A Summary Of How Christmas Music Makes Me Feel
I don’t exactly have high expectations for radio stations at the best of times. Radio is so bad that people are willing to spend money on satellite radio just to avoid the sheer shittiness of traditional radio. Yet once a year, radio gets even worse by switching from playing the usual crap to playing something worse – Christmas music.
What exactly is the connection between crappy music and celebrating a holiday? How is annoying someone with shitty music supposed to make them feel all Christmassy? I don’t want this to sound like an anti-Christmas rant, because I’m definitely ok with Christmas itself. My problem is with Christmas music. Christmas music doesn’t make me think ‘peace on Earth and something something to all’, it makes me feel like punching someone in the face. And regardless of your religious background, I’m fairly certain everyone would agree that a random face punch would lead the list of what Christmas is not about.
Whereas I agree that a group of people singing Christmas carols outside in the snow has a definite Christmas feel to it, I’m specifically referring to Christmas songs on the radio or on CDs. When’s the last time you heard a good Christmas song on the radio? Whether you realize it or not, the answer is either a.) never or b.) 1984 for that “Don’t they know it’s Christmas time” song.
Right around here is where this is really starting to sound like an anti-Christmas rant, and it really isn’t. Sure, Christmas has been over-commercialized over the years, but that’s beside the point. This rant is about the craperific nature of Christmas music, and how most people seem to just accept it.
How come Christmas is the only holiday weighed down with lackluster musical accompaniment? I can’t recall a single Easter song ever being played on the radio, and I’m fairly certain that no one has written a song about Labour Day or Father’s Day. What exactly is the cause & acceptance of so much helltastic music associated with Christmas?
What exactly is the connection between crappy music and celebrating a holiday? How is annoying someone with shitty music supposed to make them feel all Christmassy? I don’t want this to sound like an anti-Christmas rant, because I’m definitely ok with Christmas itself. My problem is with Christmas music. Christmas music doesn’t make me think ‘peace on Earth and something something to all’, it makes me feel like punching someone in the face. And regardless of your religious background, I’m fairly certain everyone would agree that a random face punch would lead the list of what Christmas is not about.
Whereas I agree that a group of people singing Christmas carols outside in the snow has a definite Christmas feel to it, I’m specifically referring to Christmas songs on the radio or on CDs. When’s the last time you heard a good Christmas song on the radio? Whether you realize it or not, the answer is either a.) never or b.) 1984 for that “Don’t they know it’s Christmas time” song.
Right around here is where this is really starting to sound like an anti-Christmas rant, and it really isn’t. Sure, Christmas has been over-commercialized over the years, but that’s beside the point. This rant is about the craperific nature of Christmas music, and how most people seem to just accept it.
How come Christmas is the only holiday weighed down with lackluster musical accompaniment? I can’t recall a single Easter song ever being played on the radio, and I’m fairly certain that no one has written a song about Labour Day or Father’s Day. What exactly is the cause & acceptance of so much helltastic music associated with Christmas?
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