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FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
127. That's a shame
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 10:53 PM
Dec 2013

It is a beautiful song. My favorite among the religious Christmas carols.

But yeah, for singing or piano, it is a challenging song.

Too obvious dude Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #1
Jingle Bell Rock is my least favorite - seems so insipid el_bryanto Dec 2013 #2
While not strictly a carol, I really hate "Baby, it's cold outside." Chan790 Dec 2013 #3
It is skeevy - but i really like the version on Merry Mixmas el_bryanto Dec 2013 #13
Best version here: Ray Charles and Betty Carter dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #72
Oh come on! You don't prefer the version with Ilsa Dec 2013 #77
I thought it romantic hootinholler Dec 2013 #20
it screams date rape tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #22
baloney n/t hootinholler Dec 2013 #23
really? Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #59
Have you actually read the lyrics? jmowreader Dec 2013 #58
Not sure it had that connotation when it was written in 1944 dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #68
Even in the context written... Chan790 Dec 2013 #71
Ditto. My favorite version was from the only season I watched Idol... adirondacker Dec 2013 #122
I like the version by Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone House of Roberts Dec 2013 #47
I like this one better... tosh Dec 2013 #105
i like them all. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #4
silver bells swilton Dec 2013 #5
"Mistletoe and Holly" (aka the awful "oh by gosh by golly") NRaleighLiberal Dec 2013 #6
Ordinarily I'd vote for "Little Drummer Boy" immoderate Dec 2013 #7
Gawd, I hate that one. longship Dec 2013 #41
my daughter sang that in first grade Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #60
Peter Griffin did it best.....maybe he can convince you...? MADem Dec 2013 #78
I despise the "Little Drummer Boy" okwmember Dec 2013 #132
I love Bruce, but hate his version of Santa Clause is Coming to Town Va Lefty Dec 2013 #8
Christmas Shoes... SidDithers Dec 2013 #9
hard one to listen to, it's sooooooo sad Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #19
That came out the Christmas after my mother died, it makes me cry. nt Raine Dec 2013 #67
Agreed. Maudlin, cloying, annoying, and stupid at the same time. n/t FSogol Dec 2013 #84
UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH, I hate this song so much Scootaloo Dec 2013 #101
Thank you. phylny Dec 2013 #103
The worst by far. newcriminal Dec 2013 #134
Two, actually Warpy Dec 2013 #10
...Little Drummer Boy... Adsos Letter Dec 2013 #14
That song should not be named nor played. 2theleft Dec 2013 #38
This is the one version of 'Little Drummer Boy' that I like. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #49
They always cut off the end where der Bingle yanks out his belt and give Bowie a good whuppin' Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2013 #79
That was lovely. undeterred Dec 2013 #88
And this version: Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #98
An even better version FrodosPet Dec 2013 #126
I like this one too. LuvLoogie Dec 2013 #137
Well there is the godawful Holly Jolly Christmas tularetom Dec 2013 #11
i hate them all. DesertFlower Dec 2013 #12
+a zillion truebluegreen Dec 2013 #80
agree babydollhead Dec 2013 #112
i turn the radio station for most on ur list Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #15
I play pandoras Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #62
me too! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #100
"Oh Holy Night" nevergiveup Dec 2013 #16
That's a shame FrodosPet Dec 2013 #127
That freaking Christmas Shoe song diabeticman Dec 2013 #17
I hate that one too. nt TBF Dec 2013 #124
What I HATE, is thinking about, and SHARING, what I HATE. You like sharing what you HATE? WHY? cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #18
+10000000 Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #64
It's obvious. Everybody not only has to hate someone FrodosPet Dec 2013 #128
Other: ALL OF THEM Matariki Dec 2013 #21
Hey gopiscrap, I notice a typo in your vote options. Skip Intro Dec 2013 #24
Typo thank's I'll fix it! gopiscrap Dec 2013 #42
ermergerd! RandiFan1290 Dec 2013 #63
Jingle Bell Rock Change has come Dec 2013 #25
"Joy to the World" winter is coming Dec 2013 #26
Sacrilege. You cannot hate any Christmas song! NoOneMan Dec 2013 #27
Madonna's "Santa Baby" Aerows Dec 2013 #28
GMTA Warpy Dec 2013 #45
There is so much wrong with that song Aerows Dec 2013 #73
I love the original Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #61
Agree entirely dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #69
