Submitted 4 months ago by Delphia@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I know the Mariah Carey song is hated because its overused, but its also objectively a well produced piece of pop music.
My favorite though is O Holy Night. Performed well I want to stop and listen to it. It moves me, and I dont give enough of a fuck about religion to call myself an athiest.
I know nobody will believe me but I genuinely enjoy Last Christmas by Wham. I used to hate it but it grew on me similarly to Never Gonna Give You Up.
I’m with you on both counts.
There’s mashups of both.
I love it because I play a whole game around avoiding it but it’s actually a fun song.
My guilty pleasure every christmas
Carol of the Bells/Setting The Trap by John Williams youtu.be/L07PomkZ3s8?si=2RYhCArWzNL1QnFr
I Watch Home Alone every year.
Regardless of home alone, every version of Carol of the Bells I’ve heard is great. And it sounds like a horror movie theme so I listen to it throughout the year.
There is this version that’s played at work and I call it the human sacrifice song. When they get to that crescendo and the choir all hit the high note together, I raise both arms up as if I were holding a baby about to be sacrificed. Now my coworkers all do it too. We’ll just catch each other’s eye across the room and raise both arms at the right moment.
I’ve always thought it sounds like a horror song as well, which is why my favorite version is by the Lovecraft historical society: Carol of the old ones
Carol of the Bells
goes way too hard for a christmas song
Also the Trans-Siberian Orchastra version is great
I hate xmas. I hate xmas music because it triggers my working in retail PTSD.
The only music I can tolerate are the Bells and any Tchaikovsky because the Nutcracker slaps.
100% atheist, but Dominic the Donkey has been stuck in my head all month
That song is hilarious.
There's nothing objective about that opinion at all. I think Mariah Carey's song is cynical corporate kitsch written for one reason and one reason only: to make money. That's why I hate it.
I can tolerate some of the secular big band/swing songs, and there have been a few decent ones since then. Fiona Apple does a brilliant cover of Frosty the Snowman. Vince Guaraldi's work for the Charlie Brown Christmas show is still wonderful.
There's nothing objective about that opinion at all. I think Mariah Carey's song is cynical corporate kitsch written for one reason and one reason only: to make money. That's why I hate it.
OP said it was "well produced". I don't believe that is meant to imply it isn't a soulless cash grab. Big production companies hire skillful producers to write/record/master these cheesy songs because it appeals to a larger portion of the population. Since most people prefer high quality records to something that sounds like it was recorded on a tin can in your garage.
That said, I disagree with OP's use of the term "objectively" when referring to something like the quality of a work of art. Even if I agree with OP that it is a well-produced record.
I love the Vince Guaraldi tracks from Charlie Brown Christmas, too. But I love Christmas and Christmas music in general, so this thread isn't for me, lol.
Pogues, Fairytale of New York:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8
Low, Just Like Christmas:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbha-783eQ
RIP Mimi
Glad to see Fairytale of New York here. I was going to make the comment if I didn’t find it.
With lyrics like this, what’s not to like:
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy removed. Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last.
You’re my kind of people.
I’d throw in Charlie Brown Christmas music, for nostalgia sake. I’m actively trying not to be a complete curmudgeon.
Christmas Time is Here is my favorite!
Carol of the Bells. No other Christmas song goes as hard.
A specific version, or the original by John Williams? I personally like the version by Mosimann: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-NCLrj9XNo
Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun
Brings me to tears every time I listen to it.
Great pick. Awesome song from the good days of Tim.
I’m to have to explain. I greatly despise xmas songs.
Like 99% of them are absolute garbage; they don’t have to be, because they’ll make money, because it’s a new xmas song, and hey, everybody gets sick of all the old ones; right? well. of the 1% that are actually tolerable (never mind actually good), they get blasted until you get sick of them. This is just my opinion, you’re welcome to disagree. my SiL has been playing shitty carols since before halloween, so she certainly does.
so; this song does a great job of getting people to stop asking for xmas music and therefore… I LOVE IT. Another great one is Metallica, for whom the bell tolls. When they say ‘no it’s not’… tell them it has church bells and thats kinda chrismas-y.
Oh and xmas movies? Die Hard.
The one I hate more than any other is Hallelujah. Its not a fucking christmas song. Its as much of a christmas song as my old “Jesus is a cunt” shirt is a christmas sweater.
Maria Carey “all i want for Christmas is YooooouuuuOOuouoOUouoUoUOuooooooooooooouuooooouououoOUOUOuouoUOuoouOUOUOUOUOOOuuuuu”
we can also lump that with any of the covers, because they all do it.
