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Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:15 pm
by oldbandnerd
“Last Christmas” by Wham and every cover ever done of it.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:48 am
by roweenie
So many to choose from - practically impossible
I'd have to say "The Little Drummer Boy", but there are several in its class.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:08 am
by Three Valves
roweenie wrote:
I'd have to say "The Little Drummer Boy", but there are several in its class.
Try the Johnny Cash version if you have issues with the Vienna Boys Choir!!
You know the winner of the worst is "Twelve Days of Christmas" so don't argue with me!!
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:58 am
by humBell
Anyone else ever get tired of playing the bass line of Pachabel's canon?
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:20 pm
by humBell
Thanks!
That was cathartic.
I had heard tell of this, but had not seen the video before.
(Not to pick nits, but the cello's low string is a C, so he could go down the octave for the D in the middle as it is written. That must have been luxurious...)
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:53 pm
by humBell
SteveP wrote:...
Pachelbel Canon? Didn't know that was Christmas music.
Well... That's just how bad it is as Christmas music...
Sorry, i guess i just have heard and played it much more this time of year...
So i think of it as such.
I suppose the Dredel song would be too in that light...
My bad.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:47 pm
by Heavy_Metal
Three Valves wrote:roweenie wrote:
I'd have to say "The Little Drummer Boy", but there are several in its class.
Try the Johnny Cash version if you have issues with the Vienna Boys Choir!!
You know the winner of the worst is "Twelve Days of Christmas" so don't argue with me!!
Funniest version of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTwLqR071M" target="_blank
and this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO2LW8H6M1w" target="_blank
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:13 pm
by bort
Not sure it's the worst, but I've heard enough Michael Buble to last me the next 20 Christmases.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:34 pm
by roweenie
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 7:49 am
by Three Valves
Based on the approximately 700 people who reported whether they “won” or “lost” through his website last year, Peck says 25% “won” and 75% “lost.” Bing Crosby’s and David Bowie’s duet trips seemed to trip people up the most, while Peck argues Vince Guaraldi’s version in A Charlie Brown Christmas tends to sneak up on people because they forget it’s in the movie.
Vince Guaraldi’s "My Little Drum" is a stunning variation of Little Drummer Boy.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is not a "movie" it is an animated TV special.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:37 am
by iiipopes
the elephant wrote:"Mary, Did You Know?"
Just awful...
The problem with this song is the commercial crapping of it by those who, well, aren't, if you get my drift.
OTOH, I have a rendition from a church musical service on DVD of a friend who sang it from the heart. I think you would change your mind to hear someone who sang it sincerely rather than use it as a track with a contrived arrangement to fill up the back side of the Christmas album du jour.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:41 am
by iiipopes
You are all forgetting the absolute worst: "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
Yes, decades ago, when we had a spoof gift exchange in addition to the real gifts, I actually bought a copy of the 45rpm for my grandmother. She took it in good fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw" target="_blank
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:33 am
by Three Valves
the elephant wrote:...like the despicable act of flying some guy around on a wire dressed like Jesus. What the F is wrong with people? Disgusting.
Let me get this straight...
You were so drunk the night you saw Mary Poppins, that you thought you were at Church??
Get help!!
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:50 am
by iiipopes
the elephant wrote:iiipopes wrote:the elephant wrote:"Mary, Did You Know?"
Just awful...
The problem with this song is the commercial crapping of it by those who, well, aren't, if you get my drift.
OTOH, I have a rendition from a church musical service on DVD of a friend who sang it from the heart. I think you would change your mind to hear someone who sang it sincerely rather than use it as a track with a contrived arrangement to fill up the back side of the Christmas album du jour.
No, I detest the whole song as modern claptrap troping. I hate that song and most churches where it is performed. It reeks of many of the things wrong with worship music today. "Happy Birthday, Jesus" is #2 on my list of detested church music. Sickening. "The Eye" would be #3. Lowering the Birth to some cheesy pop tune is in terrible taste. Praise Band is a horror that needs to be fully dispensed with. Also sickening. Yes, by all means let's put a little porno bass behind songs about Christ. Let's put a little booty swing or some equally irreverent crap up there, like the despicable act of flying some guy around on a wire dressed like Jesus. What the F is wrong with people? Disgusting.
Sorry, the thread asked an open question and I answered with all truthfulness.
Just remember that in the Vatican archives is a letter from the Archbishop of Canturbury to St. Gregory asking him to send someone to teach the choir at Canturbury to chant the mass in the *
new* style.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 4:49 pm
by Radar
humBell wrote:Anyone else ever get tired of playing the bass line of Pachabel's canon?
I would say just about everyone that's every played it!! Don't think I've ever played it for Christmas, but I've done it for weddings plenty of times.
"Joy to The World" actually probably one of the better Christmas Hymns, but it's so overdone. I'm playing a Christmas tree lighting in about an hour, and we are doing three Christmas medleys and joy to the world is the only piece that's in all three of them.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 4:44 pm
by Dubby
I agree with bloke and Elephant: “Mary did you know” is probably one of my least favorite Christmas songs if only because it shows a lack of understanding of her situation. She very clearly knew.
In terms of songs I just can’t stand, nothing comes to mind. As long as I can listen to Straight No Chase, the Tubadours, and the King’s Singers I am all good with any music.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:58 pm
by tclements
Feliz Navidad, ANYbodys version. THE. WORST.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:36 pm
by marccromme
tclements wrote:Feliz Navidad, ANYbodys version. THE. WORST.
totally agree. Most stupid christms song ever!
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:23 pm
by alfredr
Well, I wanna wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. Feliz Navidad to all of y'all and to all a good night.
Good night, Scrooge.
Re: Worst Christmas song ever.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:01 am
by opus37
After considerable thought, I think "Mary Did You Know" is my lease favorite. "It's Christmas Time Again" in church does not seem right to me either. I generally really like Christmas songs of all types.