tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post1234013530394712085..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Not Too Silent NightYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-71590160488705588752012-12-19T17:57:25.089-08:002012-12-19T17:57:25.089-08:00Does anybody actually write Christmas songs anymor...Does anybody actually write Christmas songs anymore. other than parody stuff like "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"? The last holiday song that made it into the traditional holiday rotation seems to be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o8-eLZhrOA" rel="nofollow">Paul McCartney's Christmas song,</a> while others that get in now are just riffs on older songs, like Bruce Springsteen's version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town". Contemporary artists still do Christmas songs and CDs. They just don't break any new songs and are content to remake what's already been proven popular.<br /><br />And aside from the advent of records and recording artists like der Bingle, the advent of talking pictures and musicals seem to have really been a major push for the Christmas song genre in the wake of World War II. Mixing sentimental scenes with sentimental music at a time when people were less cynical about that kind of combination helped get more of those songs into the public eye, while with the advent of television, radio stations needed something to replace the network shows that were gravitating to TV. Music was a way to get people back, and Christmas songs at holiday time were a natural fit (albeit over the past 60 years the start of 'holiday time' seems to have expanded all the way to All Saints Day on Nov. 1).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com