Rotary Connection - Peace

"B-R-L-F-Q spells mom and dad." That IS a non-sequiter. I'm procrastinating by listening to a Bobby Goldsboro 45, because we're about to go on an adventure.

I apologize in advance for what i'm going to do for the next two weeks. But, in celebration of today's truly riveting Macy's Thanksgiving Day Christmas Parade, and since everyone's life revolves around the next holiday, i'm going to let Bottle say mean things about every single christmas album i have.

I mean no personal offense, but i assume if you haven't unfollowed me by now, you're complicit.

I have 13 of these things, and they are not the cream of the christmas crop. If you love christmas albums you might want to ignore me for the next two weeks. But, if you're a fan of the inventively playful insults my brain produces from time to time, we might bond a little more.

We'll start off as gentle as possible with what i assume is an intentional absurdity. I don't think they would be mad at all to hear me call them "wackadoodle." Do christmas songs need sloppy acid-rock guitar solos? Is Christmas the holiday where we flip a coin to decide if a child or an old person dies, or is it the one where we pretend we aren't racist for a day? Does Santa get high from smoking mistletoe?

Rotary Connection says YES, and it's hard to argue with their level of confidence. It's weird, is what i'm saying.

You don't HAVE to listen to the whole thing, but at the very least go find "Peace At Last." That song is unique.

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