Paul McCartney. "Wonderful Christmastime."

[Left Is Write]

Quite possibly one of only two Christmas songs I really, really, really, really loathe (the other being the intolerable "Gramma Got Run Over By A Reindeer").

I can't begin to tell you how much I can't stand this song.

Play almost any other Christmas song and I'm happy. I'm fine.

But not this one.

So...guess what's stuck in my head now after an ill-timed trip to the grocery store for cardmom this evening?

[graywarrior]

1. Grrrrr, grocery store christmas tunes. Bah!

[pitohui]

2. yes that is a terrible song indeed

i really wish john had had a different friend back in the day, nothing paul has done post-beatles has been worth the oxygen and much has been as down-on-the-ground awful as any captain and tenille

[u4ic]

3. THANK YOU

I needed that earworm. :puke: :nuke:





:hi:

[Left Is Write]

5. Glad to oblige.

[last_texas_dem]

4. I love that song, but I can sympathize

I like it 'cause it's so catchy, which, I think is also what makes so many people hate it. If you don't like how a song sounds but it's so catchy that it won't get out of your head, it's definitely no fun. It's definitely from a strange time in McCartney's solo career: around the time of McCartney II when he was doing these very bare-bones songs with lots of keyboards and synth; I guess it was his response to the '80's. I like some of the stuff from this era, but I definitely like his self-titled debut more than McCartney II. But I like solo McCartney and Wings a lot in general.

I think the Xmas song that annoys me that most is "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." I'm kinda sick of "Grandma..." too, but I used to like it when I was a kid.

[lildreamer316]

6. HATE it..

along with that Wham! one, which I've thankfully forgotten the name of.

[Frank Cannon]

10. You mean "Last Christmas"

heh heh

[lildreamer316]

11. Great.

Thanks. Now it's an earworm.:eyes:

[Frank Cannon]

12. I heard it on the radio yesterday

And I still can't get that blasted song out of my head.

ON EDIT: They say if you sing a song out loud, you can "kill the earworm". So here's the video to sing along to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rlB0Kw3fw

[SoCalDem]

32. So.. the guy gave her an ugly rhinestone pin, and she dumped him??

Is that the "message" of the song?

[Frank Cannon]

45. Apparently. Kind of puts you in the warm holiday spirit, doesn't it? nt

[hsher]

7. The way the beat sounds like it's messing up near the end

BOMPity BOMPity BOMPity BOMP...

I despise that song

[amitten]

8. One of the worst songs. Ever. n/t

[WhollyHeretic]

9. Nothing is as bad as Little Drummer Boy

[HughBeaumont]

13. BOTH popular ex-Beatle Christmas songs suck boar balls.

"Happy Christmas (The War is Over)" is a depressing rotten pile of steer carcasses as well. It's such a goddamned bummer to listen to; sounds like something you'd play at a memorial service.

Proof that not everything they touched turned to gold.

[kmla]

14. I feel your pain.

It is my goal each year to get through the season without hearing 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".

Some years I'm successful. Some not.

Doin' good this year so far.

[jakefrep]

15. I disagree...

..."Wonderful Christmastime" has never been as loathsome as "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". Both have been eclipsed by the truly atrocious "Christmas Shoes" song.

[Pendrench]

19. Amen to that! My kids and I call it the "Dead Christmas Shoes Song"

There are some Christmas songs I don't like to listen to because they are played over and over again, but that particular song I've disliked from the word go.

Tim

[SacredCow]

23. Apparently I'm among my bretheren....

As per my other post, I hate that Christmas Shoes song with every fiber of my being... I've been accused of being an insensitive lout for my lack of moist eyes every time it fouls the airwaves (which is pretty much non-stop from Thanksgiving to Christmas)...

[Left Is Write]

27. I know the story of the Christmas shoes, but I don't think I've heard the song...

more than once or twice. Ever.

