Your five most reviled Christmas songs?

Comhrá

Here are mine:


Fairytale of New York S.McGowan
A child is born Johnny Mathis
Driving home for Christmas B.Springsteen Chris Rea
Baby, It's Cold Outside. Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney

PeterTheEighth

tippman1 wrote: »

Here are mine:
Driving home for Christmas B.Springsteen

that's be Chris Rea. I'm with you on Fairytale Of New York though, absolutely hate the depressing thing.

Max Headroom

Glad you left out Christy Burgh..i like that one tbh...:o

ilovesmybrick

Urgh, Fairytale of New York takes all five spots. I worked the night shift in Dunnes one Christmas about twelve years ago and that always played every three songs. I never liked it anyway, but it brings a murderous rage out in me now due to flashbacks of facing off effing apples!

byhookorbycrook

Merry Christmas Everyone
Driving Home for Christmas
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime
So this is Christmas (War is over)



Likes: Santa Baby -the Ertha Kitt version only
Grandma got Run over by a Reindeer (sorry)
Christmas 1914
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK233Yzs0dY

Radio5

Driving Home Christmas Chris Rea.

All I want for Christmas Mariah Carey.

Any Christmas song sung by Ml. Buble.

Any Christmas song sung by B Springsteen.

Merry Christmas war is over John and Yoko.

Toto Wolfcastle

Christmas Shoes
Happy Christmas (Was Is Over)

Most of the rest of them are awesome!

eviltwin

All I Want For Christmas

Wizard

Chris Rea

Fairy tale of New York

The Christmas Shoes

tampopo

Fairytales of New York

Merry Christmas Everyone

But mostly FoNY

Eugene Norman

Merry Christmas everyone. Slade.
So this is Christmas. Lennon.
Mistletoe & Wine c Richard.

I like the songs on the OP's sh1t list.

In particular I think Chris rea is given a hard time. Fairytale is over played but a classic.

Clonmel1000

Another vote for driving home for Christmas

BarryD

God, yous are a terrible bunch of cynics. I find most of above OK in small doses. Mind you, there is some awful saccharine dirge by Cliff Richards that I can't recall the name of and have no wish to look up!

Zaph

The world would be a better place without any (or preferably all) of the following:

When a Child is Born - Johnny Mathis
Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
A Spacemen Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh
Anything Christmas related by Cliff Richard

anewme

War is over john Lennon
Wonderful Christmas time Paul mc cartney

But the worst EVER song has to be
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.....evil monotone rubbish, if I hear it in a shop I'll start ranting and fn n and blinding to myself like I've got bad Tourette's and then have to leave

Mint Sauce

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

Max Headroom

Maybe its the attitude of the OP and the likes thats the reason there are no new chrimbo songs....just sayin..:P

One of my favorites that you just dont hear on Christmas FM.....:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqQtUQErhQ

PaulieBoy

Fairytale of New York X 5.
Pittyful whining dross that makes me want to trash whaterver appliance is playing it!

Poochie05

Aww, Driving Home for Christmas is my favourite, but maybe that's because I drive home for Christmas...

Hate:
Simply Having aWonderful Christmas Time
When A Child is Born
Mariah Carey
Mistletoe and Wine
Slade

Arbiter of Good Taste

Poochie05 wrote: »

Aww, Driving Home for Christmas is my favourite, but maybe that's because I drive home for Christmas...

Hate:
Simply Having aWonderful Christmas Time
When A Child is Born
Mariah Carey
Mistletoe and Wine
Slade

I love Driving Home For Christmas! I don't get the animosity

wnolan1992

I like almost all Christmas songs, but Fairytale of New York needs to be taken out back and shot repeatedly at this stage. Absolutely loathe it.

Mistletoe and Wine would also be on my list...


I love Chris Rea though. S'probably my favourite Christmas song.

Poochie05

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

I love Driving Home For Christmas! I don't get the animosity

And as you are the arbiter of good taste, I think we can take it the haters are wrong!

Chip Whitley

Fairytale of New York is depressing as ****, don't like it at all

Driving Home for Christmas, I used to like but it's way overplayed like the above

Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen drags on and I just don't like Bruce in general tbh

Feliz Navidad is one I used to like for novelty purposes but hate hearing it now

Christmas FM aside, I listen to TodayFM, 98fm and Beat102-103 and there isn't enough of the old US crooners like Sinatra, Crosby and Martin being played. TodayFM in particular seem to have a hard-on for 'Fairytale' which I thought would be gone when Ray D'Arcy left but it has continued unfortunately.

Deedsie

Fairytale of New York is by far my favourite. It's an emigrants lament and a love song. It's a lyrical masterpiece ffs... And shouldn't be categorised solely as a Christmas song.

"I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own, can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams all around you"

Ah ya a depressing dirge :mad:

eviltwin

If you think the Pogues version of Fairytale of NY is bad you should hear Ronan Keatings version.

