Posted on 12/21/2014 11:36:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
We asked you what you thought of Christmas music and while most of you love it – early appearances not withstanding – there are a few songs that just get under your skin.
Here are the tunes that iVillage.ca readers voted as the worst (read: most annoying) Christmas songs ever.
10. Run, Rudolph, Run
This rockabilly jingle is a bluesy take on Christmas.
“Run, run, Rudolph, whizzin’ like a merry-go-round,” croons Chuck Berry, as we imagine frenzied shoppers running in all directions to satisfy Christmas desires.
9. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
This song might be perceived as being modern, because we rarely hear the original version: it’s from 1953! Jimmy Boyd’s child voice sings earnestly and clearly in a southern twang, “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night. She didn’t see me creep down the stairs to have a peek!”
There is a worrisome part in the lyrics where the little boy mentions he saw Mommy taking Santa’s clothes off, but then humour steps in when he says Daddy would’ve had a laugh over that one (wait, what?!).
8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey
This classically kitchy Christmas song by Lou Monte is one of those things that divides people. Love it, or hate it, some of us just don’t understand it.
7. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Any way you slice it, this song is slightly offensive. The tune tells of grandma, who drank too much eggnog and went for a drunken walk. Santa and his elves were also moving askew Christmas Eve and so ran her over. The next day, everyone wore black to mourn grandma’s death except for grandpa, who didn’t seem to care. He drank beer and watched TV. Definitely the least heart-warming song on the list.
6. Christmas Don’t Be Late (aka the Chipmunks Christmas Song)
Two people voted the cute little rodents in for most annoying Christmas music. How could they?!
“Christmas, Christmas, time is here, time for love, and time for cheer”. Oh, wait, we get it now.
5. All I Want For Christmas is You (Mariah Carey version)
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more annoying…Justin Bieber recently sang a duet of this song with Carey. “What more can I doooooo? Oh baby, all I want for Christmas, IS YOU!” Jingle jingle.
4. Santa Baby
Most of us know Madonna or Mariah Carey (and most recently, Taylor Swift’s) version of this song, and agree they’re annoying. But have you heard Eartha Kitt’s slow-paced, staccato and authentically sultry version before? Singers today don’t hold a Christmas candle to her.
3. Wonderful Christmastime
Here’s a gem that has never died. I heard it just yesterday while eating lunch at a grocery store café, and it somehow made me want to wolf my sandwich down faster and skedaddle! Although the synthesizing beats and promise of a wawa pedal speak to greater possibilities, the chanting refrain of “Simply having a wonderful Christmastime” takes over. Repeat.
2. Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Those of us who had the pleasure of growing up in the 1980s remember the Live Aid movement well. “Feed the world; let them know its Christmastime!” The sentiment and donations the movement spurred is commendable; but the overplayed song is slightly annoying decades later.
1. Christmas Shoes
Christian country rockers Newsong are responsible for this ballad. The song is about a man in line whilst shopping, and a little fidgety boy in line in front of him. He has a pair of ladies shoes that he wants to buy, and a pocketful of change that won’t do. So the man in line helps the child out, and the boy buys his dying mama a pair of nice shoes so she can look her best when she goes to heaven. Heartfelt, sad and yet…annoying.
What’s your least-favourite Christmas song? Let us know in the comments.
Don't eat the yellow snow, for sure!
RE: Kenny G
If his music is that bad, why is he worth $50 Million?
See here:
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/kenny-gnet-worth/
Obviously people are listening to and buying his music.
RE: How did they miss the condescending peacenik yarn “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” by John Lennon.
I dunno, I’ve seen wives of Vietnam vets cry when they hear this song...
Yeah well, a lot of people like Michael Bolton, too.
PT Barnum was right.
C’mon, you really don’t like The Barking Dogs rendition of “Jingle Bells”?
Not even when they get to (jingle) “all the way” and the big dogs take over to do the lower register?
I’d like to see some cats try that ...
[OK, it’s on now.]
RE: “Jingle Bell Rock” is not number 1?
It was not even on the list.
I’m sure the Khmer Rouge loved that song too.
OMG,I forgot about that dog song.
You just gave me a good laugh.
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I’m with you-especially when I’m driving to/from a jobsite-I enjoy jamming while I drive, so any of those mostly whiny songs make me change the station. Do rock stations really need to play that stuff?
http://youtu.be/T6fwd1Rm1nU
Rapper “Dr. Dre” is said to be worth $780 million.
Quality and cash flow are two totally different things.
I love “Run, Run Rudolph,” both the Chuck Berry and the Keith Richards versions. It doesn’t have anything to do with Christmas, and it doesn’t pretend to. It’s just a great and fun tune.
7. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Dissing this song is a sacrilege in Dixie. :-)
All of the above plus “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas”.
THAT ^^ silly song needs to be banned, everywhere ;-)
2. Feliz Navidad. I hate this so much I've put together my own special version:
Phillip Navidad,
He is very bad,
Phillip Navidad,
Stole my woman and he knocked her up.
I wanna wish him a fairy Christmas!
I wanna wish him a hairy Christmas!
I wanna wish him a scary Christmas,
From the heart of my bottom!
Phillip Navidad,
Phillip Navidad .... (on and on and on, ad infinitum.)
It’s the elevator music consortium— people forced to listen to.. something in the elevator, that and overhead muzak.
Muzak being a brand name for never were artists to have their crap played over and over, for royalties.
Nowadays it’s ....everywhere, youtube streaming sites and vast arrays of sat radio. So, while it is somebody “listening” they mostly aren’t but kenny still gets paid.
Smart, and irrelevant.
The late Bobby Helms was great. Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Yes, we overplay it today, but it was a great recording.
As soon as I read the headline, that's the first one that came to mind. Hate that song! Vacant, vapid, nonsense. PLUS, it gets stuck in my head for hours everytime I hear it played - OH THE HUMANITY! This was from the Linda, Wings, McCartney-as-PopStar phase. Wish I could completely forget that horrid period in Paul's career.
RE: Don’t like Mariah Carey’s song, huh? ... Check out this version:
http://youtu.be/T6fwd1Rm1nU
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Well, I don’t see the Jewish Anti-Defamation League making a big deal outta it. Now, let’s see what happens if another ethnic group gets made fun of....
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