Guest blogging again at Jeff Vandermeer’s place, Rima Abunasser takes a look at the malignant sexuality and imperialistic drives behind some popular holiday music.
She also offers at least one acceptable alternative. In that spirit, see the good and the worst of holiday music after the cut … I hesitate to call it a favorite holiday song, simply because I don’t spend enough time thinking about holiday music to make that claim with confidence, but The Ramones bring us this charming companion piece to Rima’s choice of the Pogues:
And, while not evil in any but the most mundane of ways, Paul McCartney is responsible for the dreariest, most creatively bankrupt Christmas song ever. For years, I thought it was corporate-produced muzak designed specifically for department and grocery stores, and I was shocked to learn that it was created by someone that some people respect as an artist:
