Back in the carefree days when presidents struggled to define the word "is" and not the word "torture," I found an old vinyl copy of "A Very Special Christmas", an album put together to benefit a charity of some sort, at my favorite thrift shop. I bought it for only one reason, the prospect of hearing Jon Bon Jovi sing a song called "Back Door Santa." The thought of Jon Bon Jovi as a Back Door Santa was frighteningly alluring.
Jon did not disappoint. The tune is delightfully horrible. It's an old Blues number redone in 80's hairband excess, right down to the piped-in fake crowd noise. Every time I hear the opening power keyboard riff, I never fail to laugh non-stop for a good four minutes. It's unintentionally hilarious, which is the worst way to suck.....if you're a band. Jon sounds like he's taking himself so seriously in the song, I honestly wonder if he knew how the words "Back Door Santa" could be interpreted, and that at the time he totally looked like a girl. He still kinda does.
At any rate, "Back Door Santa" became a holiday tradition around the Drugmonkey household. It started with a girlfriend who would only consent to listen to the song one time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Naturally, I would try to pick the time that would produce maximum annoyance, which is probably part of the reason she is now an ex-girlfriend. She's long gone, but the tradition of the once-annual playing of Back Door Santa remains. Yes, I could listen to Back Door Santa whenever I want to now, but that would be like eating turkey every day. The holidays should stand for something dammit.
So anyway, today I realized we are now in the post-Thanksgiving period, and I really wanted to fire up the turntable. Part of me though, felt like the time wasn't quite right. I'm thinking there will be a better time for Back Door Santa, although I cannot tell you when that might be. My gut is telling me to hold off for now.
I just did a google image search. Jon Bon Jovi still totally looks like a girl