![]() ![]() ![]() Christmas music, on the other hand, is anything but. Christmas sweaters, however improbably, are cool. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” – Barenaked Ladies At its well-deserved best, it squares off against Ashley Tisdale’s “Last Christmas” as the finest holiday cover of all time. At worst, it’s a better-than-passable twist on the beloved single. The Shins add a pinch of indie quirk that’s refreshing rather than nauseating - see Christmas with Weezer - while still channeling the former Beatle to near perfection. Frontman James Mercer released this cover of Paul McCartney’s 1979 Christmas classic on the heels of 2012’s Port of Morrow, and his band’s penchant for jangly guitar pop translates remarkably well into a not-quite-reimagining of the holiday standard. ![]()
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