What Christmas song would you LEAST

[marions ghost]

like to hear blasted outside the Toys R Us (or whatever big box store fills your heart with dread) as you enter?

Please take a second to respond. I have a bet on this as to which is the #1 worst commercially bombarded Christmas song of all time :)

Anecdotes welcome.

[grannylib]

1. Tough call! I voted "chipmunks" but I was tempted to vote "Jingle Bells"

just for Barbra's HORRID version of it; it's never been one of my favorites anyway.
I also HATE "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."

[mwooldri]

2. "Grandma got run over by a reindeer".

Not a good song for me - my grandmother got run over by a construction vehicle Christmas eve many years ago. So this song hits a sore note and I don't care for it to be blasted out anywhere, let alone Toys R Us.

[Metta]

3. Drummer Boy and anything with chimes.

:puke:

[bigwillq]

9. Drummer boy is the WORST song EVAH!

:puke:

[PittPoliSci]

21. yeah that's my absolute most hated one too.

the very mention of it enrages me.

[tigereye]

34. shame on you!

that's one of my favorites. Heathen. Just turn in into a metal song, then.

You need anger management, kiddo! j/k ;)

[PittPoliSci]

47. hehehe how's this one sound...

Big Mean Ass Double Bass Pedal Drummer Boy

[tigereye]

51. there you go

Actually I very much like the idea of kids songs or other "classics", etc. in punk or other form. Very amusing. But not MY sentimental favorites.

B's been taking drum lessons from my drum teacher for about a month- he decided he wanted to do that rather than piano lessons. At one point when he was practicing some stuff behind the kit, I got a brief image of the future teen drum monster he could be if he stuck with it. It was an odd moment of maternal pride. :)

[PittPoliSci]

54. nothin' odd about it.

i'll give him some classy music with amazing drums next time i'm near. :D

[tigereye]

59. no, it's odd because most moms probably don't get excited

about the idea of their kid being a rock/or other drum monster... I think being a computer type/engineer/etc. might pay better... but I could be wrong. :)


I can't imagine what type of music he will like in a few years....

[PittPoliSci]

61. don't you worry, i'll guide him properly...

i've got a few behemoth cds he might like...

[tigereye]

62. oh joy

:scared: Just don't conjure up any demons in the back yard next time you're here.... ;) What is the deal with this black metal thing, anyway?

At Best Buy today he was looking at some video game, where a zombie guy was eating people... great, I can hardly wait for that phase. I prefer Shakespearean gore, myself. Fortunately it was rated M, so I had plenty of ammo to say no.

Yeah, lately he has been indoctrinated with the "pop punk?" they have on all those Madden sports Cd's. ( Donots? never heard of em, oh, wait apparently a German punk band that was on the Rock Against Bush CD - ok, that's not too bad. )

I guess I would prefer that he be open minded about music (and other things) and like some of everything, and maybe not become a Goth or have dreads before he's 14.

[marions ghost]

28. Drummer Boy in the lead....

others seem to agree

We'll see if it stays out in front...:) parumpapu,pum

[Metta]

32. Drummer boy - feh, puke.

Hairball.

[marions ghost]

4. argghh

I see I accidentally posted this poll twice :argh: Sorry :spank:

anecdotal offering of the season:
My husband hates to sing. One time he got caught visiting a relative at a nursing home before Christmas. Someone grabbed his arm, put a songbook in his hand and thrust him into the dining room, just in time for a rousing singalong under glaring lights. He was forced to mouth words to partial Christmas songs (obscure ones which he claims never to have heard before) plunked out on a piano in front of all the residents. Apparently he sweated all the way through and left immediately when it was over, feeling somewhat violated.

