music Anypony else just despise Christmas music?

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

I'm not a fan of Christmas music either. Most are too meaningless and too cheerful. The only ones I can tolerate are John Lennon's Happy Xmas War is Over (due to it being meaningful) and Christmas Canon.

[Sigma 768]

My mother does, that's for sure. She goes from listening to her favorite radio station to listening to one of her CDs all throughout December.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,352]

I find most Christmas carols beautiful and I like the mood they make in my heart.

 

BUT.

 

I just can't stand when they stuff all these songs down my throat by playing the same songs over and over in my radio! THIS is what I hate in Christmas music. Not the musics itself, but how they force it into me.

 

Especially when 99% of Christmas songs my radio plays are American classics, when we have so many beautiful Polish Christmas carols. But no, they won't play Polish songs. They won't even play German or Russian or French or even Icelandic. It is always American ;P Blaaargh!... ;(%%% <throws up>

 

I wonder if Americans, for a change, play foreign songs instead?

I guess not. So if you're looking for some new (for you) Christmas music, then perhaps it would be a good idea to try these? Here are some examples of Polish Christmas carols:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(There is a playlist overlaid on each video, so turn the annotations on if you want to skip over the playlist quickly.)

 

Don't know about you, but I find these to be beautiful. Especially "Gore gwiazda Jezusowi" in this version.

Neat! I don't listen to much Slavic-language music, but I love songs in other languages and I really enjoyed most of the ones you posted. I think "Wśród nocnej ciszy" was my favorite

[NotoriousSMALL 1,984]

Lol "overplayed" yet people were in LOVE with gangnam style and thrift shop...

 

I don't hate it, and I don't hear it that often. I don't stay in stores that long and I don't listen to the radio so I'm pretty much out of range of any christmas for the most part. And it doesn't bother me anyways. Too cheery? Y'all saying that makes it seem like being happy is a bad thing, and it definitely is not.

The sad thing is the whole thing is monetized, so that answers any questions as to why the hell christmas music starts playing as early as november. 

[Vertigo_95 572]

Christmas music does not bother me at all. Not as much as the movies do. I'm annoyed by the Romancy Christmas movies.

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

I don't hate it, and I don't hear it that often. I don't stay in stores that long and I don't listen to the radio so I'm pretty much out of range of any christmas for the most part. And it doesn't bother me anyways. Too cheery? Y'all saying that makes it seem like being happy is a bad thing, and it definitely is not.

The sad thing is the whole thing is monetized, so that answers any questions as to why the hell christmas music starts playing as early as november. 

Try working a retail job during the holidays. You will grow to despise Christmas music with a burning passion.

[NotoriousSMALL 1,984]

Try working a retail job during the holidays. You will grow to despise Christmas music with a burning passion.

I don't really think so, but maybe.

[Shanks 10,816]

I wonder if Americans, for a change, play foreign songs instead?

Speaking of which a lot of songs that originally were sung in other languages tend to be translated into English and while they do sound good in most cases they tend to sound better in their original language. Two prominent examples of this are Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) which was originally sung in Latin and Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree) which was originally sung in German. 

 

Try working a retail job during the holidays. You will grow to despise Christmas music with a burning passion.

I have been working retail for 7 years and still don't necessarily hate Christmas music, I am a little tired of the ones they actually do play. Most of them are about Santa, Frosty and what have you while most of the Christmas songs I like are the ones that are a bit more of the religious persuasion like Silent Night, O Holy Night, and Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful).

[SasQ 1,379]

EarthbendingProdigy, on 22 Dec 2014 - 05:16 AM, said:

Speaking of which a lot of songs that originally were sung in other languages tend to be translated into English

Sure thing. The most universal Christmas carol is "Silent Night" (originally "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" in German, but originated in Austria). It has been translated to so many different languages, including Polish. I bet there's even a lolcat version somwhere ;D (If not, I dare you all to make one )

 

EarthbendingProdigy, on 22 Dec 2014 - 05:16 AM, said:

and while they do sound good in most cases they tend to sound better in their original language.

Yeah, every language has its own unique melody and rhythm, which can sometimes be lost in translation.

 

EarthbendingProdigy, on 22 Dec 2014 - 05:16 AM, said:

and Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree) which was originally sung in German.

I didn't know that, thanks.

 

JRex95, on 22 Dec 2014 - 03:50 AM, said:

Christmas music does not bother me at all. Not as much as the movies do.

