I've been hearing tons of them, and most Christmas-themed songs make me cringe.
McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" is just too goofy, childlike,
fruity, musically insubstantial and repetitive.
Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is too dreary, reminiscent of that
song about a racehorse by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and befouled by Yoko's wretched vocals. And the Vietnam War was *not* over at that time,
however much anyone may have wanted it to be.
The Kinks and Billy Squier also have songs dealing with Christmas ineffectively.
No, the best such song is "Christmas" from the Who's Tommy. It's an excellent, powerful song with great playing from all the guys (Moon
really shines), innovative backing vocals that may have been Entwistle's creation -- and a dark edge, since it expresses the frustration of
Tommy's parents as to their son's obliviousness to the day and his (they assumed) need for salvation.
It is the best Christmas song in rock music.
I always thought "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Emerson, Lake &
Palmer was a nice Christmas song.
I've been hearing tons of them, and most Christmas-themed songs make me cringe.
McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" is just too goofy, childlike,
fruity, musically insubstantial and repetitive.
Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is too dreary, reminiscent of that
song about a racehorse by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and befouled by Yoko's wretched vocals. And the Vietnam War was *not* over at that time,
however much anyone may have wanted it to be.
No, the best such song is "Christmas" from the Who's Tommy. It's an excellent, powerful song with great playing from all the guys (Moon
really shines), innovative backing vocals that may have been Entwistle's creation -- and a dark edge, since it expresses the frustration of
Tommy's parents as to their son's obliviousness to the day and his (they assumed) need for salvation.
It is the best Christmas song in rock music.
On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:20:01 +0000, super70s wrote:
I always thought "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Emerson, Lake &
Palmer was a nice Christmas song.
It's actually by Greg Lake solo.
On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:20 +0000, Norbert wrote:
I've been hearing tons of them, and most Christmas-themed songs make me
cringe.
In other words, like most of his output then ? ha ha
But what Christmas songs aren't cringe worthy ?!!
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