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Music Video of the Day: Suzy Snowflake, performed by The Norman Luboff Choir (1953, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This music video is from 1953, back before anyone had even heard the term “music video.”  It originally aired on local Chicago television and it was produced by the animators at Centaur Productions.  It’s said that, for two minutes, there was no mafia activity in Chicago as everyone watched Suzy Snowflake.  That’s the power of the holidays!

I’m not sure if this was the first time this song was ever sung but Suzy Snowflake was subsequently covered by several artists and, in previous years, it was one of those songs that was in the regular holiday music rotation for most stores.  Maybe it still is.  I’m doing almost all of my Christmas shopping from home this year so I’m not really sure what they’re playing out there.  Yesterday, I did my nightly Christmas shopping while listening to Britney Spears.  Tonight, I’m going to listen to The Chemical Brothers and tomorrow, it’ll be time for Saint Motel.  I don’t know if people are going to like their presents but I’m enjoying the soundtrack.

But anyway, back to Suzy Snowflake!

I have to admit that I really hate this song.  I mean, seriously …. Suzy Snowflake just feels like she’s taunting those of us who live in the southwest.  We don’t ever get any snow!  Or at least, we haven’t gotten any recently.  A few years ago, it actually did snow on Christmas in Dallas and I ran outside and jumped up and down and then I ended up having to say in bed for a few days because I had a pretty cold.  But anyway, Suzy Snowflake plays favorites.  Poor Frosty melted and Suzy apparently can’t travel any further south than Indiana.  You’re a snob and an elitist, Suzy.

That said, this video is cute.  The song may make me grind my teeth but I probably would have loved the video if I had been alive in 1953.  And it’s a piece of history!  It’s from the early days of television!  You couldn’t do something like this one the radio, could you!?  Go to hell, Little Orphan Annie!  Drink your Ovaltine, indeed.  Oddly, the video actually aired on December 28th, three days after Christmas!  What’s up with that, Suzy?  YOU THINK YOU’RE TOO GOOD FOR CHRISTMAS!?

Anyway, enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: You Ain’t Getting Nothin’ (2020, dir by Juan M. Urbina)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ve got this song stuck in my head now.  I’m not complaining there.  This is a lot better than that old Suzy Snowflake song that was stuck in my head.

Personally, I’m on Santa’s side here.  That brat doesn’t deserve any presents this year.  Or any other year, as far as I’m concerned.  If that leads to him embarking on a life of crime that’s fueled by holiday bitterness, so be it.

Don’t mess with Santa.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: It’s Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries by Carly Rae Jepsen (2020, dir by Josh Forbes)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Ain’t that the truth!?

(I know, I know.  Ain’t is not a real word and I should be embarrassed about using it.  I’m a a half a country girl and half a city girl and sometimes, the country half just demand to be heard.)

Usually, I’m the one who cries on Christmas.  This is the month that I allow myself to get sentimental and everything.  Seeing my presents.  Getting my presents.  Unwrapping my presents.  Trying my presents on.  Showing my presents off.  Seriously, it touches my heart every time.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Scratched Lanyard by Dry Cleaning (2020, dir by Rottingdean Bazaar)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

At first, I thought this is was a Christmas video, just because of all the flashing lights.  Then I actually watched the video and discovered that it’s actually taking place in a miniature disco bar.

But really, when it comes to disco, isn’t every day Christmas?  I’ve always felt so.  Most Christmas celebrations would probably be improved by platform shoes and a disco ball.  Some people might toss a coke spoon in there but I don’t think you need cocaine to have a merry Christmas.  If anything, President’s Day is your cocaine holiday.  Christmas, on the other hand, is a opening presents sober holiday.  At least, it is for me.

Rottingdean Bazaar are James Theseus Buck and Luke Brooks.  They’re a British duo, specializing in surrealistic designs and fashions.  This video, let’s just say, is very Rottingdean Bazaar.

This video is a nice throwback to the days when artists actually tried to do something interesting when it came to music videos.  So many music videos now are just boring performance clips and, yes, they’re easy to write about.  When you wake up at two in the morning and realize that you forgot to schedule a music video of the day before you fell asleep, it can sometimes be a relief to find a performance clip that you can just toss onto the site with only one word to go along with it.  But sometimes, you want something more and that’s what this video delivers.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: 12 Days of Christmas, covered by Pentatonix (2020, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yay!  It’s my favorite time of year!

And here, to get the month started, is Pentatonix with a cover of the 12 Days of Christmas  One thing about the 12 Days of Christmas is that most of those gifts aren’t really that impressive.  I mean, what am I going to do with a bunch of drummers drumming after the holidays?  And do they just keep on drumming through the whole month?  That’s going to get annoying.

I do like the diamond rings, though …. oh wait.  They’re golden rings, aren’t they?  For some reason, I always remember them as being diamond rings.  Heh heh.

I do like Pentatonix, though I typically hate anything that’s a cappella.  Like, I’ve always had this fear that I’ll be out somewhere and suddenly, an old timey barbershop quartet will appear out of nowhere and start singing and they’ll be really bad but I’ll be obligated to stand there and listen to them until they finally stop.  That’s actually one of my number one fears.  Don’t ask me why I have this fear, I just do.  I’m also haunted by Bo Bice’s decision to go a cappella during the finale of America Idol because I think that decision led to him losing to Carrie Underwood.  So, as you can see, I have my reasons for dreading a cappella in general.

But Pentatonix is pretty cool, I think.  They’re the exception to the rule.  Kind of like how folk music is the music of evil people, except for Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie.

Anyway, enjoy!