"What Christmas songs do you hate?" Topic

There's some broad from Broadway who belts out "We Need a Little Christmas" at the top of her lungs with false glee.
That one tops my list.

Maybe Dear Editor can speed the system up and run this before Dec 25.

I feel very strongly that Paul McCartney's Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time is a crime against humanity after having heard it in a near deserted Boston Logan airport while waiting for a flight to arrive at midnight.

The creepy synth in that song is the stuff of nightmares.

(And this from a huge fan of the Beatles and Wings).

Yea…
That Paul McCartney song is dreadful.

Do They Know It's Christmas

Elvis' "Blue Christmas"

Can't argue with anything mentioned. I won't have any of them in the house. When I get a chance, I'll also skip "All I want for Christmas" "Here Comes Santa Claus" "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman."

On the other hand, I officially close every Christmas season with Karen Carpenter singing "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." It's a classic done right. Then everything is put away until after the next Thanksgiving.

Grandma got run over by a reindeer. It was OK the first 100 times, back in the day.

Just about all of them.

Pretty much all of them, but my especial ire is for any Christmas song as sung by the Chipmunks!

Bah humbug!

Damon.

Do They Know It's Christmas

Yep, also mine. One of the writers even said it's one of the worst songs in history and he's sorry to be responsible for it!

-Will

Any Christmas song in December – Oh, how quaint and cozy.

Any Christmas in November – PURGE IT WITH THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS

Agreed, that Paul McCartney song is awful. I can't say I'm fan of any Christmas song outside the old classics as sung by Sinatra, Crosby, etc, aside from South Park's Merry #*!& Christmas.

All of the above.

One year working in retail, and the xrappy xmas muzac looping over and over scarred me for life.

As an antidote and a slap at horrible and tiresome Christmas songs, I recommend any of Radio DJ Bob Rivers' "Twisted Christmas" CD's. Songs like "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open fire", "Sled Zeppelin", "Police Stopped my Car", "All You Need is Elves", "White Trash Christmas", "The Twelve Pains of Christmas", "I am Santa Claus", "The Buttcracker Suite", "Osama Got Run Over by a Reindeer", "Carol of the Bartenders", "The Little Hooters Girl", and "Not So Silent Night" will counteract the onslaught of the Christmas songs mentioned in the previous posts…

+1 TGerritsen! I also intensely dislike George Michaels' "Last Christmas."

My favorite? That paen to holiday overindulgence "It's The Most Wonderful Chyme Of The Year."

Buck215 – you owe me $12.70 USD, I found that DVD on Amazoon.

I have to agree with most of the other posters, the annual repeat of faux cheer grinds every bit of Joy out of the season.

On a happier note, look up 'Reno' and 'Gregorian Chant' on YouTube – Rudolph etc in Latin sung as a chant – something you are unlikely to hear at the local mall and you can spread confusion as people try to figure out what you are playing.

+1 bsrlee:

"I have to agree with most of the other posters, the annual repeat of faux cheer grinds every bit of Joy out of the season."

Anything by Elvis. My mother had an Elvis Christmas album, which I grew very sick of after hearing it over and over again every Christmas.

Any song done hip hop style. M favorite pop, Eartha Kitt doing "Santa Baby."

most versions of "Santa come down the chimney tonight?"

Jingle Bells by the barking dogs. Hate that one.

Definitely Elvis' Blue Christmas. That incessant, monotonous wailing in the background is beyond dreadful.

All of them…..bah humbug!

Anything sung by children. Especially that abominable one where this kid whistles when he talks.

I'm not picky about who or what sings them. Certain ones just get on my news. I like to hear animals and cute girls doing them. I probably like the old crooners best. My favorite album by that old crooner that got popular with the young bands. Hes 90 something now. Cant remember his name.

I really like the old urban soul song this xmas. Its been done a few times over now.

I found some great old albums on a list on the net. One is by James Brown I would love to hear that!

Any Christmas stuff that doesn't wait until at least December.