[maveric]

5. Father Christmas. By The Kinks.

Father Christmas

When I was small I believed in Santa Claus
Though I knew it was my dad
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
Open my presents and I'd be glad

But the last time I played Father Christmas
I stood outside a department store
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
And knocked my reindeer to the floor

They said:
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys.
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
We don't want a jigsaw or monopoly money
We only want the real McCoy

Father Christmas, give us some money
We'll beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys

But give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one
He's got lots of mouths to feed
But if you've got one, I'll have a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids down the street

Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

Have yourself a merry merry Christmas
Have yourself a good time
But remember the kids who got nothin'
While you're drinkin' down your wine

Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
Father Christmas, please hand it over
We'll beat you up, so don't make us annoyed

Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread, so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

[marions ghost]

12. this reminds me

one time I was home early in the afternoon on Halloween. Got a knock on the door and there was this big 14 or 15 year old kid standing there, no costume, no bag, nothin. He said "trick or treat...I take money." I said, "Where's your costume?" He said "I'll take quarters..." I said, "This is like, a stick-up, isn't it?" He smiled and said "Yeah I guess."
"Just a minute, here's some quarters," sez me.
"Thanks, bye"

I always wondered how much money he made that day.

[hippywife]

6. All of them!

I hate Christmas music because it is so forced and obnoxious!

[AntiCoup2K4]

7. Here's one you'll NEVER hear on a mall MUZAK system

(lyrics by FEAR)

Don't despair,
just because it's Christmas.
Children, they're
all so gay at Christmas.

All the children on the street
hope they get something good to eat.

But for me it's not so great.

Fuck Christmas!

[Broken_Hero]

8. Jingle Bells without a doubt...

most overrated xmas song of all time....the rendention of the barking dogs doing that song, just about kills me...

[marions ghost]

10. My Dad says

there's a version of 12 Days of Christmas which is all about what things to give Dad such as 3 golf clubs, 11 ties, etc. My Dad really hates this song because it reminds him of all the stuff he got that he never wanted. My Dad is a little different and would like a book about Jawlensky, who was a German Expressionist artist of the early 20th century for Xmas. I can't ever find a birthday card for him--they're always about golf, fish, or barbecuing.

I haven't heard this Dad-oriented version of 12 Days of Christmas, however I see that 12 Days is high on the list of worst, running neck & neck with Drummer Boy at the moment...

[KitchenWitch]

11. Brenda Lee's "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree"

Her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard for me.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. LOL--Yes!

:D :D

[NMMNG]

13. That horrific remake of "Santa Baby" by Madonna

The one where she does her best to sound like a complete whore trying to get him into her bed...:puke:

[jobycom]

15. BTW, that sig is too damned cute! nt.

[NMMNG]

18. Thanks n/t

[In_The_Wind]

16. Awww

Buffy Baby ...

[marions ghost]

26. oh yeah

I do remember that one...yeah :thumbsdown:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

39. Oh, I know. Eartha Kitt does "Santa Baby" so much better--

Madonna should have just left it alone.

[jobycom]

14. I worked in a mall in Dallas with a huge display that played "The Twelve

Days of Christmas" every twelve minutes. The large display played the song loud enough for half the mall to hear it, and it was right outside our shop. And I worked really long shifts.

I have been known to develop uncontrollable twitching and to black out at that song, even years later.

[marions ghost]

23. why don't stores and malls get that

the assault by Xmas muzak is BRUTAL, esp when repetitive, to employees (not to mention customers). There must be studies that show the potential for permanent damage...

I was in this craft store the other day and because I had to hunt for various small items in this desheveled place, I had to go up and down several aisles. NOWHERE in the store was safe from this *demented* electronic version of "Here Comes Santa Clause" pouring from out of a display of decorations. I didn't have time to try to locate the source of this or I would've pulled the plug. The employees looked like zombies and I'm sure their brains were scrambled long ago. Leaving the place felt like escaping.

[jobycom]

24. This wasn't muzak, it was a large music box with singing displays

kind of like an intricate clock. It was fairly impressive, to be fair, and since it was in the mall near an entrance, most people just passed by it and watched it through one cycle. But those of us who worked around it were driven Shining Crazy by it. We all had fantasies of taking Jack Nicholson's ax to it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

17. fairytale of new york

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
And I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars
Big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old

When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on the corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing
Out for Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Living there almost dead on a drip
In that bed

You scum bag
You maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God
It's our last

I could have been someone
So could anyone
You took my dreams
From me when I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

[tigereye]

35. oh, I love that

it wasn't Christmas unless I heard it on the radio or played the CD!

:hi: big

[MaggieSwanson]

19. Jingle Bell Rock. n/t

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. I LOVE that song.

