Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Ventures
hahaha
(okay, so, prefix this with the acknowledgement that I'm writing this at three a.m. after a solstice party
but I think this
I Feel Fine + reindeer mashup is funny even during sane waking hours)
As an adult, I often find Rudolph a little too... campy, maybe? It was one of my favourites as a kid, and quite reasonably so- it's a story! A story you can sing along to!
I don't know when it happened, but at some point I started to prefer music that evokes abstracted emotions (
through the years we all will be together/if the fates allow) or trades in familiar symbols (
yuletide carols being sung by the choir) over a linear lyrical narrative. I worry, a little, that I've lost some ability to appreciate a story unadorned with (over?)complicated evocations. The Rudolph songs that I relate to now are all ironic stylistic mashups like this one. (Or
this one, or
this one.)