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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #60 on: December 25, 2011, 12:59:31 am »


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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #61 on: December 25, 2011, 04:10:17 am »
At this point in life, frankly, it's a rare Christmas carol that doesn't annoy the hell out of me, unless it's done really well.

I love "O, Holy Night" if it's sufficiently dramatic and terrifying (I love a really imperiously commanding "Faaaaall on your knees!!"). I love the melancholy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," especially if done by someone really Greatest Generation-y like Judy Garland; it so perfectly illustrates the outlook of people living through a potentially world-changing war. I like "Carol of the Bells" by almost anybody. I have come to appreciate "Santa Baby." "Deck the Halls" brings back fond memorie of the time my son voluntarily memorized the three verses and sang it solo to his first-grade class.

Other than that, it has to be a REALLY good rendition for me to really genuinely like any Christmas song. Tonight while driving, my sons and I listened to a CD of Christmas songs. Unfortunately, almost all of them were bad versions.

On the other hand, I feel a certain cultural obligation to listen to them with my sons and pass along their heritage. If I don't, it's possible they'll never have any Christmas music until Kanye gets around to recording Christmas rap.

All that said, here is my vote for the worst Christmas song ever -- a song I had never heard and didn't even realize was a Christmas song until the two seasons I spent working at Macy's, where it was on the Muzak rotation.



[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiDht6CcYgE[/youtube]





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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #62 on: December 25, 2011, 10:48:14 am »



You're not the only one who hates singing, Anke!  ;D

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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #63 on: December 25, 2011, 10:51:13 am »



Ok, it's from last year, but,
as we say, it's Christmas --!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS5WjGvFDuo&feature[/youtube]



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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #64 on: December 25, 2011, 12:18:25 pm »

I love "O, Holy Night" if it's sufficiently dramatic and terrifying


How about Jussi Björling, one of the world's finest tenors ever?


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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #65 on: December 25, 2011, 02:49:48 pm »
I love Jussi!

Now this is another thing altogether.  I nominate this as the most bizarre xmess song:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDLY-tH8_w&feature=related[/youtube]

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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #66 on: December 25, 2011, 02:57:27 pm »
How about Jussi Björling, one of the world's finest tenors ever?

That's a good one, thanks!  :)


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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #67 on: December 25, 2011, 03:00:42 pm »
That's a good one, thanks!  :)




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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #68 on: December 26, 2011, 08:30:00 am »
You're not the only one who hates singing, Anke!  ;D

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Haha. I don't hate singing. I just hate bad music.    ::)

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Re: Most annoying/least favorite holiday songs
« Reply #69 on: December 26, 2011, 01:26:38 pm »

Ok, it's from last year, but,
as we say, it's Christmas --!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS5WjGvFDuo&feature[/youtube]

Strange, but cute!   ;D
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