5 Ideal Christmas Songs for People who hate Christmas Music
By: Brian Cotnoir
Well it’s that’s time of the year again. That time of year when Christmas music begins to dominate the radio airwaves and echoes throughout every mall, shopping center, and place of business. However, if you’re like me, you absolutely can’t stand Christmas music. One there’s only like 30 good ones that have ever been written and practically every single artist has at least attempted to record and/or release a Christmas album with their own rendition of one of those songs. It’ becomes old and outdated VERY quickly. So I’m here to tell you of 5 Ideal Christmas Songs for people who hate Christmas Music. You may not love these songs, but you certainly won’t hate them. These are 5 Songs you’ll probably want to give a listen to this Holiday Season.
5.) Christmas Night of the Living dead by MxPx
Want to know what would make the Christmas Season better? Zombies! Washington State Punk Pop band MxPx makes this a reality with their song “Christmas Night of the Living Dead”. Hey Halloween was only 2 months prior to Christmas and the memories of that holiday are still fresh in the minds of lots of people, so I think that this track is the perfect combination of both those holidays
4.) Coming out for Christmas by Voltaire and Homo Christmas by Pansy Division
Now we talk about a subject this is also neglected during the Christmas Season. I of course, am talking about Homo Eroticism. We are lucky to have not one, but two awesome tracks to deal with the subject of being gay on Christmas. On one hand you have Dark Cabaret and Goth Legend, Voltaire, with a cheery and humorous song about coming out to your family on Christmas. Then you have Queercore band Pansy Division’s romantic and equally as humorous track “Homo Christmas” about wanting to be that one (presumably gay) man’s special Christmas gift that year.
3.) Merry Merry Merry Frickin’ Christmas” by Frickin’ A
Want to know what’s great about Christmas? Getting lots of presents and getting absolutely shlockered! Want to know what’s not great about Christmas? Having to interact with your family! Ohio
Pop Rock band Frickin’ A sums up all these feelings in their song “Merry Merry Merry Freaking Christmas”. And if you’re a Boston Red Sox fan like myself, the band also released another version of this song about the Red Sox capturing their first World Series title in 86 years in 2004. The lyrics were slightly altered to be about the Red Sox win, but it is still very much a great Christmas song.
2.) Fairytale of New Yorkby The Pogues ft. Kristy MacColl
Not only is this one of my Favorite Christmas Songs, but it is one of my Favorite Songs of All Time. The bands singer/song writer Shane MacGowan wrote a beautiful song that singer Kristy MacColl accompanies him on that starts off sad and sweet, but then takes a surprising turn for the awesome when you learn that it’s about two Irish Immigrants who get into a domestic fight on Christmas Eve and have to spend their Christmaslocked up in a jail cell in New York City. With lyrics like “You scumbag/you maggot/you cheap lousy faggot/happy Christmas you ass/I thank God it’s our last” being sung over traditional Irish folk music, how can you not fall in love with song as much as I have?1.) Oi to the World! by The Vandals
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California Punk band the Vandals recorded and released a Christmas in 1996 that contains tracks such as “A Gun for Christmas”, “My First Christmas (As a Woman)”, and “I don’t believe in Santa Claus”. However, the album’s title track “Oi to the World!” is hands down the best one on the album. It’s a song in the Oi! Punk style about a British Skinhead and Pakistani Immigrant who is also a fan of Punk who get into a bar brawl and their fighting is only brought to an end after God came down on Christmas day to say Oi! To the punks and to the skins! This song is so popular and beloved that it was actually covered by the band No Doubt a few years later. In fact, a lot of people think “Oi to the world!” is a No Doubt song, but it was originally written and recorded by The Vandals. No matter which version you prefer, there’s no doubt about it: “Oi to the World” is an awesome Christmas song.
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