Yucky Christmas songs...

Wrong.. Yanni and John Tesh are the guest artists.

 

Jingle Cats is quite disturbing!

 

..after all these years hearing this, I kinda get a Holiday feeling when I hear it...just so dam novel!

 

OMG, so that's who's version that was? I heard it on the radio the other day and couldn't believe how off-key the lead singer was. He sings sharp the whole song. I kept waiting to see if he'd fall into the key, but he never does. Makes me appreciate Mike Love's vocals.

 

I actually like that song. It makes me feel good, unlike many Christmas songs.

 

I will add my disgust for "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". It has been getting fewer plays this year from what I can tell.
"Feliz Navidad" is another one that grates on me. It's the "Revolution #9" of Christmas songs, it seems like it will never end.

 

Shoot me down if you like, but I've never liked "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Yes, a good cause (and I bought it first time round - still have it), but it doesn't stop it being a lousy song. The latest version (which sounds like a random edit of different recordings in different styles) only highlights this fact, in my opinion. Bah! Humbug!

And may I close by wishing everyone a happy holiday, regardless of their religious persuasion or beliefs? May I? Thanks!

Mart.

 

I'ma huge R&B fan but there is nothing worse than the Pointer Sisters' Santa Claus is Coming To Town on A Very Special Christmas. It is so bad and it's the lead off song on the CD. It ruins the whole CD for me.

 

I agree, actually. I quite liked the song when it came out and it still touches me in some ways but it really is pretty lame for the most part. Some of the lyrics in particular are very stupid:

Yes, thank god it's them!

The worst, most moronic verse of all:

No snow in Africa this year, really?

Do they not have more important things to do, like try to survive?

...and it all ends with one of those seemingly never ending choruses.

 

"Grandma Got Run Over..." Yuck! :thumbsdn:

Sir Paul's "Wonderful Christmastime"

But, the Grammy goes to The King for "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"

 

I'll probably get slammed for this, but I LOATHE Peggy Lee's "Jingle Bells". It used to be on the holiday tape played at a restaurant where I worked, and whenever it came up, I'd RUN to the machine to skip it. That "I love a sleighride!" chant made me want to kill someone - UGH!

 

Stevie Nick's take on Silent Night. She sounds like a nanny goat with a head cold!

 

Oh man, I've got to find a dub of THAT one!

 

I've never cared for Melissa Etheridge's bland cover of "Happy Xmas (War is Over)." A classic example of a cover that only makes you long to hear the original ...

 

Anything with Betty Boop.

 

No worries there, Brad! I love the Muppets. They can do no wrong. I always play the John Denver and the Muppets Christmas CD every year!

 

Not one, but 3! Miracles (1994), Faith (1999), and Wishes (2002). Hosannas!

 

Which once again reminds me of one of Norm MacDonald's most brilliant moments on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update.

After announcing that Kenny G just released a new Christmas album, Norm pauses and says:

"Happy birthday Jesus. Hope you like CRAP!"

Dan C

 

I thought I was the only one who hated this song! It's so friggin' lame. I cringe every time I hear it! :thumbsdn:


And speaking of Christmas songs......

Whenever I listen to the song "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and hear the lyric, "A child, a child shivers in the cold, let us bring him silver and gold", I'm thinking, silver and gold? The kid could use a blanket, ya think?

 

I can see where that one would get old fast if you had to listen to it on a daily basis, but since I only play it a couple of times each holiday season, I still find it more clever than annoying.

 

I love the Muppets as well.

 

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra makes me laugh everytime. Reminds me of one those 80's hair-metal band that just won't give it up.

 

I actually kinda like "Grandma." It's so offbeat - a black comedy X-mas song - that it makes for a fine novelty tune. I agree with other posters re: the Jingle Cats and barking dogs songs. Very annoying. The McCartney track is also one of the worst X-mas songs by a top act.

Can't comment, but has anyone heard the Tull X-mas album?

 

Have you folks ever REALLY thought about "Little Drummer Boy?" I mean, here's this young virgin woman (and her spouse) who has just carried a child for 9 months, is making a forced pilgrimage to another city so some imperious schmuck can have his census so as to screw the people out of MORE TAXES. There's no room at the inn, so they have to put up for the night in a stable. Then, without a midwife in attendance, she delivers a little baby boy and has to place him in an (at least) fairly unsanitary manger and gets the little guy off to sleep.

And now some other kid shows up and wants to play DRUMS? You're a good kid, drummer boy, and your heart's in the right place, but let Mom and Joseph and Jesus catch a few Z's. It's been a long and eventful day. Take a hike!