[Quiet Man Cometh]

I never found it quite that bad. More annoying was the general radio that only seemed to cycle through about five songs.

[Claire Bear]

I think I like Last Christmas because it's barely a Christmas song. I've been cheated on so I like understand the perspective in the song.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Best Scrooge!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unOeCuBG_7A

[Gallagher]

on the topic of Baby It's Cold Outside: this is a link to read

i'm fond of the song. other christmas ones, not so much.

[Claire Bear]

wooooow, Galla, thanks for the link.

my sister is teaching a class about 'the philosphy of love and sex' this semester at her university, we send each other feminist literature all the time, i can't wait for her to see this, we've talked about this song before.

[Coda]

I know it's not rapey, and even said as much. But even when you ARE paying attention to the context, it's promoting the idea that it's okay to say things you don't mean and that you should expect to have to second-guess what your romantic partner is telling you. And that's something that INFURIATES me -- no, it's NOT okay to say one thing and mean something else. The ASSUMPTION that this is a thing that happens is the reason why date rape is such a controversial subject instead of being an open-and-shut case kind of thing.

So yeah, I GET the song. I just don't think it's the kind of thing that needs to be played on repeat in public. :/

Likewise, I GET Last Christmas and Christmas Shoes, and they certainly have their places in the right context, but they have meaning that's being completely being ignored when they're overplayed the way they are. Neither of these songs is about celebrating the holiday season; they're both about heartbreaking pain during a time when one is supposed to be happy.

(Santa Baby meanwhile is just trashy. You're welcome to like it if you want. I don't have any objective complaints about it. But subjectively, I can't stand it.)

[Gallagher]

i like it when you get aggressive sounding coda, lol

[Claire Bear]

I too admire this passion.

[Coda]

Ehehe. *rubs back of head* I'm actually in a good mood overall right now. Those songs just really manage to push my buttons.

[Gallagher]

i mean, i definitely get it. stuff like this played in public constantly is another issue entirely (for me) from actually enjoying a song. there are plenty of songs i personally enjoy on the whole that i would never want to hear outside of the privacy of my own business.

[Espy]

Originally Posted by Mekatra

BUT Little Drummer Boy is and always will be my favorite Christmas song.

Ugh thanks, it's stuck in my head now. (It's also one of my favorites.)

[Quiet Man Cometh]

The drummer bit drives me nuts. It's never not driven me nuts. Blah. Hate it.

[Kaderin Triste]

Lol. So on a slight topic change, I get to do most of the Christmas decorating in the cafe at the museum tonight.
Even though everyone else loved it last year, my boss HATES the homemade ornaments...guess what's going on the tree again this year?
;D

[Coda]

I don't like Little Drummer Boy but it doesn't infuriate me like some of the others do. (It's a musically uninteresting song with a drone and sound effects talking about banging a percussion instrument for a baby, which by all rights ought to terrify the poor child.)

[Mekatra]

I just like it because it was the last Christmas song my grandpa sang to me before he died... -is depressing and doesn't care-

I like Fuck You It's Christmas. :)

[Kaderin Triste]

Ah, Fuck You It's Christmas is a good one!
XD