I truly enjoy some of the tracks from the Christmas album and I thoroughly appreciate how diverse Scott's voice is. I really cannot think of another vocalist that has sounded and looked so many different ways over the span of 20 years. Even "re-inventors" like Madonna and Bowie are recognizable, regardless of sound and style. However, this song just sounds strange. It sounds off tempo or something. It's as if Scott layed the vocals and someone did a "waaa-waaa-waaaa-waaaaahhhhh" slow motion on the track. If it were just a tad bit faster, (I don't know the musical terminology for what I am trying to describe), this could be a solid song. As it stands, I feel as though I am listening to a very drunk Uncle at a piano bar. The Uncle can definitely sing, but he shouldn't have been allowed behind the mic after the fourth Erk & Jerk-spiked eggnog.
On a side note, one of my favorite Christmas tunes is "Blue Christmas." Melissa Etheridge has a stellar cover of that classic Elvis tune and I think it would have been pretty cool to hear Scott's take on it, (even though it isn't a "classic Christmas standard").
