From 1999 to 2004-ish, I was one of the contributing writers for Garrison Keillor's renowned radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." I learned a lot of things there, mostly how to spell 'prairie." It was a solid gig and I'm proud of my work there. But, like any other job, there were...things...
Actually, submitting this song parody in December would be late these days. Back then, this was the verge of all the radio stations starting to go to all-Christmas all-the-time mid-November. Still something that bugs me. Need to start working on Thanksgiving songs. Oh, and I ran the lyrics through AI and it spit out a version of the song, which is posted below, so now it exists somewhere...
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
'cross the radio dial
Gone is the lite fm along with the oldies blend
With classic rock and hip-hop for awhile
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
songs of green and red
But the oddest thing, my dear, is the songs that you will hear
Sung by folks long dead
Bing Crosby, of course, Burle Ives, always hoarse
Mathis, Cole and Williams
Sinatra and Lee, Mitch Miller for free
Or the Chipmunks with their Alvin
But programmers won't program once the season ends
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
And the songs won't stop
And the thing you can't dismiss is the feeling that you miss
Bland 70s rock.
'cross the radio dial
Gone is the lite fm along with the oldies blend
With classic rock and hip-hop for awhile
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
songs of green and red
But the oddest thing, my dear, is the songs that you will hear
Sung by folks long dead
Bing Crosby, of course, Burle Ives, always hoarse
Mathis, Cole and Williams
Sinatra and Lee, Mitch Miller for free
Or the Chipmunks with their Alvin
But programmers won't program once the season ends
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
And the songs won't stop
And the thing you can't dismiss is the feeling that you miss
Bland 70s rock.
