ghastly xmas songs meme

[fpb]

Having come back from shopping with a strong feeling that Xmas muzak ought to be made a crime, I want to get a little of my own back. Hence I invite all my friends and readers to mention the worst song they can think of - one or many, as many as you like - and a description of what the sentence on the criminals who wrote and/or performed it should be. Then copy this meme and post it on your own LJ.

I'll start:
Santa baby. Its authors and everyone who is so base of soul as to perform it should be forced to wear titanium steel chastity belts for the rest of their natural lives.
Wonderful Christmas time. Sir Paul McCartney should be forbidden from ever publishing any song again until, in the opinion of a jury of 200 music lovers chosen at random, he has produced at least two songs of the quality of Hey Jude or Fool on the Hill.

Comments

[evil-whimsey.livejournal.com]

Okay. I cannot in good conscience wish an awful punishment on The Boss. For one thing, I grew up liking the man's music, and also my father would disown me.

But there is no reason on God's green earth for any radio station to play the Springsteen cover of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" a bajillion times a day, for two straight weeks. It was charming once.

My thought is that all the persons responsible for giving this song such ridiculous airplay should suffer the noise of a 60Hertz ground loop buzz (the sound an audio engineer hates worst in all the world), all day log, wherever they go, until January 2nd.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I would say that any cover of that particular novelty song is suspect. In my view, one only enjoys it the first time; after that, the fun wears off and the suspect features of the material become evident. But I agree that the Springsteen one is the most shocking of the lot. I wish he had never persuaded himself to do it once for charity - it was once too often. But that is not the only reason why Springsteen, though I adore his music, drives me crazy.