Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

[MoonSong]

I just think they're mostly uninspired and uninteresting, if not downright annoying. "Jolly" is not a very compelling emotion for a song, IMO, and the religious ones aren't really for me. Most are just not good songs, and get played because they're part of the whole X-mas marketing racket.

There are Christmas songs that I like, but they are mostly darker, like Holly Golightly's "Christmas Solo," and Tom Waits' "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis."

There's always Soldier's Side?

 

[pukunui]

Almost got hit! "Last Christmas" came on while I was waiting to see the physio, but it was Ariana Grande's cover, not the original. Whew!

 

[Piperken]

I am OK thus far, but two other immediate participants were eliminated on 1 Dec!

 

[Clint_L]

Christmas songs in context are fine: being sung by carolers, little kids at parties, or at church, for the religious ones. Wonderful, have fun. They're basically novelty songs.

"(Last) Christmas" is certainly a Christmas song not just in title and setting but also in motif (gift-giving). Its main problem is that it, like most Christmas songs, is just kinda lame - "Father Figure" it ain't. George Michael has so many great songs, but this one is second rate. Which is typical; generally speaking, artists don't waste their best material on Christmas songs.

All that said, I do rather adore and marvel at the way Christmas songs have become an annual derby of sorts in the UK. It's a fascinating cultural phenomenon, and though most of the songs are complete crap, sometimes by design, a few turn out to be gems, like "Father Christmas" by The Kinks.

 

[trappedslider]

Spotify got me due to having the band be in my liked music

Mixtape for Christmas by Hey Monday.