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Bah Humbug-Bad Christmas Music

there is a radio station in my area which replaces their light rock format for the entire Decemeber for Xmas music 24/7--I keep it on all day on a small transister radio, so I have been hearing lots of it-

My conclusions, lots of good Xmas music, but amongst it of course, quite a few not to my taste----I find that it is best to stick as close to the original as possible, even if the artist themselves has their own signature---

My worst so far
-anything my Mariah Carey
-Transiberian Ochestra
-Barbara Mandrell-Must have been the mistletoe
-a track by the band Chicago didn't cut it for me
-the Glee cast did a remake of Last Christmas by Wham!,-I like the original, the Glee remake is terrible.

On a positive note, I have never been a Barbara Streisand fan--but love her version of My Favorite Things

Your hit list?
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rx8man
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Your list MIRRORS mine !!

I'm totally sick and tired of the Maria Carey (screech owl) so much, I asked the general manager at Borders Books to change it out, a lot of customers agreed, after much bitching about that and the Phil Collins (weeping remakes)

And yes, Transiberian, what the hell is this crap, sounds the SAME no matter what tune they try to REMAKE.

Thanks for posting this thread, i'm ready for headphones.
rdavwhitaker
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My town also has a station that converts to "Christmas Music" after Thanksgiving, but plays mostly "celebrity" psuedo-Christmas songs, so I don't have it on very much. At the serious risk of getting flamed, among my least favorites that this station plays constantly (like once every two or three hours) are:

"So This Is Christmas"
"Last Christmas" (how this gets classified as a Christmas song is beyond me)
"Wonderful Christmastime" (now I know I'm going to get flamed -- I'm dissing Paul McCartney)
"Do They Know Its Christmas?"
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mapman
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Christmas music is one genre where my wife and I are both extremely biased towards the traditional versions of things I remember as a kid. I do not care for most newer versions of old standards.

Maybe if we were Christian that would help.

Bah humbug!

I still look forward to hearing the old standards again each year though by the time Xmas comes around I typically am ready to submit..

Hey , I heard a catchy hawaiian themed Christmas tune (name?) in the last few years on teh radio that I liked!

Aloha!
pgawan2b
122 posts
 
Add Josh Groban to the list. It takes him ten minutes to sing what most artists can sing in five!
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tpreaves
2,687 posts
 
Bah humbug,is right!! I can't stand the stuff.In all actuality,I can't stand Christmas as a whole.Just my opinion,nothing more.
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