Crap from the Past is one of my favourite radio shows — every week, Ron “Boogiemeister” Gerber serves up a helping of the best/worst pop music in history. The Holiday episodes are amazingly bad (with a few gems scattered throughout). I highly recommend digging through the archives of this show but for now, here’s an episode from December 2005… don’t say I didn’t warn you!
For reference… here’s the playlist
SHOULDN’T HAVE GIVEN HIM A GUN FOR CHRISTMAS – Wall of Voodoo (1987)
SANTA CLAUS AND HIS OLD LADY – Cheech and Chong (1971)
CHRISTMAS BOP – T Rex
THE MAN IN THE SANTA SUIT – Fountains of Wayne (1997)
DECK THE HALLS – Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber and Manheim Steamroller (2004)
LINUS AND LUCY – Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber and Vince Guaraldi (1998)
ONE CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE – Captain Sensible (1984)
SANTA CLAUS GO STRAIGHT TO THE GHETTO – James Brown
DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS (12″) – Band Aid (1984)
REGGAE CHRISTMAS – Bryan Adams (1985)
O HOLY NIGHT – Eric Cartman
FEAST OF LIGHTS – They Might Be Giants
THE PAC MAN CHRISTMAS STORY – on Kid Stuff Records (1983)
CHANUKAH UNDER THE STARS – Fountains of Wayne (1997)
MERRY CHRISTMAS – Wesley Willis
CHRISTMASTIME – Aimee Mann with Michael Penn (1996)
CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS – Run-DMC (1987)
BLUE CHRISTMAS – Seymore Swine and the Squeelers (1985)
I SAW DADDY KISSING SANTA CLAUS – Kip Addotta (1984)
CHRISTMAS WITH THE DEVIL – Spinal Tap
SANTA AND THE SATELLITE PART 1 – Buchanan and Goodman
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN – Joseph Spence