Hey Lemmy!
What’s that one song comes on the radio or party and you’re filled with joy? Or perhaps it’s a carol and it makes you feel alright. What is it?
Then there’s the song that makes you flinch and cringe, and you’ve gotta shut that song down. What is it?
Your favorite and your despised!
ms parker by chance the rapper is so smooth… honestly people sleep on his christmas album…
and as someone that has worked at a store… you already know.
Avoid: The Christmas Shoes
Jam: Oi to the World by The Vandals
One of these years I’m going to make it to the Vandals Christmas Formal
I want to get a kindergarten class to sing “Grandpa’s Last Christmas”
The whole Xmas With the Vandals album is great. Shoutout to the Angry Snowmans, too.
Avoid - last Christmas. It’s not a Christmas song. It just happens to be at that time of year. It’s depressing and whiney and over played (even if it wasn’t irrelevant).
On: Xmas has been X’ed by NoFX Off: All others
I say that but, as far as holiday records go, the Ventures’ Christmas album is pretty stellar. https://youtu.be/dkeJiDwAnWc
Best of all time - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Annie Lennox
Any version of the Little Drummer Boy must be cleansed from the earth with fire and poison.
My must have is Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Eve Sarajevo
https://youtu.be/2LbmhneqBnE?si=DBS73IJvSW5zBQRC
It’s easily overplayed, but if I can get away with hearing it 3 times through December, it’s great!
Can’t stand… Not going to link Maria Carey.
Edit, also not going to link (gagging) Christmas Shoes (vomits)
I like Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s version of Baby It’s Cold Outside. I try to avoid most other Christmas songs, but especially Mariah Carey. I also worked in a department store for five years, so lots of bad memories of Christmas songs for months.
On: A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin. Off: Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer.
There is only one, sadly does not make it on the radio.
White Wine in the Sun by Tim Minchan (?) Everything else off
Everything else 😆
my favorites are Christmas Wrapping, Last Christmas (never got the hate!) and basically everything off of the Phil Spector and Mannheim Steamroller records. (edit: and Brian Setzer! how could i forget!) the only ones i really dislike are All I Want For Christmas Is You and any time someone covers and upbeat christmas song as an acoustic ballad- people think that’s an easy way to make something emotional and meaningful but it actually takes a lot of skill to pull of, and i’ve yet to hear anyone pull it off with a Christmas song!
On: Chiron Beta Prime Off: The Mariah Carey song
After growing up with a bunch of retail workers and hearing all their horror stories, I generally try to avoid all the “classic” Christmas tunes as long as possible - the only ones I ever seek out are Christmas At Ground Zero by Weird Al Yankovic, and Straight No Chaser’s album from 2009.
My jam: Santa Baby, by Haley Reinhart
Turn off: Baby It’s Cold Outside
Awaken - Dethklok
Edit: my turn off song is all I want for Christmas by Mariah Carey
Musta Krakish
