I think the worst one (technically) might be “Do They Know Its Christmastime"--intentions might’ve been good, but maybe they could have just donated their holiday cocaine budget to charity instead and spared us this hastily written and recorded holiday number. “FEED THE WORLD ... DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMASTIME AT ALL...” over and over ... well, any Muslim Ethiopians might be out of the loop on that, technically, but it sounds like they had other concerns at the moment ... 

My favorite lyric of the song is this one: “There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmastime ...” Jesus. Seriously, lamenting the lack of snow? I think that’s the last thing they need, don’t you?

Morrissey on the song:

"I’m not afraid to say that I think Band Aid was diabolical. Or to say that I think Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Many people find that very unsettling, but I’ll say it as loud as anyone wants me to. In the first instance the record itself was absolutely tuneless. One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it’s another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England. It was an awful record considering the mass of talent involved. And it wasn’t done shyly it was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.”

“The whole implication was to save these people in Ethiopia, but who were they asking to save them? Some 13-year-old girl in Wigan! People like Thatcher and the royals could solve the Ethiopian problem within ten seconds. But Band Aid shied away from saying that — for heaven’s sake, it was almost directly aimed at unemployed people.”

I second that.
that and little parumppompom whatever. also, I was rummaging through a discount shoe display and the PA w as playing a mashup of Jingle Bells with Jesus Christ is Here. That one wins my least favorite Christmassy song. I reallllly like the Handel dude though.

Also, I hate that chick singing in the Hyundai commercial. She never looks right at the camera, she always tilts her head to the side. Is she being coy or does she have burn scars? God, please let the answer be burn scars.

I generally dislike all the modern ones. I am not a big fan of Frosty or Rudolph. I like chestnuts, but I sure as shit don’t want to hear anyone crooing about them.

Among the traditional ones, it’s a tie between “Silent Night” and “O Holy Night” as to which has me fleeing the room faster.

That would be “crooning”. Howcum ya never see it until the split second after you click the submit button?

And balderdash, I’m with you 100% on the Handel bloke and all his works. I’ve even (mostly) given up pointing out that The Messiah was written as an EASTER oratorio. Nobody likes a pompous didact, even at Christmas.

Simply… having… a wonderful Christmas time.

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

I hate this song more than I despise censorship.

All of them.

I throughly recommend John Waters Christmas or Aqua Teen Hunger Force doing Meaty Little Xmas. A good reprieve from the usual tired crap.

“Grandma got run over by a reindeer” and “So here it is, merry Xmas” are my least liked tunes.

But yeah, the Band Aid record did suck a lot of ass. Chumbawumba’s “Title: Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records” was a near perfect antidote.

I work in a building with lots of glass and terrazzo tile. Someone pipes Kenny G Kristmas Karols into the atrium. So the soprano saxaphone shmaltz bounces off of the terrazzo,then off of the glass, then up to my 4th floor window and sounds like CIA torture, so I hate them all. I don’t care if it was Aretha herself singing them, I would hate them for all I was worth.

A coworker the other day announced that she was going to put on some Christmas music. Nobody said anything. Then she put on Kenny G, and after a few minutes asked around if her music was annoying anybody. Most people said no, but (bless her heart) my assistant gave her a resounding “YES!”

Not exactly a Christmas song but it might be worth viewing.

Posted by Spazmo
12/21 05:44 AM
Simply… having… a wonderful Christmas time.

THIS.