Christmas Songs
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poliphiloUgh- Christmas music!
I'm not talking about carols or even Christmas hymns- I like a lot of those. I'm talking about Christmas pop songs. Aren't they horrible?
And inescapable at this time of year: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Slade, Wizard, Cliff Richard.
The chingly sleigh bells, the fake bonhomie. Like being backed into a corner by a sentimental drunk with mincepie breath.
There are only two Christmas songs I can stand. The first is White Christmas. Well, it's Irving Berlin and Irving Berlin was a mensch. And the second is the Pogues' Fairytale of New York.
"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot"- ah now, there's the true spirit of Christmas!
I'm not talking about carols or even Christmas hymns- I like a lot of those. I'm talking about Christmas pop songs. Aren't they horrible?
And inescapable at this time of year: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Slade, Wizard, Cliff Richard.
The chingly sleigh bells, the fake bonhomie. Like being backed into a corner by a sentimental drunk with mincepie breath.
There are only two Christmas songs I can stand. The first is White Christmas. Well, it's Irving Berlin and Irving Berlin was a mensch. And the second is the Pogues' Fairytale of New York.
"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot"- ah now, there's the true spirit of Christmas!
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Date: 2006-11-29 02:42 pm (UTC)I'll agree with others here, the best carols/Christmas music is when it incorporates a pagan element, some degree of darkness, or a decidedly non-commercial spirituality. O Holy Night, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, The Holly and the Ivy, and Carol of the Bells come to mind.
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Date: 2006-11-29 08:44 pm (UTC)