Title: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Fininho on December 02, 2010, 04:33:25 PM
Post by: Fininho on December 02, 2010, 04:33:25 PM
Please!
Do I have to be bombarded with Christmas Carols whatever shopping mall I go?!!
Is there one for non-conformists, for Pete's sake?!
What can I do to defend my rights?
Do I have to be bombarded with Christmas Carols whatever shopping mall I go?!!
Is there one for non-conformists, for Pete's sake?!
What can I do to defend my rights?
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: MariaEvri on December 02, 2010, 07:46:39 PM
Post by: MariaEvri on December 02, 2010, 07:46:39 PM
what annoys me more is that theyre the
same
couple
of songs
played in all stores
every half an hour
every year
AAAAAAGH
same
couple
of songs
played in all stores
every half an hour
every year
AAAAAAGH
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Whitney on December 02, 2010, 07:49:53 PM
Post by: Whitney on December 02, 2010, 07:49:53 PM
Don't shop at places that play Christmas music if you don't like it. Privately owned stores can play whatever they want.
I personally like the secular holiday songs, I have a pandora station set up specifically to only play songs that don't have god, jesus etc in them.
I personally like the secular holiday songs, I have a pandora station set up specifically to only play songs that don't have god, jesus etc in them.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Will on December 02, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
Post by: Will on December 02, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
I'm probably nuts, but I love it. I go shopping at the store and hear Christmas music, then I drive home with Christmas music, and then I open iTunes and listen to more Christmas music when I get home.
I hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too. I'm probably nuts.
I hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too. I'm probably nuts.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: SSY on December 02, 2010, 08:47:15 PM
Post by: SSY on December 02, 2010, 08:47:15 PM
Quote from: "Will"I'm probably nuts, but I love it. I go shopping at the store and hear Christmas music, then I drive home with Christmas music, and then I open iTunes and listen to more Christmas music when I get home.
I'm probably nuts. I hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too.
You sicken me.
I can't bear it when people come down the road, make a racket, then knock on my door expecting financial remuneration for the nuisance they caused me. Yes, I am an old man before my time.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Asmodean on December 02, 2010, 10:49:54 PM
Post by: Asmodean on December 02, 2010, 10:49:54 PM
Except for decorations everywhere and an excuse to buy overly expensive crap for my friends, the jingly-tingly time is to me associated with cold, snow, work and all kinds of misery - just like any other time of winter.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: hismikeness on December 02, 2010, 11:24:41 PM
Post by: hismikeness on December 02, 2010, 11:24:41 PM
Quote from: "Fininho"What can I do to defend my rights?
Do you mean your right to not be subjected to holiday music? Wear headphones and listen to whatever you want!
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Cecilie on December 03, 2010, 03:34:20 AM
Post by: Cecilie on December 03, 2010, 03:34:20 AM
They don't do that at the malls here.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Will on December 03, 2010, 04:00:42 AM
Post by: Will on December 03, 2010, 04:00:42 AM
Quote from: "hismikeness"Do you mean your right to not be subjected to holiday music?Shh... the 28th Amendment is supposed to be a secret!
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Fininho on December 03, 2010, 05:54:30 AM
Post by: Fininho on December 03, 2010, 05:54:30 AM
Quote from: "Will"I'm probably nuts, but I love it. I go shopping at the store and hear Christmas music, then I drive home with Christmas music, and then I open iTunes and listen to more Christmas music when I get home.You look nuts, Will
I hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too. I'm probably nuts.
[No offence]
There are large retail shops which have centralised music sent to every outlet via telephone lines.
I avoid those.
[Clicks Store here in South Africa is one of them.]
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Fininho on December 03, 2010, 05:58:34 AM
Post by: Fininho on December 03, 2010, 05:58:34 AM
Quote from: "Asmodean"Except for decorations everywhere and an excuse to buy overly expensive crap for my friends, the jingly-tingly time is to me associated with cold, snow, work and all kinds of misery - just like any other time of winter.Decorations at the Vatican and other Christian nations [France, Spain, etc.] are offensive as far as wasting resources and global warming.
