On one of the news websites I read that are having a "March madness" type of competition on the worst Christmas Songs.
Two of the songs that they put up against each other, are John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" and Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas Time". I've got to admit that I really like both "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" and "Do They Know It's Christmas time", yes both songs are a tad on the preachy side for holiday songs and John's Christmas song features Yoko rather prominently in the chorus of the song and I can see those aspects of the songs being unappealing to certian people, but from a musical stand point these are great songs!
Take a listen to the 3 part harmony on "Do They Know It's Christmas Time" between Simon LeBon, Sting and Bono..it's pretty amazing, as is the melody of the song and Paul Young's voice in the intro of the song. Put it this way "Do They Know It's Christmas Time" was far better then the American answer to that song which was "We Are The World".
John's song has beautiful yet complex lyrics and if you can tune Yoko out of the chorus and only listen to the kids singing the chorus then it makes the song all the more nicer.
To me one of the worst holiday songs is Sir Macca's song "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time". It sounds like Sir Macca put no effort into this song at all, it sounds like he wrote and recorded it in a span of about 5 minutes.
Another really awful holiday song in my opinion is "Grandma Got Runover by A Reindeer" by Patsy and Elmo. I was in 5th Grade when this song was first unleashed on the nation's collective ears at Christmas time and I was the only 5th Grader in my school that thought this song was seriously dumb and after twenty two years I still cringe when I hear it. It sounds as if my 5 year old nephew and my great aunt wrote the lyrics and music for this song.
But what do I know, apparently I just read that Elmo is a millionaire many times over because of this stupid song..maybe I should try and get my 5 year nephew and great aunt to write a holiday song.
What are your favorite holiday songs?
Two of the songs that they put up against each other, are John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" and Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas Time". I've got to admit that I really like both "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" and "Do They Know It's Christmas time", yes both songs are a tad on the preachy side for holiday songs and John's Christmas song features Yoko rather prominently in the chorus of the song and I can see those aspects of the songs being unappealing to certian people, but from a musical stand point these are great songs!
Take a listen to the 3 part harmony on "Do They Know It's Christmas Time" between Simon LeBon, Sting and Bono..it's pretty amazing, as is the melody of the song and Paul Young's voice in the intro of the song. Put it this way "Do They Know It's Christmas Time" was far better then the American answer to that song which was "We Are The World".
John's song has beautiful yet complex lyrics and if you can tune Yoko out of the chorus and only listen to the kids singing the chorus then it makes the song all the more nicer.
To me one of the worst holiday songs is Sir Macca's song "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time". It sounds like Sir Macca put no effort into this song at all, it sounds like he wrote and recorded it in a span of about 5 minutes.
Another really awful holiday song in my opinion is "Grandma Got Runover by A Reindeer" by Patsy and Elmo. I was in 5th Grade when this song was first unleashed on the nation's collective ears at Christmas time and I was the only 5th Grader in my school that thought this song was seriously dumb and after twenty two years I still cringe when I hear it. It sounds as if my 5 year old nephew and my great aunt wrote the lyrics and music for this song.
But what do I know, apparently I just read that Elmo is a millionaire many times over because of this stupid song..maybe I should try and get my 5 year nephew and great aunt to write a holiday song.
What are your favorite holiday songs?
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