Fairytale of New York

Blue Crystal

Here it is early so I don't have to look at peoples statuses each year "Just heard Fairytale of New York today!!!11111" as if they are fúcking surprised it gets played at this time of year every year without fail

uch

What ?

foxyboxer

One of the worst things about the festive period is the aural assault from that over-rated garbage.

Muise...

yeah, bad Pogues, I want Wham! and Band Aid, and The Darkness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQhuoY5h2kE

who the fug

Bollicks to the lot of ye, the only thing that gets in me in the festive spirit, is hearing the follow

You´re a bum you´re a punk
You´re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag you maggot
You cheap lousy ******
Happy christmas your arse I pray god it´s our last.


misanthropes of the world unite

WoollyRedHat

Blessed are the shop workers, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the djs, for they shall obtain mercy.

brummytom

Brilliant song. Who wants mushy love songs about sitting in by the fire? I want outright abuse.

It's a song that covers so many emotions, it's fantastic.
"I could have been someone.
Well, so could anyone"

Muise...

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Blessed are the shop workers, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the djs, for they shall obtain mercy.

Hang the blessed dj.

BobbyPropane

****ing hell it's the most overplayed song in the world, year after year after year,

BUT GOD DO I FRIGGIN LOVE IT, screw all the haters:P

DebDynamite

Muise... wrote: »

yeah, bad Pogues, I want Wham! and Band Aid, and The Darkness.

Don't forget Shaky

MonstaMash

Muise... wrote: »

yeah, bad Pogues, I want Wham! and Band Aid, and The Darkness.

What about Slade (with a guest appearance from Jimmy Saville )

RikkFlair

Is there anything to be said for the Ronan Keating version? :pac:

WoollyRedHat

Or this

Can you imagine if it was?

It would be one dystopian nightmare, I think even the most ardent followers woud be driven to demention!

Muise...

MonstaMash wrote: »

What about Slade (with a guest appearance from Jimmy Saville )

Oh the Ghost of Christmas Past! :eek::eek:

antidote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIO3KvvgCqA

who the fug

RikkFlair wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for the Ronan Keating version? :pac:

For bringing it up you will have to spend 300 years on Lough Derravaragh , 300 years in the Sea of Moyle, and 300 years on the waters of Irrus Domnann

That will learn yeah

Zed Bank

Power of Love-Frankie goes to hollywood is the best Christmas song, Fairytale of New York is mediocre in comparison and the rest are just plain inferior.

Muise...

Zed Bank wrote: »

Power of Love-Frankie goes to holiday is the best Christmas song, Fairytale of New York is mediocre in comparison and the rest are just plain inferior.

did he relax?

Floppybits

I hate all those christmas songs that have been mentioned, what is even worse is that you hear the repeatedly all night long. I think if I owned a nightclub or pub they would be played once and then not again for the rest of the weekend, never mind that night.

BobbyPropane

Power Of Love
Pipe Of Peace
Stop The Cavalry
Fairytale of New York
War is Over

Top 5 indisputable.

DebDynamite

Zed Bank wrote: »

Power of Love-Frankie goes to holiday is the best Christmas song, Fairytale of New York is mediocre in comparison and the rest are just plain inferior.

It’s not really a Christmas song though, is it? East 17 only managed it for “Stay Another Day” ‘cause there was bells in it

gobnaitolunacy

A Christmas song virtually unknown outside the Hibernosphere and played to death so much I've gotten quite tired of it.

The djs will be on automatic for the next few weeks, churning out the same old same old.

nelly17

Yeah baby \m/ \m/

Kerrydude1981

Dont mind Fairytale of New York its a good song and when the Xmas drink kicks in it usually ends up with the whole pub singing along to it when the DJ plays it for the 200th time ,but these two below are my favourites

Muise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnL2ArrEm_o

/thread

CB19Kevo

Another 2.5 or 3 weeks and i will be all up for hearing the christmas tracks, Until then it will only cause annoyance.
Amazing song but can be overkilled.

DebDynamite

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

A Christmas song virtually unknown outside the Hibernosphere and played to death so much I've gotten quite tired of it.

The djs will be on automatic for the next few weeks, churning out the same old same old.

I think that’s why I would hate to be somewhere like America for Christmas. No Shakin Stevens, Jonah Lewie, etc playing on the radio. Instead you have the likes of Destiny’s Child or Usher singing crap Christmas songs.

No thank you very much!

Menas

I will be cracking open the mulled wine this weekend and unashamedly revisit this thread.

Except this song...will not be listening to this song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokyqeNvlT4

MonstaMash

Zed Bank

DebDynamite wrote: »

It’s not really a Christmas song though, is it? East 17 only managed it for “Stay Another Day” ‘cause there was bells in it

But it's about the birth of Jesus, now im not religious by any means, but isn't that what Christmas is about?

Kerrydude1981

Of course it wouldn't be Xmas without good old Shaky Stevens and Mariah Carey

WoollyRedHat

One of my favourite christmas song, which I really love beauce it catches that sense of festive spirit and fun is

It's poignant now that Mel has passed away.

Uaru

Handsdown my favourite Christmas ballad

DebDynamite

Zed Bank wrote: »

But it's about the birth of Jesus, now im not religious by any means, but isn't that what Christmas is about?

Is it really? I just thought he was in love with some fella or something!

DeanAustin

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Of course it wouldn't be Xmas without good old Shaky Stevens and Mariah Carey

Cliff Richard is Christmas. For eleven months of the year he's just a creepy c**t. For the Christmas season, he is a God.

Banjo String

foxyboxer wrote: »

One of the worst things about the festive period is the aural assault from that over-rated garbage.

GTFO.

That song is about real life. Not bloody mistletoe and wine and shaggin sleigh bells.

Hang your head.

Irish Guitarist

I despise that song.

I remember something weird around the time the song was first in the charts. Smash Hits magazine had a picture of Shane MacGowan which showed his bad teeth. The black on his teeth appeared to be in the shape of numbers when you looked at the picture closely. I showed the picture to a friend and he saw it too.

I've always wondered did someone who edited the magazine do this as some kind of joke or message or if I was just imagining things.

old hippy

Zed Bank wrote: »

Power of Love-Frankie goes to hollywood is the best Christmas song, Fairytale of New York is mediocre in comparison and the rest are just plain inferior.

Ha! I still have the ZTT "cassingle" of it. This version is much more disturbing...

BraziliaNZ

Fairytale of NY is just AWFUL
this is ma favez xmas song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCEdrnaFlY