#michael buble's christmas album

[randomsawheadcanons]

Random Saw Headcanon #298

Lawrence likes Michael Bublé a lot, like maybe a bit too much even

[giggly-squiggily]

Hey Squiggily! You write for Chrollo, right? You don’t write for any of the other adult trio ;-; if so could I request ler chrollo and lee reader with a sentence starter of your choosing? You have full power for this lil drabble :3

{Puffs are officially CLOSED}

Heyo anon! :D I do! Not so much for Hisoka or Illumi, no. Ahh, I love the ballroom dancing idea so much!!! I've gotcha covered, anon!

Song: Sway- Michael Buble

You looked up when jazz music started to play, the small speaker sitting on Chrollo’s desk pumping out a sort of cha-cha beat. Said man was humming along, loosening up his limbs with graceful movements. It was such a rare sight seeing him so relaxed.

“When marimba rhythm starts to play, dance with me, make me sway~” He sang along, offering you a hand as he finished the lyric. “Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore, hold me close, sway me more.~”

You…never danced ballroom before. Most of your moves were fairly spontaneous and clumsy. You were sure you’d end up stepping on his feet more than “swaying”.

And yet- he was watching you with such inviting eyes, it was hard to not take his hand. He pulled you up, twirling you around before bringing you close to his chest, the music seeming to engulf you as you gasped softly. His easy smile seemed to grow at your reaction.

“Like a flower bending in the breeze, bend with me, sway with ease~” The song continued on, Chrollo waltzing you with ease while you struggled not to trip and fall. There were a number of times you were sure you kicked him in the ankle and gave him a bruise, but he barely reacted. If anything, his gentle moves felt reassuring- no pressure to keep the beat but with just enough guidance to teach you.

When his hand came around your waist to hold you closer, you let out a squeaky giggle. Chrollo paused, brow raised as you felt your face warm. “Erm..hehe, sorry. I’m ticklish.”

“Oh are you now?” Chrollo raised a brow, something impish in that small grin. You knew your fate was sealed then.

“Wait- what abohohut the dahhahahnce?” You giggled out as fingers found your sides, sending bursts of mirth into the room.

“Dancing can come later. For now- I want you to laugh for me.”

[match-your-steps]

unpopular opinion but I hate michael buble's christmas album. least favorite album ever in the world that I can think of. I would prefer objectively bad music, christmas or not, and I am not kidding or exaggerating, nor was that a hard choice to make

[chronomally]

A cover of "Santa Baby" that starts as Michael Buble's overly hetero version and ends with Eartha Kitt's seduction so that it sounds like the singer is having a sexual crisis over the course of the song and at the end they realize that actually they would like Santa to come down their chimnussy tonight

[asongperday]

Song of the Day — “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” by Michael Bublé

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go Take a look at the five and ten It’s glistening once again With candy canes and silver lanes aglow

[steddieasitgoes]

@steddiemas Day 5 Prompt: Grinch vs Christmas Cheer

Tags: Modern AU, Eddie Munson & Jeff, Steve & Eddie Are Neighbors, Teacher Steve, Meet Cute

wc: 1863 | Rating: T

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“I thought you said you talked to them?” Eddie groans. He tips his head so far back he wobbles in the chair for a moment before he rights himself and buries his head in his hands. “I can’t work under these conditions!” 

“I don’t think planning a campaign counts as working,” Jeff teases. 

They’re in their apartment kitchen. Jeff cooking something that smells a hundred times better than the vending machine sandwich he had for lunch at the shop. Free from his day job, Eddie’s working on something he actually cares about now. The latest Dungeons & Dragons handbook is open to a random page while his trusty notebook sits open. There’s no use in hiding it from Jeff. It’s not like he could decipher Eddie’s chicken scratch penmanship anyway.

Besides, he hasn’t gotten much of anything done since he plopped down on the worn leather chair. It’s hard to work with the blaring sound of Mariah fucking Carey’s Christmas album playing on repeat for the third day straight coming from their neighbor's apartment. The obnoxious whirling of the fans keeping a dozen or so Christmas inflatables blown up on their shared stairwell and balcony also doesn’t help. 

If this continues any longer, Eddie swears he’s going to find them a new place to live. The peace and quiet would be worth losing out on their rent-controlled place. At least, Eddie thinks so. Christ, he misses the Richards who moved last year. He’d take their scowls and snide comments over this Christmas madness any day. 

“It absolutely counts as working,” Eddie scoffs, shooting a glare in Jeff’s direction. “And don’t change the subject, Jefferson. Did you even talk to Mr. and Mrs. Claus next door?”

Jeff snorts, shaking his head before returning to the pot of sauce he has simmering.  “No, I didn’t and I’m not going to.” 

“Jeff!” Eddie whines. “Your job as the approachable one of this house is to confront our neighbors when they’re annoying us.” 

“Okay, but they’re not annoying me.” 

“Well, that’s a lie. You hate Michael Buble as much as I do and I know you heard his stupid crooning voice at seven this morning like I did.”

“Okay, you’ve got me there,” Jeff sighs, turning away from the stove to face Eddie. “But I can’t tell them to lower their music! Not when they haven’t complained once about the shit you blare at all hours of the night or our Corroded practices when we have nowhere else to go.” 

If Eddie was less stubborn, maybe he’d see that Jeff has a point. But he is stubborn, so he doubles down instead. 

“That’s different.” 

“It’s really not.” 

“Fine,” Eddie shouts, throwing his hands up in defeat. The headache festering behind is eyes is too painful for him to keep arguing with Jeff. Besides, he’s never been able to push Jeff around. It’s why they make such good roommates. “Can you at least talk to them about their decorating habits then? I had to wade through a fucking forest of inflatables this afternoon. M’pretty sure Frosty the fucking Snowman almost punched my balls.” 

“Eds, need I remind you that a few days ago you had the entire place decked out for Halloween? How is a few inflatables different than all those skeletons and demon shit you had up?” 

“First of all, how dare you compare my artistry to whatever is going on outside,” Eddie scoffs. He’s going to give himself a sore throat if he keeps this up. “I have taste. My decorations told a story! Those inflatables aren’t even from the same properties. They’ve got Santa Mickey next to the fucking Grinch! Charlie Brown mingling with Yoda! There’s no plot!” 

Jeff’s shoulders slump, forearms coming to rest on the kitchen counter so he’s at eye level with Eddie. “Just look on the bright side. At least they haven’t done one of those obnoxious light shows like that stupid reality show.”

As if Jeff accidentally summoned a demon in the form of Christmas cheer, a burst of red and green floods their apartment. Their once dimly lit kitchen looks like the inside of a club, red and green lights flickering with the occasional white and blue mixed in. The flickers are timed with the beat of another Mariah Carey Christmas song. 

This is what hell must look like, Eddie thinks, as he glares at Jeff. 

“What did you do?” 

“I didn’t do anything,” Jeff defends, hands up in surrender. 

Eddie can seem him struggling not to laugh and it takes all the energy he can muster not to reach around the counter and playfully punch his shoulder. How can Jeff think this is funny? The flickering lights completely goes against their moody aesthetic! Not to mention it’s a health hazard! There’s no way Gareth is going to be able to come over here — not with the way he’s so sensitive to strobes. 

Jesus H. Christ and it’s only November 25th! He has to put up with this for weeks! 

“It’s not funny, Jefferson!” 

“I mean,” Jeff snorts, biting the inside of his cheek to keep his smile from growing. “It’s a little funny.” 

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The lights have not fucking stopped. Not for one single day. Eddie had hoped his neighbors would have grown tired of the constant strobing and Christmas music by now. But nope. A week and a half and its still going strong. 

He’s going to lose his goddamn mind. 

“Jeff,” Eddie hisses, lifting the blanket of his makeshift fort enough that he can make eye contact with Jeff. Or at least, try to. Jeff’s perched in their recliner with the biggest pair of sunglasses Eddie’s ever seen. “Please. I can’t take much more of this!” 

“It’s not that bad.” 

“I might have believed you if you weren’t wearing those ridiculous things,” Eddie snorts. He waits for Jeff to retort but when he doesn’t, he groans and slowly emerges from the safety of his blanket fort. Christ he forgot how bright those damn things are. 

Stalking over to their small entryway, Eddie hastily tugs on a pair of boots and reaches for the doorknob. 

“What are you doing?” Jeff asks, voice laden with concern. 

“Someone has to confront the neighbors!” 

He doesn't give him time to respond, yanking the door open and slamming it shut behind him in one fluid movement. It should be a short trip to the neighbor's front door, just a few long strides, but Eddie forgets to account for the fuckton of inflatables cluttering the path. He ducks around Frosty, flipping him off when his stupid wood arms nearly deck his balls, again and forcibly shoves Mickey’s face away from him. 

It takes another bit of carefully navigating before he finally reaches the front door adorned with a festive wreath. These people really left no spot undecorated. Eddie doesn’t spare them the decency of a nice, neighborly knock or ring of the doorbell. They’re way past that. Instead, he makes a fist and slams his knuckles into the wood door, and keeps going. Knock. Knock. Knockknockknock. 

They probably can’t hear him over the damn music, Eddie thinks, as his knuckle turns redder and redder. Just when he’s about to retreat and face Jeff’s smug wrath, the door opens. 

The first thought that passes through Eddie’s mind is oh, he’s hot. The second, more vital thought, comes a moment later. He’s going to kill Jeff. How dare he not disclose how attractive this guy is the minute he met him months ago? 

The guy, who Eddie vaguely thinks is named Steve, looks just as surprised to see him as he is. Decked out in an obnoxious Santa-themed apron and green plaid flannel pants, his cheeks are spotted with flour and his hands are stained a faint red color. Judging from the delicious aroma of vanilla and peanut butter wafting into the hallway, Eddie interrupted some very serious baking. 

“Oh, you’re not the Instacart shopper,” maybe Steve frowns. “Can I help you?” 

“Oh, uh,” Eddie trails off. He’s here for a reason, he knows this, but his mind is blank. Distracted by the smells and the lights and the gorgeous fucking man standing in front of him with hazel eyes so sparkly Eddie’s pretty sure he belongs in a cartoon. “I’m Eddie, your neighbor.” 

I’m Eddie, your neighbor? 

This cannot be the same brain that creates intricate, plot twist-ridden campaigns that last months. Absolutely not.

“Ah, so you’re Jeff’s roommate! It’s nice to finally meet you. I’m Steve.” 

“Right, Steve” Eddie nods. He’s not sure why he nods, it’s not a normal thing to do when you meet someone, and yet, he can’t stop nodding. Stop fucking nodding! 

“So, uh, what brings you by?” Steve asks, casually leaning against the doorframe. 

“Oh, I uh…” The lights. You were coming here to complain about the lights! “I came to tell you, uh… I could smell you baking!” Oh my fucking god. “You know these walls are thin and we, uh, share AC vents or something I think? So the smell was filling our place and it smelled so good I just, uh, had to come over and see what you’re baking?” 

If Jeff was here, Eddie’s pretty sure he’d be two seconds away from collapsing in a fit of laughter. Thank god he’s not. As soon as he gets back to his room, he’s going to take a lukewarm shower and try to forget this entire interaction ever happened and then hide from Steve for the rest of his life. 

“Oh, I’m making peanut butter cookies.” Steve’s smile is almost as blinding as the twinkling lights and like a moth to a flame, Eddie can’t look away. “One of my students has been having a rough time and they’re their favorite.”

“Damn, maybe if I had a teacher who baked me cookies I would have done better in school.” 

Steve laughs, “Tell me about it. Actually, uh, do you want to help? I’m allergic to peanut butter and my best friend is tied up at work. I could really use a taste tester. Make sure they’re edible.” 

