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#whamageddon

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 11 2021 03:51 PM

My brother introduced me to a holiday game, where you and friends see how long you can go without hearing Wham!'s “Last Christmas.” Cover versions are OK. You post the hashtag when you hear it the first time and are out. I would not last long! I love Christmas music, though that one is way overplayed.

whippoorwill Dec 11 2021 04:14 PM Re: #whamageddon

Yeah, one of the few damn songs you hear while shopping Gee wouldn't it be nice to hear a ‘Christmas' song that mentions Christ? One of the reasons I shop online so I can avoid the crap holiday stuff played in stores so we don't upset anyone. Here's my thought…you don't like Jesus? Than don't celebrate his birth. Kinda sick of the bullshit holiday songs I've been hearing the past few years. Depressing. I hate Christmas anymore And I am a true believer

whippoorwill Dec 11 2021 04:16 PM Re: #whamageddon

What happened to Noel? Silent night ? Heck even oh Christmas Tree?

Willets Point Dec 11 2021 06:23 PM Re: #whamageddon

I ascendeded to Whamhalla at 2:50 pm December 4.

Ceetar Dec 11 2021 06:42 PM Re: #whamageddon

how would I know? I don't think I'd know.

Edgy MD Dec 11 2021 10:13 PM Re: #whamageddon

It's fun because it's the same chord pattern throughout on the verse and refrain, but the melody's different. It's on a minor variation of the 50s progression, and folks can play it when they're drunk until their arms fall off, and you can just make up your own lyrics. Michael changes the melody from verse to verse, so you can too! The dude died on Christmas day. Hearing the song a year later, I thought, "God damn, he really did give his heart last Christmas."

Edgy MD Dec 11 2021 10:32 PM Re: #whamageddon

Also fun — singing Depeche Mode's "People Are People" to the tune of "Last Christmas."

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 12 2021 05:53 AM Re: #whamageddon

Edgy MD wrote: Also fun — singing Depeche Mode's "People Are People" to the tune of "Last Christmas." I never knew that!

Fman99 Dec 12 2021 10:40 AM Re: #whamageddon

=Ceetar post_id=82841 time=1639273335 user_id=102] how would I know? I don't think I'd know.

This came up in conversation with friends this past week. I honestly never knew there was a Wham! Xmas song. This could be due to my general cluelessness on Christmas music, or my Hebrewliciousness.

Ceetar Dec 12 2021 05:29 PM Re: #whamageddon

=Fman99 post_id=82858 time=1639330817 user_id=86] =Ceetar post_id=82841 time=1639273335 user_id=102] how would I know? I don't think I'd know.

This came up in conversation with friends this past week. I honestly never knew there was a Wham! Xmas song. This could be due to my general cluelessness on Christmas music, or my Hebrewliciousness.


I mean, Ididn't even know they were a British pop act that only released two albums during their formal five-year existence.

kcmets Dec 12 2021 06:21 PM Re: #whamageddon

I had to google the song briefly yesterday and will say I've heard it before. I spent six hours Sat and six hours Sun listening to a streamed rotation of Xmas music at a craft fair KB was working and the song wasn't played once. The notion that the song is game-worthy or hashtag-worthy is beyond me. Wham sucked and the whole era of that forced-upon-listeners genre did too.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 13 2021 10:43 AM Re: #whamageddon

=Ceetar post_id=82888 time=1639355368 user_id=102] =Fman99 post_id=82858 time=1639330817 user_id=86] =Ceetar post_id=82841 time=1639273335 user_id=102] how would I know? I don't think I'd know.

This came up in conversation with friends this past week. I honestly never knew there was a Wham! Xmas song. This could be due to my general cluelessness on Christmas music, or my Hebrewliciousness.


I mean, Ididn't even know they were a British pop act that only released two albums during their formal five-year existence.


That was the only question I got right that day. Defense against me is so easy.

kcmets Dec 13 2021 11:19 AM Re: #whamageddon

I just hope there isn't a Soft Cell Christmas song somewhere out there.