There should be a law forbidding Christian countries using Chinese Christmas products!!
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Croaker on December 03, 2010, 05:47:03 PM
Post by: Croaker on December 03, 2010, 05:47:03 PM
I try to control my intake of Christmas music. I generally like it, even the spiritual tunes. This time of year is a pain in the ass for us in the food industry, since we have tons of Christmas parties and weddings - I've got three wedding cakes I've got to do the three days leading up to New Years. Ugh. At least we don't have to listen to music all day...
I used to do retail, and I really hated the music then, since the stores I worked in only had a hour-or-so long soundtrack that'd loop all day. I haven't done that in a while, and to be honest, I now kind of enjoy a trip to the mall in the weeks just prior to Christmas. Something about all the people being out, the craziness, it's kind of fun. I do my shopping online, so I mostly go out just to ride the wave of madness for a bit.
Now I can just tune the radio to one of the stations for a bit to get my fill, then go back to whatever else I was listening to.
Favorite song? I've always liked "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" or whatever it's called.
I used to do retail, and I really hated the music then, since the stores I worked in only had a hour-or-so long soundtrack that'd loop all day. I haven't done that in a while, and to be honest, I now kind of enjoy a trip to the mall in the weeks just prior to Christmas. Something about all the people being out, the craziness, it's kind of fun. I do my shopping online, so I mostly go out just to ride the wave of madness for a bit.
Now I can just tune the radio to one of the stations for a bit to get my fill, then go back to whatever else I was listening to.
Favorite song? I've always liked "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" or whatever it's called.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: LegendarySandwich on December 03, 2010, 06:27:43 PM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on December 03, 2010, 06:27:43 PM
I like a lot of the instrumental Christmas songs. I'm not sure what they're called, but you probably know what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 03, 2010, 06:34:03 PM
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 03, 2010, 06:34:03 PM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"I like a lot of the instrumental Christmas songs. I'm not sure what they're called, but you probably know what I'm talking about.
My dad used to have an album that would be played every christmas that was all instrumental and I quite liked it for some holiday background noise. Mannheim steamroller, I think it was.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Fininho on December 03, 2010, 06:53:39 PM
Post by: Fininho on December 03, 2010, 06:53:39 PM
Yes, I can tolerate instrumental Christmas songs, but not the same ones every day for a full month!
And then you have the mall that has central sound, plus individual shops with their own repertoire going on at the same time - as you walk along!!
And then you have the mall that has central sound, plus individual shops with their own repertoire going on at the same time - as you walk along!!
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Whitney on December 03, 2010, 06:55:59 PM
Post by: Whitney on December 03, 2010, 06:55:59 PM
Pandora Station: Secular Winter http://www.pandora.com/stations/f912cd7 ... 910f7abf8b (http://www.pandora.com/stations/f912cd75a22c816f8cc5eedafc98dca3425ba2910f7abf8b)
I've tweaked it enough that it is very seldom that it tries to play a religious song.
I've tweaked it enough that it is very seldom that it tries to play a religious song.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: LegendarySandwich on December 03, 2010, 07:05:27 PM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on December 03, 2010, 07:05:27 PM
Quote from: "Whitney"Pandora Station: Secular Winter http://www.pandora.com/stations/f912cd7 ... 910f7abf8b (http://www.pandora.com/stations/f912cd75a22c816f8cc5eedafc98dca3425ba2910f7abf8b)Thanks! That must have taken quite a bit of tweaking.
