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_Seasons Greetings_
Santas' CD relieves doldrums with odd mix
Let me say this right oil the Screaming Santas'
holiday CO, Trim the Tret, was not exactly what
I expected
First o! all. despite the 70s retro packaging and
the sappy soundmg song titles — "IV Xmas," lor
one — I have to admit that there was a part ot me
that expected the CO to include a little, well, scream
ing.
But there was none ol that to be had in any of the
lour tracks contained on Trim the Tree In (act. the
first two tracks made it appear that the Screaming
Santas were just as mushy and plastic as their
Brady esque apparel and hairstyles would indicate
Listening to "Jesus Christ," the first song on the
CD, had me disheartened immediately Written by
Alex Chilton, whose 70s band Big Star recorded the
original version ot the song. "Jesus Christ" is a lyri
cally uninteresting piece, made even less exciting by
the melodic, low key treatment ol the Santas Its
sugary and repetitive chorus. "Jesus Christ was
born today Jesus Christ was born," gets tiresome
in seconds - fortunately, the song lasts only two
and a half minutes
We got a glimpse of originality in I V Xmas * pro
duced and written by Gavin Guss (who also chips in
some vocals, guitar and drums lor the track). For
many, Christmas brings mixed emotions — feelings
ol isolation and togetherness, lor example, or the
toys and burdens ol tradition — and this song cap
tures those well “Here on Christmas Eve / I'm leel
mg like a dog in a manger scene."
One revealing passage comes in the chorus,
when we discover one reason the songwriter seems
to love the holiday In his words "It feeds my mse
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But the overall tone ot the
first two tracks left me totally
unprepared for the third song
on the CO. innocuously labeled
UG H ) (of Christmas,' which
sounds similar to the others, but
shows a completely different
attitude
It's apparent in the very first
lines, when we find out just
whatl. G H stands for "Oh, the
yuletide time is here, aoain. so
let's get high lor Christmas / We'll see baby Jesus
and three wise men, when we get high for Christ
mas."
Needless to say. I was rolling on the door after
that. I mean, after listening to music so uninteresting
and poppy that it could've been from the Melrose
Place soundtrack, it was a shock to hear, "'Tis the
season to be jolly, and our hearts are full of song /
As we stulf this wreath of holly in the Merry Christ
mas bong"
Not exactly Nat King Cole
Made up of Guss and the members of several dif
ferent bands, the Screaming Santas are probably
just a one-time entity, comprising Rick Roberts of
Peach, the Posies' Jon Auer, former Posie and cur
rent Love Battery drummer, Mike Musburger, and
Braden Black and Chris Lockwood of Super Deluxe
But they should keep their day jobs.
By David Thorn
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