[SacredCow]

36. Man, but they played the bejeebums out of it here...

a couple of years ago. Literally, it was about every 5th song in rotation.

What's worse, is I called the station and requested that they PLEASE play something else. I was working in New Orleans those days, so I specifically requested "Christmas Time in New Orleans" and got a big, fat no.

No to Louis Armstrong, but a resounding yes for dead christmas shoes?????

[Left Is Write]

38. I rarely ever listen to the radio.

Which is odd, I suppose, considering that radio used to be my vocation, but it's certainly not the same as it was years ago.

[SacredCow]

41. I don't either....

there was one playing where I worked and, try as I might, I couldn't get away from it...

[Reverend_Smitty]

24. I HATE that song too

the McCartney one is annoying enough but I give Sir Paul a pass because of his work with the Beatles. But the "dead Christmas shoes song" is just awful...it actually makes me angry just to listen to it

[Left Is Write]

26. You disagree that I loathe one song more than the other?

Actually, though, I don't - I loathe them equally. :P

[jakefrep]

42. No, we merely disagree on matters of taste...

....sorry for the confusion.

[Left Is Write]

44. I knew what you meant.

I was just teasing you. :)

[Sequoia]

16. So you just simply don't want to have a good Christmas time?

Corny indeed. John's is so much better.

[Divameow77]

17. "All I want for Christmas is you"

by Mariah Carey kinda makes me want to hurl, but it's still better than "Wonderful Christmas"

[RedStateShame]

18. If it's not by Vince Guaraldi, I don't want to hear it. That's my Christmas music statement.

That having been said, that Paul McCartney synth piece is an extraordinarily stinky turd of a song. It's like he and Mike Love are engaged in a life-long "bigger liability to one's band" competition.

[begin_within]

34. I love everything by Vince Guaraldi.

[bbernardini]

20. One of the best Christmas albums EVER:

http://www.magnacarta.net/releases/soundslikechristmas.html

[WritingIsMyReligion]

21. I'm pathetic. I love "Happy Christmas," "Wonderful Christmastime," "Last Christmas,"

"Gramma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," "Step into Christmas," all of those. I've had "Last Christmas" stuck in my head for a week now.

:P

[Left Is Write]

28. Listen to them three thousand more times...

and get back to me. :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

33. I already have!

:7

:crazy:

[SacredCow]

22. I also find it quite irritating....

Even more so than "Gramma Got Run Over..." for whatever reason.

But the one that I absolutely loathe is "Christmas Shoes." Tis a huge, steaming, sanctimonious dung heap!

[Zavulon]

25. I hate all Christmas music without exception, but

the two you mention here are two of the five worst ever.

[johnnie]

29. Being a Paul McCartney fan, it was hard to admit that to myself

Well, The Beatles in general, but when I was younger I kept it to myself that the song is a terrible piece of crap, but now that I'm older I can say it with my head held high. :)

[RedStateShame]

30. Urge your local radio station to ditch it in favor of Big Star's "Jesus Christ."

Like it will matter, but still.

[Left Is Write]

31. I didn't hear it on the radio. I heard it at the grocery store.

[Parche]

35. WORST CHRISTMAS SONG

"Feliznavidad" by Hoseh Feliciano

That is the worst Christmas song ever

[Darth_Kitten]

37. They couldn't give Grandma a ride home?

they made her walk home, in the snow? I was thinking about that the other night when I heard that song.

I think Paul was smoking some really bad dope when he wrote his tune.

[Left Is Write]

39. Yes, I've wondered that too.

[Guava Jelly]

40. worst xmas song ever = Christmas shoes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xI-Poq39p-c
I'd rather eat a tub of worms than hear this swill!
listen if you dare

[Radical Activist]

43. I learned to accept it.

Several years ago I worked at a store for Christmas. It was on their frequent rotation. First, I loathed it. Then I learned to live with it. Eventually, I grew to like it. Don't fight it. It will all be ok.

;)