{"id":1220,"date":"2007-12-14T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2007-12-14T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T23:31:11","slug":"that_sweater_dear_god_that_swe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2007\/12\/14\/that_sweater_dear_god_that_swe\/","title":{"rendered":"That Sweater… Dear God, That Sweater…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, one of the songs on that list of my favorite Christmas tunes<\/a> I put together a year ago is an obscure little ditty called “Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You” by arena rocker Billy Squier<\/a>. Something got me thinking about that song earlier today, so naturally I thought I’d poke around the InterWebs and see what I could come up with. I found the following clip, a “live” performance of the song Billy gave on MTV along with “the MTV chorus,” i.e., anybody around the cable net’s offices who was willing to appear on camera. It’s a fun little video, full of genuine — if goofy — cheer, and if you remember the early days of music videos and the “vee-jays” who introduced them, you’ll no doubt recognize some faces in the crowd. I gotta say, though… that sweater that Billy is wearing… oy. You’ll never find a bigger apologist for the eccentric fashions of the Reagan Years — I love and miss that decade with a fierce passion, and I’d still have my mullet and Members Only jacket<\/a> if I could — but that sweater goes beyond even my<\/i> pale…<\/p>\n