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[Woody Invincible]

Burl Ives has the GOAT Christmas album.

 

[teruterubozu]

Thats why you keep them for those special 2 to 3 weeks, then you put them back in the box till next year.

I just delete the playlist.

 

[Korey]

Never heard it before

Not sure how this is possible tbh.

 

[PJV3]

https://youtu.be/CjaPXihbORk
The Kinks -Father Christmas is a classic.

https://youtu.be/uuh9Cw5A0ug
Half man Half biscuit -it's clichéd to be cynical at christmas. (a bit more recent)

 

[sprsk]

I dunno, I love Christmas music.

 

[Matt_]

saw the topic title, rolled my eyes and knew immediately who the poster would be
stay doing the most touchdown

Spoiler

you're not wrong, Mariah has the GOAT christmas song

 

[shink]

Ariana Grande is trying. Santa Tell Me is up there but to answer your question in terms of sales, I really don't know.
This will remain a round the year
bop

 

[Sparrowhawk]

If you enjoy Christmas music, you probably don't work retail.
I will say that this song isn't nearly as annoying as most of the others.

 

[jesu]

Why hasn't any artist been able to match Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride.
It's been 67 years and no one has came close to beating it.

Fuck sake, 52 years since The Ronettes version!
Why has no one came close to making a Christmas song as good as this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co7ZGOjGV4A

 

[FUME5]

Mariah needs to see your dedication.

 

[Gnome]

Still waiting for someone to post a song better than Feliz Navidad.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTb0un87Pw

Gold.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Know practically nothing of her, couldn't tell you if I've ever heard a song from her. It's just not played in Europe that I've ever heard, nor heard anyone mention her around her either on the radio. The only Christmas music I like is from Frank Sinatra.

 

[jesu]

Still waiting for someone to post a song better than Feliz Navidad.

All I Want For Christmas Is You is better than that pish.

 

[Woody Invincible]

All I Want For Christmas Is You is better than that pish.

Shots fired

 

[teruterubozu]

Still waiting for someone to post a song better than Feliz Navidad.

I prefer Mele Kalikimaka. Lights on palm trees.

 

[bjork]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUv6U8ig8p0

 

[Currygan]

haha

like, have you ever heard of Wizzard

 

[Shuggananas]

Yes, this. ^ We have a winner folks.

Get a room you two

Not sure how this is possible tbh.

it's easy I don't listen to the radio

 

[Currygan]

Get a room you two

a soundproofed one, thx

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

GAF pls

Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

https://youtu.be/pj1mVUEHeUE

The GOAT.

Spoiler

Fuck Chris Brown

.

 

[Leona Lewis]

Get a room you two

 

[travisbickle]

There's been thousands of shit songs released since then, many artists have not only managed to match but surpass Mariah's shittyness.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Why hasn't there been a new addition to the Christmas classics rotation since 1994? I dunno. I don't think anyone really tries that much. A lot easier to do covers, and I feel like the whole idea of doing Christmas albums kind of went out of style along with....people buying albums. Anyone doing this now is aiming it squarely at old people, which is not how you create a new hit.

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo was released in 1996, and is in rotation on pretty much every station that plays Christmas music. Though I guess it is a cover.

 

[Touchdown]

I'm c

Spoiler

u̶

oming...

 

[coleco]

Because Mariah wasn't able to match the reigning champion: Shakin' Stevens' 'Merry Christmas Everyone', released a couple years earlier, incredibly awkward video included.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyHl1tQeaQ

 

[Touchdown]

There's been thousands of shit songs released since then, many artists have not only managed to match but surpass Mariah's shittyness.

and a very Merry Christmas to you too...

 

[Menome]

In the U.K. we've had The Darkness' Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) come out nearly a decade after Mariah Carey, reach the exact same chart position (No. 2) and is now one of the staple songs on Christmas-music-TV-channels and albums, the same as Mariah.

Also, it's bloody October.

 

[Shuggananas]

When your only relevance is gifs posted in the off topic section of a gaming forum

 

[rothgar]

Yes,but Darlene Love came close every year on Letterman.
https://youtu.be/Omp0G9RzD8I

 

[Touchdown]

When your only relevance is gifs posted in the off topic section of a gaming forum

Wait, why the personal attack?

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

The Darkness's "Christmas Time" is better since.

And of course there's plenty better before it. For example Bing Crosby's "White Christmas", The Pogues "Fairytale of New York", Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", and of course the GOAT, Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody"

 

[eso76]

i mean, look at them.

That's Christmas in one picture.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

why was the eighties so good man

 

[Currygan]

i mean, look at them.

That's Christmas in one picture.

possibly the second best Christmas song ever

Christmas is about cheese and these two amped it up to the max

 

[JawesomeJaw]

Low's "Just Like Christmas" captures the real, whistful melancholy of the season more than anything.

 

[John Kowalski]

i mean, look at them.

That's Christmas in one picture.

this is my jam

best christmas song there ever was and ever will be

 

[Beaniedude]

Bob Dylan's last Christmas album would have words with you.

 

[……forgetit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFNmEOntFA

Ah, Nintendo's most elaborate 3DS ad is back again.

 

[GeordieMark]

Omg Anita went IN! Watching the rest of the video now tbh

Hmmm. Don't agree with that at all.

 

[Look! The Pie!]

I'm not even a Mariah fan but AIWFCIY is the best Christmas song of all time.

I unironically and unashamedly love Christmas songs, and this thread is making me want to listen to them. It's too early, damn it!

 

[Camjo-Z]

Stop Giving Me Crap for Christmas is much more relevant to my Christmas experience.

 

[TheJoRu]

The GOAT Christmas song:

Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas

The U2-cover of the same song is also good, though original is superior.

 

[entremet]

It's great.

And it will keep Mariah and her decedents rich for generations.

 

[Ovid]

Both of her Christmas albums are fantastic.

 

[SweetDonuts]

No one matches Mariah's artistry, that's why. Her two christmas albums have been perfect and I await the third.

Confused for the people who claim they've never heard it before.

 

[Escape Goat]

Costs time/money to make a song. Christmas albums are a way everyone can put in minimal effort and make lots of money. Thats why everyone does a christmas album.

 

[Alavard]

 

[The Incarnation]

This topic should be about Last Christmas.

Nah, Rock and Roll Xmas.

 

[Hoo-doo]

i mean, look at them.

That's Christmas in one picture.

I really can't choose between Mariah and this one. Both are smangers of the highest caliber.