[user104658]

I do think it's bilge but I actually disagree with the "chav" comment... in fact one of the reasons I dislike it as much as I do is the sheer scale of pretentious populism that's attached to the damn thing. I also don't think that Christmas is in particular need of being heavily linked to a song about alcoholism, heroin and lowkey domestic abuse. It's not grounded, quirky or gritty... it's a miserable dishwater soaked rag of a song. It's seen as the down to earth, "less mainstream" version of Christmas and people fap themselves silly over that, and I have no idea why, because it is absolutely everywhere, constantly. For months.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I do think it's bilge but I actually disagree with the "chav" comment... in fact one of the reasons I dislike it as much as I do is the sheer scale of pretentious populism that's attached to the damn thing. I also don't think that Christmas is in particular need of being heavily linked to a song about alcoholism, heroin and lowkey domestic abuse. It's not grounded, quirky or gritty... it's a miserable dishwater soaked rag of a song. It's seen as the down to earth, "less mainstream" version of Christmas and people fap themselves silly over that, and I have no idea why, because it is absolutely everywhere, constantly. For months.

This ^


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[Saph]

just blur out the bad words its not hard..

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Saph

just blur out the bad words its not hard..

It’s not exactly a cheerful, uplifting melody either ..


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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Zizu

It’s not exactly a cheerful, uplifting melody either ..


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I love it, a christmas classic

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I love it, a christmas classic

We’re all so different ( thankfully )

I’ll stick to Maria Carey and George ..


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[Tom4784]

It's so overplayed that I hate it now, I used to like it but every year it gets played more and more.

[Saph]

It baffles me why people get so offended at the thought of it getting censored.. is it really that important for people to be able to hear '******' in a song?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Saph

It baffles me why people get so offended at the thought of it getting censored.. is it really that important for people to be able to hear '******' in a song?

No, I wouldn't care if they changed it to a different word but that's not the question, the question is whether the whole song should be banned because of other lines too, not just that one

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

No, I wouldn't care if they changed it to a different word but that's not the question, the question is whether the whole song should be banned because of other lines too, not just that one

I dont think it should be banned from radio, maybe take out words like 'slut' even if it was banned from radio, its not like people cant listen to it elsewhere

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Joyless bast... look at all the dodgy sexualised lyrics in some songs.

Exactly!! It's like how John Legend decided to "sanitise" Baby It's Cold Outside, instead of cleaning up some of the horribly misogynistic hiphop "songs" from his peers...

^ I don't necessarily think they need cleaning up, people should be able to release whatever songs they want as long as they're happy to be called names for it. I just think it's weird how people target some things and not others.

Originally Posted by Saph

It baffles me why people get so offended at the thought of it getting censored.. is it really that important for people to be able to hear '******' in a song?

I think it's more exasperation than offence. There's just no need or justification to change it, so why remove one of the most popular Christmas songs from circulation?

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I think it's more exasperation than offence. There's just no need or justification to change it, so why remove one of the most popular Christmas songs from circulation?

its a word or 2, not the entire song..

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Saph

its a word or 2, not the entire song..

But that bit's really catchy

[Strictly Jake]

Its one of the best

[Saph]

I'm not disagreeing, personally idrc what lyrics are in the song, I've heard worse, but idk why this song always gets a free pass on radio when others dont.

[Livia]

The poll says it all.


"The lyrics mention: “The boys of the NYPD choir still singing ‘Galway Bay’.” The NYPD doesn’t actually have a choir, but it does have an Irish pipe band who are featured in the music video. They didn’t know ‘Galway Bay’, so they played the ‘Mickey Mouse Club March’ instead, and the video was later slowed down to fit the beat.


LOL...

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/...ew-york-778774

[Shaun]

I'd rather the lyric stayed in the song as an example of just how recently such language was deemed acceptable to place in a pop song.

[Crimson Dynamo]

At last, yes ban this over rated dreadful Christmas song

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

At last, yes ban this over rated dreadful Christmas song

Humbug...

[Jordan.]

I can see the chav appeal, it's like the Mr Brightside of christmas songs.

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

I can see the chav appeal, it's like the Mr Brightside of christmas songs.

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

I can see the chav appeal, it's like the Mr Brightside of christmas songs.

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[Beso]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

I can see the chav appeal, it's like the Mr Brightside of christmas songs.

Fantastic on the karaoke after the family meal though.

[Cal.]

That reminds me

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Cal.

That reminds me

That you're a big fat chav?