The other day I was confronted by someone who was upset at me for getting them to listen to a Christmas song. Especially one about relationships because they had just broken up with someone. Of course, I didn’t know this person personally. It came as a response via a myspace bulletin. My reply was very positive, I felt it was unfortunate. Essentially I told them, I can’t be all things to all people. I won’t even try, it’s impossible. It’s hard enough attempting to be me.
Obviously the holidays can be rough on people. They’re not always nice or easy. What can you do? Like a lot of things, I think you pick up and move on. While going through the gamut of Christmas songs, I was surprised to find a good portion of them to have somber tones to them. In fact several Christmas song favorites or classics do this. One of the oddest to me is O Tannenbaum or in English O Christmas Tree. There’s a song that is singing about something happy, but it’s very heavy and dark. Why?
Kerry, is a friend of mine. She’s a fantastic songwriter. She and another person, Stuart Pearson, wrote the song you’re listening to now. Despite its somber tone, I really dig it. I did a rendition of it for my Christmas thing. There are some definite differences between our versions. But I’ll leave that comparision for you to make in the future when I post what I’ve done later.
Until then, I want you to enjoy Kerry. I like her smokey voice. I also like the piano in this song. It’s a very thick piano that feels like it envelops you in a silky tone. You can’t beat that. I feel like I’m in on something raw and intimate. Support my fellow artists. Click that iTunes link and snag her song for your self. May you not be the one longing for a Yuletide Romeo and instead have that person in your life.