'Tis the Season of Whamming Vs GTPlanet

[TJ13]

@Jordan
Did you answer in the forum of a question.
What is Wham?

 

[AnthonyD1993]

On the bright side, I got nothing to lose from the upcoming wrath of @Jordan since I'm already out.

 

[m8h3r]

Sad to report a casualty in the war. I was cover whammed in Asda and counted myself lucky as it was my second there. Then about an hour later my lady friends kid puts it on. :censored:ing four year olds.

 

[Anathema]

Out after five-plus years of hardcore mode. My dad decided it was a good idea to put on a Christmas playlist (alcohol was involved) and despite my headset I can still hear music from upstairs.

I did stop actively avoiding it once George did pass away, and can say I did last for five years Wham!-free at least.

 

[Jordan]

I know this isn’t going to be a popular technique but I think the trick is to genuinely like the song. I’m waiting to hear it being played and 11 days into December it’s nowhere to be heard?

Don't worry about it too much. Your time will come...

 

[TJ13]

Remember to always turn off your headphones now.
@Jordan is preparing for a Whambulance.
Or did I just ruin the surprise?

 

[DK]

22:34 GMT, 11th December 2018 - I got got...by a YouTube video that came out about half an hour earlier.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

Remember to always turn off your headphones now.
@Jordan is preparing for a Whambulance.
Or did I just ruin the surprise?

Not really sure how it is a surprise that is the worst kept secret of all time during this time of year.

 

[Obelisk]

Still in, surprisingly. Keeping my audio off now that Jordan's out...

 

[TJ13]

 

[Famine]

Well, after a decade, and thanks to a Tweet from Romesh Ranganathan, it's gone mainstream. At least two national radio stations are now playing it, and there's an "official Whamageddon" website. Wikipedia reckons it first appeared online in 2012 (no) - and in fact, it's so mainstream that there's a Wikipedia page for it.


Since George Michael's died as well, I propose we move to a new song from 2019.

Specifically, I propose "All I Want for Christmas is You", by Mariah Carey - because it has an extremely distinct intro sequence, and also because we can call it the Apocareypse.

 

[GTP_Dutchy]

Well, after a decade, and thanks to a Tweet from Romesh Ranganathan, it's gone mainstream. At least two national radio stations are now playing it, and there's an "official Whamageddon" website. Wikipedia reckons it first appeared online in 2012 (no) - and in fact, it's so mainstream that there's a Wikipedia page for it.


Since George Michael's died as well, I propose we move to a new song from 2019.

Specifically, I propose "All I Want for Christmas is You", by Mariah Carey - because it has an extremely distinct intro sequence, and also because we can call it the Apocareypse.

Agreed

 

[TJ13]

Why not paul mccarthy Wonderful Christmastime?

 

[ScottPuss20]

Ouch. I got whammed while playing HQ Trivia tonight. They just started playing the song between questions.

I'm worried now...

 

[Swagger897]

Hmmm... doesn't quite carry the same wry smile as being "Wham'd" does...

Surely there's something else more catchy?

 

[bjl23]

On the websites I went onto it says it finishes Christmas Eve?

 

[Nismonath5]

What sort of websites? I've found nothing about GTP and Whamming, aside from here of course..

 

[bjl23]

What sort of websites? I've found nothing about GTP and Whamming, aside from here of course..

I just goggled it, a website even came up called whamageddon.com

 

[Keef]

I forgot to mention that I'm out. I got Whammed twice on the 8th, at two different bars. I was drunk as hell and having fun but being social has its consequences.

 

[Flex0r]

I forgot to mention that I'm out. I got Whammed twice on the 8th, at two different bars. I was drunk as hell and having fun but being social has its consequences.

If you only remember it now, you must have been quite Whammered.

 

[AlvaroF]

I stopped trying to avoid the song. I've been shopping, I'm currently sat in the airport, with no headphones and there barely has been any Christmas music, so not even a cover Wham. Not even Mariah Carey's unbearable All I Want for Christmas is You. I'm so confident in fact, that I'm going to two different Christmas markets during the weekend without a single care in the world. I got this

 

[Jimlaad43]

Why not paul mccarthy Wonderful Christmastime?

Because Mariah's song is awful and oven more overplayed than Wham is. Paul's song is actually OK.

 

[TJ13]

 

[Doomotron]

Does the website credit GTPlanet or members from here?

 

[MrCrynox]

Damn it I'm out. Just started thinking yesterday that I was getting away with it. Who was I fooling, Xmas shopping with the misses today in Tesco's, ffs

 

[Famine]

Does the website credit GTPlanet or members from here?

I doubt it - we weren't even the origin of it. Best I can tell @RouWa brought it here from another forum.

 

[TJ13]

 

[Valkyr1313]

Still nothing to report here. I just listen to podcasts at work with headphones on and I have my own music playlists for the car, so unless someone gets the drop on me I'm pretty much invincible

The only small worry in my future is a work holiday party tomorrow but I'm not sure if I'm even gonna attend it because I'm anti social

 

[Stephan]

I'm out. A radio just played that song and when I heard the beginning part, I tried putting on my headphones on but I was too late.

And here I thought the radio would only play Filipino Christmas music but nope it's not even safe from Wham's Christmas song.

There goes my chances of pulling 2-0.

 

[TJ13]