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Christmas songs

Music News 

Are these the most-hated Christmas songs ever?

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Christmas songs, Hated, Most-hated

This survey comes courtesy of YouGov which talked to 1,000 Americans. What Christmas songs did they find the most…problematic? These

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Random music news for Thursday, January 6, 2021

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Audiobooks, Beavis and Butthead, Canadian Online Radio, Christmas songs, Guitars, Noodles, Offspring, Samsung, Stars, Status Quo, TikTok, Torquil Campbell, Travis Barker

When is it time’s up on Christmas decorations? Just askin’. Moving to music news for January 6, 2021… In case

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Lists 

Here are the biggest Christmas songs released this century

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 21st Century, ASCAP, Christmas songs

Once certain types of radio stations discovered they could rack up big ratings by playing nothing but Christmas music for

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WTF? 

Driving? These Xmas songs are dangerous.

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Christmas Caroles, Christmas songs, Dangerous Driving, Driving, Mariah Carey

In a commercial posing as a scientific survey, Chill Insurance, an Irish firm that sells auto insurance, commissioned some research

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, January 1, 2021

January 1, 2021January 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ambient Music, Audiophiles, Christmas songs, Eve 6, George Harrison, Oasis, Optical Illusions, Paul McCartney, Plagiarism, Spinal Tap, Spotify, Ticketmaster, TikTok

It’s over. The next couple of months will be rough, but things WILL get better this year. Meanwhile, distract yourself

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Random music news for Thursday, December 24, 2020

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bono, Cherry Cola, Christmas songs, Danzig, Fatboy Slim, Fortnite, New Year's Eve

Because it’s Christmas Eve, here’s a picture of Danzig wrapping presents. View this post on Instagram A post shared by

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 19, 2020

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1970s, Carlos Santana, Christmas songs, Danny Carey, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Glastonbury, Killers, Ozzy, Rick James, Taylor Swift, Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Wind of Change

Let’s say goodbye to Donald Trump with some repurposed Sound of Music. Here’s a fine collection of ugly music-themed Christmas

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, December 24, 2018

December 24, 2018December 23, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DCV, Annoying, Christmas songs, Daniel Johns, Four Year Strong, Julie Payette, Lenny Kravitz, Phil Rudd, Robins, Silverchair, Smart Spealers, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Wind Turbines

This is probably the day of the year when productivity falls to the lowest of the year. Who’s gonna want

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Music News 

Christmas Songs That Don’t SUCK

December 8, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 2 Comments Christmas, Christmas songs, Josh Homme, Silent Night

I swear I’m not a grinch, although I have been accused of being “that guy” who believes Christmas has been

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, December 7, 2018

December 7, 2018December 6, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple Music, Baby, Chris Jerico, Christmas songs, Day Jobs, Fairytale, Fairytale of New York, Fozzy, Hymns, Ice Cube, It's Cold Outside, K-Pop, Lonely Island, Managers, Pogues, Qatar, Rolling Stones, Streaming, Vinyl

Off to the NE Caribbean Outpost for the next week. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be delivering music news

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This “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” controversy is just plain silly

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Alan Cross 28 Comments Baby It's Cold Outside, Banned, Censorship, Christmas songs

The latest political correctness battle erupted earlier this month when a Cleveland radio station announced it would no longer play

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