Another Form of Relief

According to The Covers Project, the original version of this song was performed by Elvis Presley. I have no idea personally, but I’m guessing that must be right. There’s something rather odd about Bright Eyes covering Presley, but there you go.

This version of the song is taken from a charity Christmas album Bright Eyes put out a few years back, and if I’m honest, it’s the only song on it that I can tolerate. All of the rest is a pretty painful assault on the ears, which is quite a feat given I tend to like whatever Mr. Oberst comes up with.

It’s all as cheerful as you’d expect, with him complaining about how his Christmas is going to be miserable without his girlfriend, who has apparently just left him. Man, that seems to be quite regular in the songs that I’m using up here. Which isn’t intentional in the least, but probably says something about how I shy away from the happy songs.

MP3 Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas (expired)