At my old job they were singing Hallelujah at an event because someone had required more secular holiday music.
Which.. I mean.. yeah.
Love the song though. Best song ever written about faith, God, and sex in juxtaposition.
Legit, it’s not Xmas until Hans grueber falls of the nakatomi plaza building and the paper snow falls.
My friends know they aren’t allowed to force me into Xmas crap until we watch die hard and gremlins. Together. Which nobody has the stomach for on the same day, so I usually get about a week of warning that it’s time to suck it up and humor them.
if that’s your idea for xmass…
I gotta be there for New Years.
I celebrate Christmas (not as festive as some people but still) but I generally am apathetic to Christmas music at best. That being said, Carol of the Bells by Transiberian Orchestra still kicks ass and I would say it is the one Christmas song that I would actively and willingly listen to.
Ukrainian Bell Carol, specifically the TSO version
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Dropkick Murphys’ The Season’s Upon Us yet.
By far my favorite. I play this one every year and will continue to do so until my death.
With such lines as
If it has to be Christmas for you to be nice
You’re an asshole
If you think the season is the reason
You’re a piece of shit
And calling people spineless if they can only make a change for the better if it’s New Year’s and hints that so much of the holiday just appearances
What’s This from A Night Before Christmas.
They all suck. I hate them all because they get stuck in my head on a loop.
Father Christmas by The Kinks is my all-time favorite Christmas song.
youtu.be/fPPCPqDINEk?si=8V0_zTG1MOv2luIx
I have a very weird history with and a love/hate relationship with Christmas, but this song is always atop every Christmas playlist I’ve ever made.
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
The Pentatonix version is fire.
I love any Xmas song covered by pentatonix (and there are a ton!), which is a cappella.
Here’s just one album of Xmas music, to get your rabbit hole going! They are so so amazing.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EGplqTN58jk
But mostly Xmas shit turns into earworms for me in the middle of summer, so I close all the blinds and watch Xmas movies. Makes it almost possible to forget it’s a billion degrees out.
Angelic voices.
And now it’s time for you to watch sound of silence. This song gives me frisson (static in the neck, aka “aesthetic chills”) every time I hear it, especially this rendition.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
This is my favorite Christmas song because as soon as I hear those lines, I’m transported to Barstow California, on the edge of the desert. I’m riding in a whale of a car and traveling at great speed. All the while diving deep into a blender of illicit substances.
But it isn’t a Christmas song. It’s from The Sound of Music…
Yes, but the shell of Christmas is like a gelatinous blob that swallows everything around it. Look at how many perfectly good winter tunes have been corrupted into being slaved to Christmas. Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bells (written for Thanksgiving), Frosty th Snowman. The list is endless.
Yes, but the shell of Christmas is like a gelatinous blob that swallows everything around it. Look at how many perfectly good winter tunes have been corrupted into being slaved to Christmas. Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bells (written for Thanksgiving), Frosty th Snowman. The list is endless.
Any of the Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas songs
Jonah Lewie’s Stop The Cavalry is quite good
You can say that Mariah Carey’s sing is well produced, but I heard her version of Auld Lang Syne yesterday and it actually made me want to smash my TV and commit a hate crime
RUN DMC Christmas In Hollis
One of my favorites too. For some extra credit, the song they sampled is Back Door Santa by Clarence Carter.
https://youtu.be/s0NoalRsk5w
Thanks for reminding me to wrap some presents.
Tim Minchin has a couple that’d entertain me.
Woody Allen Jesus - m.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFdUJLebzU
A serious take on the season…
White Wine in the Sun - youtu.be/_CeY0VdhXK8
In my country we have song that came from a advent calender, called “jul på Vesterbro” and its my all time favorite (link to YouTube). Note that it’s the same actor that plays every role
Couple that I like for different reasons that I haven't seen posted yet.
River - Joni Mitchell
Such a beautiful song
(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus - Harry Connick Jr.
Heard it once on a Christmas mix and it has nostalgic value with the fam now.
Run The Jewels - A Christmas Fucking Miracle
I can listen to this year round even, it’s just a nice little ditty that happens to also be about Christmas.
I discovered Father Christmas by The Kinks this year and I got to say that it has become my favorite Christmas song.
urhovaldeko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fairytale of New York, the original by the Pogues is great and the punk rock cover by No Use For A Name is a total banger.
Delphia@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I love punk covers, if Me First and the Gimme Gimmes made a Xmas album I’d be so fuckin happy.
HaveMouseWillTravel@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I am hoping that you have listened to Bad Religion’s xmas album then.
urhovaldeko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They really should make one!