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Christmas music in shops
Leicester_Hunk
24-12-2016
Come into town for a few last minute things.

WH Smith is soulless with no music at all. Pub is playing Mr Brightside and Gary Barlow.

Why do shops drive us bonkers with Christmas music at Halloween and now when you want to feel festive it's as Christmassy as a smack in the gob?
ianradioian
24-12-2016
Theres over a thousand Christmas records by very many really good artists, but if you do hear Crimbo records its always the rubbish kack ones anyway
Leicester_Hunk
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by ianradioian:
“Theres over a thousand Christmas records by very many really good artists, but if you do hear Crimbo records its always the rubbish kack ones anyway”

Like Shaky?
Fairyprincess0
24-12-2016
The way i see it, there are three kinds of xmas song.

Theres the christmas pop song, of which im completely sick off.

Then, theres the easy-listening Christmas song. I remeber when i was a kid, we had a cassette of easy-listening christmas music. Thats why i love easy listening music today.

Then there are actual Christmas carols. Id wager those are the songs people dont hear much as an adult. They really make me nostalgic for my schooldays.

In fact ive been meaning to download some. But id want then sung by a childrens choir.....
blueblade
24-12-2016
I got Wham's "Last ChrIstmas I gave you my heart", Chris Rea's "Driving home for Christmas" and "Jona Lewi's "Stop the Cavalry" whilst in ASDA a couple of days ago.
Peter the Great
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Fairyprincess0:
“The way i see it, there are three kinds of xmas song.

Theres the christmas pop song, of which im completely sick off.

Then, theres the easy-listening Christmas song. I remeber when i was a kid, we had a cassette of easy-listening christmas music. Thats why i love easy listening music today.

Then there are actual Christmas carols. Id wager those are the songs people dont hear much as an adult. They really make me nostalgic for my schooldays.

In fact ive been meaning to download some. But id want then sung by a childrens choir.....”

There are certainly alot more than 3 kinds of Christmas song. What about other genres like Jazz, Folk, Blues, Country, Soul?
Fairyprincess0
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Peter the Great:
“There are certainly alot more than 3 kinds of Christmas song. What about other genres like Jazz, Folk, Blues, Country, Soul?”

I was being very general. I shouild say three, as i see it....
Grafenwalder
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Leicester_Hunk:
“Come into town for a few last minute things.

WH Smith is soulless with no music at all. Pub is playing Mr Brightside and Gary Barlow.

Why do shops drive us bonkers with Christmas music at Halloween and now when you want to feel festive it's as Christmassy as a smack in the gob?”

You need to buy one of these. I've no idea how they manage to keep selling this stuff as everyone must already have copies of all the tracks on various other records.

It must rate as the most undesirable Christmas present!
stoatie
24-12-2016
I went through my iTunes for everything Christmas-related in my library, took out the ones with swearing and put the rest on an iPod on shuffle to play at work. Everything from The Fall, Shonen Knife and The Ramones to Joni Mitchell and John Lennon. Plus a bunch of super-weird glitchcore Christmas songs which had even me thinking the stereo was knackered at one point. It was kind of awesome.
Turbulence
24-12-2016
You'll be the lucky one. In every shop I've been in this week, its been one of Rockin around the Christmas tree, Mariah Carey or the Paul Mcartney one. Never the decent ones like Greg Lake or The Pretenders.
pie-eyed
24-12-2016
This doesn't bother me. I would rather hear any kind of Christmas song than the sound of people moaning and kids screaming.
mklass
24-12-2016
I'm recovering from a hip replacement operation at the moment so i'm not up to going around the big stores yet!..... I would love to be out there listening to any sort of xmas music..... Yeah I know!...... It's feel sorry for myself time!.....lol.....
paulsh1
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Leicester_Hunk:
“Come into town for a few last minute things.

WH Smith is soulless with no music at all. Pub is playing Mr Brightside and Gary Barlow.

Why do shops drive us bonkers with Christmas music at Halloween and now when you want to feel festive it's as Christmassy as a smack in the gob?”

. That's nothing! I called in at Tescos around 3 and the staff were on stepladders taking the Christmas decorations down!
Horace Wimp
24-12-2016
Did you know that Noddy Holder and Jim Lea of Slade get half a million quid a year for writing that awful tosh ?

Write a Xmas hit, or any hit single, that's the way to get a big, regular income.
St Dabeoc
24-12-2016
Shonen Knife
CBFreak
24-12-2016
Merry Christmas Everybody is 43 years old this year
stoatie
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by St Dabeoc:
“Shonen Knife ”

Shonen Knife ALWAYS. And, of course, not just for Christmas.
grumpyscot
25-12-2016
The solution: I switch on my Ipod, and put noise cancelling earphones on before I go into the shops. Then I don't have to listen to either the endless crappy Christmas songs, or the shop workers slowly going mad because they've nothing but them from the beginning of November!
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