One of the many problems with Christmas music on the radio

[dvandom]

A lot of Christmas standards (please, these aren't "holiday" songs, with a few exceptions) simply aren't all that long. Sure, many of them have obscure additional verses that can be used to stretch them out to the radio standard 3:15 length, but a lot of Christmas songs on the radio are horribly padded out, repeating the entire song twice with an instrumental solo in the middle or something.

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[grant-p.livejournal.com]

That's under the best of circumstances. Yesterday I heard a guy singing the SAME verse three times. I didn't remember the song, but I thought "This makes no sense..."

At least they could put in some of the Weird Al stuff to pad things out...

[randomlinenoise.livejournal.com]

There's a version of "Sleigh Ride" I keep hearing which doesn't even use the "middle eight", but instead repeats the first part of the verse a couple of times.

[diosoth.livejournal.com]

I don't think any of the Weird Al stuff is totally holiday suitable, to be quite honest. World War III and Santa butchering his elves might get a few angry phone calls.

[diosoth.livejournal.com]

You also have the issue of the lengthier stuff of recent years not being very radio suitable. You won't hear Monster Magnet's "Dead Christmas", Overkill's "My December"(unrelated to Linkin Park's song in any way) or any of the Twisted Sister Christmas stuff. Unless perhaps the DJ is trying to get himself fired.

I haven't even heard George Thorogood's "Rock N Roll Christmas" in years. They seem to want to stick with the really old stuff or whatever new top 40 hit is out this year.

[zqadams.livejournal.com]

Christmas music on the radio (as opposed to iTunes where I can control it) went on my avoid-at-all-costs list a few years back when someone decided that, because it takes place on Christmas Eve, Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" belonged in the rotation. It's a decent little soft rock tune, I guess, but hearing it sandwiched between "What Child is This" and "Winter Wonderland" is kind of a punch in the guts every time.

[misanthrope1.livejournal.com]

I hate most holiday music. I therefore listen to Have a Scary Solstice. Cthulu holiday music!