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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:10 AM Dec 2012

Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem

Here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec/06/fairytale-new-york-pogues-christmas-anthem

Great big pile of awesome.

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Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem (Original Post) WilliamPitt Dec 2012 OP

truly a great song. kwassa Dec 2012 #1

Oh, thank you Will! nolabear Dec 2012 #2

A guy I know from radio, during one of MANY vacations in Ireland, got to spend ALL night... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #3

love that song! geardaddy Dec 2012 #4

Floating around youtube JoDog Dec 2012 #5

Thanks Will In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #6

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

1. truly a great song.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:25 AM

Dec 2012

love the Pogues.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)

2. Oh, thank you Will!

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 12:03 PM

Dec 2012

I have an unnatural love for this song and getting the backstory makes me smile. Of course it does reinstall that damned earworm. But what the hey, singing all thsoe insults over and over is a good antidote to the Sugarplum Nasties.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

3. A guy I know from radio, during one of MANY vacations in Ireland, got to spend ALL night...

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 12:08 PM

Dec 2012

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... drinking in a pub, the only other person at the table being Shane McGowan (my acquaintance
buying all the rounds, of course ).
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NO matter how long he lived... no matter how much he traveled... he couldn't conceive of anything
better EVER happening to him while on vacation.
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