I've tweaked it enough that it is very seldom that it tries to play a religious song.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Asmodean on December 03, 2010, 08:00:01 PM
Post by: Asmodean on December 03, 2010, 08:00:01 PM
Quote from: "Cecilie"They don't do that at the malls here.Precisely. Christmas still sucks in my book though, fir reasons largely unrelated to Jesus, music or bushes and lights and kids and all the other stuff filling the streets.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: McQ on December 03, 2010, 08:30:38 PM
Post by: McQ on December 03, 2010, 08:30:38 PM
I'm good until I hear, "Dominic, the Christmas Donkey". That sends me into convulsions. Not the good kind. As does any C&W Christmas song, especially the ones in which the so-called songwriter uses masses amounts of melodrama to try and create a tearjerker. They just come off as totally lame.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Fininho on December 04, 2010, 01:06:02 PM
Post by: Fininho on December 04, 2010, 01:06:02 PM
McQ -- "That sends me into convulsions."
LOL!
And then you have the nauseating vocals by F. Sinatra and B. Crosby!
LOL!
And then you have the nauseating vocals by F. Sinatra and B. Crosby!
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Tom62 on December 04, 2010, 03:40:10 PM
Post by: Tom62 on December 04, 2010, 03:40:10 PM
The most nauseous Christmas song is Wham's "Last Christmas". Makes me want to puke or kill someone.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: SSY on December 04, 2010, 03:45:12 PM
Post by: SSY on December 04, 2010, 03:45:12 PM
Quote from: "Tom62"The most nauseous Christmas song is Wham's "Last Christmas". Makes me want to puke or kill someone.
I actually quite like that, not as a Christmas song, but in it's own right. Having said that, I love everything about the 80s, they took themselves so seriously.
I can't bear the jingly Christmas rubbish that is normally played, but a spot of Choral Evensong I find very relaxing.
Uk Only http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... Cathedral/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00w68h6/Choral_Evensong_From_Canterbury_Cathedral/)
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: elliebean on December 04, 2010, 06:05:49 PM
Post by: elliebean on December 04, 2010, 06:05:49 PM
I have to admit I quite enjoyed this:
[youtube:fhxpi210]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE[/youtube:fhxpi210]
[youtube:fhxpi210]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE[/youtube:fhxpi210]
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 04, 2010, 07:01:51 PM
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 04, 2010, 07:01:51 PM
I figure, it can't be christmas without the king.
[youtube:26itdqgb]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqBXrYaJRg[/youtube:26itdqgb]
[youtube:26itdqgb]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqBXrYaJRg[/youtube:26itdqgb]
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Sophus on December 05, 2010, 01:01:10 AM
Post by: Sophus on December 05, 2010, 01:01:10 AM
I hate mainstream Christmas music other than Trans Siberian Orchestra. Indie Christmas music is strangely appealing.
Quote from: "Ihateyoumike"I figure, it can't be christmas without the king.Which came first: this video or the Family Guy scene?
[youtube:2hcr1fyk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqBXrYaJRg[/youtube:2hcr1fyk]
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 05, 2010, 01:54:06 AM
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 05, 2010, 01:54:06 AM
This one. I saw that clip many a year ago and it still warms the cockles of my heart everytime I watch it.
The family guy one is mighty amusing as well though.
The family guy one is mighty amusing as well though.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Recusant on December 05, 2010, 02:12:57 AM
Post by: Recusant on December 05, 2010, 02:12:57 AM
Good stuff. (I'm not a fan of Christmas music. At all.)
This one is good, especially because it's narrated rather than sung, and ripped up pretty thoroughly. I can't think of a nicer song to be given this treatment. :)
NSFW: Patton Oswalt - Christmas shoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY)
(I really love the depiction of YHVH in this one!)
This one is good, especially because it's narrated rather than sung, and ripped up pretty thoroughly. I can't think of a nicer song to be given this treatment. :)
NSFW: Patton Oswalt - Christmas shoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY)
(I really love the depiction of YHVH in this one!)
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Cecilie on December 05, 2010, 04:40:33 AM
Post by: Cecilie on December 05, 2010, 04:40:33 AM
People, where is your Christmas spirit?
...
