If Mull of Kintyre was a Xmas no 1, how come it never gets played at Xmas?

[ManWithARash]

or am I just listening to the wrong stations?
I've only just discovered that it was number one in Xmas 1977, I think.

It outlived its welcome by having weeks and weeks at number 1 (back in the day we were used to 3 weeks being a good run at number 1)

Not Christmassy
Didn’t have an accompanying video with snow and Santa’s etc
It’s a bit rubbish...

Because bagpipes have no place in popular music.

Because it's weapons grade turbocrap.

It was being played the year we stopped at Sainsbury’s on Christmas Eve, desperate for the loo halfway through a cross-country road trip between family members, and it was being absolutely blasted in the toilets. Like ear splittingly, shouting to hear each other loud. It was bizarre.

I bought the single back in the 1970s but didn’t even realise that it was a Christmas no 1.

Like this piece on Paul.

@InMySpareTime

Because bagpipes have no place in popular music.

But successfully used by AC/DC...

@SantasBritchesSpelleas

I love Mull of Kintyre though I can take or leave Macca generally.

You never hear his other Christmas epic, The Frog Song, either. That really is shite though.

I absolutely love the frog song. It's part of our Christmas eve routine, swaying and ribbeting.

@PuddleglumtheMarshWiggle

I'll start the campaign to get 'Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west' played every year. Christmas no. 1 in 1971 and never played since. (I'm old 😁)

I used to know all words, wonder if I could still sing along! 😁

I absolutely love the frog song. It's part of our Christmas eve routine, swaying and ribbeting.

I have to admit I suddenly find myself loving the frog song if I have been on the .

Never. I'm always stone cold sober when I am swaying and BOM BOMing
OK maybe not quite 'stone cold'

Though I'm always slightly unnerved at seeing macca, who was middle aged when I was born in the seventies, suddenly at half my age

we all Stand TOGETHA

'Ernie, Fastest Milkman...' was number one the week I was born (my birthday is on Wednesday).

Ds is 18 tomorrow (sorry ds, for inflicting a Christmas week birthday on you). Girls Aloud, 'Sound of the Underground' was number one. Which isn't very festive, really . But then, a lot of the noughties has been dominated by X Factor/Pop Idol type number ones.

In fact (I used to work in a record shop, I'm a bit obsessed by Christmas number 1s)- the last 'festive' Christmas number 1 was the 3rd release of Band Aid in 2004 for the 20th aniiversary- and before that, 1990, Cliff Richard with 'Saviour's day' was the last really 'proper' Christmas song.

la-ah -ah la la la la lah ... keeping us warm in the night, burgh-burgh-burgh-burgh-burgh-burgh ...

(Unless you count East 17, Stay another Day, which I don't really ).

I love 'We all stand together' .

I love it!

Well I really like it. The melody, the harmonies. I am a Macca fan and a pop music fan in general though.

As a pp poster said, it was No1 for so long it's on the 'do not play' list. Shame. Pipes of Peace was another Xmas one. He does OK for Xmas playlists with Wonderful Christmastime so he can't complain .

I quite like it. But it's hardly uplifting. Too sad

Umm, he’s so crap he has the no.1 album at the moment?? I wonder if anyone around now will still be so successful in 50-60 years time?

@BestIsWest

I bought the single back in the 1970s but didn’t even realise that it was a Christmas no 1.

Like this piece on Paul.

Thank you for that link, I really enjoyed reading that.

Because it’s truly shit.

1. It is shit.

1. Macca never got pissed on baked potatoes and ran himself over.

Incidentally, Stop The Cavalry isn't particularly festive imo. "Mary Bradley stands alone in the nuclear fall out zone". Err alright mate, why don't you just piss all over my party poppers? Tsch, some people.