If I Hear that Holiday Song One More Time....

[3113]

When shopping today and heard version after version of the same holiday songs. Which made me wonder....

Which song is about to make you go postal? Let's keep the number to three maximum.

Personally, I'm getting darn tired of Rudolph.

 

[glynndah]

Surprisingly enough, I haven't heard very many this year. One of the stores I shop in slipped the dreidel song among all the Christmas ones last year which always made me smile. I've been listening, but I haven't heard it yet this year.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Any Christmas song that has been Hip-hopped should be played only at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

 

[slyc_willie]

The restaurant's music system thankfully intersperses holiday jingles with big band and swing fare. I can only surmise the powers that be in charge of the chain decided they didn't want a bunch of cooks and servers turning their guests into the special of the day.

But, to be honest, I always like the music and the general feeling of good will and (supposed) optimism they advance. But then, I don't have to endure "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" or similar cynical tripe. Bing Crosby's rendition of White Christmas, however, does leave me with a sour taste at times, considering the vocal outcry about him from some of his children after his death.

 

[glynndah]

Any Christmas song that has been Hip-hopped should be played only at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

What's Mariana ever done to you?

We have quite a collection of Christmas music. The ones featuring music boxes set my teeth on edge. One song is fine, but anymore and I begin twitching, and not in a good way.

 

[HiddenDevil_]

That one song that the girl sings at the end of Love Actually.

But only because whenever it comes on, someone always goes "OHMYGOD! This is the song from Love Actually! I LOVE that movie!"

 

[Guest]

The song about the shoes. Before momma gets to heaven tonight. That one.

And anything having to do with hippopotamusesses.

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

I'm happy to report that the supermarket I go to is not playing holiday music this year and I think it has to do with the general temperature of the nation and the fact that such festive nonsense seems just a little out of place when we're all going down the river without an economic paddle.

 

[rgraham666]

I don't get out enough to notice.

 

[tickledkitty]

I'm actually enjoying it this year and haven't become annoyed. Yet.

 

[DesertPirate]

Don't care if I ever hear Blue Christmas by Elvis ever again!
I was never an Elvis fan

 

[Pornguin]

I was never an Elvis fan

BLASPHEMER!!!

I get really sick of all the different Frosty the Snowmans, and I hate with a passion the "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth".

 

[OhMissScarlett]

The song about the shoes. Before momma gets to heaven tonight. That one.

Exactly! Sad Christmas songs can suck it.

I never really get tired of "traditional" Christmas songs. I'm kind of a Christmas junkie actually. It's odd, I know, especially for an Agnostic.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

it ain't a christmas song, but james blunt warbling you're beautiful makes me want to reach for the hammer.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

it ain't a christmas song, but james blunt warbling you're beautiful makes me want to reach for the hammer.

I'm really grateful that he seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet.
Unfortunately that song will probably live on forever.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I'm really grateful that he seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet.
Unfortunately that song will probably live on forever.

he's still around.

unfortunately for me i was doing a bit of travelling when that song came out. it seemed that my arrival in several equatorial and southern hemisphere countries coincided with its release...

i blame simon cowell.

now, where did i put that hammer?

 

[kimbalee]

1. If I have to hear Jessica Simpson one more damn time screeching thru "Baby, It's Cold Outside" song with Nick Lachey... someone's gonna get hurt.

2. I can't stand one more second of "Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes..." Argh! How is that a Christmas song, anyway??? They're favorite things? Whatever.

3. Why can't they just let the orgiginal artists sing the classic songs? They did a great job of it so just let them sing it. I don't need to hear 10,000 bad "Santa Baby" remakes, thank you.

Whew! How did I get that crabby? I feel much better now.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

i blame simon cowell.

he can be blamed for practically anything. *nods*

 

[3113]

2. I can't stand one more second of "Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes..." Argh! How is that a Christmas song, anyway???

It's the snowflakes part. This time of year any song that even vaguely mentions "snow" makes it to the holiday list. I mean "Jingle Bells" has nothing to do with any of the winter holidays, nor does "Winter Wonderland" or "Let it Snow" or your hated "Baby, It's Cold Outside."

Whew! How did I get that crabby? I feel much better now.

No need to be embarrassed. As you see, you're not alone. And the whole purpose of this thread is to make everyone feel better so they don't have to write from prison after getting in the news for causing a bloodbath at the local WalMart

 

[OhMissScarlett]

No need to be embarrassed. As you see, you're not alone. And the whole purpose of this thread is to make everyone feel better so they don't have to write from prison after getting in the news for causing a bloodbath at the local WalMart

You know, that's the funny thing this year, our local HellMart is playing only instrumental classical Christmas music. I think this may have contributed to me spending more time and money there lately.

 

[Weird Harold]

Any Christmas song that has been Hip-hopped should be played only at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

Only if it's a live performance without mechanical assistance.

The only "christmas" song I'm tired of is "give a garmin." I used to like the chrstmas carol, and even the first few garmin commercials were cute, but that ad campaign has gotten seriously annoying and destryed any good associations the melody once held.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

1. If I have to hear Jessica Simpson one more damn time screeching thru "Baby, It's Cold Outside" song with Nick Lachey... someone's gonna get hurt.

2. I can't stand one more second of "Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes..." Argh! How is that a Christmas song, anyway??? They're favorite things? Whatever.

3. Why can't they just let the orgiginal artists sing the classic songs? They did a great job of it so just let them sing it. I don't need to hear 10,000 bad "Santa Baby" remakes, thank you.

Whew! How did I get that crabby? I feel much better now.

wow! makes me glad i live in the UK.

now, the band, Slade. they did some classic christmas tunes. which kinda makes point 3 above i guess?

 

[epiphany65]

Generally I don't mind Christmas songs, but that one about the Christmas Shoes makes me want to throw the radio out a window into the nearest snowbank. "Same Ole Lang Syne" by Dan Folgelberg has been known to make me reach for a bottle of rum on occasion too.

 

[NoJo]

I'm getting pretty fed up of all the forty or so dance songs my band has been playing pretty much every night for the last ten days, at various mirthless corporate events.
...except for Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". That rocks


The xmas speech from the company M.D. at these events generally goes something like this:

"You're all fired. Now, LET'S DANCE!".

Then we play.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I'm getting pretty fed up of all the forty or so dance songs my band has been playing pretty much every night for the last ten days, at various mirthless corporate events.
...except for Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". That rocks


The xmas speech from the company M.D. at these events generally goes something like this:

"You're all fired. Now, LET'S DANCE!".

Then we play.

hey, at least you got a gig?