Mistletoe Jam

Already we are rolling up for the mystery tour of the holidays. Music is a big part of it. In malls, on the radio, there’s a perpetual playlist out there that is part audio truffle, part marshmallow world nostalgia. Then there are tunes that may have been intended to trigger comfort and joy but over time have entered the realm of forever monotony.

For this hour however, Bing Crosby and Brenda Lee can waltz their way out to the tunes of Mariah or the Mannheim mainstream.

In this Old School Mistletoe Jam, a disgruntled Miles Davis records under protest, a “Police” man records incognito, we ride alongside the first song ever about sidewalk surfing, and find mistletoe in Vietnam.

Push play on this page or click the link above to stash it in your podcasts: Here’s your JAM!!

Santa Came Home Drunk (1960) Clyde Lasley and the Cadillac Baby Specials

I Want a Rock and Roll Guitar (1960) Johnny Preston

Santa Claus (1965) The Sonics

There Ain’t No Sanity Claus (1980) The Damned

I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis (1956) Debbie Dabney

Yulesville (1959) Edd “Kookie” Byrnes

Happy Holidays (1983) Smegma

Santa and the Sidewalk Surfer (1963) The Turtles

Christmas Day (1960) Detroit Junior

Santa’s Beard (1988) They Might Be Giants

Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (1962) Miles Davis, Bob Dorough

One Christmas Catalogue (1984) Captain Sensible

Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (1968) James Brown

Christmas in Vietnam (1966) Johnny & Jon

Yo Ho Ho (1980) Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland)

Soul Christmas (1994) Graham Parker, Nona Hendryx

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