GTPlanet vs. Mariah Carey [2021]

[Obelisk]

Still in, but I have to go to my mechanic tomorrow. Hoping they aren't the festive type...

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Double Carey'd. In a classroom and the door was open. Didn't have enough time to reach for my earphones.

 

[Obelisk]

Update for those who asked: My dad just told me the Carey ad that took him out is a McDonald's ad, and it plays about 30 seconds of the song.

 

[UKMikey]

Update for those who asked: My dad just told me the Carey ad that took him out is a McDonald's ad, and it plays about 30 seconds of the song.

Thanks for the heads up. (As @Daniel will no doubt update your dad's entry in post 2...) I'm not lovin' it.

 

[TB]

(As @Daniel will no doubt update your dad's entry in post 2...)

I've been fielding the updates as Daniel is slammed at work.

Updated to here, @Daniel.

 

[TB]

 

[bjl23]

I'm out

As soon as I started the wife's car today the song was playing.

 

[TB]

I'm out

As soon as I started the wife's car today the song was playing.

You should have taken the CD out.

 

[bjl23]

You should have taken the CD out.

I can't help but wonder if she was talking to your wife.

Edit: getting wham'd right now.

 

[Spirit]

Got Carey'd watching a morbid, but funny short video on my phone. I'm out.

@Daniel @TB

 

[EngieDiesel]

One of the customers had it as their ringtone.

A RINGTONE!

WHO EVEN DOES THAT?!

...oh well, maybe next year.

@Daniel @TB

 

[polysmut]

I've been spiked with an unsolicited side order of

& cheese in Greggs the bakers in previous years but I just can't stay away from the place. This morning they Carey'd me.
Fortunately no

so far this year which to me is still the real ear poison.

@Daniel @TB I'm out.

 

[Peter.]

In just the mere hour of time I was in a store yesterday, I got a good old fashioned Whamming, briefly followed by its spiritual successor (Mariah'd? Carey'd?).

Warning to those still alive and fighting: order online.

 

[Dave A]

Fortunately I'm now working full time from home for the forseeable so no risk of hearing it on the office radio, one thing I suppose I can thank Boris for.

 

[kjb]

For me once I heard it once I started to hear it that song everywhere I went

 

[GTboyz]

You know what really pisses me off? The only time I heard the song was when I got Carrey'd. After that, the song literally never plays anywhere.

Screw you, Mariah.

 

[W3H5]

Now that Wham! Last Christmas isn’t the audio plague it used to be in my life, I must admit I quite like it, if only for the synth track.

 

[Dylan]

Made it to the 21st. Shop foreman had the radio at work set for 80’s music. Thought I would be safe.
RIP me.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Well the good news is I made it through the last day of work before holidays without getting eliminated. Now I need to worry about Xmas shopping.

 

[girabyt3]

Got my warning lights this week already... A local radio (not mine) passed Johnny Eat World's "Last Christmas" cover a few days ago and today I've heard on the mall what I thought it was the song but it was just a cover (made by a woman but the voice difference was noticable!!)

I'M STILL ALIVE, MARIAH!!!

 

[EngieDiesel]

I'M STILL ALIVE, MARIAH!!!

You should know better to taunt her. Now you're really gonna get it!

 

[AudiMan2011]

Aaaaaand I just crashed out whilst doing Christmas shopping. Damn song came in as part of a playlist in Asda. 🤬🤬🤬

 

[RouWa]

German Charts:
1. Wham! (George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley) - Last Christmas (for the first time since 1984)
2. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
3. Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

 

[UKMikey]

German Charts:
1. Wham! (George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley) - Last Christmas (for the first time since 1984)
2. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
3. Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

At least Nr. 3 isn't the abominable dirge that is Tell Me There's A Heaven. Its video is full of that feelgood Christmas spirit.

Spoiler: disturbing images, even more disturbing music

 

[SomePlayaDude]

~On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve..

Why did they play that song to me?~

@Daniel
@TB

 

[Rzeractor]

God damn it. So close. Almost made it and I worked in an industry where it would have been a Christmas carol minefield and I - still - managed to avoid it. Until five minutes ago. Absolutely shattered, on eve too. 😅

 

[Dreadmed]

Originally I was going to post about my (lack of) strategy for avoiding Carey on the Xmas playlist that usually finds it way into proceedings on Xmas night. HOWEVER...

Last week I had the brilliant idea of booking my Covid booster jab for today of all days (I'm sure I won't be regretting that tomorrow!). 1 hour ago ago I get in line at the local pharmacy and not 2 seconds later, George's succulent tones starts winding into my ears as part of Heart radio's Christmas playlist. "Aha!" I exclaim quietly in my head, "I'm not playing that game anymore, I can enjoy this as much as I please! Do your worst,

!".

My masked smile fades away towards the closing stages, however, as I realise that Sod's law decrees that Mariah will surely be next... and there's still 3 people in front of me. Sure enough, in come the jingles...

Over and out. @TB @Daniel

 

[MaxAttack]

Carey'd in an ambush conducted by my own mother. Trust no one!

 

[NotThePrez]

Alas, it was not meant to be.

I went to my local Goodwill to donate some books that had been collecting dust, the collection point being outside of the building. Against my better judgement (and a small desire to find a pair of shorts and some bad movies), I decided to go inside and do a little shopping. After finding some clothes and a copy of Max Payne staring Marky Mark, I decide to make my way to the checkout. And then I hear...

...the bells...

...those damned bells...

...which prompted a response from a nearby older worker, and I explained the contest to her. She was visibly confused, but thought it was funny all the same.

Not counting last year in which I survived, I think this is the longest I've lasted in both versions of GTP vs. since I started being a participant.

 

[girabyt3]

She's trending here in Peru...