It's officially December, so there are no longer really solid reasons for objecting to the playing of Christmas music. With the exception of the sort of stuff that shows up in Mellowmas, that is. And speaking of Mellowmas, there is this. About which, a poll:
Please choose only one, hard as it may be to believe.
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The ranges of reactions were similar when he went electric, and when he released Nashville Skyline (country music) and Self Portrait (American pop).
Well, I can pretty much take or leave Dylan, myself, but my wife is fond of him. I'm not sure whether I should get this for her or not - she certainly doesn't object to christmas music, seeing as how she's been listening to Bing Crosby singing them for the last couple of days. I dunno. Maybe she'll like it. Maybe she'll kill me. Maybe he's playing it straight, or maybe it's a joke. Maybe he's playing it straight, and everybody *thinks* its a joke. Who knows?
It's officially December, so there are no longer really solid reasons for objecting to the playing of Christmas music.
Other than that it makes the entire month a hellish experience?
Other than that it makes the entire month a hellish experience?
Second this comment. The main reason Jason and Jeff have been able to do Mellowmas for four consecutive years and counting is that criticizing bad Christmas music is very much a fish-barrel-blam! exercise. There is some good stuff out there, but the signal to noise ratio is even lower than for popular music in general.
I voted "My reaction can not be described with a single radio button, but must be explained in a comment."
This album cannot possibly match the genius of Roy Zimmerman's Christmas is Pain, which is a parody of a Christmas carol in the style of Bob Dylan.
I'm a huge Zimmerman fan, and have been to many of his live concerts. However...
Following Bob Dylan's Christmas album in the gallery of dubious yuletide entertainment comes Robert De Niro's Christmas movie. But then De Niro got good reviews...
I voted "run away", but only because it should have read "christmas is pain". That's my favorite song on Zimmerman's album.
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby
Always the Joker
Bob Dylan has always been intriguing to me. If only he could sing or play an instrument!
Obviously all part of the War on Christmas!