“Oh, uh…” Eddie glances over his shoulder and takes in the sight of the sea of inflatables staring at him with their beady painted on eyes, squints at the obnoxious flashing lights keeping time to a terrible cover of “Jingle Bell Rock.” Together it’s the reminder he needs as to why he trekked over here in the first place, but when he turns he’s hit with a punch of peanut butter and well… “Not to toot my own horn, but I am a pretty good taste tester.” 

“Perfect,” Steve smiles, pushing himself off the doorframe. “Kitchen’s this way.” 

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Eddie returns an hour later. Belly full of joy just peanut butter cookies, but also chocolate chip, and gingerbread, and some cinnamon concoction that had him considering a marriage proposal on the spot and a tupperware overflowing with said cookies. 

Jeff is still in the living room, sunglasses shielding his eyes, but Eddie knows him well enough to know he’s judging him. 

“Don’t say a word,” Eddie sneers, heading straight for the kitchen. 

[maria-aegyptiaca2]

My dad blasts fiddler on the roof interspersed with Michael buble and snoop dog Christmas album every Christmas it’s schizophrenic

[residentevilbrews]

What are your ocs favorite genre of music?

I'll start off with Terisha Charles.

Her favorite music is classical, and instrumental. She's not much for the modern music. She doesn't hate or dislike it, it's more she's neutral towards it. She does love her fair share of gospel though, but that's really it.

Next is Fawn Waterstone.

I'll tell you right now, she loves pop, and country music. Her absolute favorite singer she listens to DAILY is Selena. She's listened to her music a lot growing up. (Fawn grew up in Texas which is why she's a huge Selena fan.)

Next is Shiloh Maguire.

She's more of a rock kind of gal. She'll probably blast AC/DC, Aerosmith, and the Pretenders. During her time later in 2004, she's a bit obsessed with Alanis Morissette. Favorite album being Jagged Little Pill.

Dylan Burton.

Alright, so Dylan, he doesn't really listen to music much growing up. It's not until the late 2000's does he actually begin listening to music. Through one of his teachers, he learned about Jazz music. He tends to listen to older types of music such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, and Louis Armstrong.

Closest modern jazz musician he'll listen to the most is Michael Buble.

Finally Alan Wesker....

Oh gosh. The man will listen to anything and everything. One minute he'll be listening to christmas music the next he's got some damn song from a commerical twelve years ago.

If the man had to choose the 'favorite' of his music. It'd have to be country. Specifically older country. He used to go to sleep with Patsy Cline on the radio--so safe to say he has a soft spot for it.

[tomwambsgans]

i come bearing assigned christmas albums for succession characters

logan - the bells of dublin (chieftains) / a snowflake fell (glasvegas) kendall - does xmas fiasco style (my morning jacket) / beach boys / red (the killers) roman - the sufjan stevens christmas collection / i am become christmas (lemon demon) shiv - michael buble / trans-siberian orchestra connor - jethro tull / jimmy buffett / quality street (nick lowe) tom - rocky mountain christmas (john denver) / neil diamond / carpenters greg - los campesinos / boy least likely to / weezer gerri - vince guaraldi trio / sinatra

bonus:

kenstewy - it's a nick and gabe christmas party tomgreg - one christmas at a time (jonathan coulton & john roderick) krank - barenaked for the holidays (bnl)

[1794]

yearly post on the subject: I don't /really/ mind hearing christmas music in public, or at least not as much as I should, but people need to respect the hierarchy of Types of christmas music and stick to one or two rather than trying to play the whole spectrum. as follows, from best to worst:

jazz/instrumental covers of christmas songs. this includes pieces that are more often heard as instrumentals: carol of the bells, christmastime is here, sleigh ride, etc. inoffensive, easy to tune out, easy to pretend aren't christmas music.

actual carols (jesus optional). hark the herald angels sing, good king wenceslas, etc. non-secular, but at least they're open about what they are, and they're pleasant to listen to.

non-children's christmas music from the 50s or whatever. silver bells, I'll be home for christmas, white christmas, you get the idea. there's a reason these ones stood the test of time. I'm not going to be the person to impugn bing crosby's singing ability.

dumb/children's retro christmas music. frosty the snowman, grandma got run over by a reindeer, the like. this is probably the smallest category so I'm fine folding it into the previous one, but it's significantly more annoying.

modern christmas music. mariah carey, last christmas, santa baby. sighs. I don't want to hear it. also I have an ingrained panic response to michael buble for a very stupid reason so obviously I'm not going to want to hear him specifically.

bad pop covers of any type of music previously mentioned. santa Buddy and any of those dogshit albums that failed pop stars put out when they've really truly run out of ideas. if you play this shit in public: I know where you sleep.

