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Dec 07, 2002, 09:47 AM
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Sun King
Join Date: Aug 17, 2001
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"Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
Here's the full article from BBC News:
Mr Blobby has been named as the most annoying Christmas tune ever, beating festive classics from Rolf Harris, Renee and Renata and Bony M's Mary's Boy Child.
The 1993 novelty hit from the polka-dotted pink Mr Blobby, made famous on Noel Edmond's House Party, was voted the most irritating Christmas number one in a poll conducted by HMV.
In second place in the less-than-coveted top 10 was St Winifred's School Choir with their song There's No-One Quite Like Grandma, which hit the top of the charts in 1980.
Sir Cliff Richard's 1988 Yule-time offering Mistletoe and Wine was voted the third most irritating Christmas hit.
Sir Cliff is no stranger to hitting the top at Christmas, having achieved it on three occasions over the years, the last time being in 1990 with Saviour's Day.
Other Christmas turkeys include Wings' Mull of Kintyre, Bob the Builder's Can We Fix It and Renee and Renata with Save Your Love.
Perennial seasonal favourites Slade are top of the tree with their single Merry Xmas Everybody voted most popular of all time.
Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman's 2001 hit Somethin' Stupid came fifth in the most popular list but was also voted the seventh most irritating.
Future contenders
The Queen epic Bohemian Rhapsody, which was number one in both 1975 and 1991, came in at number two in the popular list.
Charity chart-topper Do They Know it's Christmas from Band Aid was at number three.
It has made the number one spot twice with two different line-ups of stars from the pop world, brought together by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.
Other favourites include Elvis Presley's Return to Sender, The Beatles' I Want to Hold Your Hand and the Spice Girls hit 2 Become 1.
The race for the 2002 Christmas number one looks like being a straight fight between the two bands created on Popstars: The Rivals.
The female group Girls Aloud will release a cover of East 17's Christmas number one Stay Another Day, while the boy band One True Voice will release Sacred Heart, previously recorded by the Bee Gees.
[size="1"][ Dec 07, 2002, 10:47 AM: Message Edited By: shyGirl ][/size]
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Dec 07, 2002, 10:07 AM
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Old Brown Shoe
Join Date: Mar 16, 2002
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
So "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the most irritating songs, and a Spice Girls song is one of the most popular ones? Yeesh. [img]graemlins/dead1.gif[/img]
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Dec 07, 2002, 10:32 AM
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Taxman
Join Date: Apr 11, 2001
Location: South of Denver, Colorado
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
When was Mull a X-Mas song anyway??
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Dec 07, 2002, 04:34 PM
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Sgt. Pepper
Join Date: Dec 20, 2000
Location: Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
That probably just means it was Number One on Christmas Day. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was, so...
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Dec 08, 2002, 08:12 AM
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Co-Admin Geezer
Join Date: Jun 06, 2000
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
I never knew Mull of Kintyre was a Christmas Record. I've always read that Paul wrote and released it because he wanted to do something different than all the 'punk' that was currently in the charts.
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Dec 08, 2002, 12:07 PM
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Nowhere Man
Join Date: Oct 29, 2002
Location: Seattle, Washington, US of A
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
pssssh...if Mull of Kintyre is an irritating song then I'm the Queen of England.
That made no sense but thats okay...
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Dec 08, 2002, 07:58 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jun 04, 2000
Location: Louisiana
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
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Originally Posted By EasternBird:
So "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the most irritating songs, and a Spice Girls song is one of the most popular ones? Yeesh. [img]graemlins/dead1.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">What is this world coming to? "Mull Of Kintyre" is as much a Christmas song as Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". Just because a song reaches the top spot on the charts during the Christmas holidays does not make it a Christmas song. |
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Dec 09, 2002, 06:28 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jun 11, 2000
Location: Louisiana, USA
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
I didn't see my own "fave" vote for "Worst X-mas Hit" offering - I absolutely loathe Elvis Presley's rendition of "Blue Christmas" [img]graemlins/barf2.gif[/img] *
The [img]graemlins/cat.gif[/img] *insists on plaguing me with that nasty tidbit every year [img]graemlins/shakehead4.gif[/img]
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Dec 10, 2002, 03:04 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: May 30, 2002
Location: United Kingdom (NI)
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
Mull of Kintyre is a great song! Who else but Paul McCartney could write a hit song about a place in Scotland that few people had heard of before or have heard of since?
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Dec 10, 2002, 03:08 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jul 02, 2002
Location: Back to where I once belonged
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
Mull of Kintyre - loved it then, love it now! But it's hardly a Christmas classic! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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Dec 11, 2002, 05:45 AM
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Bulldog
Join Date: Aug 22, 2002
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
I didn't even know Mull of Kintyre was released at Christmas! Livin' and learnin'. And I LOVE this tune. One of the best on Paul's catalogue, IMO.
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Dec 12, 2002, 03:30 PM
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Wild Honey Pie
Join Date: Aug 11, 2000
Location: Palatine, IL,
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
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Originally Posted By MaccaGirl:
When was Mull a X-Mas song anyway??
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I hear that. Maybe they were thinking of "Wonderful Christmas time" or something. Silly people:p |
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Dec 13, 2002, 01:25 AM
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Old Brown Shoe
Join Date: Nov 04, 2001
Location: London
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
I think they are calling it a Christmas song because it was No.1 at Christmas. Some of the other songs on that list weren't about Christmas either, but because they were No.1 at Christmas, they are classed as Christmas songs. [img]graemlins/smile1.gif[/img]
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Dec 28, 2002, 07:44 PM
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Nowhere Man
Join Date: Aug 16, 2002
Location: Chattanooga, TN, USA
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
Mull of Kintyre is absolutely beautiful. Its one of the tracks on my copy of Wingspan that gets played over and over again.
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Dec 29, 2002, 06:23 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 23, 2001
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Re: "Mull Of Kintyre" one of the runners-up in "Worst X-mas Hit" poll
"Mull of Kintyre" is a truly beautiful song. I love it and have the deepest respect for Paul for creating something so wonderful.
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