Edgy MD Dec 13 2021 11:28 AM Re: #whamageddon

I wish! Best I can offer is a Marc Almond solo track with no known David Ball content. [YOUTUBE]b11pCxDvpJ0[/YOUTUBE]

MFS62 Dec 16 2021 03:35 PM Re: #whamageddon

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=82837 time=1639263106 user_id=119] My brother introduced me to a holiday game, where you and friends see how long you can go without hearing Wham!'s “Last Christmas.” Cover versions are OK. You post the hashtag when you hear it the first time and are out. I would not last long! I love Christmas music, though that one is way overplayed.

Held out until today, then:

Heard a cover version (girls group) in a store at about 1:10.

Then

We were Whamafied at 2:20 in a restaurant.



Later

Edgy MD Dec 16 2021 04:51 PM Re: #whamageddon

My wife is downstairs teaching a student the song. #whamageddon

kcmets Dec 16 2021 05:05 PM Re: #whamageddon

A little more my speed... [YOUTUBE]Qy7w51eClQE[/YOUTUBE]

Lefty Specialist Dec 17 2021 08:02 AM Re: #whamageddon

Gah! Heard it in Shop-Rite last night. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/31/a5/9131a54a5d1b1b0c658f8bc4ae9bda37.jpg>

kcmets Dec 17 2021 08:11 AM Re: #whamageddon

At least it didn't cost you a $100.

seawolf17 Dec 18 2021 02:44 PM Re: #whamageddon

Got us today while we were out and about. I don't think we've ever made it to Christmas.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 18 2021 06:13 PM Re: #whamageddon

I was in 2 grocery stores today and somehow dodged it. Not so lucky with "Wonderful Christmastime."

kcmets Dec 18 2021 06:19 PM Re: #whamageddon

I've gotten an unhealthy dose of that song this year.

Frayed Knot Dec 18 2021 06:36 PM Re: #whamageddon

I had no idea that was a WHAM! song and don't think I've ever heard the WHAM! version. In fact, I don't recall hearing the song ever until maybe three years ago when multiple versions of it started frequenting super market sound systems. As far as I knew, it was just some sappy chick song which, seeing as how it was written by George Michael, it kinda is.

kcmets Dec 19 2021 07:15 PM Re: #whamageddon

And since we're not doing an X-mas song thread this year, hearing Bruce painfully plod through Santa Clause is Coming to Town a half-dozen times a week is much worse than anything whamageddonish I get out there.

Edgy MD Dec 19 2021 08:37 PM Re: #whamageddon

I wrote a sappy chick Christmas song. It's gonna make me crazy $$$$$.

smg58 Dec 20 2021 08:57 AM Re: #whamageddon

I look forward to hearing "Last Christmas" because it means I'm not hearing "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

Edgy MD Dec 20 2021 09:39 AM Re: #whamageddon

Yeah, we can totally have a Who-Can-Make-It-Furthest-Into-December-Without-Hearing-Bruce-Do-"SCICtT"? contest. Funnily enough, I'm not sure I'd have been eliminated yet this year on that one.

Willets Point Dec 20 2021 12:29 PM Re: #whamageddon

I haven't heard Bruce yet.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 20 2021 01:36 PM Re: #whamageddon

That's not many! You people are in trouble here

Ceetar Dec 20 2021 01:57 PM Re: #whamageddon

I couldn't tell you if I'd been eliminated in that one either.

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 20 2021 02:13 PM Re: #whamageddon

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: That's not many! You people are in trouble here Nice! I hear that one a bunch. I think I hear Mariah everyday whether I want to or not. I haven't come across too many new releases this year. Rob Thomas has a good one, with an update of his "New York Christmas" that slows it down a bit. Matthew West has a great one. I know Steve Perry has one out this year, but I haven't heard anything from it yet.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 20 2021 02:45 PM Re: #whamageddon

JD McPherson released the best "new" holiday album in many years, IMO. [YOUTUBE]gt-55Ib4GrU[/YOUTUBE]

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 20 2021 03:16 PM Re: #whamageddon

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: JD McPherson released the best "new" holiday album in many years, IMO. [YOUTUBE]gt-55Ib4GrU[/YOUTUBE] That's really neat! I'll check out the whole album.

