THEME TIME: Christmas in the desert

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Christmas in odd, unlikely locations. Like hell (we did that!). Or the looney bin (here!). Or space (here!) Or, in this case: the desert.

When i started looking for xmas desert songs , I bumped right into this GEM of a song by one Kelsey Scott from Arizona, where they know a thing or two about deserts of course. Minimal song, just guitars and drums. When Kelly sings that 'Christmas in the desert makes me lonely', with that languid voice, you believe her:

She stopped making music after 2021, alas.

From a compilation that also contains the song 'Not all Jews are Zionists, Asshole', this more jingly-jangley song (love that organ!) about spending Christmas alone with beer and videos:


From an album from 2012, curated by Alice Cooper, this now defunct band, also from Arizona, that sound a bit emo-grungey:


UPDATE: I did not check YouTube, and thanks to 'Anonymous' in the comments (that you Stubby?) I bumped into a few suspicious looking AI-songs, some contemporary country (see also those comments) that is not really my cup of tea, and this odd jazzy duet, could be from a musical. 'Jazzrabbit' only released one single, ten years ago and the guy responsible could be this Jeff Gardner. Intriguing:

From 2021, so YouTube says, and re-released in 2023 under a different name, this indie rocking track with offbeat (or should I say, off-key) vocals:
Is there more? Shout out in the comments please!

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Anonymous said…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za47jcCM6gM
1:03 PM
Anonymous said…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuSh93Tvpps&t=37s
1:12 PM
Anonymous said…
Nope, not Stubby! :-)
2:13 AM
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