Two Months Late to Everything
February 2nd, 2012




I’d meant to note this back in December, but Aimee Mann and Michael Penn’s “Christmastime” is now my new favorite Christmas song. The musical structure is super-ironic and the lyrics are, as just subversive enough to be charming. It’s like a deconstruction of the Waitresses “Christmas Rapping.”

And I think it’s fine to have one ironic and subversive song in your Christmas playlist. Anyway, treat yourself to it and file it away for next year.

PS: As Paul Thomas Anderson once explained, all of Mann’s love-lorn sons are really about the record industry. So who knows what this song is really about. I suspect it might be an inside joke about she and Penn’s marriage.

 



  1. Galley Friend J.E. February 3, 2012 at 12:04 am

    Just checked twomonthslatetoeverything.com and…
    “Your domain name is available!”

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