To get “Wonderful Christmastime” out of your head right away, I’ve found that “The Little Drummer Boy,” a tune that makes McCartney’s schlockfest sound like J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, does the trick. Every year at this time, Mrs. Lucidamente and I spend no more than fifteen minutes in any store, in the hope that we get some shopping done before the 1941 horror comes on the PA.
Unfortunately, the only way to scrape that tune from inside your brainpan is to listen to, you guessed it, Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime.”
Thank you. “Wonderful Christmastime” is truly one of the most execrable songs ever written. The real salt in the wound that makes it stand out is that it comes from Sir Paul. It’s a similar reaction I have to Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight”-a song that almost caused me to crash my car in a desperate attempt to change the radio station once it started playing.
Weird thing happened…I heard a country cover of that song and didn’t hate it nearly as much as the original. For the first time in my life I wondered, “is this actually a decent song?”
There is, for some reason, a thing out there called Magical Penis Wine and you can replace the title words of this song with those, if it helps. Source: a meme someone posted in Notes that I can’t find again
It’s truly among the worst sins of humanity. And saying that, I was really delighted that a cover from the Shins is highly listenable! Your mileage will vary whether you actually enjoy it, or just tolerate it, but it really showed me the power of a taking an original approach at a cover.
Yes! I don’t understand how people can not hate this song. Did you know he makes half a million dollars a year from this trash? I thought my hatred of this song was at maximum, but I found a new level.
To get “Wonderful Christmastime” out of your head right away, I’ve found that “The Little Drummer Boy,” a tune that makes McCartney’s schlockfest sound like J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, does the trick. Every year at this time, Mrs. Lucidamente and I spend no more than fifteen minutes in any store, in the hope that we get some shopping done before the 1941 horror comes on the PA.
Unfortunately, the only way to scrape that tune from inside your brainpan is to listen to, you guessed it, Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime.”
Great. Now that fucking song is stuck in my head. Thanks a lot.
Came in to these comments to post the exact same thing. Thanks for sharing Jeff but please never remind us of that song again.
Alex Ball, an enthusiast for classic synthesizers, has a three-panel comic that has started floating around every December.
Yamaha execs: Get McCartney a CS-80. Imagine what a Beatle would do with all that power!
Paul McCartney: 🎶 Simply having a wonderful Christmas time… 🎶
Yamaha execs: Shit.
Lighten up, Grandpa!
Thank you. “Wonderful Christmastime” is truly one of the most execrable songs ever written. The real salt in the wound that makes it stand out is that it comes from Sir Paul. It’s a similar reaction I have to Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight”-a song that almost caused me to crash my car in a desperate attempt to change the radio station once it started playing.
Hey. Nice rant! It takes real talent to pile BS that high. Great to see you’re spending your apparently abundant free time wisely.
Well, this wasn't stuck in my head before, but it sure is now.
Weird thing happened…I heard a country cover of that song and didn’t hate it nearly as much as the original. For the first time in my life I wondered, “is this actually a decent song?”
There is, for some reason, a thing out there called Magical Penis Wine and you can replace the title words of this song with those, if it helps. Source: a meme someone posted in Notes that I can’t find again
There is 1 munute in Cunk on Life (Netflix) which was filmed just for you.
Starts at 26 mins
It’s truly among the worst sins of humanity. And saying that, I was really delighted that a cover from the Shins is highly listenable! Your mileage will vary whether you actually enjoy it, or just tolerate it, but it really showed me the power of a taking an original approach at a cover.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3OnZDfpaIbb2dBCCHtoYSX?si=6N9SV_SsS-ybrA_03os92g
I love how the lyrics are just the same phrase over and over and over again.
Yes! I don’t understand how people can not hate this song. Did you know he makes half a million dollars a year from this trash? I thought my hatred of this song was at maximum, but I found a new level.
I too am a huge Beatles fan. But this is right up there with “Afternoon Delight” in the Worst Songs Ever category.
You speak truth
Yes, but what's your favorite cover of Wonderful Christmastime? Hanson or Kylie Minogue?