she has the prettest voice Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #114
I'm not feeling it Aerows Dec 2013 #74
it was written by a woman, too Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #75
I don't care who wrote it Aerows Dec 2013 #76
Tossup between LiberalElite Dec 2013 #29
12 days of christmas XemaSab Dec 2013 #30
I voted "Other" with "12 Days" tied with "Little Drummer Boy." KansDem Dec 2013 #107
Deck the Halls is the only Christmas Carol on the list. LuvLoogie Dec 2013 #31
And Jingle Bells isn't even a Christmas song. Jenoch Dec 2013 #117
You're absolutely right. kskiska Dec 2013 #136
Good King Wenceslas JimDandy Dec 2013 #32
are you old enough to remember Pogo's version of this? CTyankee Dec 2013 #65
I don't know. JimDandy Dec 2013 #99
Walla Walla wash in Kalamazoo! Shrike47 Dec 2013 #102
gawd, me too! CTyankee Dec 2013 #106
Happy Holidays! LuvLoogie Dec 2013 #33
Which one of those was in the choir you used to sing in? freshwest Dec 2013 #34
None of them gopiscrap Dec 2013 #43
So you sang in Latin? freshwest Dec 2013 #95
I do if I get paid gopiscrap Dec 2013 #115
TY, saw in another thread that you sing in many different languages. n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #116
I like Christmas carols. murielm99 Dec 2013 #35
never heard christmas shoes before now. definitely not. my favorites? ellenfl Dec 2013 #36
Little Drummer Boy. stopbush Dec 2013 #37
Little Drummer Boy n/t doc03 Dec 2013 #39
Other...There are several on the list 2naSalit Dec 2013 #40
I don't have any I hate, Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #44
The one with the stupid lyrics. Quantess Dec 2013 #46
Winter Wonderland treestar Dec 2013 #92
Of those listed, 'I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas' LeftishBrit Dec 2013 #48
These are Christmas carols? AngryOldDem Dec 2013 #50
Little Drummer Boy......aggggghhh! The Xmas equivalent of "Bolero" in Boredom. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #51
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is depressing as hell. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #52
I absolutely despise Little Drummer Boy - weak, lame, and cloyingly saccharine pseudowhimsical NBachers Dec 2013 #53
Feliz friggin' Navidad Princess Turandot Dec 2013 #54
. boston bean Dec 2013 #56
One year I was in labor on Dec. 24th... There was this LOOP annabanana Dec 2013 #55
Little Drummer Boy. Too many a rump pa pums. Shrike47 Dec 2013 #57
Yeah, and whoever wrote the tune must not have ever played... KansDem Dec 2013 #108
UGH, no question about it ... Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer! nt Raine Dec 2013 #66
None. LWolf Dec 2013 #70
Jingle Bells by the barking dogs K.O. Stradivarius Dec 2013 #81
Do You Hear What I Hear TlalocW Dec 2013 #82
LOL! distantearlywarning Dec 2013 #85
I disagree! FrodosPet Dec 2013 #129
"Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time" distantearlywarning Dec 2013 #83
+1 treestar Dec 2013 #93
yes, it is bad. I hate that song. laundry_queen Dec 2013 #110
Felix Navidad superpatriotman Dec 2013 #86
Little drummer boy, especially Bing Crosby's version. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #87
I was stuck in line at a deli on CHristmas Eve where they had a dancing Santa NoGOPZone Dec 2013 #89
Happy X-Mas (War is Over) HughBeaumont Dec 2013 #90
I dislike most of the secular ones treestar Dec 2013 #91
Santa Baby Squinch Dec 2013 #94
All these responses.. 3catwoman3 Dec 2013 #96
So many excellent choices. MH1 Dec 2013 #97
"Carol of the Bells" Paladin Dec 2013 #104
Grandma got run over by a reindeer? raging moderate Dec 2013 #109
EVERY Christmas song by the Beatles. Also, 12 days and Little Drummer Boy. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #111
Dominick the Donkey or I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. nt Earth_First Dec 2013 #113
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Liberal_Dog Dec 2013 #118
I detest It's a Holly Jolly Christmas. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #119
Alvin and the Chipmunks "The Christmas Song" GreatCaesarsGhost Dec 2013 #120
A SONG is not necessarily a CAROL. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #121
Funny, the one about Grandma and the Reindeer is far and away my favorite. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #123
This piece of trash album! PM Martin Dec 2013 #125
Christmas Shoes. Terra Alta Dec 2013 #130
Stores playing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" starting in October Faryn Balyncd Dec 2013 #131
"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" Walk away Dec 2013 #133
None of these (to me) are 'carols'... Rhythm Dec 2013 #135
They all suck. Just to be clear. kwassa Dec 2013 #138
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