'Tis the season for second rate Christmas Carols. Despite the fact that we already have more than enough Christmas music to get us through the holidays, every year we're presented a new batch of cornball covers and cringe-worthy originals.
For the 5th year in a row, The Killers
have penned a modern holiday hymn to benefit the (RED) Foundation.In the Jared Hess directed video for "Boots
", a homeless man finds the Christmas spirit just in time to drag his sorry ass back to the family he abandoned:Not to be outdone, Coldplay
has issued "Christmas Lights
" — a more overtly Christmassy tune with a more festive video and a freshly shorn Chris Martin:The Coldplay carol probably has the better chance of making it into the mall muzak rotation next Christmas. Beats Mannheim Steamroller I guess.
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