Well said. I guess it's just another example of the high-mindedness of American culture.
ALVIN!!!
And may I mention one of the worst Christmas tunes I've ever heard? Dean Martin doing a disco version of Jingle Bells (actual title: Dean Martin vs. Prophet Omega). Its a creation of some demented D.J.
Why aren't there more classics like "Grandma got run over by a Reindeer?"
WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE TRYING TO SMOKE A RUBBER CIGAR.
AND WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK HUMPTY DUMPTY IS AN EGG????
wow, I've always liked singing along with that song, but I guess you're right! Sheesh.
That is beyond creepy!
What a coincidence. I was just listening to this song today. Terrible.
Gee your lips look delicious!
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