{"id":189719,"date":"2023-12-17T10:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=189719"},"modified":"2023-12-17T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T15:24:38","slug":"elvis-dirty-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=189719","title":{"rendered":"Elvis’ dirty Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite YouTube reactors – Jayy with two y’s<\/a> – discovered Elvis about 3 years ago. 2020. Going in, she had no idea<\/em>. She had only a couple of very vague preconceived notions, mainly that he danced around like a crazy man and lots of people didn’t seem to like him. That’s what she knew about him. <\/p>\n

Cut to: 5 months later: she’s visiting Graceland, live-vlogging the whole thing, and crying at his grave. lol. I mean, this is the power! <\/p>\n

Her gateway was “In the Ghetto<\/a>” – the first Elvis song she listened to – and “If I Can Dream<\/a>” – and since then she’s gone on and watched\/listened to it all, dragging in family members to show THEM the clips she loves. She just gets it and she “got it” almost instantly. She didn’t have to research it for context. She just felt it. I love how much she has a crush on him. <\/p>\n

So here she is reacting to “Santa Claus is Back in Town”, one of the dirtiest sexiest bluesiest tracks in Elvis’ whole career. Even dirtier because it’s a song about Santa. As Tom Petty said, “‘Santa Claus is comin’ down your chimney tonight’ sounds absolutely filthy when Elvis sings it.” At one point, Jayy is cradling her Elvis doll, still in the box, and swaying to the music, declaring, “Lord Jesus, he better STOP.” lol The transformation!!<\/p>\n