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I HATE his "Happy Holidays" song.

posted 5 years ago by whynotwriteme (7817)
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I thought it was a modern politically correct song done in a 60s retro style. I never heard this once on the radio as a kid. They buried it until PC times called for a Christmas-less 'Holiday' song.

The lyrics sound like Williams drunkenly scrawled them on a napkin at the studio cocktail bar 15 minutes before the recording session:

"Whoop-de-doo, and dickory dock, and don't forget to hang up your sock" and
"He'll be coming down the chimney, down."

Yeah, beautiful, Andy baby! That's gold, right there... Dynamite!

[–] Kowalski (79128) 5 years ago

YEAH! SCREW THAT DEAD GUY AND HIS ANCIENT HOLIDAY SONG....I GUESS?

[–] whynotwriteme (7817) 5 years ago

It's on about a thousand times a day on the Christmas radio channel that both my boss and my kids listen to non-stop. It's a tossup between this and Wham's 'Last Christmas' for which one nauseates me more.

[–] Kowalski (79128) 5 years ago

FORCED REPEATED CONSUMPTION..THATS FUCKING ROUGH...I FEEL FOR YOU...UGH,LAST CHRISTMAS.

[–] liscarkat (19418) 2 years ago

Forced? Doesn't your radio have a knob on it to change stations?

[–] liscarkat (19418) 2 years ago

Forced? Doesn't your radio have a knob on it to change stations?

[–] liscarkat (19418) 5 years ago

Williams didn't write it, Irving Berlin did, in 1942, over half a century before saying "Happy Holidays" became a PC substitute for "Merry Christmas".

I can't stand rap. Here's what I do: I don't listen to it. Perhaps you should consider the same approach to Christmas music.

[–] SteveG (1370) 5 years ago

No you dont, its impossible to hate that stupid song. "Cause whoop dee do and dickery dock and dont forget to suck on my clock."

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

No, he did not 'drunkenly scrawl the lyrics on a napkin 15 minutes before the recording session.' 🙄
In those days, singers such as Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, etc. were *singers*, not song writers. Writing/composing music was a different matter entirely. In this case, the song was written by the renowned Irving Berlin way back in 1942, and it was sung that very year in the movie "Holiday Inn."

[–] whynotwriteme (7817) 5 years ago

Well, whoever wrote it did a damnably poor job.

[–] buzzlightbeer (1927) 2 years ago

Lol wow

I like it!!!!!

[–] Popcorngal (4937) 2 years ago

I love Christmas songs , but playing them for nearly two months is grating. There are a few holiday songs I like by him.

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

happy holidays is worst saying there is!!

wtf is happy holiday? you say this at start of summer vaction?!?