Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics, Volume 1
by Reggie Watts
— Released 16th December 2024 on Brainfeeder
Season’s greetings from Reggie Watts — the comedian and musician surprise shares Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics, Vol. 1, out now on Brainfeeder.
Like an unlabeled present under the tree, Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics is a pleasant and unexpected gift. It’s the heartwarming melodies and instruments listeners love from their favorite carols, all given a comedic spin by Watts’ encyclopedic, uninhibited stream-of-consciousness. These are carols...
Season’s greetings from Reggie Watts — the comedian and musician surprise shares Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics, Vol. 1, out now on Brainfeeder.
Like an unlabeled present under the tree, Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics is a pleasant and unexpected gift. It’s the heartwarming melodies and instruments listeners love from their favorite carols, all given a comedic spin by Watts’ encyclopedic, uninhibited stream-of-consciousness. These are carols for people who find holiday cheer in singing about a grandparent being trampled by a hoofed animal.
Jolly and bearded himself, Reggie Watts boasts the credentials needed to be today’s Kris Kringle. On Reggie Sings… he gives faithful renditions of the Peanuts chorus (“Christmas Time Is Here”) and Christmas ghosts (“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”), each role played with his own idiosyncratic delivery, while “White Christmas” lets Watts flex his chops as a singer, one with a voice deep enough to rattle chimneys. It’s something that appeals to anyone naughty or nice, especially those who are a little bit of both.
Watts created the EP with the help of guitarist Tim Young, who performed alongside the comedian as part of The Late, Late Show’s in-house band. Watts shared how the EP came quickly and smoothly to them both:
“I said ‘Hey Tim, I have this idea. Maybe you could help me with. I want to put together a small band or maybe it doesn’t have to be a band, but I wanna do a Christmas album that doesn’t have to be the full songs necessarily, but possibly the idea is to do traditional Christmas songs, but I’m just improvising the lyrics and it feels kind of classic in some way.’ Tim replied: ‘Christmas is only a few weeks away… this is crazy…but LET’S GO FOR IT!!’ So Tim made a couple of calls. The incomparable Larry Goldings kindly agreed to play piano and Scott Seiver shared his sublime musicality on the drums. Tim played bass and engineered it in his studio. They met at 11 am. The three songs were all recorded live, in one or two takes. The session ended at 11:37 am. This lovely little collection of new Christmas classics was created in 37 min, making it not only one of the most beautiful Christmas eps ever, but one of the most rapidly made!”
Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics, Volume 1
by Reggie Watts
— Released 16th December 2024 on Brainfeeder
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Season’s greetings from Reggie Watts — the comedian and musician surprise shares Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics, Vol. 1, out now on Brainfeeder.
Like an unlabeled present under the tree, Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics is a pleasant and unexpected gift. It’s the heartwarming melodies and instruments listeners love from their favorite carols, all given a comedic spin by Watts’ encyclopedic, uninhibited stream-of-consciousness. These are carols...
Season’s greetings from Reggie Watts — the comedian and musician surprise shares Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics, Vol. 1, out now on Brainfeeder.
Like an unlabeled present under the tree, Reggie Sings: Your Favorite Christmas Classics is a pleasant and unexpected gift. It’s the heartwarming melodies and instruments listeners love from their favorite carols, all given a comedic spin by Watts’ encyclopedic, uninhibited stream-of-consciousness. These are carols for people who find holiday cheer in singing about a grandparent being trampled by a hoofed animal.
Jolly and bearded himself, Reggie Watts boasts the credentials needed to be today’s Kris Kringle. On Reggie Sings… he gives faithful renditions of the Peanuts chorus (“Christmas Time Is Here”) and Christmas ghosts (“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”), each role played with his own idiosyncratic delivery, while “White Christmas” lets Watts flex his chops as a singer, one with a voice deep enough to rattle chimneys. It’s something that appeals to anyone naughty or nice, especially those who are a little bit of both.
Watts created the EP with the help of guitarist Tim Young, who performed alongside the comedian as part of The Late, Late Show’s in-house band. Watts shared how the EP came quickly and smoothly to them both:
“I said ‘Hey Tim, I have this idea. Maybe you could help me with. I want to put together a small band or maybe it doesn’t have to be a band, but I wanna do a Christmas album that doesn’t have to be the full songs necessarily, but possibly the idea is to do traditional Christmas songs, but I’m just improvising the lyrics and it feels kind of classic in some way.’ Tim replied: ‘Christmas is only a few weeks away… this is crazy…but LET’S GO FOR IT!!’ So Tim made a couple of calls. The incomparable Larry Goldings kindly agreed to play piano and Scott Seiver shared his sublime musicality on the drums. Tim played bass and engineered it in his studio. They met at 11 am. The three songs were all recorded live, in one or two takes. The session ended at 11:37 am. This lovely little collection of new Christmas classics was created in 37 min, making it not only one of the most beautiful Christmas eps ever, but one of the most rapidly made!”
