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Fairytale of New York Vid

  • 12-12-2006 8:41am
    #1
    Big Nelly
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    Now I know I have watched this vid maybe a million times in the last few years but just stuck it up on the old bebo to get into the xmas mood.

    Anyway I noticed this a few years ago and never asked and just thought of it now, what is the name of the actor the plays the cop at the start of the vid???


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  • #2
    Pighead
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    Matt Dillon. Do you think hes dishy as well?


  • #3
    Big Nelly
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    Pighead wrote:
    Matt Dillon. Do you think hes dishy as well?

    Thats him, name escaped me, good pub quiz question!!


  • #4
    il gatto
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    Big Nelly wrote:
    Thats him, name escaped me, good pub quiz question!!

    Not really. Everybody knows that. Everybody:D (may not actually be known by everybody)


  • #5
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,785 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Especially when Dillon says that the part in the video was one of his career highlights


  • #6
    Love2love
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    Ah, this video/song really makes Xmas for me! I cannot wait to get back to Ireland now because I haven't even heard this song played over here and it really doesn't feel like christmas until I heard it! Going to you tube it to my bebo, thanks for the idea!


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  • #7
    Big Nelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    Love2love wrote:
    Ah, this video/song really makes Xmas for me! I cannot wait to get back to Ireland now because I haven't even heard this song played over here and it really doesn't feel like christmas until I heard it! Going to you tube it to my bebo, thanks for the idea!

    Already have it on my bebo!! mighty tune!!


  • #8
    bishop brennan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭bishop brennan


    The video shows Shane McGowan playing the piano.Shane McGowan cant play piano.


  • #9
    MrJoeSoap
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    bishop brennan wrote:
    The video shows Shane McGowan playing the piano.Shane McGowan cant play piano.
    It wasn't him at the piano, it was James.

    "I knew that putting on Shane's rings and wearing his jacket for the video of Fairy Tale, so it would look like Shane played the piano on the song, might come and bite me on the arse, if this is being bitten on the arse, not really. Shane can play the piano, sort of, but in a style that might best be described as - well - childlike, you know, as in 'childlike wonder' - not intended to be pejorative in any way. But those are my fingers at the piano on the video. Payrolled facilitators at the time had the idea that it would look better if it appeared that Shane was playing the piano. Didn't want to do it at the time, myself, but there you go."


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