post in this thread every time you have to listen to Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time”

'We All Stand Together' is a far superior song to 'Wonderful Christmastime', IMO... better written, better orchestrated, better produced. I'm a huge McCartney fan, but don't consider 'Wonderful Christmastime' to be all that.

'Pipes of Peace' is superior too, I think.

In fact...

It's telling that I'm one of the biggest defenders of McCartney's post-Beatles output, and a huge fan of synthpop, yet this song makes me wanna hit McCartney with the synth.

'Let 'Em In' works better as a Christmas song, IMO. 'Wonderful Christmastime' seems to have been an exercise in Macca seeing if he could get a Christmas No. 1 with any old shit.

― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, December 10, 2016 8:40 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm a fan of "We All Stand Together," too. It was cool that he put it on that Pure McCartney collection from last year.

It feels like he came up with that hideous synth line and then, wasted, chanted "simply, having, a wonderfulchrismastiiime" as a free association. And then thought wouldn't it be hilarious to put sleigh bells on it and actually put it out as a Christmas single.

exactly

choon

I've noticed that this year I've been subjected to way more awful covers of "Last Christmas," "All I Want for Christmas Is You," and (absurdly) "Hallelujah" than in years past. Maybe it's an "internet radio" thing

Yeah, I don't mind hearing any of the classics for the 8,563,372,213th time but these newfangled covers are unnecessary and awful. Dagnabbit.

It feels like he came up with that hideous synth line and then, wasted, chanted "simply, having, a wonderfulchrismastiiime" as a free association. And then thought wouldn't it be hilarious to put sleigh bells on it and actually put it out as a Christmas single.

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, December 10, 2017 6:41 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

exactly

― El Tomboto, Sunday, December 10, 2017 7:53 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you markass busters say this like it's a bad thing!

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

the choir is the only part of this song that doesn't sound like it was written and recorded on the fly. I used to hate this song for its laziness; nowadays I think it's kind of charming

― Vinnie, Sunday, December 10, 2017 3:17 AM (eighteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM

#GOALS

^ Slowed down to where it reaches 30 minutes. Vocals don't begin until around the two-minute mark.

xp

5:54-5:58 scared the shit out of me

this rules

m bison everything I’ve heard from you has been an order of magnitude more thoughtful and radio-worthy than this puddle of rancid grease

I will defend this song to the hilt. It's my favourite

I have mixed feelings about this one. I love being there in the supermarket and suddenly hearing those synths, but the song itself is an awkward dud. There've got to be some good Christmas synth jams besides this one, right?

the obvious pick for 'good christmas synth jam' is Last Christmas

Wonderful Christmas Time is not really good but definitely very endearing for the bizarre vibe which is striking enough to be a welcome respite from most other christmas music

^ Indeed! "Last Christmas" is a strong contender for best George Michael composition ever, and the fact that it happens to be a Christmas song is secondary to its greatness.

Also, I think this thread should have been over after the first reply ("get the fuck outta here with this grinch bullshit").

This song is best tolerated after the consumption of 4 or more drinks

Hearing lots of "Last Christmas" is unfortunately apt given what happened last Christmas.

Sounds like he got up one morning, took his kids to school, came home and unboxed his new synth, made a coffee/smoked a joint, and knocked this out before picking them up from school in the afternoon. class.

I always forget that there's a De La Soul song that samples the McCartney tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcIB9qsKoPk

**shrug**
I've always liked De La's version.

one missed step, in the car on the way home from school: ugh dad, the pageant's coming up and they made us practice all day long. wow, you're such a trooper! what're you learning? oh this dumb song about how someone's ringing the bell. huh! now that's a nice idea! sounds kinda familiar. (exhales toke) ding dong, ding dong.... now that gives me an idea...

xp oh yeah, forgot about the De La song too. It polishes the ideas a bit, not bad

Jonah lewie is synth or something more

love it

Fucking Christ I fly three time zones to a hotel designed for jet set Hollywood assholes and I still have to get a daily dose of this

well, the mood is right

Irving Berlin did not sit by the pool here and write his holiday masterpiece so that that it could be infested by this fart gag of a noel ditty

I heard it twice today. What a great song

I’ll have a magnum of whatever you’re on

it's the worst, but I don't listen to it, I take hostages.

It's description of an easy going stress free Christmas with no drama is so far away from the reality of my family's Christmas that I despise the thought of it by Boxing Day.

I haven't heard "Wonderful Christmas Time" yet this year, but I heard Elton's "Step Into Christmas" yesterday in the supermarket, and it's 'contractually obligated X-mas tune' vibe really fits what I think Christmas 2020 is going to be like.

Head over to Scooter lyrics poll for this year's antidote

Give me Wonderful Christmas Time any day of the week (or indeed time of the year) over the absolutely atrocious Happy Xmas War Is Over, which deserves a place in the Christmas Chamber of Horrors.

Quarantined indefinitely
― El Tomboto, Saturday, December 9, 2017 1:51 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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