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Just mentioning to a friend yesterday, that of all the horrible Christmas songs that you canât avoid this season, Jingle Bell Rock is IMO the absolute worst. It terms of lyrics, performance, and arrangement and lyrics it hits the trifecta of appalling schmaltz.
Even the authors recognized this. From a couple of interviews with the songwriters: âI really didnât want to cut it because it was such a bad song. So me and one of the musicians [Hank Garland], worked on it for about an hour putting a melody to it and we put a bridge to it,â said [Bobby] Helms [in a 1992 interview].â
ââI let it hop back to where it came from,â Garland recalled. âIt wasnât any good. [Bobby and I] came up with the âJingle Bell Rockâ America hears every holiday season,â he [Garland] said [in a different interview].
Every popular song is going to get boring after awhile, whether itâs Christmas music or hard rock or whatever. There are a lot of weak Christmas songs that survive only because theyâre played this time of year, (e.g. âHolly-Jolly Christmasâ), but stations play every one because they have to fill the day with Christmas music. Try âI heard the bells on Christmas Dayâ. This one has a real message.
Stick the word âChristmasâ in the Title and somewhere in the Lyrics and not only will someone Record it, the Radio Stations will play it 20 times an hour for a few days.
âMy Wife Left Me for My girlfriend and they stole my pickup, too.â âOn Christmas Day.â
Just strum a few extra G-chords and everything will scan just fine. Especially after a few Egg Nogs.
Thatâs 3 of us against Holly Jolly Christmas. Also canât stand the greed songs, Santa Baby and 5 Pound Box of Money.But there are so many good Christmas songs and music out there letâs not wallow in our disgust for too long or we will miss the season.
I enjoy listening to many of the Christmas songs this time of year (though I can live without the religious ones), but my vote for absolute worst is Paul McCartneyâs âSimply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time.â And Mariah Careyâs âAll I Want for Christmas is Youâ gets the nod for most overplayed song.
kaffekup about 5 years ago
ââŚand if I hear it one more time, Iâll blow up the planet and take its inhabitants home for dinner!â
Aussie Down Under about 5 years ago
Nothing to worry about, just an earwormâŚ..Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell. Help Iâve been infected.
mddshubby2005 about 5 years ago
Next up: âHark! The Herald Aliens Screamâ.
Tigressy about 5 years ago
Theyâll jump down from a window sill. â Problem solved.
Gent about 5 years ago
I guess the colourist doesnât know that earth looks like a big blue marble and not a big green one.
Say What Nowâ˝ Premium Member about 5 years ago
They think itâs bad up thereâŚ
ekw555 about 5 years ago
yeah, I hate me some Christmas music.
crobinson019 about 5 years ago
I swear I heard Frosty the Snowman and the Little Drummer Boy four rimes each in the three hours I listened to the Christmas Music station
tripwire45 about 5 years ago
Change the channel.
ajr58 about 5 years ago
Could be worse. Could be Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Masterskrain about 5 years ago
Hey, it could be worse⌠it COULD have been âSanta Babyâ, or âGrandma got run over by a reindeerâŚ.â
ksu71 about 5 years ago
How could anyone get tired of listening to Brenda Lee?
Mighty Phavahg about 5 years ago
That ainât ânuttinâ. Hereâs one for your ears: âBaby Shark, shark, shark, shark, shark, shark, shark!â
freewaydog about 5 years ago
Iâm w/ the alien on my left on this one
therese_callahan2002 about 5 years ago
I wonder what their reaction would be to âI Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas.â
JudyAz about 5 years ago
⌠or the dogs barking âJingle Bellsâ
mauser7 about 5 years ago
Leave now or we will go to the Nuclear optionâŚ.âGranma got run over by a Reindeer last nightâ With the volume turned to 11!
tims145 about 5 years ago
Just mentioning to a friend yesterday, that of all the horrible Christmas songs that you canât avoid this season, Jingle Bell Rock is IMO the absolute worst. It terms of lyrics, performance, and arrangement and lyrics it hits the trifecta of appalling schmaltz.
Even the authors recognized this. From a couple of interviews with the songwriters: âI really didnât want to cut it because it was such a bad song. So me and one of the musicians [Hank Garland], worked on it for about an hour putting a melody to it and we put a bridge to it,â said [Bobby] Helms [in a 1992 interview].â
ââI let it hop back to where it came from,â Garland recalled. âIt wasnât any good. [Bobby and I] came up with the âJingle Bell Rockâ America hears every holiday season,â he [Garland] said [in a different interview].
Ray*C about 5 years ago
Every popular song is going to get boring after awhile, whether itâs Christmas music or hard rock or whatever. There are a lot of weak Christmas songs that survive only because theyâre played this time of year, (e.g. âHolly-Jolly Christmasâ), but stations play every one because they have to fill the day with Christmas music. Try âI heard the bells on Christmas Dayâ. This one has a real message.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 5 years ago
80 years or so. Thatâs 80 light years. I wonder whoâs listening right now?
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 5 years ago
Perfectly good reasons to invade and destroy Earth #78,661.
1MadHat about 5 years ago
Three times in a day? Just wait for them to catch up with 1960âs AM pop rock! ! !
anomalous4 about 5 years ago
Beats heck out of âRockinâ Around the Christmas Treeâ!
Mayor Snorkum about 5 years ago
The worst is yet to come. Thirty seconds of âHolly Jolly Christmasâ and Planet Earth gets atomized.
Michael G. about 5 years ago
Itâs this, or âI Love Lucyâ.
Andylit Premium Member about 5 years ago
Worlds depopulated for far less.
smartman about 5 years ago
Just wait until you have to suffer listening to Baby Shark.
WCraft about 5 years ago
It is either Rockinâ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee or Sleigh Ride by the Ronettes.
bakana about 5 years ago
This season is Golden for frustrated Songwriters.
Stick the word âChristmasâ in the Title and somewhere in the Lyrics and not only will someone Record it, the Radio Stations will play it 20 times an hour for a few days.
âMy Wife Left Me for My girlfriend and they stole my pickup, too.â âOn Christmas Day.â
Just strum a few extra G-chords and everything will scan just fine. Especially after a few Egg Nogs.
Zuria Premium Member about 5 years ago
I absolutely LOATHE this song. Second only on my hatred chart to"Holly Jolly Christmas".
Yet I love John Lennonâs âWar is Overâ. Maybe because it reminds me how he died so close to Christmas.
Thehag about 5 years ago
Thatâs 3 of us against Holly Jolly Christmas. Also canât stand the greed songs, Santa Baby and 5 Pound Box of Money.But there are so many good Christmas songs and music out there letâs not wallow in our disgust for too long or we will miss the season.
paullp Premium Member about 5 years ago
I enjoy listening to many of the Christmas songs this time of year (though I can live without the religious ones), but my vote for absolute worst is Paul McCartneyâs âSimply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time.â And Mariah Careyâs âAll I Want for Christmas is Youâ gets the nod for most overplayed song.