Thursday, November 29, 2018

Imagine There's No...

Until I read PJ Media's worst Christmas songs, I never noticed that John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is to the tune of "Stewball."  Well, PPM's tune, anyway. There are others.

I don't know if that makes it better or worse.

4 comments:

Christopher B said...

That has to be one of the most unintentionally (probably, I hope) depressing Christmas songs. Even beats out Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (with the proper Muddle through lyric).

I don't dislike all versions of Merry Christmas Baby but it's easy to go horribly wrong. Baby It's Cold Outside is the same way - Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton? .. ewww. At least Sirius Holly replaced that one this year.

Somebody needed to tell Taylor Swift a country version of Santa Baby would only work as a parody, with the lyrics changed.

Korora said...

BTW, did Lennon ever read Brave New World? Because "Imagine" expresses a vision Aldous Huxley had already weighed with BNW and found seriously wanting.

Sam L. said...

I ignored that post. Lack of interest. Like, totally, mannnnnnnnnnnnnn.

james said...

For the worst, may I nominate anything played before Advent?

I had a look at the site you linked to, and saw that somebody despised a song called "Snow" from White Christmas. I'd never heard of it before, or heard it. Until I went to the club tonight. I presume it fits well enough with the action in the movie, but as a standalone song it does rank among the worst.