I find it interesting that most Christmas songs have stood the test of times extremely well, from the classic Big Crosby's White Christmas through Slade, Wizzard and Wham until the present day. But it's the current dearth of Christmas songs that I find a bit puzzling. Have we run out of ideas? ..or is it my generation thinking there's been nothing decent created since 1979? That last bit is true, of course.
One of the local bands in my area has released a Christmas song, and I'm told that it's quite good. Will it be around next year? I doubt it, but Noddy Holder might have thought the same in 1973.
I wonder if the fear of failure puts bigger music stars off releasing a seasonal song. There would be so much hype built up that if it was deemed a 'flop' then it might terminally affect their career, and of how do you define a 'flop' in the world of downloads, streaming and pirated copies? The 70's were a whole lot simpler in that area, although I figure that Slade would have been as popular on any form of social media.
It;s clear there's only one thing for me to do - write a Christmas song. I remember that Bing Crosby took a number of years to perfect White Christmas so I'd better start now.
