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The Velveteen Ocelot

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14. One of my most unfavorite Christmas songs,

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 06:18 PM

Dec 2017

usually made worse by horrible arrangements and equally horrible performances. Add to that list "Do You Hear What I Hear" and "Mary, Did You Know." Awful, schlocky, musical dreck.

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The Little Drummer Boy hate thread [View all] doc03 Dec 2017 OP

I like it............depends on the singer Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #1

Yes, some singers can do it well JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #2

Thank you for the song........I guess I perfer a deeper voice Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #4

Oh, good! ChazInAz Dec 2017 #44

Is there a song Joan Baez couldn't do well? Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #51

All of them? CCExile Dec 2017 #55

I like it too.. whathehell Jan 2018 #82

Always hated the song and the Rakin Bass animated Little Drummer Boy was SUPER creepy! Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #3

Ugh! Yes! My least favorite Christmas cartoon ever! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #10

LOL! Me too! Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #18

Have you seen Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Orrex Dec 2017 #39

No, but it sounds like you are recommending that we all give that smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #40

Dear God, it's wretched! Orrex Dec 2017 #42

I remember watching that one at age 7 or 8 volstork Dec 2017 #75

Ironically MFM008 Dec 2017 #76

Best rendition ever: Aristus Dec 2017 #5

That was such a good show ClarendonDem Dec 2017 #7

Okay, you made me cry PJMcK Dec 2017 #19

A book from the rare book store. Aristus Dec 2017 #20

Thanks! PJMcK Dec 2017 #21

Thank you for reminding me of what we can be. bitterross Dec 2017 #59

"I can only hope, sir." lindysalsagal Dec 2017 #68

Well I loved that show DashOneBravo Dec 2017 #69

Is someone cutting up onions? Big_K Dec 2017 #73

I was prepared to weigh in as a Little Drummer Boy non-fan classof56 Jan 2018 #84

We had to sing that crap over and over doc03 Dec 2017 #6

I have actually always hated the song until I heard the David Bowie/Bing Crosby smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #8

Wasn't originally there TlalocW Dec 2017 #17

Bing resented the interruption of the time that he'd planned to spend abusing his kids Orrex Dec 2017 #41

he made shit better. but most carols are childish shit. pansypoo53219 Dec 2017 #45

I love this version MustLoveBeagles Dec 2017 #29

Hmmm... vicman Dec 2017 #58

I don't mind the song, but I am happy this OP title exists. It made me laugh out loud. Squinch Dec 2017 #9

We sang that in high school choir. We altos got to sing the pum puddledee pums. Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #11

This Baby's been a Pain, Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum Wolf Frankula Dec 2017 #12

That's hilarious! PJMcK Dec 2017 #22

... 2naSalit Dec 2017 #23

Yeah, kind of thoughtless, isn't it ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #85

I saw REM do this live at Tyrones O.C. in Athens CA jpak Dec 2017 #13

One of my most unfavorite Christmas songs, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #14

Those and... 2naSalit Dec 2017 #24

"I Wonder As I Wander" actually has a very interesting history. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #26

Well that's 2naSalit Dec 2017 #32

Wow...I never knew that! I have a lot of relatives in Murphy, NC Glorfindel Dec 2017 #35

I LOATH "Mary, Did You Know!" TomSlick Dec 2017 #36

Yes, awful on both counts. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #37

me too gopiscrap Dec 2017 #71

The Dandy Warhols version is great IcyPeas Dec 2017 #15

I like it. Only 3 or 4 Christmas songs I can't stand TlalocW Dec 2017 #16

I agree with you on 2naSalit Dec 2017 #25

Mostly agree, except about Hallelujah. shanny Dec 2017 #78

Love Joan Jett's version. Love Joan Jett!! Va Lefty Dec 2017 #27

We sang it in french for the school assembly. Loved it then. I would sing applegrove Dec 2017 #28

The only version I've ever liked.... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #30

God bless Bowie for saving that wretched song! colorado_ufo Dec 2017 #64

How do you get Little Drummer boy off your front porch? underpants Dec 2017 #31

Ooooh drummer jokes.... Still In Wisconsin Dec 2017 #53

What do you get when you cross drummer with pig? CCExile Dec 2017 #56

I'm glad there's a place here where I can register my hatred for that song, and Michael Bolton too. NBachers Dec 2017 #33

Bob Segers version fairfaxvadem Dec 2017 #34

Same here! justhanginon Dec 2017 #50

LDB is tolerable. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #38

Almost as bad as "The 12 Days of Christmas." bif Dec 2017 #43

Agreed! JeaneRaye Dec 2017 #46

I don't hate the song, murielm99 Dec 2017 #47

That's okay, I hate it enough for both of us! lastlib Dec 2017 #60

One of the few do I do like. It was a song I loved as a child. marble falls Dec 2017 #48

You can't hate it once you've heard Duke Pearson in this jazz version. mnhtnbb Dec 2017 #49

Pa- rum-a-pum- CRASH! SMASH! SHATTER! Still In Wisconsin Dec 2017 #52

Yup. I like it when I was ten year old. Years of repeated exposure in department stores, elevators, Nitram Dec 2017 #54

What Can't Be Cured lefty2000 Dec 2017 #57

Bob Dylan spike jones Dec 2017 #61

How did you know? Leighbythesea Dec 2017 #62

This may be turning into a Lil D-Boy LOVE thread... GReedDiamond Dec 2017 #63

The song isn't logical .... Shoonra Dec 2017 #65

Not if it were a Tin Drum pangaia Dec 2017 #77

Thank you for this. okwmember Dec 2017 #66

Knew I should have skipped this post! Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2017 #67

Damn you drmeow Dec 2017 #70

Best version of Little Drummer Boy: horn band Chicago. Really great! lindysalsagal Dec 2017 #72

Crank up your subs and watch this version TrogL Dec 2017 #74

Not me. I love the original Harry Simeone Chorale version... Kahuna7 Dec 2017 #79

Through no fault of its own, frogmarch Dec 2017 #80

Worst cover of "Little Drummer Boy" Thunderbeast Dec 2017 #81

Used to be Little Banjo Boy keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #83