Saturday, December 02, 2017

Bad Christmas Songs

I was reading an article about Christmas songs that should be buried forever, and this one was on the list.

I remember New Kids on the Block, but I didn't listen to their music. Was all of it this bad?  Ohmigawd, this is painful!

There is a radio station here in the Sacramento area that, starting Thanksgiving, plays nonstop Christmas music until New Year's.  Since there isn't a lot of new Christmas music coming out, this station plays the same songs over and over and over and over again.  I've pretty much decided which songs I can't stand, here are some of them:

Christmas Shoes.  Seriously, it's a song about a kid's mom dying, and that's somehow supposed to be a Christmas song?

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.  I just don't get redneck humor, I guess.  And if the tune is catchy, it's only catchy like an alligator's mouth.

Feliz Navidad.  Again.  And again. And again.  It's in Spanish, I get it.  And again.

Do you have any non-favorites?  List them in the comments!

7 comments:

  1. I'm with you on Christmas shoes. CAN NOT STAND that song.

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  2. All of the covers of "The Little Drummer Boy".

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  3. What worries me is that over time, I get so used to them that I start liking them. I used to hate Feliz Navidad. Now I sing it. "Last Christmas" is now getting covered, for god's sakes. One day I'm going to wake up singing "Simply having a WONderful Christmas time!"

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  4. Don't they Know It's Christmas (i.e. the Virtue Signaling Carol)
    Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time
    Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
    And yes, let's get rid of Feliz Navidad. It's just a poor excuse for selling a song, no matter the Spanish words or the English words.

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  5. I can't stand Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!

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  6. I heard a cover version of "Do they know it's Christmas?" It was actually worse than the original, which only survived because it was a charity song.

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  7. I despise "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer." It's an awful song.
    I do like "Carol of the Bells" and "White Christmas."
    "Feliz Navidad" is alot of fun to sing with a group when you're caroling.
    And I guess I will always love "Little Drummer Boy" because my son was that in his second grade Christmas play back when schools still did that kind of thing.

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