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(39,343 posts) Sun Dec 8, 2019, 06:01 PM Dec 2019

Christmas music is an absolute insult to anything with ears. Wanna fight about it? [View all]

1. There's only a dozen songs, but they'll let anyone ( I mean anyone) record an album of them making the songs shitty in their own personal shitty way.

2. It's played non stop from the end of November for an entire month. If they didn't suck, they could be played other times of the year. I can listen to Pink Floyd anytime of the year... because they don't suck.

3.It's nearly as redundant and brainwashing as religious music. The phrase "jingle bells" occurs 964 times in the normal version of the song.

And another thing. I don't trust the musical opinions of people who like Christmas music. Never has anyone said, "after we listen to that bootleg Lou Reed where he nearly cries during Sweet Jane before he transfers into a slower version of Heroin, let's listen to this copy I found of Chipmunks Christmas or The Christmas Shoes."

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Christmas music is an absolute insult to anything with ears. Wanna fight about it? [View all] NightWatcher Dec 2019 OP

I'm listening to "O Come, O come Emmanuel" right now. Coventina Dec 2019 #1

In English and Hebrew ... 4139 Dec 2019 #10

Very cool! The version I was listening to was instrumental. Coventina Dec 2019 #11

Beautiful lynintenn Dec 2019 #33

i used to play BRING A TORCH.... on the piano when i was in my teens trueblue2007 Dec 2019 #44

OK, you're on... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #2

I tune it out except on Christmas Eve at home... hlthe2b Dec 2019 #3

Speaking of awful renditions, Disaffected Dec 2019 #20

Speaking as a buddhist/atheist... wcmagumba Dec 2019 #4

Mr. Magoo was great... hlthe2b Dec 2019 #5

Classic Christmas instrumentals is my favorite kind! Beartracks Dec 2019 #6

Mr. Magoo's Christmas carol scared the crap out of my when I was a kid jpak Dec 2019 #38

You're right... wcmagumba Dec 2019 #49

Way more than a dozen Christmas songs! But... Beartracks Dec 2019 #7

There's all kinds of Christmas music BuffaloJackalope Dec 2019 #8

Er, if you listen to classical music there are literally hundreds of stopbush Dec 2019 #9

There is one I can't stand Little Drummer boy doc03 Dec 2019 #12

I generally like Christmas music, but I really hate that song. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #50

We had a Christmas play when I was in the sixth grade. We had to practice that doc03 Dec 2019 #61

I think for me it's the "Ra pum pa pum" chorus. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #62

Every year I take the LDB Challenge. nolabear Dec 2019 #65

Well, Christmas period is a gold mine for some classical musicians.. pangaia Dec 2019 #13

Classical performance music doesn't count (French horn player here) NightWatcher Dec 2019 #14

I'm with you on that one... for sure.... pangaia Dec 2019 #15

I love Christmas Music handmade34 Dec 2019 #16

Oh GOD!!!! sdfernando Dec 2019 #58

Don't forget everyone's favorite cult classic Major Nikon Dec 2019 #60

Mmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm underpants Dec 2019 #17

That song will always be Bing's to me. catbyte Dec 2019 #22

Just got home from singing in a concert of Advent and Christmas music. zeusdogmom Dec 2019 #18

safeway said I should fall on my knees to the savior, Home depot said the lord is come msongs Dec 2019 #19

Sorry, but I get a big ol' lump in my throat every time I hear Judy Garland sing, "Have Yourself A catbyte Dec 2019 #21

I love that song and that film! smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #54

. BuffaloJackalope Dec 2019 #23

I saw REM perform a killer version of Little Drummer Boy at Tyrone's OC in Athens GA Dec. 1981 jpak Dec 2019 #24

Dandy Warhols did a great version too: IcyPeas Dec 2019 #25

I have nothing good to say about Christmas music. nocoincidences Dec 2019 #26

Clearly you haven't listened to enough Christmas music Fiendish Thingy Dec 2019 #27

Unlike country music Christmas music is only around a few weeks a year. IADEMO2004 Dec 2019 #28

Oh no Nightwatcher - this challenge is on! Pachamama Dec 2019 #29

But on repeat for 31 days straight with the exclusion of every other type of music? NightWatcher Dec 2019 #31

Everything in moderation.... Pachamama Dec 2019 #32

Joan Baez singing Carol Of the Birds lynintenn Dec 2019 #30

I think You Mean Christmas Radio Stations Dr Vegas Dec 2019 #34

The Weeklings - Revolution Wonderland Dr Vegas Dec 2019 #36

I apparently lead a very charmed life. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #35

I distinguish between Christmas carols and... 3catwoman3 Dec 2019 #37

Not gonna fight but I love a lot of it LakeArenal Dec 2019 #39

I generally like more traditional Christmas music, but I really love this version of "Carol of the smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #55

OK. Is it now time to resurrect last year's epic thread about... llmart Dec 2019 #40

o, holy night is ok, but most is dreck. tho, i do have a nice medieval christmas music CD. pansypoo53219 Dec 2019 #41

Lots of Christmas electric violin music by,,, WestLosAngelesGal Dec 2019 #42

Sentimental but you're better off if you ignore the words.... lindysalsagal Dec 2019 #43

I have put together a compilation of great xmas music Bayard Dec 2019 #45

A lot of commercial Christmas music is truly horrible, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #46

There is this one from The Kinks jmowreader Dec 2019 #47

There are a few exceptions. Like Merry Christmas Baby by Charles Brown Cicada Dec 2019 #48

I wish there was a limit I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 #51

Handel's Messiah, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker? Deb Dec 2019 #52

It was Christmas Eve, Babe - In the drunktank janterry Dec 2019 #53

C'mon! Not even Ella Fitzgerald Christmas Tunes? smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #56

xmas blues are the best blues. mopinko Dec 2019 #57

I went to an abbreviated performance of Handel's Messiah mnhtnbb Dec 2019 #59

The kinks DiverDave Dec 2019 #63

Au contraire! Every year I look for new songs. My collection is fantastic! nolabear Dec 2019 #64

No (major) argument from me gratuitous Dec 2019 #66