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AKA · 12-21-2003, 07:17 PM

I'll start with my "bottom five."

5. Bing Crosby and David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth
I know a lot of people who love this, but I just don't get it. Bing seems uninterested at best, and Bowie seems out-of-place.

4. Jon Bon Jovi - Please Come Home For Christmas
If there's anyone who shouldn't be covering a Charles Brown classic and frolicking with Cindy Crawford c. 1992 in the video, it shoud not be Jon Bon Jovi.

It should be me.

3. The Twelve Days Of Christmas (traditional)
Okay, we get the point - save for the "five golden rings," your true love doesn't know how to properly do his or her Christmas shopping. Can we move on and listen to "Father Christmas" by the Kinks" now, or do we have to keep singing this awful, overrated ditty? Christ, this thing is longer than the album version of "In A Gadda Da Vida."

2. The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
Ross Bagdasarian triple-tracks his voice and records himself at half-speed and he's considered a genius. Meantime, I've written screenplays and songs and Hollywood hasn't come knocking yet.

Maybe if I write about a grown man who raises three chipmunks as his own sons...

1. Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Okay, it's been twenty-four years. Who the hell still finds this funny? All this song makes me want to do is make the egg nog a bit more "spiky."

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 12-21-2003, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by AKA

1. Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Okay, it's been twenty-four years. Who the hell still finds this funny? All this song makes me want to do is make the egg nog a bit more "spiky."

That's my year long theme song.

I can't stand that John Lennon song...with the kids singing. The kids ruined the song. They don't sing. They screech.

Hollow · 12-21-2003, 10:31 PM

Jingle bell rock. i hate this song so much... its annoying and stupid. in fact when i was in kindergarten we sang christmas carols for a christmas program and when that song came on i stood there doing nothing.

Hey santa, again its annoying and stupid.

Grandma got ran over by a reindeer. grandma died, lets write a "comedy" song about it!

And every xmas song covered by an oldies group. we always have to listen to them when we decorate the xmas tree and they sound terrible.

AKA · 12-21-2003, 10:32 PM

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Originally posted by TradingMooses
I can't stand that John Lennon song...with the kids singing. The kids ruined the song. They don't sing. They screech.

Actually, the kids are singing great. That's the Harlem Children's Choir.

It's Yoko who's doing the screeching.

I've tried to mix her vocals out of both mixes of the song to no avail. I love the song already, but it would be ten times better with her vocals taken out.

~*Hannah_Lee*~ · 12-22-2003, 12:30 AM

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Originally posted by AKA
1. Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Okay, it's been twenty-four years. Who the hell still finds this funny? All this song makes me want to do is make the egg nog a bit more "spiky."

That's a horrible song. Nothing is funny about your grandma dying.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 12-22-2003, 03:02 PM

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time

Do They Know Its Christmas Time?

Silent Night

Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

12 Days Of Christmas

Kay Scarpetta · 12-22-2003, 03:22 PM

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Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

that's my favorite Christmas song of all time

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 12-22-2003, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by Kaffeine Kay
that's my favorite Christmas song of all time

Theres just something about the song that drives me crazy. The only and I mean only version I actually tolerate is Christina's. Her version is good.

Steve M. · 12-23-2003, 01:00 PM

"I Believe In Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (two versions, one with a full orchestral backing - that's taking a bad song and making it worse!)

"Santa Baby" by anyone - It's just a horrible, horrible song!

"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy - No, your grandmother dying isn't funny!

"I'm Gettin' Nothin' For Christmas" by anyone - The kid's been bad all year, but deflects blame to someone else - "Somebody snitched on me." Oh, so if no one had snitched on him/her, he/she would have gotten away with being bad and made out like a bandit on Christmas morning?!? And some of the "sins" - splling something on a rug, tearing your pants while climbing a tree - are accidents that could happen to anyone. Also, the kid waits until January to start being good, which means he/she will still be naughty through New Year's??

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid - There's no song form, there's no verse structure, pre-punk British rockers aren't represented (except. . .Phil Collins?) by the all-star chorus, Simon Le Bon can't sing, and the record led to "We Are The World" and then to the patronizing Live Aid concerts that made everyone feel good but accomplished nothing. Feed the world? Yeah, right. Bono's solo is the only redeeming value of this record, and he at least puts his money where his big mouth is!

DianeChambers87 · 12-23-2003, 01:17 PM

I love Santa Baby, and The Christmas song, and Jingle Bell Rock.

One song I can't stand is: The little drummer boy.

Kay Scarpetta · 12-23-2003, 01:37 PM

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One song I can't stand is: The little drummer boy.

ooooh me too. I feel like smashing something when I hear it.

