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Nonsense. The worst song of all time is "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. (Don't believe me? Listen for yourself: https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8 https

Nonsense. The worst song of all time is "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. (Don't believe me? Listen for yourself: https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8 https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8)

jjulius 2y ago
That's actually tied with Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)". Listen carefully and you can hear Yoko Ono screeching incredibly far out of tune as the piece climaxes. It's not in the forefront of the song, but it's there, and it's stuck out so much to me ever since I first noticed it.
deltarholamda 2y ago
"Do They Know It's Christmas" usually makes the lists of terrible Christmas music as well. So much Christmas music is repetitive, but coloring outside the lines is a tough thing to do with Christmas music. The Pogues nailed it with "Fairytale of New York", but it largely appeals only to GenX and younger.
rob74 2y ago
Yeah, I mean it's pretty silly to declare something "the worst song of all time" - everyone has their personal taste and their own personal songs they love to hate. For me, it's (of course) Wham's Last Christmas and I Will Always Love You (sorry Whitney, but back in the 90s when I was watching a lot of MTV, listening to a lot of radio, and ads for Bodyguard were all over the place, I seem to have developed an allergy to this song). And BTW, I wouldn't even call this the quintessential 80s song, for me that's Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You, with that cheapo synthesizer bleeping along in the background. Oh well, to quote Calvin Harris, it was "acceptable in the 80s"...
NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago
Wow, the rare double penalty. Loss of 5 yards for stooping to a Christmas song for worst song of all time debate, loss of an additional 20 yards for going with a post-Beatles McCartney track. This may be internet bullshit, but by god we have rules. > (Don't believe me? Listen for yourself: https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8 https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8) This may not be a felony, but it should be. Have you no shame, sir? A child could accidentally click on that link.
etimberg 2y ago
For me, "I want a hippopotamus for christmas" is even worse.
- hondo77 2y ago
  Hey, when only a hippopotamus will do, what else is there?
  - drewcoo 2y ago
    We'd have to ask Dr. Demento.
- toast0 2y ago
  What, would you prefer rhinoceroseses? https://youtu.be/JP-TPCs9Fj8?feature=shared https://youtu.be/JP-TPCs9Fj8?feature=shared
DanHulton 2y ago
I will literally leave a store if this is playing. But also, the fact that you are damn near guaranteed to run into this song _yearly_ qualifies it to be way higher up than any other song on a "worst song" list (even if it weren't already at #1).
- JohnFen 2y ago
  > I will literally leave a store if this is playing. Me too. But, in fairness, that's my instinctive reaction to any Christmas music being played in a store.
  - I_complete_me 2y ago
    Wait, what are you doing in a store at Christmas? :-)
    - toast0 2y ago
      Well, it's after the ides of October, so I daren't venture into retail until January.
      - I_complete_me 2y ago
        I feel your use of the "ides of October" somehow reflects well on me. And "daren't" is so quaint. Perhaps we are kindred spirits.
sed_zeppelin 2y ago
The Mannheim Steamroller version of "Deck the Halls" Is bloody awful.
techdmn 2y ago
If this song isn't proof that Paul McCartney is a psychopath, I don't know what is. It is absolutely the most insipid, uninspired piece of garbage ever to be recorded.
scrumper 2y ago
Aaagh you monster it's only November and now that horrible aimless effected wobbly chord fever dream is stuck in my head again. I had at least another couple weeks before hearing it for the first time this year. I never understood how something could be so bland and yet so revolting at the same time, like a smoothie made of wallpaper paste and dog shit.
- romwell 2y ago
  >aimless effected wobbly chord fever dream You've got to give credit to the genius of McCartney's musicianship, that songs perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being stuck in a nightmare you can't escape from. As a musician, I sometimes make music that I don't like, but just have to get out of my head, feeling compelled to finish a track just to put that pesky musical idea to rest. Recording a track is akin to closing the lid on the coffin; there's nothing more to do, and you can move on. I wonder if Paul had that experience with that song. The nightmarish chord line is catchy. So he got it out of his head by turning it into a track... ...and ended up getting it in our heads. I wonder if he thinks "You complain? You can just turn it off. I had to live with that song!". We should be grateful for only being exposed to it once a year, along with the seasonal flu.
EdwardDiego 2y ago
How does he sing out of tune on his own darn song? If he's not out of tune, those awfully strained high notes shouldn't have been written in whatever weird key they're in.
marton78 2y ago
Also, ebony and ivory. Absolutely terrible.
spacechild1 2y ago
Honestly, I find its wackiness quite refreshing. I will always take it over "All I want for Christmas", "Driving Home For Christmas" or "Last Christmas".
- cvwright 2y ago
  “Last Christmas” is definitely the worst. By far.
philodeon 2y ago
I think that McCartney’s performance of Wonderful Christmastime is absolutely dreadful. The song itself is not bad. This can be demonstrated by listening to Tuxedo cover it (it’s on YouTube)
soylentcola 2y ago
On the Xmas theme - "Little Saint Nick". That one always gets me. It's the repetitive, bored-sounding "Christmas comes this time each year..." Like, no shit! That's how holidays work.

