My family is giving me grief because I have announced that I basically can’t stand the vast majority of Christmas songs. As soon as one comes on the radio, I start moaning and groaning like an old Scrooge.
So far I’ve admitted to liking only three Christmas songs ever made:
- Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl (much discussed already this year)
- 2,000 miles by the Pretenders
- Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie
Surely there are some others out there. What am I missing? Or am I just being a miserable sod who should lighten up and sing along to Wham and Cliff Richard?
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Game over.
https://youtu.be/yfY4b1NszpY
Nice Time by Toots and the Maytals, Christmas is going to the dogs by Eels, Space Christmas by Allo Darlin, Someday at Christmas by Jack Johnson, This Christmas by The Whispers, Lonely Man of Winter by Sufjan Stevens. So obscure, but I can't fault the effort (or most of the songs TBH).
The one well-known one I quite like apart from the Pogues is Christmas Rapping by the Waitresses
Funnily enough, as I've got older and mellower, I'm a lot more relaxed about traditional carols, but you won't hear them on the radio normally.
Great minds and all that, Red.
Hi mate. If you hate Christmas music you should listen to Magic 105.4FM. They don't have any Christmas music on there at all.
The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth by Crosby & Bowie.
Slade seems to be on every time I venture into the supermarket at the moment. It really makes me angry. Supermarkets are horrible places in the run up to Christmas anyway. If Noddy Holder happened to be in the supermarket at the same time as me, and his song was playing, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to stop myself from giving him a good kick up the arse.
"I wish it could be Christmas every day" is also particularly appalling - the song, and the sentiment. I can't think of anything worse than celebrating Christmas every day, although clearly some people would love to do that - there's a house round the corner from St Johns station that's had an inflatable snowman and Father Christmas hanging out of the top and bottom front windows since mid-October, along with a "Santa - please stop here" sign and, through the window you can see the interior is decorated from floor to ceiling with tinsle, misteltoe, holly and what have you. Might go round and have a word with them. It's not on.
What a fall from grace?
My ones would be a little obscure:
Mele Kalikimulka (The Hawaiian Xmas song) - K T Tunstall
Santa claus is coming to town - The Boss
The 12 days of xmas (Irish version)
Had I had a revolver to hand I would have gladly blown my brains out!!!!!!!
Absolute mental torture and abuse, I've reported them for cruelty to adults.
Christmas songs should be banned, they're all shit.