G-Fafif Dec 20 2021 03:19 PM Re: #whamageddon

In a Best Buy the other day, I heard Pilot's “Magic” turned into “oh, oh, oh, it's Christmas!” which was even more of a sacrilege than when it was licensed to a pharmaceutical concern and became “oh, oh, oh, Ozempic!” Sacrilegious to those who adore Pilot's greatest hit, that is.

Frayed Knot Dec 20 2021 04:25 PM Re: #whamageddon

Cheap Trick rejiggered one of their hits into I WANT YOU FOR CHRISTMAS, a version which is predictably reflective of the band's name.

Edgy MD Dec 20 2021 05:49 PM Re: #whamageddon

Frayed Knot wrote: Cheap Trick rejiggered one of their hits into I WANT YOU FOR CHRISTMAS, a version which is predictably reflective of the band's name. Their biggest hit was "The Flame," but if they whored that one out, nobody would have batted an eye.

Centerfield Dec 21 2021 08:17 AM Re: #whamageddon

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Cheap Trick rejiggered one of their hits into I WANT YOU FOR CHRISTMAS, a version which is predictably reflective of the band's name. Their biggest hit was "The Flame," but if they whored that one out, nobody would have batted an eye. Gotta be "I want you to want me" no? Still haven't heard Bruce or Wham! yet. I heard Mariah before Thanksgiving.

Edgy MD Dec 21 2021 08:59 AM Re: #whamageddon

It sure should be, but "IWYtWM" peaked at #7 stateside. "La Flamme" went to #1. When the label pitched the song to Cheap Trick, they were already calling it a #1, so I've got to believe the record had some serious payola behind it, but there you go.

whippoorwill Dec 21 2021 09:25 AM Re: #whamageddon

Sitting at the supermarket waiting for my mom (I spend approximately 88% of my time doing that) And the music is horrendous

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 21 2021 09:33 AM Re: #whamageddon

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Cheap_Trick_Christmas_Christmas.png> It's a pretty good album. The offending rewrite isn't there, but they do cover the Ramones, which is always a good thing. They cover a song from an SNL skit, too. The version of "Father Christmas" is really, really good! It sounds different than the rest of the album to me, so I wonder if it was recorded for something else and added here.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 21 2021 10:32 AM Re: #whamageddon

I like the CT xmas album too

kcmets Dec 21 2021 10:54 AM Re: #whamageddon

The Worst Christmas Song Is ‘Last Christmas' by Wham! -- National Review, 12/09/2021

MFS62 Dec 21 2021 11:25 AM Re: #whamageddon

If you can get past the paywall on The Atlantic, there's a "100 Best" list. Spoiler- the writer must really like Sia. Later

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 21 2021 11:47 AM Re: #whamageddon

The Worst Christmas Song Is ‘Last Christmas' by Wham! -- National Review, 12/09/2021 That's a funny story! It's not great, but I wouldn't say it's the worst of the mainstream songs. Whamageddon makes a funnier name than Mariah Carey-ageddon. Enjoying the McPherson album. He reminds me of Marshall Crenshaw.

Edgy MD Dec 21 2021 12:01 PM Re: #whamageddon

I can name 100 worse Christmas songs than "LC" without trying. In fact, it's strange that the author opens by mentioning he grew up listening to WASH-FM in Washington, because there is a Christmas song that they put in heavy rotation on that station every December — a song that I've heard absolutely nowhere else — called "Christmas Eve in Washington." It's paint-by-numbers awful, assuming that your paint palette includes "varying shades of excrement." How anyone who has ever heard it can call "LC" the worst is a mystery. I assume the lyrics were written in 10 minutes, and before the evening was out, the principals had thrown together a "Christmas Eve in Charlotte" and a "Christmas Eve in Frankfort" with the exact same backing track. I just dug it up and it's truly worse than I remember. I share it here for the sake of the academic ethical requirement to cite one's sources. I am totally not recommending you click. [youtube]1F5-vROAKNw[/youtube]

Fman99 Dec 21 2021 12:31 PM Re: #whamageddon

I had to look it up (the Wham! song, that is). And now I'm listening to it and I swear I've never heard it or noticed it before in my entire life. Ain't that a kick to the ding dong

Centerfield Dec 21 2021 01:07 PM Re: #whamageddon

Edgy MD wrote: It sure should be, but "IWYtWM" peaked at #7 stateside. "La Flamme" went to #1. When the label pitched the song to Cheap Trick, they were already calling it a #1, so I've got to believe the record had some serious payola behind it, but there you go. I think I had forgotten completely about that song. Power ballads really just died huh? They were everywhere, then just poof. Gone.