Tell me about it... It's already a tradition in Poland that at Christmas, one of the main Polish TV stations (Polsat) shows "Home Alone". EVERY - SINGLE - YEAR! ;/ They so much used to it that they even make jokes about that themselves: that "Christmas without Kevin are not Christmas at all"

 

JingleSwirls, on 22 Dec 2014 - 03:35 AM, said:

Neat! I don't listen to much Slavic-language music, but I love songs in other languages and I really enjoyed most of the ones you posted. I think "Wśród nocnej ciszy" was my favorite

You're welcome Glad you enjoyed it. Translation of the first few phrases:

"In the middle of a silent night, a voice can be heard:

'Get up, shepherds, God is being born!

Hurry up and hit the road, go to Bethleem,

to invite the Lord.'

They came, and found, an infant in a crib,

with all the signs they received,

so they praised the Lord, and when they did,

they shout aloud with cheer."

 

Many traditional Polish carols are related to folklore and shepherds, probably from historical reasons.

[Alphys Hedge 671]

Some songs I like, but others I just can't stand. But the worst one of all is "Up on the Rooftop". I. CAN'T. STAND. THAT. DANG. SONG.

We never play Christmas songs on Christmas half the time anyway, so I guess that's good. 

[Envy 6,191]

Some of it can be really irritating, but I don't hate it.
 
To be honest, there are types of music that I find much more irritating. Where I work one or two people take control over the radio, and it's always either the same short playlist of cheesy 80s hits or another one that is country. I'd much rather them turn on a Christmas station, because at least there would be more variety there and it wouldn't be the very same small selection of songs we have to hear the rest of the year.
 
Seriously those two genres are some of the most dreadful choices, too. Play the worst Christmas music, if only to give me a break from that awful music.
 

Try working a retail job during the holidays. You will grow to despise Christmas music with a burning passion.

I work retail, but don't despise it... Try working where I work... You'd want Christmas music.

Edited December 22, 2014 by Envy

[Kawaii Besu 28,011]

I'm pretty much sick for a full quarter, since I start to hear those overplayed Christmas songs as early as LATE AUGUST, particularly in malls. Because Philippines! -_-

[lomk 20,663]

I don't really despise it so much as I get burnt out on it. I don't hear it in the malls and stores as much though. I bet someone who works at these places hates Christmas music with a passion. 

[Gone Airbourne 21,977]

I like Feliz Navidad and Making Christmas by Rise Against but that is about it hahaha

[Justin_Case001 4,903]

I hate most Christmas music.  There a few unique songs that I like, but I listen to them when I feel like it, not just during the Christmas season.  But I hate all of the stereotypical, traditional carols.  Overdone, cliché, annoying.  More than anything else, though, I just hate society's conformity to traditions.  It's just the same damn thing, every year, year in and year out.  I really don't care for traditions in general though.  I do what I want, and what has meaning for me.  I don't follow traditions.

[Discordian 6,015]

I actually think more people hate Christmas music. I've never met anyone who likes it much at all besides myself.

[Castle Bleck 19,378]

Only one I care to hear on the radio is this:

 

[Empty Room 512]

I cannot stand it. Especially that one by Paul McCartney.

 

However, there are two exceptions to this:

 

 

This one got a Christmas No.1 in 2009 in the UK, so I'm counting it as a Christmas song.

Edited December 22, 2014 by Blackened

[Tao 7,936]

I dont mind some of it,  a bit at a time but

this time of year its in EVERY PLACE!

[Scootaloo Is Best Filly 578]

I actually really love Christmas music. It actually makes me happy. I am most of the time very sad, so Christmas music, and Friendship is Magic/Littlest Pet Shop music sorta cheers me up and makes me happy.

[Omega Centauri 317]

I like the music itself, but the fact that I start hearing it everywhere from early November onward just kills it for me.

[Thuja 3,659]

​I can't stand listening to Christmas music for long periods of time.  The only song that I really like is blue christmas by elvis.   

[SnuggleShy18 13]

Well... yeah it's overplayed. The only christmas song I like is August Burns Red's version of "Carol of the Bells"

[Twilight Dirac 721]

I actually enjoy Christmas music when it is well done.  The classics like you will find in a Catholic Midnight Mass or something done with a lot of artistic skill like Manheim Steamroller are always excellent.  Unfortunately, most of the airwaves and shopping outlets are filled with this Christmas flavored pop music garbage that is feels like your having your ear canal raped.  Too many artist just shove lines like "Christmas", "Santa", "Winter" and the like into an already poorly executed pop song, and if that wasn't bad enough, the non-stop repetition starting in November does not help.

[Lisa 5,553]

If it's just background music in a shop or whatever with relatively low volume, I don't care. If not I dread it.