The most wonderful music of the year?

[trinityvixen]

Balloon Juice has a thread up calling for people to sound off on their least favorite Christmas songs. I don't have one. I have plenty of versions I don't like of this or that song, but no one song drives me crazy during this time of year. It is the aggregate of all of them being forced on me for hours at a time that bothers, not the songs in particular. When it's actually Christmas and I'm home with the family, I'll listen to anything, pretty much.

I have, however, found this thread immensely amusing and more than a little helpful. If my family does elect to go upstate for the holiday, we'll need some road music. I'm thinking I'll have to add a few of these numbers to my playlist. I will also say that, but for this thread, I wouldn't have heard Patton Oswalt's riff on what most likely is the worst Christmas song of all time:

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming. No question. I've had to sing it too many damn times and it's the most repetitive song in the world.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Never heard of that one. That's what surprises me about so many songs on these sorts of lists. I feel like I only ever get tortured by the same three.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

It's a hymn that's used for caroling. As I am in a choir with pretensions, we did it a bunch before we got a music director that hated Christmas music. I guess because it's traditional but not Joy to the World or O Little Town of Bethlehem. But seriously, most freaking annoying hymn in the world.

My favorite is Hark the Herald Angels Sing, but I hate the new PC rewrite of the lyrics. I understand getting rid of "sons of Earth" but why you gotta move all the other lines around, huh?

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the Oswalt clip, I laughed myself hoarse at the God in his underwear bit.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I made the mistake of clicking on that link at work. It was very hard to keep my composure when the bit about Jesus judging people's footwear came on. I need to listen to more of Oswalt's stuff because he's both hilarious and nerdy.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I hate "Christmas Shoes" with an undying passion. Seriously, one of the worst songs ever written.

And it ends on tinkly music box notes, too.

Also hate "Baby's First Christmas" and "Domenic the Donkey". And Yoko Ono wailing "War is Over" and the lispy original "Last Christmas".

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

This thread was the first I'd ever heard of "Christmas Shoes," and I'm so glad that the Oswalt clip is as close as I'll ever voluntarily get to it because that song is probably the incarnation of Satan on this Earth. Not surprising it should emerge from a Christian rock band.

I don't know "Baby's First Christmas," but I share your dislike of "So This Is Christmas" (or whatever that Lennon-Oko song is called). I grew up hearing "Dominic the Donkey" on the radio every Christmas and I kinda love it, though I admit it's a completely ridiculous thing.