*shock*..by Brenda Lee? ....its so (upbeat &) wonderful.
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Posted on 12/17/2008 7:50:42 AM PST by VRWCmember
For several weeks now a few local radio stations have been playing Christmas music non-stop, and I love hearing the songs celebrating the season -- especially the traditional carols.
How can you help but feel better when you hear Nat King Cole's smooth voice singing "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." (The Christmas Song) or Bing Crosby wishing you a White Christmas with every Christmas card he writes. And when Mark Lowry asks Mary if she knew that her baby boy would one day walk on water, it gives me chills. My drive home from work from late November to late December is so much more peaceful and enjoyable as I hear so many cheerful and encouraging songs celebrating the nativity.
There are, however, a few annoying songs that seem to get a lot of play this time of year that prompt me to change the station as soon as they begin. Just the first few notes, before the lyrics even kick in, make me want to hurl, or lash out at the stupidity of the idiot that put the disc in the player.
So as a diversion from the more important issues of the day, please post the titles/artists of the songs of the season that induce the urge to vomit or cause you to change the station when you hear them.
Here are my top most annoying Christmas songs ever: 1. So This Is Christmas (War is over?) by John Lennon 2. Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney 3. Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart by Wham/George Michael 4. Santa Baby by Madonna
I always enjoyed the little-played “goof” versions. Someone had one that was a spoof of “Rudolph.” It was “Randolf the Brown-nosed Reindeer.” (“He was just as fast as Rudolf - just couldn’t stop as quick.”)
Also enjoyed just about any Ray Stevens Christmas songs…
If I hear “Holly Jolly Christmas” one more time I think I’ll puke blood.
I feel the same way about the static playist of 50 songs on classic rock stations.
I can handle the music of the era but there is more than just Money, Stairway To Heaven, Freebird, et al in these bands' catalogs. Got burned out on these songs 20 years ago.
Get out your Bibles and check. Mary knew that she would give birth to a son, Christ the Lord, that he would be a savior to his people, and He would be known as the Son of God. She knew nothing more, other than it was God’s will.
She certainly didn’t know the details mentioned in the song.
That may be so, but she knew them a while before the songwriter of this religious kitsch did!
OK, OK, you’re right, though I was really thinking not of 30 years later but 2030.
“though I was really thinking not of 30 years later but 2030.”
I give up, you’ve got me stumped!
Just want to thank you again.
It was my pleasure. Have a very Merry CHRISTmas.
I have heard it and it is great.
On the other hand, I have no idea how Madonna made it. It certainly wasn’t because she could sing. It must be the PR. She sucks.
I really despise ‘Merry Little Christmas’. Christmas is NOT little!
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