Nonsense. The worst song of all time is "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. (Don't believe me? Listen for yourself: https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8 https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8)

jjulius 2y ago

That's actually tied with Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)". Listen carefully and you can hear Yoko Ono screeching incredibly far out of tune as the piece climaxes. It's not in the forefront of the song, but it's there, and it's stuck out so much to me ever since I first noticed it.

deltarholamda 2y ago

"Do They Know It's Christmas" usually makes the lists of terrible Christmas music as well. So much Christmas music is repetitive, but coloring outside the lines is a tough thing to do with Christmas music. The Pogues nailed it with "Fairytale of New York", but it largely appeals only to GenX and younger.

rob74 2y ago

Yeah, I mean it's pretty silly to declare something "the worst song of all time" - everyone has their personal taste and their own personal songs they love to hate. For me, it's (of course) Wham's Last Christmas and I Will Always Love You (sorry Whitney, but back in the 90s when I was watching a lot of MTV, listening to a lot of radio, and ads for Bodyguard were all over the place, I seem to have developed an allergy to this song). And BTW, I wouldn't even call this the quintessential 80s song, for me that's Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You, with that cheapo synthesizer bleeping along in the background. Oh well, to quote Calvin Harris, it was "acceptable in the 80s"...

NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago

Wow, the rare double penalty. Loss of 5 yards for stooping to a Christmas song for worst song of all time debate, loss of an additional 20 yards for going with a post-Beatles McCartney track. This may be internet bullshit, but by god we have rules. > (Don't believe me? Listen for yourself: https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8 https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8) This may not be a felony, but it should be. Have you no shame, sir? A child could accidentally click on that link.

etimberg 2y ago

For me, "I want a hippopotamus for christmas" is even worse.

hondo77 2y ago
Hey, when only a hippopotamus will do, what else is there?
- drewcoo 2y ago
  We'd have to ask Dr. Demento.
toast0 2y ago
What, would you prefer rhinoceroseses? https://youtu.be/JP-TPCs9Fj8?feature=shared https://youtu.be/JP-TPCs9Fj8?feature=shared

DanHulton 2y ago

I will literally leave a store if this is playing. But also, the fact that you are damn near guaranteed to run into this song _yearly_ qualifies it to be way higher up than any other song on a "worst song" list (even if it weren't already at #1).

JohnFen 2y ago
> I will literally leave a store if this is playing. Me too. But, in fairness, that's my instinctive reaction to any Christmas music being played in a store.
- I_complete_me 2y ago
  Wait, what are you doing in a store at Christmas? :-)
  - toast0 2y ago
    Well, it's after the ides of October, so I daren't venture into retail until January.
    - I_complete_me 2y ago
      I feel your use of the "ides of October" somehow reflects well on me. And "daren't" is so quaint. Perhaps we are kindred spirits.

sed_zeppelin 2y ago

The Mannheim Steamroller version of "Deck the Halls" Is bloody awful.

techdmn 2y ago

If this song isn't proof that Paul McCartney is a psychopath, I don't know what is. It is absolutely the most insipid, uninspired piece of garbage ever to be recorded.

scrumper 2y ago

Aaagh you monster it's only November and now that horrible aimless effected wobbly chord fever dream is stuck in my head again. I had at least another couple weeks before hearing it for the first time this year. I never understood how something could be so bland and yet so revolting at the same time, like a smoothie made of wallpaper paste and dog shit.

romwell 2y ago
>aimless effected wobbly chord fever dream You've got to give credit to the genius of McCartney's musicianship, that songs perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being stuck in a nightmare you can't escape from. As a musician, I sometimes make music that I don't like, but just have to get out of my head, feeling compelled to finish a track just to put that pesky musical idea to rest. Recording a track is akin to closing the lid on the coffin; there's nothing more to do, and you can move on. I wonder if Paul had that experience with that song. The nightmarish chord line is catchy. So he got it out of his head by turning it into a track... ...and ended up getting it in our heads. I wonder if he thinks "You complain? You can just turn it off. I had to live with that song!". We should be grateful for only being exposed to it once a year, along with the seasonal flu.

EdwardDiego 2y ago

How does he sing out of tune on his own darn song? If he's not out of tune, those awfully strained high notes shouldn't have been written in whatever weird key they're in.

marton78 2y ago

Also, ebony and ivory. Absolutely terrible.

spacechild1 2y ago

Honestly, I find its wackiness quite refreshing. I will always take it over "All I want for Christmas", "Driving Home For Christmas" or "Last Christmas".

cvwright 2y ago
“Last Christmas” is definitely the worst. By far.

philodeon 2y ago

I think that McCartney’s performance of Wonderful Christmastime is absolutely dreadful. The song itself is not bad. This can be demonstrated by listening to Tuxedo cover it (it’s on YouTube)

soylentcola 2y ago

On the Xmas theme - "Little Saint Nick". That one always gets me. It's the repetitive, bored-sounding "Christmas comes this time each year..." Like, no shit! That's how holidays work.