the 2nd .
[ WM ] I knew it .
[ Crowder ] Yeah , yeah . I was trying to line it up with Ricky Skaggs , since he wound up on this album and he sounds amazing , and our schedules didn ’ t work out . So we ’ re going to be having to look to next Christmas to get to do our Christmas songs together . But yeah , the ‘ Elf Song ”. As I said , it was probably ... it , “ The Ballad of Mrs . C ”, and “ I ’ ve Heard About You ”, were really my three that got me to the point of , “ Okay , I can do an album because I ’ ve got these three songs in my head , I can see them ”.
And the “ Elf Song ”… I don ’ t remember where it came from . I was thinking about all of the year after year my wife ’ s sister has kids and she was doing the Elf on the Shelf deal . She was always thinking , “ Ah , I got to come up with some clever again to ...”
I was watching some news and I was like , “ Man , we need a worker ’ s rights protest song on this deal .” I thought what better group to have a worker ’ s right , Dylan-esque , play on words , than the elves ?
And I had the little setup of the little interlude idea . I mean , they ’ re putting all the IKEA furniture together , why they got to wear them pointy shoes ? Why do you got to wear them pointy shoes ? And then in my head , I was also that little country nod is , you got to say at the beginning , “ This is the Elf Song , it ’ s about
The Elf Song elves ”. ( laughing ) And in my head I picture minivan carloads of kids yelling to Dad in the front seat , “ Play the Elf Song . Play the Elf Song !”
So that ’ s what we were going for on that one , man . I think we nailed it .
[ WM ] Well you know what they say in the North Pole , “ Elf control is only controlling your elf .”
[ Crowder ] That ’ s really great . ( laughing )
[ WM ] There ’ s an old Agape Music Farm record that used to teach kids worship songs , one song ’ s message was “ self-control is only controlling your self ”. So , I borrowed that and changed it into your elf vibe .
[ Crowder ] That is elf awareness . I didn ’ t have that pre-course until we were kind of coming up with a vibe for the track . And then we just hit a
12 December 2022
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