Ella Fitzgerald : Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney [ purchase ] All week long, the picture above has been sitting on the sidebar, an...

Paul Kelly : How to Make Gravy [purchase] While this song isn't necessarily "offbeat," it's one that you won't norma...

Wing : Santa Claus on a Helicopter [ purchase ] I wasn't going to post another song this week, but I accidently scrolled through thi...

DBSK : Silent Night [ purchase ] B'z : Itsuka No Merry Christmas [ purchase ] GLAY : Karera no HOLY X'MAS [ purchase ] Kiyohar...

The Hives and Cyndi Lauper: A Christmas Duel [ purchase ] Yes, the 2008 release date makes this post a rule-breaker. But it was a single, ...

Far (feat. Chino Moreno) : Feed the World (Do They Know It‘s Christmas Time?) [ purchase ] Though significantly less grandiose than the...

Elton John : Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher [ purchase ] Here's a no-brainer for Songs Banned At The Mall, because we all know that ...

Paul Revere & The Raiders: Macy's Window [ purchase ] The Ventures: Sleigh Ride [ purchase ] Two Northwest rock'n...

Brigid Kaelin : Blue Dreidel No 9 [ purchase ] I hope everyone has been enjoying our sideways glance at Christmas this week, and I know...

Camera Obscura : The Blizzard [ purchase ] Raveonettes : The Christmas Song [ purchase ] One of my longest playlists is my Christma...

Kay Martin and her Bodyguards : I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas [Out Of Print] One imagines Roger Sterling from Mad Men putti...

The Holly Twins (with Eddie Cochran) : I Want Elvis For Christmas [ purchase ] The 1950s were a great time for novelty records. T...

Run D.M.C. : Christmas in Hollis [ purchase ] Sometimes it's hard to predict what malls will or will not play at this time of year. ...

Jonathan Coulton : Chiron Beta Prime [ purchase ] Every year at this time, my blood sugar soars as I am subjected, er treated, to the h...

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant : Kashmir [ purchase ] For our Reproductions theme, the idea was to post remakes of songs that rendered the...

Tina Dico : Break of Day [ purchase ] Zero7 (ft. Tina Dico) : Home [ purchase ] I'm commonly surprised at some of the artists who w...

Slim Harpo : I‘m a King Bee [ purchase ] Muddy Waters : I‘m a King Bee [ purchase ] I had big plans for Creepy Crawlies week. I sta...

Steely Dan : Barrytown [ purchase ] As a parent, many of life’s best and most potent memories will involve one’s children. There are, of ...

Sileas : Beating Harps [ purchase ] Beating Harps, the song and the album, came out in 1987. That was a very important year for me. For...

Rod Stewart : Sailing [ purchase ] In August 1977, when I was 11, my brothers and I went on a church camp. Unlike the other two I went o...