[ithroweggsatbillionaires]

Everyone thank Jschlatt for all the time and effort that was put into this Christmas album because I was getting real sick of Michael Buble every year

[dross-the-fish]

Stuck working at the office today and I stg if I have to hear one more terrible Michael Buble Christmas cover playing from across the room I'm going to scream.

What he did to "Santa baby" is a fucking hate crime. I don't even like that song but somehow this guy managed to make the worst possible version of it. He's a veritable black hole of charisma, he has possibly the most unlikable singing presence I've ever heard, how does anyone stomach this much less think it's a good idea to play an entire album on loop for 3 hours straight and counting?!

[somethinsappy]

normalize artists making halloween albums like they do christmas albums

like i want original spooky songs by chappell roan and michael buble crooning the 8000th rendition of spooky scary skeletons

[bd-wlf]

Listening to Michael Buble's Christmas album and all I can think of is him laying on his bed and kicking his feet like a school girl during Santa Baby

[acaplaya-musings]

A review of old VoicePlay Christmas music, part 1

(This was split just because there were like 20 songs total that I listened to, and I didn't want the post becoming overly long. Go find part 2 HERE)

So basically there's a fair few old (or at least older) covers of Christmas songs by VoicePlay that I've either never heard or just have only listened to once or twice and since have forgotten about them completely. And literally everywhere and everyone around me has decided that Christmas season has well and truly begun (plus we don't do Thanksgiving in Australia), so like, I might as well make this the first Christmas music I voluntarily listen to this season, and make a post about it! (I'm bored and my blog has been quiet anyway).

(Note: I know at least a few of these tracks have videos to go with, but some are just audio, and so I'm just gonna stick to the audio tracks for all of them to keep it fair)

Title: Winter Wonderland Released: 2004, on the Unstoppable EP Am I familiar with this song? Heck yeah, I love this song! Thoughts: Wow they've always had a fondness for the old-timey radio effect huh? (Not criticizing though). Oh hello new lyrics? Where did these come from? Also the audio track on Spotify has like two minutes of complete silence at the end of it, which is odd.

Overall, it's neat, but personally I'd stick with a more "classic" version (unless of course VoicePlay wanna do a new version this year? 👀)

Title: Deck The Halls Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? Of course! Thoughts: Oh hey Tony! (I'm sure it's absolutely a coincedence that Earl got the first "don we now our gay apparel" line) Omg Geoff <3 (sounds a bit different to how he does now, but that was still a really nice vocal line). And would that be Layne doing his sleigh bells impression? Hello remix version! And old-timey radio effect again! Kinda)

Sure, I'd relisten to that one, definitely one for the (currently hypothetical) Christmas playlist. Just wish it was longer!

Title: Holiday Road Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? Nope Thoughts: Ooh they did some fancy audio mixing effects on this one! (Like when you're wearing headphones sometimes you hear some parts in one ear and then other parts in the other ear!) Oh a switch to Sleigh Ride? Lit! (Ngl I typically prefer covers that do the "ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-a-ling bit, but eh minor nitpick). Okay I just looked up "Holiday Road", and oh it's from the movie National Lampoon's Vacation, and based on the OG lyrics, this "Sleigh Ride" interspersal is VoicePlay's doing! And hi again Geoff <3

Yeah this one kinda slaps actually, definitely another one for the playlist!

