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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 19, 2018 23:08:15 GMT
Give me your five favorite. Don't care whose rendition. Nothing newly written in the last forty or so years, no matter how good (sorry Kinks).
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Post by Xeliou66 on Dec 20, 2018 0:17:53 GMT
All of them blow chunks, they are all sentimental, cheesy, nauseating dreck about how wonderful Christmas is and how wonderful life is when nothing could be further from the truth. All of it is pure propaganda telling you to be happy, I hate it. I would rather listen to rap or country music than Christmas music, and I hate rap and country music.
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Post by millar70 on Dec 20, 2018 2:53:27 GMT
I love Jesus
I love Christmas
I love Christmas songs
I love Capt. Picard playing Scrooge
I love eggnog
I love Christmas lights
I love all of you
Merry Christmas
Ho, ho, ho!!!
And I just watched the Celtics lose at home to the awful Phoenix Suns
And I STILL say Merry Christmas!!!
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Post by DC-Fan on Dec 20, 2018 3:56:14 GMT
Nothing newly written in the last forty or so years, no matter how good (sorry Kinks). was written in 1979. |
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Post by Rufus-T on Dec 20, 2018 3:59:30 GMT
No Chipmunks Song on the list?
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Post by Salzmank on Dec 20, 2018 4:11:36 GMT
Sorry to chime in here, as I donβt post on the Sports board, but I like the topic.
With that said, I do get bored of the same Christmas songs repeated over and over again this time of the year. βWhite Christmasβ and βThe Christmas Songβ are rather nice, as are many of the old-fashioned religious carols (βHark the Herald Angels Sing,β βSilent Night,β etc.). Many of the newer ones have rather poor lyrics (βBlue Christmas,β βFeliz Navidadβ), and some of them are absolutely dreadful (βGrandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,β βI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,β βSanta Baby,β βThe Chipmunk Songβ).
Iβve always liked βHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,β but only Judy Garlandβs rendition in Meet Me in St. Louis. It tends to be oversung. βItβs the Most Wonderful Time of the Yearβ isnβt very good, but it has one nice part (which Iβve used for a βsignatureβ here for this month). βWinter Wonderland,β βLet It Snow,β βBaby, Itβs Cold Outside,β and βChristmas in Killarneyβ are good (though I suppose officially one of them is a Christmas song, the other few winter songs).
One of the best, even if itβs not strictly Christmassy, is βSleigh Ride.β The music is excellent, and the lyrics are actually well-writtenβsome good internal rhymes and a lovely feminine one, βbefore usβ and βchorus.β
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Post by Rufus-T on Dec 20, 2018 4:26:21 GMT
Nothing newly written in the last forty or so years, no matter how good (sorry Kinks). was written in 1979. Some other that were written after 1980.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) Band Aide - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
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Post by millar70 on Dec 20, 2018 5:08:17 GMT
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer was written in 1979. Some other that were written after 1980.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) Band Aide - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
I've always loved McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time". Some call it typical Paul smaltzy kind of stuff, but I think it's great. π |
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Post by Rufus-T on Dec 20, 2018 5:28:56 GMT
Some other that were written after 1980.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) Band Aide - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
I've always loved McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time". Some call it typical Paul smaltzy kind of stuff, but I think it's great. π Have you heard the B-Side of that single, a Reggae instrumental of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer? Quite interesting. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Dec 20, 2018 5:36:23 GMT
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 20, 2018 5:58:12 GMT
Some other that were written after 1980.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) Band Aide - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
I've always loved McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time". Some call it typical Paul smaltzy kind of stuff, but I think it's great. π I think both comments on that one can be true. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 20, 2018 6:06:53 GMT
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer was written in 1979. Some other that were written after 1980.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) Band Aide - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 20, 2018 11:59:33 GMT
All of them blow chunks, they are all sentimental, cheesy, nauseating dreck about how wonderful Christmas is and how wonderful life is when nothing could be further from the truth. All of it is pure propaganda telling you to be happy, I hate it. I would rather listen to rap or country music than Christmas music, and I hate rap and country music. So is you're stance that life sucks and it's not worth living? That's very sad. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 20, 2018 12:02:23 GMT
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer was written in 1979. Some other that were written after 1980.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982) Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) Band Aide - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
The Waitresses Christmas Wrapping is like fucking nails on a chalkboard to me. It's so god damn annoying. Another newer one that I don't understand not being in regular rotation is What's This from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Maybe Disney doesn't license it out or something, but it's one of the most joyful Christmas songs ever written. |
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 20, 2018 12:25:24 GMT
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 20, 2018 14:02:04 GMT
Impressive - - all 25 songs got at least one vote.
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 20, 2018 14:41:15 GMT
Impressive - - all 25 songs got at least one vote. Only voted for Let It Snow. I miss snow, and Deano is a great singer. |
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Dec 20, 2018 16:05:29 GMT
So This is Christmas - John Lennon
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 20, 2018 16:32:27 GMT
Sort of the song equivalent of "Is Diehard a Christmas movie?" - - is "Linus and Lucy" a Christmas song?
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 20, 2018 16:46:44 GMT
Sort of the song equivalent of "Is Diehard a Christmas movie?" - - is "Linus and Lucy" a Christmas song? It is on the A Charlie Brown Christmas album. |
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