Oh, who am I kidding? Christmas sucks. Except for the fact that I get stuff.
...
Oh, who am I kidding? Christmas sucks. Except for the fact that I get stuff.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: elliebean on December 05, 2010, 05:34:32 PM
Post by: elliebean on December 05, 2010, 05:34:32 PM
Quote from: "Recusant"Patton Oswalt does "Christmas Shoes"That there was pretty damn funny.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 05, 2010, 06:51:13 PM
Post by: Ihateyoumike on December 05, 2010, 06:51:13 PM
[youtube:1jiwqu6p]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54sDzkyhx_Q[/youtube:1jiwqu6p]
The Dan Band- I Wanna Rock You Hard This Christmas!
This one's pretty damned funny.
The Dan Band- I Wanna Rock You Hard This Christmas!
This one's pretty damned funny.
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Sophus on December 06, 2010, 09:57:03 AM
Post by: Sophus on December 06, 2010, 09:57:03 AM
Here's an accurate Christmas Carol:
[youtube:2annc6ot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw[/youtube:2annc6ot]
[youtube:2annc6ot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw[/youtube:2annc6ot]
Title: Re: Another month of Jingle Bells?!
Post by: Sophus on December 22, 2010, 08:35:51 AM
Post by: Sophus on December 22, 2010, 08:35:51 AM
Does anyone else remember that song Christmas Shoes? Didn't they make a movie about it too? Anyways, here's Patton Oswalt's comic routine on it for those who are fed up with Christmas music:
[youtube:142pxabb]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY[/youtube:142pxabb]
[youtube:142pxabb]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY[/youtube:142pxabb]
Title: Fhtagn!
Post by: Recusant on December 24, 2010, 12:57:15 AM
Post by: Recusant on December 24, 2010, 12:57:15 AM
For those who may appreciate some lovely Cthulhu music for the season.
Carol of the Old Ones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftld7Ohojg)
And some associated Lovecraftian seasonal songs. Cower in fear! (And enjoy.) (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fth508.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs327%2FSeverinSpeakSlightly%2Fth_cthulhu-fly.gif&hash=7d8f6938744530828d345bd179cf33a3bc06b75c)
All I Want For Solstice Is My Sanity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvILFVJMPvY&feature=related)
I saw mommy kissing Yog-Sothoth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvsy11PHxM&feature=related)
O Come All Ye Old Ones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2DscvVye94&feature=related)
If I were a Deep One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzdIaBnckg&feature=related)
Freddy the red brained Mi-Go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU85OUr7iN8&feature=related)
Great Old Ones Are Coming To Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsgg51dNeCk&feature=related)
It's The Most Horrible Time Of The Year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9S59ZzLFM&NR=1)
The Soggoth song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeqW3uG-rbQ&feature=related)
Carol of the Old Ones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftld7Ohojg)
And some associated Lovecraftian seasonal songs. Cower in fear! (And enjoy.) (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fth508.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs327%2FSeverinSpeakSlightly%2Fth_cthulhu-fly.gif&hash=7d8f6938744530828d345bd179cf33a3bc06b75c)
All I Want For Solstice Is My Sanity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvILFVJMPvY&feature=related)
I saw mommy kissing Yog-Sothoth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvsy11PHxM&feature=related)
O Come All Ye Old Ones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2DscvVye94&feature=related)
If I were a Deep One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzdIaBnckg&feature=related)
Freddy the red brained Mi-Go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU85OUr7iN8&feature=related)
Great Old Ones Are Coming To Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsgg51dNeCk&feature=related)
It's The Most Horrible Time Of The Year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9S59ZzLFM&NR=1)
The Soggoth song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeqW3uG-rbQ&feature=related)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ft3.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQIS06trYkxjrXfGWfD1ZB3nlpsRcJfzDlvoVjjHHnQ5EGkWB1S&hash=3cbbcab0ffd7b853b550b1e0337ef601b4cf3107)