Today is Nov 30th.

Phil

Ya the classics reinterpreted for an urban audience are among the worst.

I can't stand vocal virtuosity. There's no need to run the scales on every line. The goal ought not to be how many notes you can hit in a phrase. Sometimes simple is best. Honest.

Another undesirable trait is classics either sped up beyond breaking or songs slowed to an agonizing crawl.

I'm not saying artists shouldn't do any of the above, just you'll get no market reward from me.

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time is awful!
Same for Frosty the Snow Man, Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer and the chipmunks song.

Mary Did You Know? treacle…
Mr. Smith, I must protest. Angela Lansbury's "We Need a Little Christmas" from "Auntie Mame" is one of the finest there is.

About the 20th time I hear any song _in the same day_, I start hating it. That used to start around the 100th time, but I'm getting old, I guess.

"Baby It's Cold Outside"

I agree that most of them stink on ice.

However, Felis Navidad has to have a special place in the pit of my mind where I loathe things.

That song is horrible. It is literally just the title sung over and over and over and over again with one other line. How anyone can listen to that song more than once is beyond me The Paul McCartney song is brilliant by comparison. I hate that too though.

"Santa Baby" might be the most loathsome song ever produced.

But it's neck-and-neck with "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Well, of course they do -- the song is about people without food, not without calendars. Insipid.

I can't stand vocal virtuosity. There's no need to run the scales on every line. The goal ought not to be how many notes you can hit in a phrase. Sometimes simple is best. Honest.

This is similar to the National Anthem discussion. These songs are not for the singers, they are for the audience to sing along.

All of them, in fact the whole loathsome Consumerfest season that has already started 4 weeks ahead of the dreadful and dismal day.

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John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)."

Shoot me.

Ok. Now I'm a fan of Bob Rivers. Thanks, I needed that…

As soon as time travel becomes feasible, I intend to go back to the childhood of whoever wrote "The Little Drummer Boy" and smother him in his crib.

LT

Another undesirable trait is classics either sped up beyond breaking or songs slowed to an agonizing crawl.

Barbra Streisand singing Jingle Bells.

All of them except the Pogues….

JimDuncanUK + a million

bsrlee- shell out some more bucks, as Bob Rivers has 4 more "Twisted Christmas" CD's available, and no, my autographed copy by Bob Rivers and his comedy crew (Spike O'Neill, Downtown Joe Brant) is not for sale…
"Do They Know It's Christmas"- hideous.
"Jingle Bells" by Barbra Streisand- makes me consider recreational suicide.
ALL versions of "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon- would not be too bad until Yoko Ono begins her screeching.
"Last Christmas" by Wham!- OUCH!
"Christmas at Ground Zero" by Weird Al Yankovic- funny the first time, then annoying.
"Blue Christmas" by The King (Elvis)- are those dogs howling in the background or the Jordanaires? I can't tell anymore!
"Little Drummer Boy" by David Bowie with a cameo by Bing Crosby- Hey, Ziggy Stardust! Give "Der Bingle" a solo in the song, okay?

"Stop the Cavalry" by the Corry band and the Gwalia Singers- Way to ruin a low-key anti-war song by Jona Lewie that happens to mention Christmas.

Are there more songs to loathe? Bring 'em on…

I want a hippopatumus for Christmas…makes me almost homicidal.

That medley by The Jackson Five. I don't give a rat's ass what Jermaine wants for Christmas.

"I finally had sex on Christmas"
Aka "Christmas Wrapping", by the Waitresses

Almost every elfin one of them!!!!!!

Fairytale of.New York, nice to hear it once kraft twice but it's on all the flippin time!!!!!

All of them.

Barbara Streisand's version of "Jingle Bells" is a crime against the universe.

"Do They Know It's Christmas" is also awful but not near the abomination sung by Babs.

"The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong. It's far too sad and depressing for Christmas.

Just thinking about all of the foregoing put me in the mood for this:

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