Originally Posted By DlandDug OK, anyone feel free to jump in and gripe. What not-a-Christmas-song peeves you the most? Mine (this year, again) is... Baby It's Cold Outside. It has nothing to do with Christmas, and it's frankly a rather outdated song about pressuring someone into staying the night. Just the thing for the holidays! Also not Christmas songs: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; My Favorite Things; Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!; Sleigh Ride; Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland. And (amazingly enough)... Joy to the World! Written in 1719 by Isaac Watt, a non-conformist Christian hymnist and author who based the text on Psalm 98. It describes Christ's return to earth in triumph, NOT the birth in Bethlehem.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>a rather outdated song about pressuring someone into staying the night<< The follow up sequel, "I've Got Your DNA To Bolster My Case", is also not much of a Christmas song, now that you mention it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Baby bump is showing, And the nausea ain't slowing But I have time on my side! What do I care if Maury shows my face? I've got your DNA to bolster my case. (Sorry, Irving.)
Originally Posted By alexbook I don't mind religious or wintery songs getting lumped in with Christmas carols, but "My Favorite Things" being played as a Christmas song bugs the heck out of me.
Originally Posted By u k fan I don't know if you guys get this one, but we often get The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood on Christmas compilations because it was Christmas number 1 here!!!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Since Christmas is not only about the birth of Christ (which most scholars, secular and nonsecular, agree did not happen in December) but also a celebration of the Winter Solstice I think any song about cold weather, snow and activities in the cold and snow fit perfectly with the holiday.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I agree, Deb. In fact, they happen to be my favorite kind of holiday songs.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>but also a celebration of the Winter Solstice<< Not in Australia! I actually quite like wintery "Christmas" songs but they are kind of weird for me, since Christmas Day is traditionally spent in the pool! This still amuses me - when I was a teenager I started writing to an American in December, and said it was summer. He was shocked and said "so what month do you celebrate Christmas?!"
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>He was shocked and said "so what month do you celebrate Christmas?!"<<< Well, are you going to keep us in suspense or are you going to answer the question?
Originally Posted By alexbook Have you heard Redd Kross's "Super Sunny Christmas?" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSc8RMR7zFM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...8RMR7zFM</a>
Originally Posted By FaMulan My big non-Christmas song peeve is the instrumental piece "Linus and Lucy". Because it's featured fairly prominently in "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown", it gets tagged as a Christmas song. :-/
Originally Posted By DlandDug OK-- a new one I don't want to hear for the holidays. This was playing in Downtown Disney Anaheim the other day: Dolly Parton singing "Hard Candy Christmas" from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Just because the word "Christmas" is in the title doesn't make it a Christmas song...! Here's a representative sample of the lyrics: Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair Maybe I'll move somewhere Maybe I'll get a car Maybe I'll drive so far They'll all lose track Me, I'll bounce right back Maybe I'll sleep real late Maybe I'll lose some weight Maybe I'll clear my junk Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine Me, I'll be just Fine and Dandy Lord it's like a hard candy christmas I'm barely getting through tomorrow But still I won't let Sorrow bring me way down. Uh... yeah.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>My big non-Christmas song peeve is the instrumental piece "Linus and Lucy".<< Agreed!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Hey! I hope you're not knocking Linus and Lucy, but just it's use as a Christmas song.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I suppose it's technically a 'christmas song', but I could go the rest of my days without ever needing to hear 'Santa Baby' ever again. Same with 'The Little Drummer Boy' - what a plodding dull cheerless song.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes My favorite Christmas song lyric: "War is over, if you want it" (You had to be alive then, and conscious that so many young men no longer were.) Sometimes things that have nothing to do with Christmas make for a good Christmas song.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Same with 'The Little Drummer Boy' - what a plodding dull cheerless song.<< Boy howdy. So many Christmas songs have repetitive choruses. Some music historian on the boards might provide the reason for that, but in addition to Little Drummer Boy, there's 12 Days of Christmas. It's the 999 Bottles of Beer on the Wall of Christmas songs.
Originally Posted By alexbook I had a dream that a Christmasy version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" was playing at the grocery store. It had sleighbells for percussion and bits of "Winter Wonderland" mixed in.