Tuesday Weld · 12-23-2003, 01:43 PM

I don't like "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas",there's something quite sarcastic-sounding about it.

"Grandma got run over by a reindeer" - Stupid and not at all funny.

There's probably more,which I'll post,when I think of them.

HuntingtonM15 · 12-23-2003, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time

Do They Know Its Christmas Time?

Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

12 Days Of Christmas

I agree with all of those. For some reason, I could never stand The Christmas Song. I also can't stand Santa Baby.

HuntingtonM15 · 12-23-2003, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Theres just something about the song that drives me crazy. The only and I mean only version I actually tolerate is Christina's. Her version is good.

The only version I can tolerate is Martina McBride's.

Jenya · 12-23-2003, 01:54 PM

Those stupid dogs "singing" Jingle Bells. It has to be the dumbest Christmas song of all time. Give me a break!

12-21-2003, 07:17 PM	#1
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	Least favorite Christmas songs I'll start with my "bottom five." 5. Bing Crosby and David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth I know a lot of people who love this, but I just don't get it. Bing seems uninterested at best, and Bowie seems out-of-place. 4. Jon Bon Jovi - Please Come Home For Christmas If there's anyone who shouldn't be covering a Charles Brown classic and frolicking with Cindy Crawford c. 1992 in the video, it shoud not be Jon Bon Jovi. It should be me. 3. The Twelve Days Of Christmas (traditional) Okay, we get the point - save for the "five golden rings," your true love doesn't know how to properly do his or her Christmas shopping. Can we move on and listen to "Father Christmas" by the Kinks" now, or do we have to keep singing this awful, overrated ditty? Christ, this thing is longer than the album version of "In A Gadda Da Vida." 2. The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song Ross Bagdasarian triple-tracks his voice and records himself at half-speed and he's considered a genius. Meantime, I've written screenplays and songs and Hollywood hasn't come knocking yet. Maybe if I write about a grown man who raises three chipmunks as his own sons... 1. Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Okay, it's been twenty-four years. Who the hell still finds this funny? All this song makes me want to do is make the egg nog a bit more "spiky."

12-22-2003, 03:02 PM	#6
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12-23-2003, 01:00 PM	#9
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	"I Believe In Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (two versions, one with a full orchestral backing - that's taking a bad song and making it worse!) "Santa Baby" by anyone - It's just a horrible, horrible song! "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy - No, your grandmother dying isn't funny! "I'm Gettin' Nothin' For Christmas" by anyone - The kid's been bad all year, but deflects blame to someone else - "Somebody snitched on me." Oh, so if no one had snitched on him/her, he/she would have gotten away with being bad and made out like a bandit on Christmas morning?!? And some of the "sins" - splling something on a rug, tearing your pants while climbing a tree - are accidents that could happen to anyone. Also, the kid waits until January to start being good, which means he/she will still be naughty through New Year's?? "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid - There's no song form, there's no verse structure, pre-punk British rockers aren't represented (except. . .Phil Collins?) by the all-star chorus, Simon Le Bon can't sing, and the record led to "We Are The World" and then to the patronizing Live Aid concerts that made everyone feel good but accomplished nothing. Feed the world? Yeah, right. Bono's solo is the only redeeming value of this record, and he at least puts his money where his big mouth is!
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12-23-2003, 01:17 PM	#10
DianeChambers87 Elizabeth B. Malone Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 16, 2003 Location: Swampland USA Posts: 5,178	I love Santa Baby, and The Christmas song, and Jingle Bell Rock. One song I can't stand is: The little drummer boy.
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12-23-2003, 01:43 PM	#12
Tuesday Weld I missed you all. hugs Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 02, 2003 Location: Having a great time. Posts: 22,285	I don't like "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas",there's something quite sarcastic-sounding about it. "Grandma got run over by a reindeer" - Stupid and not at all funny. There's probably more,which I'll post,when I think of them.
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12-21-2003, 10:31 PM	#3
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	Jingle bell rock. i hate this song so much... its annoying and stupid. in fact when i was in kindergarten we sang christmas carols for a christmas program and when that song came on i stood there doing nothing. Hey santa, again its annoying and stupid. Grandma got ran over by a reindeer. grandma died, lets write a "comedy" song about it! And every xmas song covered by an oldies group. we always have to listen to them when we decorate the xmas tree and they sound terrible.

12-23-2003, 01:54 PM	#15
Jenya Supervisor Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: Canmore, Alberta Posts: 3,359	Those stupid dogs "singing" *Jingle Bells*. It has to be the dumbest Christmas song of all time. Give me a break!