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  • Whamaggedon 2024
  • aide
    Full Member

    I’m oot already, blummin work radio. Anyone else playing this year?

    ernie
    Free Member

    I got Whammed in November; does that count or am I still in?

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    It came on R5 last night – they were saying it’s 40(?) years since original relelase so obvz played a bit of it.  I didn’t hang around to see what their listeners had to say about that !

    Drac
    Full Member

    Not played for a couple of years but I did hear it on Sunday afternoon when in my local.

    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    Do covers count as to being Whammed?

    morphio
    Free Member

    Got taken out on the 1st by a bl**dy rickshaw riding past in London.

    Covers and remixes don’t count. It’s in the rules: https://whamageddon.com/

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    ChrisL
    Full Member

    https://whamageddon.com/

    The Rules!
    The 1st Rule
    The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing WHAM’s Christmas classic; “Last Christmas”.

    The 2nd Rule
    The game starts on December 1st, and finishes at the end of December 24th.
    Use your local timezone, if you’d like.
    (Yes, we’re European heathens)

    The 3rd Rule
    Only the original version applies. Enjoy the ?#!$&%! out of remixes and covers.

    The 4th Rule
    You’re out as soon as you recognise the song.

    Bonus Rule
    Post on social media with the #whamageddon hashtag when you get hit.

    PvP?
    While we can’t stop you from deliberately sending your friends to Whamhalla, the intention is that this is a survival game. Not a Battle Royale. So … don’t be a dick, mkay?

    So according to the 2nd rule Ernie is still in, and according to the 3rd rule, it’s only the Wham version that counts.

    pocpoc
    Free Member

    December 1st. Christmas playlist playing in the car. I don’t actively play and try and avoid it but I normally manage more than 12 hours.

    Ambrose
    Full Member

    I’m still surviving but have now got the horrible song stuck in my head.

    matt_outandabout
    Free Member

    Yep, arrived in a cafe yesterday to be knocked out by their background tunes…mrs_oab and I both made Christmas last year, so gutted to be out so early..

    the-muffin-man
    Full Member

    Would I be a bad person if I posted a link to the video! 🙂

    dirkpitt74
    Full Member

    Got Whammed on the 2nd……

    Getting the Christmas decs & tree out of the loft when my Daughter uttered the fateful words “Alexa play Christmas music…”

    First flippin’ song lol

    It’s why I only listen to Absolute Classic Rock or Planet Rock lol

    muddylegs
    Free Member

    I dodged a bullet yesterday at the dentist. My other half heard it in the waiting room. Fortunately for me they had a different station on in the treatment room 🙂

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    midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    I can’t remember if it’s played in this, but I’m granting an exemption if it is as it wouldn’t be “getting caught” by Wham, would it? One of the longer cafe ride videos and well worth a watch. Stephens and Ridgeley on great form, loveley chilled vid.

    whatgoesup
    Full Member

    Poor show this year – out on the 2nd Dec thanks to a “Bills” advert on Faceache.

    z1ppy
    Full Member

    totally screwed on the 1stDec by some random YT video/short with it playing in the back ground

    fossy
    Full Member

    Still in it.

    fadda
    Full Member

    Still in so far – made it all the way to 24th a couple of years ago, but out on day 2 last year, so I’m already doing better than that!

    mrchrispy
    Full Member

    everyone is playing whamaggedon, even if they dont know it.
    not sure I can be arsed to really try this year.

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Out on December 2nd. As was anyone else walking into and out of Waterloo Station on Monday evening as the infernal pedal rickshaw was playing it at full whack at the entrance. Along with a light show!

    fasgadh
    Free Member

    Still in , yet to hear any Xmas music despite crap music being everywhere. Made it last year.
    planning on Christmas on Tierra del Fuego, so got a good chance.

    MoreCashThanDash
    Full Member

    I don’t actively “play” as such, but have avoided it so far. My propensity for cafes with background music is likely to be where I fall foul.

    gecko76
    Full Member

    @dirkpitt74 are you my wife?

    Blackflag
    Free Member

    Still in. Despite the fact there is a guy at work who thinks its ok to pop up on team calls and play it. He started doing it last year when he went out early.

    CountZero
    Full Member

    Not playing, I’m coming up short on the number of phucs I couldn’t give for shit Christmas songs! I only ever listen to 6Music, and then only in the car, I’ve got quite a few good Christmas/seasonal songs in my library, but I can’t be arsed with playlists, and the only shops in town where I’d be likely to hear anything like that were flooded out a week ago and are likely closed for most of December.

    Bah! And indeed, humbug!

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    Bunnyhop
    Full Member

    So shoot me now. I love it, yes love it, could happily listen once an hour ( all credibility out of the window). I got whammed on 29th Nov ( it doesn’t count) .
    The video is excellent and lots of fun. Whoop whoop.

    kormoran
    Free Member

    I don’t mind it at all, in fact I’d take it every day of the week if I didn’t have to listen to that Slade shite ever again

    And don’t get me started on that fairytale crapola

    I believe in father Christmas is the one true Christmas song, it should be the national anthem during December

    funkmasterp
    Full Member

    Still in here. My habit of having headphones on for most of the day and when out and about could be my saviour!

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    Anna-B
    Free Member

    . I love it, yes love it, could happily listen once an hour


    yay @bunnyhop ! Me too. It’s my absolutely favourite Christmas song and I go out of my way to listen to it 😀 All the other songs played at this time of year are  complete Christmas pants. I don’t know why people go out of their way to avoid the one good one.

    beej
    Full Member

    Survived an hour long taxi ride across Dublin with the taxi driver playing a Christmas mix on Spotify. I like to live dangerously.

    halifaxpete
    Full Member

    Am insta video got me on the 1st!

    10
    Full Member

    Accidentally Whammed myself in November. Then remembered the rules, so I’m still in. Coffee shops are going to do for me, I’d imagine

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    droplinked
    Full Member

    I whambushed myself – it’s my favourite Christmas song.

    Ambrose
    Full Member

    I’m out. Sitting in the green waiting room at Prince Philip Hospital, being force fed Smooooooth Radio.

    fossy
    Full Member

    Panicked in the supermarket last night, Christmas Music on. Managed to do the shopping and drive home without it being heard.

    Harry_the_Spider
    Full Member

    Still in.

    Going to the local Am-Dram panto tomorrow night and I 100% expect to be taken out during the interval.

    They’ll do it deliberately to get the whole audience.

    kayak23
    Full Member

    I don’t mind it at all, in fact I’d take it every day of the week if I didn’t have to listen to that Slade shite ever again

    I don’t think it’s any kind of comment on the quality of the song. Just a game trying to avoid something so prevalent. It’s a great song hence why it’s everywhere 🙂

    I’m on 6 Music so should be fairly safe for a while. Liking the more niche side of Christmas songs they’ll play.

    10
    Full Member

    And I’m out. Starbucks, you ****.

    fossy
    Full Member

    Still in.

    bigblackshed
    Full Member

    Still in Wham.

    But got done by Noddy on the 1st December due to a bloody advert on Sunday afternoon TV.

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