I know the Mariah Carey song is hated because its overused, but its also objectively a well produced piece of pop music.

My favorite though is O Holy Night. Performed well I want to stop and listen to it. It moves me, and I dont give enough of a fuck about religion to call myself an athiest.

  • @urhovaldeko@lemmy.world
    32•6 months ago

    Fairytale of New York, the original by the Pogues is great and the punk rock cover by No Use For A Name is a total banger.

  • sdcSpade
    24•6 months ago

    I know nobody will believe me but I genuinely enjoy Last Christmas by Wham. I used to hate it but it grew on me similarly to Never Gonna Give You Up.

  • @weariedfae@lemmy.world
    20•6 months ago

    I hate xmas. I hate xmas music because it triggers my working in retail PTSD.

    The only music I can tolerate are the Bells and any Tchaikovsky because the Nutcracker slaps.

    • @MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
      9•6 months ago

      Regardless of home alone, every version of Carol of the Bells I’ve heard is great. And it sounds like a horror movie theme so I listen to it throughout the year.

      • cheesymoonshadow
        3•6 months ago

        There is this version that’s played at work and I call it the human sacrifice song. When they get to that crescendo and the choir all hit the high note together, I raise both arms up as if I were holding a baby about to be sacrificed. Now my coworkers all do it too. We’ll just catch each other’s eye across the room and raise both arms at the right moment.

    • Gnome Kat
      3•6 months ago

      Carol of the Bells

      goes way too hard for a christmas song

    • @waz@lemmy.world
      3•6 months ago

      Glad to see Fairytale of New York here. I was going to make the comment if I didn’t find it.

      With lyrics like this, what’s not to like:

      You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy removed. Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last.

  • eighthourlunch
    12•6 months ago

    There’s nothing objective about that opinion at all. I think Mariah Carey’s song is cynical corporate kitsch written for one reason and one reason only: to make money. That’s why I hate it.

    I can tolerate some of the secular big band/swing songs, and there have been a few decent ones since then. Fiona Apple does a brilliant cover of Frosty the Snowman. Vince Guaraldi’s work for the Charlie Brown Christmas show is still wonderful.

    • rudyharrelson
      6•6 months ago

      There’s nothing objective about that opinion at all. I think Mariah Carey’s song is cynical corporate kitsch written for one reason and one reason only: to make money. That’s why I hate it.

      OP said it was “well produced”. I don’t believe that is meant to imply it isn’t a soulless cash grab. Big production companies hire skillful producers to write/record/master these cheesy songs because it appeals to a larger portion of the population. Since most people prefer high quality records to something that sounds like it was recorded on a tin can in your garage.

      That said, I disagree with OP’s use of the term “objectively” when referring to something like the quality of a work of art. Even if I agree with OP that it is a well-produced record.

      I love the Vince Guaraldi tracks from Charlie Brown Christmas, too. But I love Christmas and Christmas music in general, so this thread isn’t for me, lol.

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    12•6 months ago

    I’m to have to explain. I greatly despise xmas songs. (edit, also I should maybe tag the link as NSFW. It kind of depends on where you work; but, some places are weird about that.)

    Like 99% of them are absolute garbage; they don’t have to be, because they’ll make money, because it’s a new xmas song, and hey, everybody gets sick of all the old ones; right? well. of the 1% that are actually tolerable (never mind actually good), they get blasted until you get sick of them. This is just my opinion, you’re welcome to disagree. my SiL has been playing shitty carols since before halloween, so she certainly does.

    so; this song does a great job of getting people to stop asking for xmas music and therefore… I LOVE IT. Another great one is Metallica, for whom the bell tolls. When they say ‘no it’s not’… tell them it has church bells and thats kinda chrismas-y.

    Oh and xmas movies? Die Hard.

    • @Delphia@lemmy.worldOP
      11•6 months ago

      The one I hate more than any other is Hallelujah. Its not a fucking christmas song. Its as much of a christmas song as my old “Jesus is a cunt” shirt is a christmas sweater.

      • FuglyDuckEnglish
        5•6 months ago

        Maria Carey “all i want for Christmas is YooooouuuuOOuouoOUouoUoUOuooooooooooooouuooooouououoOUOUOuouoUOuoouOUOUOUOUOOOuuuuu”

        we can also lump that with any of the covers, because they all do it.

      • sab
        1•6 months ago

        At my old job they were singing Hallelujah at an event because someone had required more secular holiday music.

        Which… I mean… yeah.

        Love the song though. Best song ever written about faith, God, and sex in juxtaposition.

        • @Delphia@lemmy.worldOP
          1•6 months ago

          Pentatonix do it SO WELL. Which sucks because they put it on an Xmas album so I hate that.

          In their defence their rendition of The Sound of Silence is also amazing so…

    • Apathy TreeEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      Legit, it’s not Xmas until Hans grueber falls of the nakatomi plaza building and the paper snow falls.

      My friends know they aren’t allowed to force me into Xmas crap until we watch die hard and gremlins. Together. Which nobody has the stomach for on the same day, so I usually get about a week of warning that it’s time to suck it up and humor them.

      • FuglyDuckEnglish
        2•6 months ago

        if that’s your idea for xmass…

        I gotta be there for New Years.

        • Apathy TreeEnglish
          1•6 months ago

          Mm unfortunately a few years of cocktail waitressing at strip clubs in my early 20s taught me not to ever want to do anything for new years. Rookie night.

          My winter solstice parties are lit tho. Mostly because I make everyone light a tea light to honor those who bring light to their lives.

          • FuglyDuckEnglish
            1•6 months ago

            So, we tell everyone I’m going to your party, you tell everyone you’re coming to mine.

            Then we go to bed early and call it good. :)

            (Also, that sounds like an awful experience.)

    • QubaXR
      1•6 months ago

      Great pick. Awesome song from the good days of Tim.

    • skulblaka
      3•6 months ago

      By far my favorite. I play this one every year and will continue to do so until my death.

  • Lord GooseEnglish
    9•6 months ago

    I celebrate Christmas (not as festive as some people but still) but I generally am apathetic to Christmas music at best. That being said, Carol of the Bells by Transiberian Orchestra still kicks ass and I would say it is the one Christmas song that I would actively and willingly listen to.