h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh, it is always so annoying to listen to the radio around Christmas. It's not just that the same few songs are played over and over again, it's also that most of them are terrible even the first time around...

So what is your personal favorite as worst Christmas song?

Mine are:

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas - you won't believe how often and in what unnerving versions this song is played.

Last Christmas (I gave you my heart) - just !!!

Either "I saw mummy kissing Santa Claus" or "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" - both well before your time

Oh, don't gimme that... I HAVE heard the two front teeth one, and I would prefer it any day to some country-folk rendition of Silent Night.

Y.

Frosty the Sodding Snowman

Pass me the flamethrower - I'll sort him out!

Cliff's 'Mistletoe & Wine' & the one he did of the Lord's Prayer.

But I actually do like quite a lot of his stuff - just found those two very irritating.

Any pop single ever released especially for Xmas...

Oh, that's not true...

Little Saint Nick (Beach Boys) was a good little song, and Step Into Christmas was better than most of Elton's stuff. As for Stop The Cavalry, that's a brilliant song, not just at Christmas.

B

MMMmmm Fairytale of New York

I rest my case. Thank you, Clovis.

B

Is it true Liam Gallagher is releasing a version of "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"?

Probably not.

Ahem. Worst Xmas song? Mistletoe and ing Wine, every time.

Chris de Burgh's "A spaceman came travelling" (although entertaining when CdB "rocks out" at the "and the whole world it whhhhhhhheeeeennntt...." bit.

"Santa Baby" is crap too. Can't remember who was responsible for that. I just want Santa to appear at the end and say "I'm gay, you trollop" or something.

Well, if you're talking 'traditional'... 'O Christmas Tree' *shudder* I quite enjoy torturing people with 'The 12 Days of Christmas' though

One that irks me is "Do you hear what I hear?"
there is a verse which says
A child, A child shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold.
First off nobody brought the christ child silver
and secondly if he's cold why not
a blanket of wool?

But...but...but...I didn't mean good pop music...

I meant Westlife and like that...

I'm not sure if "Grandma Got Run Over By a Raindeer" or the dogs barking "Silent Night" is the most evil ...

Sorry, it isn't "Silent Night", it's "Jingle Bells" those stupid hounds are yowling, isn't it.

I like 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'... But then, I'm

Thank goodness that now Gary Glitter is deeplly out of vogue 'Rock and Roll Christmas' doesn't get played that often.

There three songs that all merge together in my mind, because they are just a list of cliches, with a few sleigh bells in the background: the aforementioned "Rock and Roll Xmas", Shakey's "Merry Christmas Everyone" and Elton's "Step into Christmas".

Lowest common denominator, definitely.

In contrast, I almost have a sense of horrified admiration for the Carpenters 'Merry Christmas Darling' because of one very original but outstandingly bad line: "Logs on the fire/Fill me with desire"!!!!

I absolutely love "keeping the dream alive" which I think was a one hit wonder because I can't remmeber who sung it (although the mad bit of my mind keeps saying Julian Lennon(?)). The song that made me start playing the cello (and the one that always makes me wish I'd bought one instead of using the schools')

Away in a manger really p***es me off, as does we wish you a merry christmas (especially when sung by carol singers who don't even know the figgy pudding bit) I don't understand why carol singers/concerts always sing these crappy overused carols when there are some belters out there like once in royal davids city, in the bleak midwinter, the holly and the ivy, oh little town of bethlehem (sounds great sung at twice the normal speed), deck the halls and hark the herald angels sing...all much more fun to sing than bloddy away in a stinky manger.

I don't *mind* the christmas songs this year, I just wish they would play more variety in shops (ie get a 4 cd mixed box set with a fwe carols and few cheesy classics and a few of the really good ones that are hardly ever played), it makes me glad I don't work in a shop at christmas (oh dear I sound like pollyanna now)