Edgy MD Dec 21 2021 01:32 PM Re: #whamageddon

I have an incredibly weird relationship with the "The Flame." I know The Trick had a massive hit with it, but if you asked me to sing it, I'd have no idea how it goes. Then, later, sometime, I'll hear it and go, "I know this song ... what is it?" And then I find out later that it's "The Flame." I'll say, "Oh, THIS is 'The Flame.' I guess I won't forget it now." And then I instantly forget. The way CT tell it is that EPIC called them up and said, "We have two songs that are going to Number One. We'd like you to do one, and Chicago to do the other." The other was "Look Away." Cheap Trick listened to the demo and didn't hear anything worthwhile at all, so pretty much committed to "The Flame" almost before hearing it. Both DID end up going to #1 despite both being objectively awful, but Cheap Trick still keeps "The Flame" in their setlist, often as an encore, so what do I know?

Fman99 Dec 21 2021 01:39 PM Re: #whamageddon Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 21 2021 01:44 PM

Edgy MD wrote: I have an incredibly weird relationship with the "The Flame." I know The Trick had a massive hit with it, but if you asked me to sing it, I'd have no idea how it goes. Then, later, sometime, I'll hear it and go, "I know this song ... what is it?" And then I find out later that it's "The Flame." I'll say, "Oh, THIS is 'The Flame.' I guess I won't forget it now." And then I instantly forget. The way CT tell it is that EPIC called them up and said, "We have two songs that are going to Number One. We'd like you to do one, and Chicago to do the other." The other was "Look Away." Cheap Trick listened to the demo and didn't hear anything worthwhile at all, so pretty much committed to "The Flame" almost before hearing it. Both DID end up going to #1 despite both being objectively awful, but Cheap Trick still keeps "The Flame" in their setlist, often as an encore, so what do I know? I've seen them twice and they've not played it either time. For the record, also, CT is a terrible live act unless you go super deep with them. If you're mostly only familiar with their big three 70s hits (Surrender, IWYTWM, Dream Police) and their 80s pop-mush revival (The Flame, Don't Be Cruel), you're going to have to muddle through 45 minutes of songs you don't know at all just to get to anything that sounds familiar. And what's worse is Robin Zander still enveloping himself into his Dream Police "uniform," looking like ten pounds of shit stuffed into a five pound sausage casing. Be forewarned.

Willets Point Dec 21 2021 01:41 PM Re: #whamageddon

"The Flame" was the earliest song covered in The Number Ones column that was released during my childhood that I had absolutely no recollection of ever hearing before.

ashie62 Dec 21 2021 03:26 PM Re: #whamageddon

Oddly I don't know the song. But I do know the Kinks "Father Christmas."

Edgy MD Dec 21 2021 03:44 PM Re: #whamageddon

"Father Christmas" will be my featured #PowerPopFriday song this week. Also considered were "Merry Christmas Will Do" (Material Issue), "Still Got My Faith" (Graham Parker), "Christmas Night" (The Dwight Twilley Band), "OMG It's Christmas" (Family of the Year), "I Hate the Holidays" (Jana Peri), and Joan Jett's "Little Drummer Boy." Maybe next year, folks.

whippoorwill Dec 22 2021 09:47 AM Re: #whamageddon

https://youtu.be/j9hR4Gg6b9w Gentlemen laugh if you want, but this is what I listen to after a mind numbing trip to the grocery store and their BS music Helps every time. Lovely stuff here and some chuckles as well

Edgy MD Dec 22 2021 09:57 AM Re: #whamageddon

https://youtu.be/j9hR4Gg6b9w Gentlemen laugh if you want, but this is what I listen to after a mind numbing trip to the grocery store and their BS music Helps every time. Lovely stuff here and some chuckles as well That's money, Cooby. That's money fresh from the mint.

