In the Key of K

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This song was the ‘Hidden Track‘ on my first 1997 cassette release. It was popular in the 90s to have an unlisted track on an album as a surprise. My hidden track was my anti-christmas anthem, originally titled “I Hate Christmas.”

All the music here is the original from the four track tapes but I re-wrote the lyrics and re-recorded the vocals. I’ve edited the lyrics to make them a bit less negative, vulgar, violent, and repetitious. I renamed it “I Love Christmas,” sarcastically, of course.

The new lyrics are full of sarcasm instead of violence. The original had lines about “fat old men in bright red suits, I’d shoot the reindeer off of my roof.” As well as blatantly blasphemous religious jabbing.

I don’t hate christmas anymore but it has no religious significance for me and I do have problems with endless the consumerism in capitalism. To me now, it’s about spending time with family, eating Chinese food, and overindulging on cookies and pie.

The drums in this song are what make it great. the rest of the song is just powerchord punk rock. I seriously considered a complete re-write away from christmas stuff but I kept it because that was the original idea and I am narcissistic enough to want my own ‘all I want for christmas’ song. 😸 I’m coming for you Mariah! 🤣I hope this comes close! 😉
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I Love Christmas

Sad old men in bright red suits
Capitalist garbage chute.
I love xmas

Teach your kids it’s fun lie.
They’ll learn shame with ‘naughty’ and ‘nice.’
I love xmas

Crowded travelling move along.
People arguing who is wrong.
I love xmas

Families fight, kids get bored.
They want gifts I can’t afford.
I love xmas

Drunk uncle passed out on the couch
but not before his racists jokes.
I love xmas

Homeless people have no one.
They don’t get gifts, warmth, food, or fun.
I love xmas

Sad old men in bright red suits
Capitalist garbage chute.
I love xmas

There’s too much snow to travel safe.
Guilt trips take you to another place.
I love xmas

Consumerism owns this day
It doesn’t matter what I say
I love xmas

People talk religious cliches
But it’s a pagan holiday.
Io Saturnalia

I love xmas.
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You want to play it? Here:

Most of the song is this (play F5 on the fifth string, VIII):
F5***|F5***|Bb5***|Bb5***|
F5***|Eb5***|Bb***|

Then there is this in the middle:
F5***|F5***|Db5***|Db5***|
Eb5***|Bb5***|Ab***|

Then at the end you do this:
F5***|Bb5***|Eb***|Ab5***|
Db5***|Gb5***|F5***| The last F5 is low, off the sixth string.

🎶A fun thing about this song is I knew almost nothing about music theory when I wrote it but I nailed a nice stream of secondary dominants on that coda! 😱