Title: I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? I mean duh Thoughts: Look, obviously I'm biased because of Geoff's solo cover, but I didn't wanna skip over this one regardless. I don't wanna be critical of this one, but basically Geoff has really honed his skills and improved a lot since 2012, and we love that for him... OH WAIT I FORGOT ABOUT THIS SPOKEN BIT *PFFT* (I've listened to this track maybe once or twice before in the past?) Yeah, one thing that hasn't changed much: Geoff's sense of humour! XD

Obviously Geoff's solo cover from 2022 still reigns supreme for me, but this one was good for a giggle if nothing else!

Title: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (ft. Michael Andrew) Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? Absolutely! Thoughts: I'm sorry are they singing "Batman's coming", or is it meant to be "fat man's coming"? Also I don't know who Michael Andrew is but damn he's got the perfect voice for this! Like Robbie Williams or Michael Buble or whatever - he's got a very "classic/vintage" singing voice here! Omg they're mixing in bits from The Man With A Bag? Yes! I love that song! (There's specifically a cover by Darren Criss and Adam Lambert that I love, but that's for a post on my other blog). And YES GEOFF YES! He sounded so "natural" on his vocal line here, like he wasn't trying too hard to reach for lower notes, and it was wonderful. Hey I don't know some of these lyrics from Santa Claus Is Coming To Town? Where (or perhaps whom) did they come from?

10/10, no notes, love this one, throw it on the playlist! (Which I've just made)

Title: Christmas Island Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? Not in the slightest Thoughts: Unrelated to the song, but fun fact: the actual Christmas Island is an external territory of Australia! Oh hello trumpet(?) imitations? Whom??? Earl and someone else? Oh I'm so biased to Geoff lol rip. I hear him start singing and immediately I go from :) to :D!!!!!!

Sure, that was nice. Good as background music I guess, but I'm leaving it off the playlist

Title: Season's Greetings Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? I don't think so? Idk we'll see when I listen to it Thoughts: Wait is this an original VoicePlay Christmas song? Because I tried looking it up and the only other songs with that title are a lot more recent - i.e. I can't find any previous version! Who wrote these lyrics then? Was it Geoff?

I mean I feel like this one has to go on the playlist just by pure virtue of the fact that I'm pretty sure it's original.

Title: Here Comes Santa Claus Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter album Am I familiar with this song? For sure! Thoughts: "Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus - down Santa Claus layne!" They removed the word "right" and just made it a pause instead? Getting deja vu from Thriller ngl. Oh they're adding in bits of Up On The Housetop/Rooftop? Man VoicePlay be loving mashups in their Christmas covers, huh? (Not that I'm complaining - it honestly slaps). Oh go off Tony! I'm sorry Layne what was that beatboxing breakdown/changeup thing?

Hm, I'm not sure actually. I think I'll add it to the playlist, might as well, but eh

Title: Have A Holly Jolly Christmas Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter Album Am I familiar with this song? Definitely Thoughts: Hey Tony! :D Ooh whistling! Is that Tony as well? It's pretty good! (One thing I can't do whatsoever - I can't whistle! At least with finger clicks I can "cheat", but no such workaround for whistling, rip). "He's a rootin' tootin' Santa Claus" sorry what? Okay I just looked it up and apparently "Rootin Tootin Santa Claus" is an old song by Tennessee Ernie Ford! (Hey Geoff! I got a new Christmas song idea for ya!)

Sure, that can get a spot in the playlist - it's not often that I listen to stuff with Tony getting a lot of lead vocals, but it's nice!

Title: Left to Right Released: 2012, on the Peppermint Winter Album Am I familiar with this song? Not a dang clue what this is! Thoughts: Oh so that's why I don't know this song! It's a Hanukkah song! Honestly good for them - when two out of five of your group members are Jewish, you might as well do something for Hanukkah as well! (And thus it's fitting that Eli gets lead vocals for this one).

I don't feel right putting this song on my Christmas album, because of the obvious, but this is definitely a great song cover regardless!

Okay, that's part 1, now onto part 2!

[asongperday]

Song of the Day — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Michael Bublé

They’re singing “Deck The Halls” But it’s not like Christmas at all I remember when you were here And all the fun we had last year