Some Covid Carols
December 18, 2020 11:54 AM Subscribe
Stuck at home, frustrated by the lack of social gatherings? Maybe By Next Christmas things will have changed and you can finally go to a party (though that might be a reversal of your previous stance).
Last Christmas, I would never have made this post, but for reasons that remain unclear to me, cheesy, sometimes clumsily-altered music about pandemic depression is the order of the day.
So make sure to stay 6 feet apart, and if you are living somewhere colder, you should probably not fight it and just Let it snow, because you are stuck here on Earth, and snow is sometimes a part of that world.
Whether you prefer your music to be cheerier, or you're feeling a bit more bitter, be sure to spread the joy (but nothing else) as you prepare for a crappy covid Christmas.
Here is a straight(ish) cover of the Christmas song as a palate cleanser.
This post has been brought to you by my reluctance to do end of term paperwork.
My most sincere apologies to all
Last Christmas, I would never have made this post, but for reasons that remain unclear to me, cheesy, sometimes clumsily-altered music about pandemic depression is the order of the day.
So make sure to stay 6 feet apart, and if you are living somewhere colder, you should probably not fight it and just Let it snow, because you are stuck here on Earth, and snow is sometimes a part of that world.
Whether you prefer your music to be cheerier, or you're feeling a bit more bitter, be sure to spread the joy (but nothing else) as you prepare for a crappy covid Christmas.
Here is a straight(ish) cover of the Christmas song as a palate cleanser.
This post has been brought to you by my reluctance to do end of term paperwork.
My most sincere apologies to all
I only watched a couple. In case I wasn't the only one who needed another earworm as an antidote.
posted by aniola at 2:28 PM on December 18, 2020
posted by aniola at 2:28 PM on December 18, 2020
Every year I get to a point where anything Christmas-related makes me cry, and I've already had one bout while listening to a carol concert on the radio where everyone was humming along to Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, because they couldn't sing (at least it was a live concert). So I only made it as far as half-way through the first song without reaching for the tissues.
Maybe I'll try again later.
posted by Fuchsoid at 3:43 PM on December 18, 2020
Maybe I'll try again later.
posted by Fuchsoid at 3:43 PM on December 18, 2020
For those of you who, like me, take solace in massively depressing holiday music, I recommend these:
Julia Jacklin - Baby Jesus Is Nobody's Baby Now
Phoebe Bridgers' cover of If We Make It Through December
posted by MrVisible at 4:22 PM on December 18, 2020
Julia Jacklin - Baby Jesus Is Nobody's Baby Now
Phoebe Bridgers' cover of If We Make It Through December
posted by MrVisible at 4:22 PM on December 18, 2020
You don't need Christmas songs to convey a suitable message.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 8:20 PM on December 18, 2020
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 8:20 PM on December 18, 2020
thanks to Greg_Ace's link above i stumbled, via twitter, onto a mefi user who is a dear friend of mine, lost lo these 15 years. maybe will expand somewhat when an appropriate meta appears.
also: a couple of those songs were beautiful, though not, strictly, what i would usually call my style.
posted by 20 year lurk at 9:48 PM on December 18, 2020 [1 favorite]
also: a couple of those songs were beautiful, though not, strictly, what i would usually call my style.
posted by 20 year lurk at 9:48 PM on December 18, 2020 [1 favorite]
I continue to be amused that "Covid music" has become a (hopefully temporary) genre on YouTube, etc. and now of course it's got its own carols to boot.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:09 PM on December 18, 2020
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:09 PM on December 18, 2020
The first song is so lovely. I appreciate that it doesn't mention Covid.
posted by vespabelle at 9:28 AM on December 19, 2020
posted by vespabelle at 9:28 AM on December 19, 2020
A selection of carols, somewhat adapted.
Stay Away From The Manger, and so forth.
posted by Pentickle at 2:03 PM on December 19, 2020
Stay Away From The Manger, and so forth.
posted by Pentickle at 2:03 PM on December 19, 2020
Human Voice from back when a deadly disease ruining Christmas was fiction (Anna and the Apocalypse). Plus festive songs are always better with Scottish accents.
posted by matsho at 4:16 PM on December 19, 2020
posted by matsho at 4:16 PM on December 19, 2020
And then there's John Batiste performing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, which managed to make me all blurry eyed.
posted by blue shadows at 7:33 PM on December 19, 2020
posted by blue shadows at 7:33 PM on December 19, 2020
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