whippoorwill Dec 23 2021 01:51 PM Re: #whamageddon

I like it :) I love the announcements lol

Benjamin Grimm Dec 23 2021 02:00 PM Re: #whamageddon

I heard "Last Christmas" at the supermarket last evening. I still, thankfully, haven't heard "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" this season. Just have to hang in there a few more days. A little while ago, I asked Alexa to play Perry Como singing "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays". There's something I like about that song. I met a man who lives in Tennessee He was heading for Pennsylvania and some home-made pumpkin pie From Pennsylvania folks are travelin' Down to Dixie's sunny shore From Atlantic to Pacific Gee, the traffic is terrific Those lyrics can get stuck in my head. And when a song gets stuck in my head, I get it out by asking Alexa to play it. It usually works.

whippoorwill Dec 23 2021 02:59 PM Re: #whamageddon

You know what song I always liked? Never hear it anymore The dogs barking Jingle Bells

seawolf17 Dec 23 2021 06:22 PM Re: #whamageddon

"Last Christmas" was one of the audio questions tonight at the trivia night I host, and I felt terrible because I probably whamageddoned folks.

kcmets Dec 23 2021 06:47 PM Re: #whamageddon

=whippoorwill post_id=83578 time=1640296753 user_id=79] You know what song I always liked? Never hear it anymore The dogs barking Jingle Bells

[YOUTUBE]xam01uaj6Vg[/YOUTUBE]



And, as an added bonus:



[YOUTUBE]vW_4sQSRTHc[/YOUTUBE]

whippoorwill Dec 23 2021 07:59 PM Re: #whamageddon

Lolol I love it!

Edgy MD Dec 23 2021 08:10 PM Re: #whamageddon

So is anybody still un-Wham!med?

kcmets Dec 24 2021 06:03 AM Re: #whamageddon

=kcmets post_id=82889 time=1639358484 user_id=53] I had to google the song briefly yesterday and will say I've heard it before. The notion that the song is game-worthy or hashtag-worthy is beyond me. Wham sucked and the whole era of that forced-upon-listeners genre did too.

We have a few hours of last minute stuff to do this morning so I suppose I

could still be subjected to the piece of garbage but I'm going in kahnfident that

I'll come home whamfree.

TransMonk Dec 24 2021 08:53 AM Re: #whamageddon

Edgy MD wrote: So is anybody still un-Wham!med? I've made it this far...but I have about 3 hours in the car today with the little one. I promised her we would listen to Xmas music, so we'll see.

TransMonk Dec 24 2021 08:54 AM Re: #whamageddon

Edgy MD wrote: So is anybody still un-Wham!med? I've made it this far...but I have about 3 hours in the car today with the little one today. I promised her we would listen to Xmas music, so we'll see.

kcmets Dec 24 2021 09:38 AM Re: #whamageddon

I got Bruce-d twice this morning, once in Wal-ly World and then again in Shop-Rite.

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 25 2021 04:31 PM Re: #whamageddon

My parents got me an Amazon Echo. “Alexa, play some Christmas pop!” Whammed!

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 25 2021 05:12 PM Re: #whamageddon

Made it.. so far.

kcmets Dec 25 2021 06:20 PM Re: #whamageddon

Anyone hear this one yet? [YOUTUBE]KIhIBFPtnoc[/YOUTUBE]

Willets Point Dec 25 2021 08:04 PM Re: #whamageddon

The Ramones have a spot in my Christmas playlist.

Edgy MD Dec 25 2021 09:18 PM Re: #whamageddon

Anyone hear this one yet? [YOUTUBE]KIhIBFPtnoc[/YOUTUBE] Wouldn't let a December pass without it. It's a big favorite of my wife's, also. When I was a young feller, some holiday meal blew up into pure family fighting chaos. As otherwise sensible adults stormed away from the table, the last three that remained were myself, my brother's date, and my (very mortified) brother. Brother, absolutely at a loss to say anything, after 30 seconds, opted for pure denial, and went the small-talk route. "So, Edgy," he asked, "what's your favorite latter-day Christmas song?" The instant answer in my head was "MC(IDWtFT)" by the Ramones, and, as blessed irony descended on me, rather than answer him out loud, I just fell out of my seat laughing. Where is Blitzen, Baby?