Already emailed this to Syd, now let me run it by you all...



- Am I the only one who doesn't totally despise the Singing Dogs? Maybe it's cause I am a caninephile, maybe it's cause of that jaunty little guitar solo in the middle. But I can't hate it as much as others. Can you pretend I didn't say this so I don't have to kill myself as per your wishes?

- OH YES, die, Last Christmas, die. Every station in the NJ/NY area played this every other hour, it seems. (Do you live around here? If not, I am thusly not surprised that any Bruce Springsteen Xmas songs made it to your list. You might change your tune if you live in Jersey, as they play those almost as frequently. They're not BAD, but you just hear them OVER AND OVER)

- Comparing Enya to a '902/2000s R&B'er is an insult to Enya. Now That's What I Call XXXX is usually an insult to music in general.

- Have to call you on the Waitresses trivia. They were known for one more thing: the theme tune to "Square Pegs." Which isn't too bad, it's the only TV show with Sarah Jessica Parker that I can watch.

- NKOTB = anti-Christs to any male kids growing up in the '90s or whatever. Speaking of which, do you remember a parody of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (which I am surprised didn't make your list due to it being pretty unpopular...I don't intensely hate it but the novelty did get old) called "New Kids Got Run Over etc. etc."? I recall some other kids in my middle school singing this one: "New Kids got run over by a reindeer/All the little kiddies are in shock/No more have a Funky, Funky Christmas*/Cause there's no more New Kids On The Block"

* - You mentioning FFC was what reminded me of said parody, naturally.

- I used to be obsessed with Dominick the Donkey. I was young and had no sense! And there was a girl I knew named Josephine whom I liked to twist the "Dress for Josephine" lyrics to mock.

- In all fairness about your Paul McCartney criticism, the real Paul was probably pretty good. We all know the person we're criticizing today is William "Paul McCartney" Campbell

Seriously, this is another song that overplaying killed for me.

- Andy Williams? I thought it was Frank Sinatra all this time! (Not that it matters, I can take or leave Frank. Now Nancy, I'd let her walk all over me with her boots...)

- Do They Know It's Christmas? is another polarizing song, so no surprise that it may have got on your list. It's not a particular favorite of mine, so whatever. HOWEVERRRRRRRRRR....you must be made of sterner stuff than I if you were not irked as much as I am by...

THE. FUCKING. CHRISTMAS. SHOES.

Seriously, how did this NOT get on your list, let alone in the Top 5?

Other ones I would have had up there:

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Add overplayed with overrated, then good times will be had by all!

"Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill. Like I need to be reminded of the horror that was Jim Carrey as Jim Carrey in a Furry Green Suit (I can't call it by the name it was intended to be known as)

"Hey Santa" by Carnie Wilson and some other person. Take this crap back to Lifetime!

Char Aznable wrote:

Which one? The Jim Carey one or the original? I like both. And Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (the special) has one redeeming quality: The evil red-haired bitch in it is pretty damn hot.

Oh, roughly on the topic...did you know they also did a special/movie about ELFBOWL????? If they make a full-length song of "Elf, Elf Baby," then it might be cool.

MOGHARR wrote:

Char Aznable wrote: And Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (the special) has one redeeming quality: The evil red-haired bitch in it is pretty damn hot. Amen to that!

I never saw the special, but Wikipedia is my friend:

Quote:

The 2000 animated television program Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer portrays the events depicted in the song — though, being made for children, the cartoon is toned down of adult content, so that Grandma does not die, and Santa is actually innocent of the crime, which was instead masterminded by a scheming relative ("Cousin Mel," depicted briefly in the song but made into a gold-digging villainness on the show). Elmo Shropshire reads for the voice of Grandpa (as well as being the narrator of the special).

Wow, how do you pull this off minus the whole point of the song? This would be like if "Titanic" had the ship NOT sink. (OTOH, the video to the song had Grandma survive too...)

And Cousin Mel is NOT a guy?!!? Even though the song depicted her/him as a football-watching, beer-drinking, poker player? This is the biggest twist since Poison in Final Fight. Either that or I'm just having a mysogynistic moment.

You know, that sums my feelings up, actually. I know I was making the song sound like the devil spawn, and it is sappy and preachy (there ARE better/more subtle ways to teach people about generosity and good will, both of which I AM a fan of, make no mistake). But really, it's one of those things that to me is fun to say, "Oh no, not IT again!" about.

I never heard this whistley BICO...as it is, the song is so fun that it's hard to ruin when you use words. Maybe if the singers are really shitty. But I usually like it.

Syd Lexia wrote:

"Christmas Shoes" was a contender for awhile, but I can't listen to the song without laughing. Like most country ballads, it tries too hard to be sad, and it comes off as silly to anyone who isn't a redneck. I mean, it's only one step up from the song "Freedom Costs A Buck-Oh-Five" from the Team America: World Police soundtrack in terms of sheer silliness. "If mama meets Jesus toniiiight"? How can you NOT laugh at that? Most of that other stuff would have made the list if I had done a Top 20 instead of being a lazy bastard. Another song I wish I had included is a super annoying version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" that is composed entirely of whistling. I fucking hate whistling, and this song has some really shrill parts to it that really piss me off. Unless your name is Axl Rose, keep your fucking whistling to yourself. I couldn't find who did it though, and I had no desire to look into to it, so it was kept off the list.