Last Christmas (2)…

Last Christmas, we just went to church…and in the evening, we went to this eat-all-you-can BBQ steamboat place and I remember they were playing “Last Christmas” all night long, no less than 10 different versions of it – the original Wham version, techno, hip-hop…and even Crazy Frog!!! It was so loud and the diners had to shout to be heard…so you can imagine how noisy it was and it was driving me up the wall! I swore I would never listen to that song ever again…

But unfortunately, I did not keep my promise – and lived to regret it. You see, the other day, I stumbled upon the cover of the aforementioned song by Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift? I can never understand why she’s been sweeping all the awards and nominations – even country! If there’s one thing that Taylor Swift isn’t, she isn’t COUNTRY! But she certainly seems very popular and I have seen some people posting her songs in their blogs – Love Story, for example…and You belong with me…which, I’m afraid, are not in any way, my cup of tea.

Anyway, to get back to what I was talking about – the song “Last Christmas”, I decided to give it a listen and IMHO, it sucks big time. The voice is so irritatingly shrieky and between the two, I would much sooner listen to Crazy Frog! Here, you can listen to it yourself…

I like the music in Coldplay’s version…

…but among the numerous covers, I love this one best – a live rendition of the song by Travis…

I particularly love that rock edge that they’ve given to the song, making it even nicer than the middle-of-the-road bubbly pop original by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. Well, as they say, “one man’s meat is another man’s poison,” so what do you all think? Are we in agreement on this matter…or are you among the many that go goo-goo gaga over…Taylor Swift?