Okay, I'm all about the holidays. Really. Love the decorating, the merriment, the good cheer, the ho ho ho, and all that.
But I'm more than a little concerned that WLIT 93.9 (the Lite here in Chicago, currently called the Christmas Lite or the Holiday Lite) started playing Christmas music around November 1. I'm concerned because I'm already getting tired of the stuff. Granted, I get out my Christmas CD's pretty early-- I have so many that I need to start playing them now so I can get to them all-- but it seems that WLIT has a limited amount of music. I have tuned in a couple of times and, regardless of the day or time, I have heard a lot of the same songs.
This reminded me to blog about my least favorite holiday songs. WLIT, if any of you are reading this, please stop playing these! In no particular order:
1. The Christmas Shoes : treacly, country crap
2. Holly Jolly Christmas : it's a folk-rockabilly version, with Burl Ives singing the song that was much more tolerable in the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tv special. This version grates.
3. Feliz Navidad : with all due respect to Mr. Feliciano, how about a verse or two with some actual lyrics? The repitition and manic loudness of this song make it unbearable.
4. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas : whether it's a hippo or your two front teeth that you want, no one cares, child. Shut up.
5. Wonderful Christmas Time : Sir Paul McCartney, you owe the world a big apology for this one.
3 comments:
You're SO right about WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME! Never my favorite. Never.
Do you know Pearle Bailey's FIVE POUND BOX OF MONEY? Now, THAT is what I call a Christmas song!!!
you are so hysterical
OMG, I couldn't agree more! I love Christmas too, but jeez, it would be nice to get through Halloween before the decorations started going up and the "lite" radio stations switched over to all Christmas tunes for the next 3 months.
And why is it that these stations insist on repeating the same versions of these tunes? Granted there are a limited number of Christmas songs, but no limit of the different singers and bands who have done them. I'd rather hear 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire' 30 times in a row sung by different people than to hear ANY of the 5 horrible Christmas songs you (and I) hate.
Mark
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