Best/Worst Christmas Songs

[Rico444]

You all fail.

 

[Huskybass]

This right here is the absolute WORST Christmas song ever. I used to work in one of those pre Walmart department stores when I was a kid during the holidays and they used to play a loop and this song, this eefffing song would play 10 eefffing times a day. From Thanksgiving to Christmas I had to hear this song, and there was a loud eeefffing speaker near trash compactor in the back stockroom that really drove me insane if this song was playing. Till this day, if I hear this song, I experience a very negative emotion.

I dare you. I double dog dare you to play this song Very Loud. You probably won't be able to listen to the whole song.

That is truly horrific. I somehow managed to go 53 years without hearing that mess. Thank you for ruining my morning.

All kidding aside, Merry Christmas to all.

 

[Hamms30]

I'll never get sick of it

 

[JCSuperstar]

 

[B1GEast]

That is truly horrific. I somehow managed to go 53 years without hearing that mess. Thank you for ruining my morning.

All kidding aside, Merry Christmas to all.

Indeed. I should win a prize for identifying the worst most terrible Christmas song ever.

I think there's a reason you've never heard this song on the radio.

Merry Christmas to all as well

 

[B1GEast]

Another cool Christmas song

 

[B1GEast]

This is probably my favorite. - The Difters White Christmas

 

[Kitaman]

Surprised this song wasn't posted yet. Not sure what they were smoking when they made this:

 

[intlzncster]

You going to start judging artistic output based on the merits or lack thereof of the humans creating it your entertainment option cupboard is going to be pretty bare.

“Screw Sinatra’s Xmas songs, he ran with serial killing mobster monsters”

See what I’m getting at?

I get it. I do. But many people won't watch movies with Mel Gibson now. Or Kevin Spacey. Or Polanski. Or even many Weinstein productions--which is a lot.

I'm decidedly not one of those people. I generally judge the output on it's own, irrespective of the artist.

Yes, I am fully aware of my hypocrisy in this instance. I wholeheartedly embrace it even.

I just have a particular dislike for John Lennon. A personal bugaboo. Too much genuine/absolute self-importance. If you told me Lennon thought he was a god, I would believe you. At the same time, he falls under the spell of a space cadet like Yoko freakin Ono. Extremely suspect imo.

It doesn't help that I'm not into most of Lennon's music. I've said it before, but there are only a few Beatles tunes I'm into. I'm overwhelmingly a Rolling Stones guy.

Yes, I know I'm in the minority.

EDIT: I wonder if Sinatra killed anybody. If that was his secret initiation into the club.

 

[intlzncster]

TOP 5:
1. That Spirit of Christmas - Ray Charles
2. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
3. Skating - Vince Guaraldi Trio (Peanuts Xmas)
4. Silver Bells - Andy Wiliams
5. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

BOTTOM 5:
1. The Italian Christmas Donkey
2. Santa Baby
3. Feliz Navidad
4. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
5. Hippopotamus for Christmas

+1 on Ray Charles. Damn near anything he does is good.

 

[intlzncster]

I Love John Lennon, but I want to choke Yoko out in Happy Christmas War is Over.

I just want to choke Yoko for existing. And I tend to like weird people.

 

[intlzncster]

This has to be one of the coolest Christmas songs.

A+

 

[intlzncster]

I’m a sucker for anything Karen Carpenter sings.

I would never have guessed that tbh.

 

[intlzncster]

The best, and this is not a joke, is the theme song from the Grinch. Brilliant lyrics and the unique voice of Thurl Ravenscroft. Where else do you find lyrics like
You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch!
You're the king of sinful sots!
Your heart's a dead tomato
Splotched with moldy, purple spots
Mr. Grinch!
Your soul is an apalling dump-heap
Overflowing with the most disgraceful
Assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable
Mangled-up in tangled-up knots!

You're a mean one, Mr Grinch
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a cactus
You're as charming as an eel
Mr. Grinch!
You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel!

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch!
Your heart's an empty hole
Your brain is full of spiders
You've got garlic in your soul
Mr. Grinch!
I wouldn't touch you
With a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch!
You have termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile
Mr. Grinch!
Given the choice between the two of you
I'd take the seasick crocodile!

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch!
You're a nasty, wasty skunk!
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk
Mr. Grinch!
The three words that best describe you
Are as follows, and I quote
"Stink, stank, stunk!"

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch!
You're the king of sinful sots!
Your heart's a dead tomato
Splotched with moldy, purple spots
Mr. Grinch!
Your soul is an apalling dump-heap
Overflowing with the most disgraceful
Assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable
Mangled-up in tangled-up knots!

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch!
With a nauseous super naus!
You're a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked hoss
Mr. Grinch!
You're a three-decker sauerkraut
And toadstool sandwich
With arsenic sauce!

Absolutely. Can't believe it took this long to mention it. A true classic.

Great film too.

 

[intlzncster]

I'm gonna make a playlist out of this thread. Will link when I finish.

But it might be after Christmas. There's always next year. haha

 

[Yardigan]

I get it. I do. But many people won't watch movies with Mel Gibson now. Or Kevin Spacey. Or Polanski. Or even many Weinstein productions--which is a lot.

I'm decidedly not one of those people. I generally judge the output on it's own, irrespective of the artist.

Yes, I am fully aware of my hypocrisy. I wholeheartedly embrace it in this instance.

b.

Same, one of the dooshiest men on the planet does a helluva job in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies...

 

[intlzncster]

Same, one of the dooshiest men on the planet does a helluva job in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies...

In most of his movies, quite frankly. Helluva a character actor.

 

[QDOG5]

One of my favorites is the Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlin "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings"

 

[Hamms30]

Another cool Christmas song

This whole album really. Probably the reason that I wanted to learn to play the piano.

 

[sledog]

Since the Kinks and Waitresses are mentioned:

Beach Boys - Little St. Nick:



Beach Boys - Santa's Beard:

The Beach Boys - Santa's beard

 

[David 76]

[QUOTE="intlzncster, McCartney was a much better dude.[/QUOTE]

Is

 

[uconnphil2016]

Best Christmas (and advent hymn): o come, o come, Emmanuel

Best Christmas songs: don’t like too many Christmas songs, but I love Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto by James brown and Christmas in prison by John prine

 

[Madmannsucks]

 

[August_West]

We played this Saturday night in Bridgeport. Great song

Ha. Showed up in my Instagram feed this morning.
Nothing puts me in holiday spirit faster than pissing off a deadhead fan base with an obscure Celtic punk band cover from the 80’s

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Bruce’s cover of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” will always be the best but, as I was a teenager during the emo heyday, I’ll submit two offbeat choices