Re: The Best Christmas-Themed Song By a Rocker?

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:20 +0000, Norbert wrote:

I've been hearing tons of them, and most Christmas-themed songs make me
cringe.

Generally, everything about Christmas these days makes me cringe.

McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" is just too goofy, childlike,
fruity, musically insubstantial and repetitive.

In other words, like most of his output then ? ha ha

Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is too dreary, reminiscent of that
song about a racehorse by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and befouled by Yoko's
wretched vocals.  And the Vietnam War was *not* over at that time,
however much anyone may have wanted it to be.

Most things that John Lennon did after 1967 were befouled by Yoko Ono in
some way or another.

No, the best such song is "Christmas" from the Who's Tommy.  It's an
excellent, powerful song with great playing from all the guys (Moon
really shines), innovative backing vocals that may have been Entwistle's
creation -- and a dark edge, since it expresses the frustration of
Tommy's parents as to their son's obliviousness to the day and his (they
assumed) need for salvation.
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It is the best Christmas song in rock music.

I quite liked "Another Rock'n'Roll Christmas" by Gary Glitter. It's
still on Spotify but you won't hear it on the radio anymore.
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Vive Les Nordiques!