![]() Doing something like Bryan Adams’ “Christmas Time” made sense. And on the radio, there were these Christmas songs by contemporary artists, so that was a big part of my childhood. RT: I’m a child of the ’80s, and for me, that was one of the most fertile periods for pop Christmas music. It’s just one of the standards that came out.ĪS: Why did you land on these specific 10 songs for Something About Christmas Time? RT: At this point, it’s hard to remember that that was an original contemporary song just because it’s such a part of the lexicon of Christmas music. Rob Thomas (Photo: Courtesy of Atlantic Records)ĪS: And Mariah was one of those artists who put out a more contemporary Christmas song that became this mammoth thing. Michael Bublé and John Legend made these traditional Christmas records and they did really really well, so nobody needed to hear me sing ‘The Christmas Song’ or ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”ĪS: When the holidays come around again, you can always expand the Christmas releases. I wanted to pick covers that were Christmas songs that I grew up with and not necessarily the kind of standard traditional ones you have to do when you make a Christmas record. ![]() I easily wrote another record-worth of Christmas originals. #Lyrics christmas time bryan adams freeI think it really just came down to every summer I was either on the road or in the studio doing something already and this was the first time I had a summer where I was free enough to make a record at home, so I took advantage of it. ![]() RT: I didn’t have any originals except for “A New York Christmas ’21.” It was always about what covers I was going to do, and every year Christmas I would sit at the piano and play Christmas songs and go ‘I want to make Christmas record,’ but you have to make it in the summer. When did everything start coming together? Were these holidays songs you were working on for some time? Now, I can call up Michael Bublé and say ‘Hey, what’s up, man?’ I’m now part of the Christmas “machine.”ĪS: You’ve always wanted to make a Christmas album and ended up writing several original songs for Something About Christmas Time. Rob Thomas: It’s weird because now I feel like I’m a part of this little world. You’re officially part of the Christmas genre. Upon releasing his first Christmas album, Thomas spoke to American Songwriter about writing original holiday songs, entering the lexicon of Christmas music, new Matchbox Twenty music, and that magical air around Mariah Carey.Īmerican Songwriter: Congratulations! You’ve now entered the world of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby… Burt Ives. ![]() Thomas also tied the album into a live stream charitable event for the non-profit he and his wife Marisol started, Sidewalk Angels Foundation, which funds no-kill animal shelters in the U.S. Produced by Gregg Wattenberg, Something About Christmas Time, also Thomas’ fifth solo release, features a collection of original holiday songs and covers with some special guests, including his rendition of Bryan Adams’ 1985 hit “Christmas Time” with Ingrid Michaelson, Ray Charles’ “That Spirit of Christmas,” featuring a duet with Bebe Winans, while Abby Anderson joins Thomas on the classic “I Believe in Santa Claus.” Brad Paisley sings with Thomas on one of his originals, the country-tinged “Santa Don’t Come Here Anymore.” Something About Christmas Time also features Thomas original holiday tracks A New York Christmas ’21,” and “Small Town Christmas.” ![]() When the pandemic kept him off the road indefinitely, he started revisiting some of the songs he grew up with, then wrote a collection of originals for his first holiday album Something About Christmas Time. Sitting at his piano singing Christmas songs year after year, making a holiday album was something Rob Thomas always dreamed of doing. ![]()
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