It's The Most Wonderful Time Of...*BOOM*

Is anyone else familiar with the obnoxious clusterfuck that is Barbara Streisand's version of "Jingle Bells"? Words can't describe how horrid and mind boggling that cover is!

Not only that, but the other day at work I heard a gangsta-rap version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

Mr.Doobie wrote:

Is anyone else familiar with the obnoxious clusterfuck that is Barbara Streisand's version of "Jingle Bells"? Words can't describe how horrid and mind boggling that cover is!

I'm very fond of that cover. I like it much better than the original, which is the only Christmas song I'm sick of.

I like most Christmas songs; I don't work in retail or listen to the radio with any regularity, so I don't have the overplay backlash some folks do. Eventually every Christmas song ever written will be listed in this post.

An antidote to crappy Christmas music:

I haven't heard it yet this year, but last year I remember hearing this version of "Jingle Bells" where the lady was singing it so fast. It was like she downed a six-pack of Red Bull and took a bunch of speed before going into the recording studio.

The most annoying Christmas song I've ever heard was the one where the dogs bark Jingle Bells. Worse yet, when it came on the radio yesterday, my bloodhound heard it and started baying along.

Bad Luck Charm wrote:

I haven't heard it yet this year, but last year I remember hearing this version of "Jingle Bells" where the lady was singing it so fast. It was like she downed a six-pack of Red Bull and took a bunch of speed before going into the recording studio.

Try this for a possible antidote.... [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Bad Luck Charm wrote:

I haven't heard it yet this year, but last year I remember hearing this version of "Jingle Bells" where the lady was singing it so fast. It was like she downed a six-pack of Red Bull and took a bunch of speed before going into the recording studio.

I think you're talking about the Barbara Streisand version. Does she hold out sleigh as a really ugly, flat "SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY" at the end? If she does, it's Barbara Streisand.

And you've only heard it last year? God, that monstrosity has been around forever!

I hate most Christmas songs, mostly because it's the same songs recorded over and over again. It's more overkill than anything.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono's song Merry Christmas (War is Over) would be okay if it weren't for that section near the end with the children and their off-key caterwauling.

No one, not even the Beach Boys, should be allowed to get away with Little Saint Nick.

Most Christmas songs I don't mind, just the fact that they take over practically every AM/FM radio station for more than a month. Thank God for satellite.

Now, I know most of you don't like "Last Christmas" by Wham, but it happens to be one of my favourites. So, you can imagine my outrage when I found out that Taylor Swift of all people, did a re-make of it! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Ladies and Gentlemen... prepare to enter the seventh level of hell.

What...what....(pain shoots through temple)AGH! Can't take the amount of annoying!

You guys are no fun. I like to think of Christmas as the one time of year where I can listen to the cheesiest music ever (think Mariah Carey and Feliz Navidad). I mean, obviously, there are some stinkers out there, but to be quite honest, what I love about Christmas is that the radio stations actually play songs released earlier than six months ago.

JadeAngel wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen... prepare to enter the seventh level of hell.

(Christmas Macarena)

That's not the Christmas Macarena that I know... I'm disturbed that there's more than of them around.

Mary Sue wrote:

You guys are no fun. I like to think of Christmas as the one time of year where I can listen to the cheesiest music ever (think Mariah Carey and Feliz Navidad). I mean, obviously, there are some stinkers out there, but to be quite honest, what I love about Christmas is that the radio stations actually play songs released earlier than six months ago.

You don't work retail, do you?

Here's an antidote for you:

Lady Anne wrote:

[Merry Fucking Christmas]

This, along with Monty Python's "Ho Ho Fucking Ho", was my ultimate antidote after a day of Christmas music working at the mall, hearing "Rudolf" at least four times, "Frosty" twice, various versions of "Jingle Bells" (including the one with the fucking dogs barking it) and Paul Mc-fucking-Cartneys "SIMPLY... HAAAAAVING... A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME!" (may he be hung by his nutsack for that one) multiple times. It is just so over-the-top intentionally offensive it made my heart smile.

My biggest HAET songs: Aforementioned McCartney song, "Christmas Shoes" ( ), "Feliz Navidad" as performed by Boney M (my mother dearest LOVED this thing and would play it up and down when I was a kid, thus the scarring) and "Last Christmas" (mainly the Wham! version, although I can live without hearing that song altogether).

And finally, seconding rae's last post. People who complain about retail workers hating Christmas songs must have never had the delightful experience of repeatedly getting yelled at by douchebags while having their eardrums assaulted with this glurge for eight hours straight (no, you can't even get away from it in the break room).

CHRIIIIISTMAAAAS TIIIIIIIIME
DOON'T LET THE BEEEEELLS EEEEEENNNNNDDDD

CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAS TIIIIIIIIIIME
DOOON'T LET THE BEEEELLS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNDDDDDDD


excuse me, mr singing man, why don't you have any testicles?