So, in the spirit of the season, I have selected a selection of lyrics from those Christmas songs I deem to be not awful. Your mission is to choose the best lyric.
Oh, there's also a 'help Mat make a silly decision' question tacked on so I don't have to do another post...
Poll #892686 Random amusement
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Best Xmas song lyric ever?
It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunk tank
2 (7.4%)
I turned my face away, And dreamed about you 1 (3.7%)
They've got cars big as bars, They've got rivers of gold 0 (0.0%)
But the wind goes right through you, It's no place for the old 2 (7.4%)
Sinatra was swinging, All the drunks they were singing 2 (7.4%)
And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day 1 (3.7%)
You're a bum You're a punk 0 (0.0%)
You're an old slut on junk 1 (3.7%)
You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot 10 (37.0%)
Happy Christmas your arse I pray God it's our last 8 (29.6%)
Mat has /. mod points. Your response:
What's /.? 9 (34.6%)
Ignore them, they're not worth the effort 4 (15.4%)
Mod parent up! 3 (11.5%)
Abuse them verily 10 (38.5%)
Do your duty as a moderator and use them wisely for the good of all 6 (23.1%)
Lyrics from here, which also has a WAV sample. In memoriam of a great singer.
Introspection
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P.S. I do know what /. is. The point being, I've never deemed it necessary for me to visit.
Then there's things like MGM sues owner of Wargames.com because they've got a new movie coming out and own the trademark on the name wargames. FFS.
But yeah, only Xmas song. Actually,I've got a CD of others, blues stuff, mostly released in the '30s and 40s...
Just to be contrary, of course.
I was playing Kirsty MacColl just a couple of days ago. It made me quite sad, really.
(I actually think the best Christmas lyric is one from about 20 years ago, about a woman having a nervous breakdown at Christmas... Happy little song. No idea what it was called!)
I had no idea it happened in December, nor that it was still unresolved, until I saw a link to Shane's post on my friends list.
And there are, of course, other xmas songs not awful, but I couldn't think of any off the top of my head.
OK - I followed links through to the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen
I loved her version of New England - indeed, I worked backwards from that to Billy Bragg.
Such a shame.