It's Christmas time and I'm hearing a
lot of Christmas music, and not all of it is good. I put together a
panel consisting of me, my wife and Brennan and Sara of Stop Their Frequency to determine the worst Christmas songs of all time. We
found that terrible Christmas songs generally fall into the following
three categories:
1. No effort
2. Creepy
3. Annoying
No effort: These songs are terrible
because of the lack of effort or caring on the part of the artists.
These artists simply just phone in a generic substandard song, slap a
“Christmas” label on it and then kick back and wait for the money
to start rolling in. Take Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” with its idiotic lyrics and mind numbing repetition.
Sir Paul should be ashamed of himself for selling people rubbish
songs under the guise of Christmas music. He’s a knight for crying
out loud! The same goes for “Christmastime” by Smashing Pumpkins: same
stupidity and repetition, plus the song is creepier than Jacob
Marley's ghost thanks to the ghoulish voice of Billy Corgan.
Creepy:
A lot of terrible Christmas songs fall into this category. The first
that comes to mind is “Baby, It's Cold Outside,” also known as
“The Date Rape Song.” If you don't believe us, just look at the
lyrics. The guy is pouring her drinks and
persuading her to stay, and the woman finally catches on and asks, “Say,
what's in this drink?” Ah, Christmas.
A surefire way to get your song onto
the “creepy” list is to place Santa Claus into some kinky holiday
scenario. “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'” and “Backdoor Santa”
are just two examples of these.
Annoying: “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” is a perfect example. Did it need to be written? No. How
did it get popular? No idea. Does it hurt your spine every time you
hear it? Yes. Will you hear it at least one million times during the
Christmas season? Certainly.
Then
there's “Mele Kalikimaka,” which might be a little more palatable
if it was written – or ever sung – by actual Hawaiians. Cloying,
slightly racist, and repetitive to boot. Fly to Hawaii right now and
comb every island and I am pretty sure you will not find one native
Hawaiian singing “Mele Kalikimaka.”
“Christmas Shoes” rounds out the Annoying list for being didactic in the
extreme. It takes a boy buying his dying mother some shoes on Christmas Eve
to teach the singer the true meaning of Christmas? Come
on.
What does your list of Worst Christmas Songs look like? Leave it in a comment if you please.
8 comments:
Christmas Shoes is definitely awful. And I completely agree with you on Paul McCartney. I think the Chipmunks Christmas song should make the list too. However, if I had to pick one as the very worst Christmas song, it would be Feliz Navidad, hands down.
I hate the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" song. I have to switch the station every time it's on because it gives me the heebie jeebies.
I HATE "CHRISTMAS SHOES" WITH A FIERY HOT PASSION! That is all.
Some versions of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" are pretty annoying too.
Some versions of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" are pretty annoying too.
Wow I guess I'd never fully paid attention to 'Baby it's cold outside'. That sure is concerning. I also had no idea Smashing Pumpkins had a Christmas song.
A very informative (and troubling) post :P
Have you heard "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas"? Add this to your list.
I always thought that "Santa Clause is coming to town" was slightly terrifying. I'm not sure how I feel about some old man always knowing when I'm sleeping and when I'm awake.
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