Hey Lemmy!
What’s that one song comes on the radio or party and you’re filled with joy? Or perhaps it’s a carol and it makes you feel alright. What is it?
Then there’s the song that makes you flinch and cringe, and you’ve gotta shut that song down. What is it?
Your favorite and your despised!
Avoid: The Christmas Shoes
Jam: Oi to the World by The Vandals
One of these years I’m going to make it to the Vandals Christmas Formal
I want to get a kindergarten class to sing “Grandpa’s Last Christmas”
New fave Christmas jam - Megan Trainor feat. Earth, Wind and Fire - Holidays
All time fave - Dominick the Donkey
Please never again - Mariah Carey anything.
Does anyone actually play Dominick the Donkey?
The only time I’ve ever heard it was whenever someone else says “What’s Dominick the Donkey?” and someone finds it on YouTube.
On my personal playlist, along with “Nestor, the Long Ear Donkey”.
Mariah Carey has been so overdone she’s now Pariah Carey.
Please never again - Mariah Carey anything.
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Avoid - last Christmas. It’s not a Christmas song. It just happens to be at that time of year. It’s depressing and whiney and over played (even if it wasn’t irrelevant).
I’ve been saying it for years, the only good Christmas song is Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses.
I like Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s version of Baby It’s Cold Outside. I try to avoid most other Christmas songs, but especially Mariah Carey. I also worked in a department store for five years, so lots of bad memories of Christmas songs for months.
Heat Miser - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Went to their concert a couple weeks ago. I’ve never heard anyone play that song in concert. I love that song & movie.
Had enough of “Feliz Navidad”.
Merry Christmas!
Shipshewana? I just saw that show, too! My family watched The Year Without Santa Claus yesterday and the music was so great. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy did a great job, it was awesome
The concert was: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
On: A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin. Off: Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer.
My must have is Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Eve Sarajevo
It’s easily overplayed, but if I can get away with hearing it 3 times through December, it’s great!
Can’t stand… Not going to link Maria Carey.
Edit, also not going to link (gagging) Christmas Shoes (vomits)
That Spirit of Christmas, by Ray Charles. Featured in the attic projector scene in Christmas Vacation
Awaken - Dethklok
Musta Krakish
White Wine in the Sun by Tim Minchan (?) Everything else off
There is a particular version of Carol of the Bells I quite like.
Also, the Trans Siberian Orchestra turned out a couple great tracks as well.
There are a few tracks by Frank Sinatra that sometimes get played as Christmas music which I won’t tolerate. I’ve never heard a Sinatra song I don’t physically hate.
The physical reaction to Sinatra 😆 Is the Carol of the Bells instrumental or vocal? Are you thinking of John Williams’ version from Home Alone?
The Home Alone version is in the ballpark; the version I’m thinking of I’m pretty sure was on a CD of Christmas music my parents had. The Home Alone version sounds like it was sung by a children’s choir. Then you get a lot of this version that is women plus instruments. The version I’m thinking of was choir only, ran a little faster, and had men in the choir. The sopranos still did most of the work but having some bass in the counter melody and chorus took the power up a notch.
I’m gonna see if I can find that CD today.
ms parker by chance the rapper is so smooth… honestly people sleep on his christmas album…
and as someone that has worked at a store… you already know.
After growing up with a bunch of retail workers and hearing all their horror stories, I generally try to avoid all the “classic” Christmas tunes as long as possible - the only ones I ever seek out are Christmas At Ground Zero by Weird Al Yankovic, and Straight No Chaser’s album from 2009.
I like “altfel de colind” and dislike the music that the Grinch complained about
