The worlds gone mad.. Ban all Xmas songs

[stuartbert two hats]

On 11/27/2020 at 12:30 PM, SwedgeAntilles said:

You can't trust people @bamber

It's a dirge. 

Mariah Carey's Christmas song is objectively not a dirge. You might think it's shit, but it's not a dirge, that has a specific musical meaning.

The Moonlight Sonata could justifiably be called a dirge, as could a few wonderful Radiohead songs. All I Want For Christmas is not.

 

[stuartbert two hats]

I think a hurt heal game, needs a hurt heal thread. Tremendously annoying if you're trying to play and everyone is chatting - and vice versa.

[SwedgeAntilles]

8 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Mariah Carey's Christmas song is objectively not a dirge. You might think it's shit, but it's not a dirge, that has a specific musical meaning.

The Moonlight Sonata could justifiably be called a dirge, as could a few wonderful Radiohead songs. All I Want For Christmas is not.

 

"a song or piece of music that is considered too slow, miserable, or boring."

Despite its fast pace it satisfies 2/3 of those descriptors so I'm sticking with dirge.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The lyric expresses hope and warmth and that possibility is echoed in the use of major chords and lush, nostalgic instrumentation in the arrangement. So not miserable either.

 

Avowed fan of misery-as-a-base-setting dirge-purveyors The National confused about dirges smdh.

[SwedgeAntilles]

All I want for Christmas is a melancholic take on a yuletide classic by Matt B and the lads. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Might just do my own wee thread in a thread advent calendar of lesser known festive beleters.

6th December 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Love a beleter

[guypjfreak]

13 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I think a hurt heal game, needs a hurt heal thread. Tremendously annoying if you're trying to play and everyone is chatting - and vice versa.

Hey stu old son I agree and on it.. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

[Mr Boo]

16 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Mariah Carey's Christmas song is objectively not a dirge. You might think it's shit, but it's not a dirge, that has a specific musical meaning.

The Moonlight Sonata could justifiably be called a dirge, as could a few wonderful Radiohead songs. All I Want For Christmas is not.

 

When my kids were younger, we were in a soft play area with them and that song was stuck on repeat for about two hours. No matter how much Mariah sang about what she wanted for Christmas ..... I just wasn’t feeling it 🎄

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

A new circle of Hell has just been added to Dante's Inferno.

[CaledonianGonzo]

7th December

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

 8th December 

 

[Homer]

I discovered last night that I like the Blossoms Xmas single. Should I be ashamed?!
 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I've got a bit of a crisis going on. I'm afraid that it's one of those moments when a person (me) has no other option (at all) than to come out with the meaningless statement 'This is going to hurt me more than it does you'. However, that is the territory in which I currently feel that I reside, so somehow have to get through it and on to the other side. Don't bother wishing me luck, as you'll need all that for yourselves :

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

9th December 

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

I’ve just introduced my five year old grandson whose having a sleepover  to the Darkness, Christmas time, don’t let the bells ring. Crazy dancing and a bag of chocolate coins.   Bit of a mistake, Going to be difficult getting him to sleep. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Wait until he asks what 'bells end' means.

[SheffJeff]

And 'Ring in Peace'!

[Ayrshire Chris]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Wait until he asks what 'bells end' means.

Be easier to explain that than try to get him to understand who was the real father of baby Jesus ! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

10th December 

 

[Padjeq]

On 12/6/2020 at 1:13 PM, Ayrshire Chris said:

 

I love seeing Darren Day referenced because it reminds me of 2 things:

1. 'David's Dead'

2. when Darren was living with girlfriend Anna Friel the house phone would ring, and on the other end of the line was Robbie Williams pretending to be from the local video shop, trying to talk to Anna under the pretense of there being late fees. Robbie wooed her in the end.

[oneeye]

 

[guypjfreak]

One good thing about covid is that you don't have to go shopping with the wife and listen to the same nutty crappy Xmas songs. Lol... Apart from that covid is orrible and I'm SOOOO made up for the vaccine 

[squirrelarmy]

34 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

One good thing about covid is that you don't have to go shopping with the wife and listen to the same nutty crappy Xmas songs. Lol... Apart from that covid is orrible and I'm SOOOO made up for the vaccine