On second thoughts do your ears a favour and don't

Declan A Walsh

This is a difficult one for me. Many of the Christmas songs I can't stand are because they are over-played. There are many that I just find to be bland. To me it is an impossible task. Sometimes I find myself getting into a frame of mind where I appreciate a song that I thought I did not like!

I will admit to at least one which I absolutely cannot stand - Step Into Christmas by Elton John.

It might be relevant to look at this thread (ahem!):
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87709237

Deep Six

anewme wrote: »

But the worst EVER song has to be
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.....evil monotone rubbish, if I hear it in a shop I'll start ranting and fn n and blinding to myself like I've got bad Tourette's and then have to leave

I agree 1000%. If I even hear it come on in a shopping centre or shop I instantly feel like walking out. The most repetitive, non festive piece of trolling audio-**** ever unleashed.

mzungu

Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
Mary's Boy Child - Boney M
Fairytale of New York - Pogues
Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard
Do They Know it's Christmas - Band Aid

zoobizoo

Driving home for Christmas is great when you hear it on Christmas eve... while in your car .... and you're actually driving home..... for Christmas....

wnolan1992

zoobizoo wrote: »

Driving home for Christmas is great when you hear it on Christmas eve... while in your car .... and you're actually driving home..... for Christmas....

And especially if it's snowing. "Totez apt" and all that.

Band Aid is also a good shout mzungu. Cringey.

breffni bogballer

Mint Sauce wrote: »

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

Just about to post the exact same,one of the worst songs of all time,nevermind xmas

Max Headroom

There are no bad christmas songs........just bad people.........

Baa humbug the lot of ya......:P

Eugene Norman

Max Headroom wrote: »

Maybe its the attitude of the OP and the likes thats the reason there are no new chrimbo songs....just sayin..:P

The real reason is the X-factor. Bands used to challenge themselves to have a Christmas no 1. ( that's in love actually for instance).

Along comes xfactor and there's no hope.

Max Headroom

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Along comes xfactor and there's no hope.

You think that...then along comes this .....fabulous cover....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B15iRRlSJwI

cml387

Max Headroom wrote: »

You think that...then along comes this .....fabulous cover....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B15iRRlSJwI

Jebus, thanks for that. It's superb, and it emphasises the mystical aspect of the song.
It does show what a great song it actually is.

Max Headroom

No bother pal....for all the christmas song haters, maybe your just listening to the wrong songs..theres heaps of good bands christmas song attempts youre not going to hear on irish daytime radio...

crustyjuggler

tippman1 wrote: »

Here are mine:


Fairytale of New York S.McGowan
A child is born Johnny Mathis
Driving home for Christmas B.Springsteen Chris Rea
Baby, It's Cold Outside. Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney

These are the best Christmas songs .

Trebor176

I can only think of two. Most of the above are great.

Peter Kay - Once Upon A Christmas Song

Justin Bieber - Mistletoe? (At least I think that's what it's called)

Tim Reilly

ALL of them

snubbleste

Obviously this is a radio forum

Max Headroom

snubbleste wrote: »

Obviously this is a radio forum

Those little sweat-shops look very festive with the snow on their roof's........;)

Technocentral

Pick any 5 and I'll hate them, ole Techno despises all Xmas crap.

mzungu

Technocentral wrote: »

Pick any 5 and I'll hate them, ole Techno despises all Xmas crap.

Even this?? :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_v77fuo8Us

Patty O Furniture

Zaph wrote: »

The world would be a better place without any (or preferably all) of the following:

When a Child is Born - Johnny Mathis
Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea,

ah not Chris Rea, "I Cant Wait To See Those Faces"

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
A Spacemen Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh
Anything Christmas related by Cliff Richard

Mint Sauce wrote: »

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas. Mariah Carey

Anything to do with 'Scary Mary Carey' :eek:

Or Ronan's even scarier Phony F.O.N.Y. :eek::eek::p

Max Headroom

Whats wrong with you people...how could you not love every bit her....:P

Deadlie

Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff
Christmas in Liverpool
Last Christmas - Wham (mostly because of the "gev you my heart")
Holly Jolly Christmas
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (overplayed)

KenjiOdo

Driving home for Christmas is my top festive song.. seems its like marmite around here though..

1> Fairytale in NY
2> Last Christmas
3> Mistletoe & Wine
4> Do They Know its Christmas
5> TBD

I don't like Christmas so..

jimceart

I agree with most - that fairy tales of new york heads the list.

Nerdlingr

Beyonce/Destiny's child "8 Days of Christmas" ... (??)
Heard it in a shop today at lunchtime... awful sh*te altogether.

Chip Whitley

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. Terrible song.

Trebor176

Chip Whitley wrote: »

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. Terrible song.

Very much overplayed and over requested on Christmas FM. Whatever about other Christmas songs being played over and over, but this one seems to be requested a LOT.

zoobizoo

Trebor176 wrote: »

Very much overplayed and over requested on Christmas FM. Whatever about other Christmas songs being played over and over, but this one seems to be requested a LOT.

It's the ones based on true events that always do