Tuesday Tune Two-Fer, Monday Special Edition: Dre, Del, Made It, Out of Clay

Note: I wrote all of these posts at the beginning of the month and scheduled them to play out later, and I hope it’s obvious that I intended them to be silly without being disrespectful.

But I did want to acknowledge the horrific terrorist attack in Sydney and pay respect to the people murdered while celebrating their holiday. Condolences seem insufficient, anger seems inappropriate for a holiday about light and perseverance, so I can only give a sincere wish for a Happy Hanukkah to everybody who celebrates it.

This month I’m using the power of corny puns and tenuous connections to turn everything into a Christmas song. But I don’t want anyone to think I forgot about dreidel. That’s why I’ve assembled four songs that aren’t at all about Hanukkah, two of which are actually pretty good. If my math and vague cultural awareness are correct, that should get you about halfway through the holiday.

Starting off, you can listen to the one-two-punch of “Forgot About Dre” by Dr. Dre featuring Eminem, followed by “Miserlou” by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones. Or, I guess you could just listen to Dr. Dreidel, who already made this joke years ago.

I’m hoping this won’t get me low-key hated on by most of these fellas with no cheese and seafood eaten at the same time.

Then, depending on how much of a masochist you are, you can enjoy “Looks Like We Made It” by Barry Manilow. Then imagine yourself on the other side of Clay Aiken’s heartfelt and somehow-even-whiter-than-Harry-Nilsson cover of “Without You,” and think of what your life would be like once you’re out of Clay.

(Come on, guys, give me a break here. Turns out that every single song I could find that even mentions “clay” is extremely Christian, which seems to go entirely against the spirit of this challenge).

Happy Holidays!