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Absolutely Awful Christmas Songs - Name and Shame

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    yorkieUKyorkieUK Posts: 2,159
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    This is the worst I have ever seen and heard. It is called The Christmas Shoes. Some load of cobblers about some kid buying his Mum shoes for Christmas - oh by the way his Mum is dying.

    Listen to the words. They will make you retch. One of them I believe is "mama meets Jesus tonight".

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJcPVB-we7g

    A real good ole cheery Christmas song to warm your heart! :)

    Edit: I managed to find the full lyrics! Enjoy good people of Digitalspy!

    "Christmas Shoes"


    It was almost Christmas time
    And there I stood in another line
    Trying to buy that last gift or two
    Not really in the Christmas mood
    And standin right in front of me was a
    Little boy waiting anxiously
    Pacin around like little boys do
    And in his hands he held
    A pair of shoes

    And His clothes were worn and old
    He was dirty from head to toe
    And when it came his time to pay
    I couldn't beleive what I heard him say

    Sir I wanna buy these shoes
    For my mama. please
    It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
    Could you hurry sir
    Daddy says there's not much time
    You see,
    She's been sick for quite a while And I
    know these shoes will make her smile And I
    Want her to look beautiful
    If mama meets Jesus tonight

    They counted penny's for what seemed like years then the
    Cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here."
    He searched his pockets frantically
    Then he turned and he looked at me and he said
    "Mama made Christmas good at our house though
    Most years she just did without, Tell me sir,
    What am I gonna do?
    Some how I gotta buy her these Christmas shoes."

    So I laid the money down
    I just had to help him out
    And I'll never forget the look on his face when he said,
    "Mama's gonna look so great."

    Sir I wanna buy these shoes
    For my mama. please
    It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
    Could you hurry sir
    Daddy says there's not much time
    You see,
    She's been sick for quite a while And I
    know these shoes will make her smile And I
    Want her to look beautiful
    If mama meets Jesus tonight

    I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love as he thanked me and ran out
    I knew that God had sent me that little boy to remind me what Christmas is all about

    Sir I wanna buy these shoes
    For my mama. please
    It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
    Could you hurry sir
    Daddy says there's not much time
    You see,
    She's been sick for quite a while And I
    know these shoes will make her smile And I
    Want her to look beautiful
    If mama meets Jesus tonight

    I Want her to look beautiful
    If mama meets Jesus tonight
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    SweetHeartHollySweetHeartHolly Posts: 1,566
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    ^^^ Even though it is not really a Christmas song, there is a song that gets played in my area during Christmas time that I think couldn't be more sad and the name of it I believe is "Dear Mr. Jesus". The song is said to be done by an act named Power Source.

    God bless you always!!! :):):)

    Holly
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,532
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    Merry Xmas Everyone - Slade
    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
    All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
    Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
    I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake
    White Christmas - Bing Crosby (so old-fashioned now)
    Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie
    Step Into Christmas - Elton John
    That one by The Darkness
    Anything by Cliff Richard (epitome of naff)
    Anything by Michael Buble (his Christmas album)
    Anything on Justin Bieber's Christmas album
    Any version of Do They Know It's Christmas that isn't the orig

    I know it's not a Christmas song but Stay Another Day - East 17 is pretty bad.

    Baaa Humbug!
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    EveT1991EveT1991 Posts: 12,316
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    Actually no. Last Christmas and Fairytale of New York are fine as long as I don't have to hear them too much. And as for the Band Aid one the only version worth listening to is the original. The newer versions are crap.

    Do you like Rudolph the red nose reindeer and the 12 days of Christmas and when Santa got stuck up the chimney?
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    Black VelvetBlack Velvet Posts: 702
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    I don't like the Mariah Carey song 'All I want for Christmas.' I find it a rable and gets on my nerves. Not struck on 'Last Christmas' by Wham either.
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    PunksNotDeadPunksNotDead Posts: 21,304
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    There's no such thing as a bad christmas song imo

    Really?
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Do you like Rudolph the red nose reindeer and the 12 days of Christmas and when Santa got stuck up the chimney?

