This guy hates the song even more than the OP
Speaking of lazy, John Lennon lifted the melody for “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” from an old song “Skewball”, also recorded as “Stewball”. Note for Note.
The Shins version (oddly enough) is quite enjoyable.
That’s the song! Thank you John T for posting this thread. I have seen the ad for the movie Downsizing** about 47,000 times the last two weeks, and some of the music sounded so familiar. Now I realise, this is the song it reminds me of.
:smack:
I never noticed this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5A-z7n-Js8
I am surprised no one has linked to Stephen Colbert’s bit where he discussed how hated Wonderful Christmastime is, and he introduces his own most-hated Christmas song, Christmas is Now, with Norah Jones joining in: Norah Jones And Stephen Colbert Sing "Christmas Is Now" - YouTube
Hmm… I never noticed anything particularly bad about this song. I had no idea it was hated so. I actually like the synth on it (but, then again, my favorite post-Beatles McCartney song is “Temporary Secretary,” so perhaps my tastes are skewed a bit.) I also like Christmas music in December (but only December), so maybe that’s two strikes against me.
I dunno. “Feliz Navidad” is pretty simple, yet it’s kinda catchy:
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Y prospero ano y felicidad
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
from the bottom of my heart.
LOL, great link!
The song isn’t in the same league as the laziness of “Neanderthal Man” by Hotlegs. The same two lines repeated over and over. The group was so ashamed about it, they changed their name.
Thank you for posting this link. I think I found someone who hates the song as much as I do. As I remarked to my spouse: “Have you ever heard a song that poisons an artist’s entire body of work for you?”
This is that song.
Holy crap… unbelievable. Well, at least George would not have had to feel so bad about My Sweet Lord.
próspero año
A diacrit tilde can make such a difference… prosperity in the new year and prosperity of the anus may both bring happiness but to very different segments of the public… :D:p
*“…not that there’s anything wrong with that” *
Never heard of the band - kinda catchy number on youtube, but what I wanted to point out: speaking of “Hot Legs”, that could be in a very elbow-y potato-sack race with “Tonight’s the Night” as one of Roddie’s* most morse coded-in attempts at songs.
And I mean lazy like Mr. Como himself.
*Actually if I let my brain hurt a bit more I could think of others.
This is exactly how I feel about Christmas music, except that I can tolerate jazz versions since I do like jazz, year 'round.
I personally can’t stand Paul’s voice. And my wife and I absolutely despise his Christmas song. AFAWC all pop-star Xmas songs are nothing but cash grabs, and his is the worst, IMHO.
I have a Warner Bros. Xmas songbook that has these lyrics for FN, and until just now, I’ve never seen them printed anywhere else or sung on any recording (fortunately, I haven’t heard all 22,000,000 versions). I was starting to think I had an alternate universe book. Whew!
I must conjecture that at some point José may have figured he might as well throw in some extra words to break up the three consecutive “I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas” in live performance – but you’re right, in the version that at one time was one of the top 5 most sold singles in the world, those extra lines were not there.
Well, they can’t all be C-Moon.
I originally came into this thread to defend the song, but I thought it would be a good idea to fire up YouTube first and refresh my memory. I’m glad I did so, because I don’t think I like it as much as I thought I did. I really do like the synth lick the way it sounds at the beginning of the song, but then he throws in some rhythmic variations that I think kind of muddy things up. And I doubt I will ever be able to listen to it again without, courtesy of the link that K364 provided, wondering what’s going on with that Galaga-sounding stuff in the middle. Watching the video instead of just listening to it also caused me to dock some points. McCartney has always had this underlying streak of being really cutesy-poo that annoys me, and the video did an effective job of reminding me.
No love for George?
The video is sort of fun to watch, if a bit cheesy, but this song is every bit as simple and repetitive as Paul’s.