Dragonfly
Wed, 24th Dec '03, 5:55am
Who wrote the better christmas song - Lennon or McCartney. If you you don't know the songs or who Lennon and McCartney are then fill in slot # 3. If you don't like either of the christmas songs stated then choose the one you hate the least.
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Poll Results: Lennon or McCartney chrismas songs (20 votes.)
Lennon or McCartney chrismas songs (Choose 1)
* Lennon wrote the best one - 65% (13)
* McCartney wrote the best one - 5% (1)
* I just don't know these songs/ I just don't know these people - 30% (6)
Muumli, the Wayfarer
Wed, 24th Dec '03, 6:05am
Both are great, but Lennon's irresistably makes you sing along, rising to a shout by the end. It makes you feel good and puts you in the holiday mood.
Baldrak
Wed, 24th Dec '03, 11:07am
I can't help but sing along with Lennon...
Rallymama
Wed, 24th Dec '03, 2:35pm
Personally, I prefer the Waitresses, or Johnny Mathis (but I guess he didn't write "Chestnuts," just immortalized it...). :roll:
Hacken Slash
Wed, 24th Dec '03, 7:51pm
Anything written by Lennon. Anything sung by McCartney.
Dragonfly
Wed, 24th Dec '03, 11:35pm
The reason I posted this pole was because I love the Lennon song. It seems a lot deeper to me than the McCartney one.
Shell
Thu, 25th Dec '03, 3:16pm
What are the songs called? I've probably heard them but can't remember :) I always liked Mull of Kintyre myself :o
Dragonfly
Fri, 26th Dec '03, 9:14am
I think the McCartney one is called "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time" At least those are the main words of the chorus.
The Lennon one is "And So This is Christmas" Again I'm not sure if that is the exact title but that is part of the song.
"...And so this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year older
And a new one just begun"
Shell
Sun, 28th Dec '03, 1:43pm
Definately the Lennon one then. Paul McCartney looks like a hobbit in his video :)
Hacken Slash
Mon, 29th Dec '03, 2:58pm
Actually, Lennon/Ono released an entire Christmas album , of which "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" was just the hit single. There are some other good songs on the LP as well that never got any airplay. Not sure if it is even avialable on CD, or if it is out of print. It also was released on the "Shaved Fish" album in 1975, and has been released on numerous anthologies and compilations since then.
McCartney's only Christmas song is "A Wonderful Christmas Time" which was released in 1979 on the album "Back to the Egg".
Viking
Tue, 30th Dec '03, 1:17am
I've gone with Lennon for the Happy Christmas (war is over) track.
The one to compare to must surely be "Pipes of Peace" by McCartney which had a WW1 trenches video, not the awful "simply having a wonderful christmas time" or whatever it was called? Pipes of peace wasn't that bad.