    Yeah I like the first two but I've never heard When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney. Sounds good though :p
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    MaksonMakson Posts: 30,489
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    At This Time Of Year - Craig Philips
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    ChrisJamesSatsChrisJamesSats Posts: 458
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    I really can't stand the song by Paul McCartney, Wonderful Christmas Time is it called? I find it so dreary and boring, it obviously didn't take a long time to write. The lyrics could've been written by a child. And for the music, is it just him hitting a few notes on his Casio keyboard with a few bells in the background?
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    No those songs are the best Slade is good and so is Wizzard and so is Elton John and so is Jona Lewie. Do any of your family like the ones you hate?

    Absolutely!
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    I really can't stand the song by Paul McCartney, Wonderful Christmas Time is it called? I find it so dreary and boring, it obviously didn't take a long time to write. The lyrics could've been written by a child. And for the music, is it just him hitting a few notes on his Casio keyboard with a few bells in the background?


    I think it's a beautiful song!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,139
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    Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
    Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie.

    Neither are really Xmas songs, protest songs really
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,139
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    abibble wrote: »
    I just don't understand why some people don't like All I Want For Christmas Is You :(. It actually makes me sad that they don't like it haha.

    Beacuse it's by Mariah Carey & it's unlikely that she'd be happy with just "you" at Christmas

    :D
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    Santa Baby especially Madonna's version.:o
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    soundstory wrote: »
    Neither are really Xmas songs, protest songs really

    So why are they dragged out at Christmas then? Is it because Christmas is mentioned in them?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,139
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    So why are they dragged out at Christmas then? Is it because Christmas is mentioned in them?

    I guess so, though I'm sure that both artists realised that sticking "christmas" in them wouldn't exactly hurt the sales either !
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    soundstory wrote: »
    I guess so, though I'm sure that both artists realised that sticking "christmas" in them wouldn't exactly hurt the sales either !

    Maybe they also thought more people would listen to them if Christmas was mentioned.
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    SweetHeartHollySweetHeartHolly Posts: 1,566
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    This isn't a bad song, but I have never considered it to be a Christmas song even though it is played only at Christmas time: "Hard Candy Christmas" from Dolly Parton. In my opinion, a hard candy Christmas is not what she is really singing about. Instead she is singing about different every day normal things that can be compared to one. To me, them things are what the song is really about.

    God bless you and Dolly always!!! :):):)

    Holly
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    EveT1991EveT1991 Posts: 12,316
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    Yeah I like the first two but I've never heard When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney. Sounds good though :p
    Well Santa got stuck up the chimney goes like this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRpiUZSrS3Q
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    EveT1991EveT1991 Posts: 12,316
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    this is a clip of children in Eastenders singing when Santa got stuck up the chimney it is 2 minutes 20 seconds I think
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unqRbGkNmB4
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,100
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    The dislike for Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is so sad. She has probably the best Christmas album of all time. I think it's back in the charts, btw and iteo came out in like 94 and it's still big. Crazy.
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    icanboogieicanboogie Posts: 770
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    This one
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfSsbiOIBM

    or

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EJLPUnsn1Y

    Though I must admit I do like the Crissy Rock one regardless of how weird it all is.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,139
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    sjp07 wrote: »
    The dislike for Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is so sad. She has probably the best Christmas album of all time. I think it's back in the charts, btw and iteo came out in like 94 and it's still big. Crazy.

    Not everyone is a fan of Mariah Carey

    Nothing sad about that
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    StrmChaserSteveStrmChaserSteve Posts: 2,728
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    Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

    If i hear that playing in a shop, i'll walk out

    I mean urgh, i need the sick bag now

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vAoD1d7wA
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    SuperwombleSuperwomble Posts: 4,361
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    I think quite the opposite. Every Christmas song that isn't Fairytale of New York is awful to me.

    And the one that is Fairytale Of New York is the absolutely worst ever. Cant bear it.
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