So what's your fave and what's ya worst

[Norrin Radd]

Xmas song that is

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Favourite Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas, closely followed by Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas

Worst - The Pogues and Kirsty MaColl, Fairytale of New York (yeah, bring it on. I don't care )

 

[Imurg]

Probably the only one I like is I believe in Father Christmas
The rest of them are just torture.

 

[patricks148]

None of them

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I've thought of another absolute shocker, Bruce Springsteen, Santa Claus is coming to Town. I don't think he hits a single correct note in the whole song ?

 

[Norrin Radd]

I'm not pogues and Kirsty fan ,so that gets a thumbs down from me .
Shaking Stevens merry Xmas everyone I quite like ,it's a bouncy xmassy song.
Kevin bloody Wilson's Santa Claus you &$#@&+?%£€¥^°
Is a good grin but my favorite is the Irish fella sending his sweetheart the twelve days of Xmas for real.cant remember who it's by or even what it's called but it's very funny

 

[Wolf]

Favourites for me the Pogues & Kirsty McColl, i can see why others don't like it.

BoSelecta - Proper Crimbo - because its just a piss take song and makes me chuckle

Shakin Stevens as its upbeat..

The rest can all fall off the planet as they're annoying and awful expecially Wham...

 

[Orikoru]

Hard to pick a favourite to be honest. I like all the usual ones, but then they get overplayed too early so by the time Christmas Day arrives you're fed up of them all anyway. Slade, Wizzard, Queen's Thank God It's Christmas, Greg Lake's I Believe In Father Christmas, Mud's Lonely This Christmas, those ones are all pretty good.

Actually, scrap that, my favourite Christmas song is definitely this one:

As for worst ones I guess it would be the more depressing ones. John Lennon's War is Over is quite dreary and tedious. The Band Aid one is ok but the lyrics are a bit pious. I don't really like the old school ones that harp on about Jesus either.

 

[Foxholer]

Hearing Pogues/KMcC signifies Xmas is around the corner!

But Band Aid songs ('84 anf '14) really invoke the Xmas 'spirit' for me! ELP's 'I believe in Father Christmas' come close, especially as the 'cloned' part reminds me of childhood radio requst stories of Diana on th Sleigh. There's even a version involving Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) who wrote my other 'favourite' - Christmas Song - with the immortal last words - Te Christmas sporit is..not what you drink!

 

[Neilds]

LT - you are obviously beyond help when it comes to musical taste!!!! The only one you could have mentioned to make it worse is Christmas Wrapping, the original by the Waitresses not the rubbish cover by the Spice Girls.

 

[USER1999]

Probably Santa Baby, and Let it snow etc. Don't really do the happy clappy stuff.

The worst is SLF doing a poor version of Springsteens Santaclaus is coming to town. Springsteen is awful, SLF make it worse.

 

[Tashyboy]

Pogues, but a week before Xmas not October. David Bowie and Bing, Chris Rea, especially in the car.

Worst, Bo selecta and owt Missis T sings along to ?

 

[SocketRocket]

I like the David Bowie/ Bing Crosby Little Drummer Boy.

 

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[GaryK]

Johnny Mathis - When a child is born.

 

[Blue in Munich]

The best? The Boss!

Honourable mentions: Slade, Merry Xmas Everybody; Mariah Carey, All I Want For Christmas is You; The Pogues & Kirsty McColl, A FairyTale of New York; Eagles, Please Come Home For Christmas; Chris Rea, Driving Home for Christmas; Eartha Kitt, Santa Baby; Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Jackson Five.

The worst? John Lennon, Happy Christmas (War is Over).

Dishonourable mentions: The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping; Paul McCartney, Wonderful Christmastime; The Pretenders, 2000 Miles;

 

[backwoodsman]

Does Silent Night count?

Not especially a fan of the pop Christmas songs, but tend to have a soft spot for Slade's

 

[Orikoru]

Oh, I forgot one, this has to be the best Christmas song!

 

[Beezerk]

I'd argue there isn't a decent Xmas song at all, most of it is sickly garbage.
Maybe Band Aid because Phil Collins rips it on the drums is an exception ?

 

[Hacker Khan]

There is only one right answer for the best for me as nothing beats Spectors wall of sound. My daughter surprised me by singing it as a solo in a Christmas concert she was in and introduced it by saying she was singing it for her dad. I was in absolute bits in the audience.

As for the worst then just about every other one apart from the Phil Spector album, Pogues and Badly Drawn Boys Donna and Blitzen. Which is ace.