I Am Santa Claus
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| Studio album by Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio | ||||
| Released | November 2, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Bob's Garage Inc, North Bend WA, KISW Radio Seattle WA, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Christmas, Comedy | |||
| Length | 40:34 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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I Am Santa Claus is the second Christmas album by Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio. It was released in November 1993 by Atlantic Records (WEA 82548), five years after Twisted Christmas, and four years before More Twisted Christmas.[1][2]
Track listing
- "There's Another Santa Claus" - 2:01
- (parody of "Here Comes Santa Claus," performed by a Gene Autry impersonator)
- "Walkin' 'Round in Women's Underwear"[3][4] - 1:55
- (parody of "Winter Wonderland" about crossdressing)[1]
- "I Am Santa Claus" - 3:22
- (sung to tune of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, except the last ten notes on the prominent guitar riff are replaced with five notes from Jingle Bells.)[5]
- "Manger 6" - 0:44
- (parody of Motel 6 ads, narrated by a Tom Bodett impersonator)
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - 2:09
- (sung to the tune of "The House of the Rising Sun" as performed by The Animals)[6]
- "I Came Upon a Roadkill Deer" - 3:01
- (parody of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear")[6]
- "Teddy the Red-Nosed Senator" - 1:25
- (parody of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; about US Senator Ted Kennedy)
- "Grahbe Yahbalz" - 1:08
- (parody of "Deck the Halls;" the name is pseudo-Yiddish for censorship purposes, song describes a gesture frequently used by Michael Jackson)
- "A Letter to Santa" - 2:41
- (spoken-word piece in which Vito Corleone from The Godfather writes a letter to Santa Claus)
- "Jingle Hells Bells" - 2:38
- (uses a riff of "Highway to Hell"; sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things", performed in the style of Bon Scott-era AC/DC)[6]
- "The Kids" - 2:18
- spoken by Bob Rivers
- "The Magical Kingdom of Claus" - 5:53
- (mini-musical parody of The Wizard of Oz, in which the Emerald City/North Pole is replaced with a commercialized shopping mall-type environment, briefly parodies the song "If I Only Had a Brain")
- "The 'What's It to Ya' Chorus - 2:37
- (parody of Handel's "The Hallelujah Chorus" from The Messiah, with the chorus insisting to the listener to mind one's own business)
- "Didn't I Get This Last Year?" - 3:22
- (parody of "Do You Hear What I Hear" About repeatedly getting unpleaseant gifts, if not the same ones, each year. )[6]
- "The Under the Tree World of Jacques Cousteau" - 3:02
- (spoken word piece, narrated by a Cousteau impersonator)
- "O Christmas Tree" - 2:33
- Instrumental set to the sounds of chainsaws.
Critical reaction
J. D. Considine wrote in the Baltimore Sun that "Rivers' idea of `funny' generally seems the work of a guy who's read too many issues of Mad magazine, but there are some good bits here."[7] Helen Bryant of The Dallas Morning News wrote "Irving Berlin, it's not"[1] while the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the album "this year's hip offering."
Popular reaction
By late December 2003, the album had already sold more than 100,000 copies.[8] I Am Santa Claus entered the Billboard Top Albums chart at #180[8] before peaking at #106.
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