:P :P :P

[carpetbagger]

20. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

When I was an intern, I spent the month of December in the WVU Emergency Room. While the main focus was mopping up end of the "deer vs. hunter" casualty tally, I heard that song played around 0400 while I was screening a patient who was telling me about how horrible the holidays were and how she wanted to kill herself.

So that's the association burned into my brain. That song, and holiday blues/suicidal depression.

[marions ghost]

27. yikes

what a bad choice of background music...

doesnt it have some terrible lines like
with much mistletoeing
and people ho-hoing

.....sorry :spank: me

Yeah that's one for the list

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. Ouch. Yeah, that'd put me off that song, too, I bet.

But I like it well enough myself. :D

[donheld]

22. Bing Crosby's White Xmas

:puke:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. That often annoys me, too.

:mad:

[DanCa]

25. Snoopy and the red baron snoopy and the red baron

[marions ghost]

29. unmentionable

bad earworm ...Naughty That one was almost permanently erased from my memory banks :)

[tigereye]

36. that is also one of my favorites

I am such a miscreant....;)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

44. Aww, I think that song's kinda cute.

:P :P :P :P

[marions ghost]

30. any more votes?

If not, we'll declare a winner

[BobEPeru]

31. Ugh

I can't stand any of those songs; it's so hard to decide.
I really hate "Frosty" and "Hark the Herald Angels".
My favorite day of the year is December 26th, because it's the point of the year furthest from the next time I have to hear any of these songs again.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

45. Around my house, x-mas carols last AT LEAST until New Year's.

And I've been known to drum some out on my piano or clarinet or bari sax year-round.

:P :P

On Edit: Add in a few more instruments I play... :P :P

[WeRQ4U]

33. "My Favorite Things" because it's not a fucking christmas song.

And that makes me mad.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

46. I like "My Favorite Things." It sometimes seems wintery to me.

Don't know why...must be the "Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes" line.

But yeah, I agree, it's not really wintery, and definitely not for x-mas.

[marions ghost]

37. My Last Post here

THANK YOU DUERS!
:applause:

YOU HAVE CONFIRMED my deeply held conviction that "Drummer Boy" is in fact, THE #1 MOST obnoxious, sappy and over-played Christmas song ever written and that it should be banned in public places for public health reasons. Personally I have developed an allergy that is so severe that I have been forced to leave stores abruptly at the sound of a single snare drum roll. Retailers, take note of these statistically significant results PROVING that others share this allergy.

Anyway, since '12 Days of Christmas' has been closing in on Drummer Boy it seems like time to end this poll so I can win the bet I have on this topic.

May you all have a Drummer Boy -free Christmas with not a single rumpapumpum.

:) thanx again for your response and happy holidays! marions ghost

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. Hey, yeah, I voted Drummer Boy!

HATE that song.... :puke::puke::puke:

[Err]

48. Anything sung by Michael Jackson?

:hide:

[benny05]

50. I agree w/u n/t

[u4ic]

49. Feliz Navidad - at least here it is

:puke:

another huge annoyance is that Paul McCartney song...

[Jamastiene]

56. I hate Feliz Navidad with a passion.

I have no reason for it. Ijust hate that song.

[AVulgarianHue]

52. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Oh! You better watch out...

[Beausoir]

53. Rockin around the Christmas Tree..

Sung by some woman with a horrid voice. I cringe every time it comes on.

Also...the Jose Feliciano Christmas jingle for Taco John's. God.

[Mutley]

55. Other

When I worked at Toys R Us, every single Christmas season they would play this song sung by Goofy going something like, "YES! We have no bananas. We have no bananas today!" I have no idea what it had to do with Christmas, but they played it every year and it drove me freaking bonkers!

on edit: There is a radio station in MD that plays all Christmas music all the time starting a week or so BEFORE Thanksgiving. Anyway, last might my SO had it on and I was barely listening to it. Until, during a song I'd never heard before, the singer said something about "we'll die of pneumonia..." :wow: Since when is dying of pneumonia a Christmas theme?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

57. The really lame one with the synthesizers

It goes "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time". Worst song ever!

[liberalitch]

58. ANYTHING over and over that I heard already before 12/1

[GalleryGod]

60. I Dig the Joan Jett and the Blackhearts version of Drummer Boy!

:shrug: