I think The Pogues proved that Christmas songs don't have to be artificially jolly or unrealistic. When Sean McGowan was asked why he thought the song was such a popular one for Xmas, he said 'I dunno, perhaps it's because it's less irritatingly happy than other Xmas songs'.
That is Kirsty MacColl singing with Shane. The official video is great. They are actually dancing together as the song fades. She had a few hits of her own, including " They Don't Know " " There's a Guy at the Chip Shop Who Swears He's Elvis " She was tragically killed while diving with her sons in Cozumel, Mexico when a speedboat owned by a family member that owned the biggest supermarket chain in Mexico entered a power boat restricted area. She pushed her son out of the way, but she was killed almost instantly. An employee took the fall and said that he was driving the boat. 😢
"Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you" -- "Fairytale of New York" was the lead single from their third album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God. The Pogues dropping a Christmas song was quite the unexpected novelty in 1987. The booziness was expected, the memorable chorus too, along with the eccentrically dysfunctional relationship flavoring the stew. New Christmas classics were rare back then. Today they've gone extinct. Anglo-Irish is another way of saying the band was mostly made of Irish expats living in London. But the song is "Fairytale of New York", a city with an Irish history too, raising questions about borders and identities and the rest. In the video for the song, singer Shane MacGowan is arrested and taken to the drunk tank by a police officer played by actor Matt Dillon. Celtic also refers to Irish influence on places and things, including Boston and its basketball team. The Pogues were punk in their attitude and in the aggressiveness of some of their songs, but their choice of instrumentation was based in folk music.
I met him when I was singing in a Feis as part of a boy school choir. He invited us all out for a pint. I was 12 and declined because me mammy would have murdered me 😂. A few of the choir went though. God knows how, because we were all in school uniform, but it was the 80s in derry so...
Shane McGowan just died in December. This song was one of the musical tributes at his funeral: ua-cam.com/video/K7dfnB3KQyc/v-deo.htmlsi=DHYvgr0O7s_s64Dw
He sounds less so in the second half of the song when singing with Kirsty so I think he may have been exaggerating it at the beginning or maybe recorded that at a separate time when he was more drunk.
I think The Pogues proved that Christmas songs don't have to be artificially jolly or unrealistic. When Sean McGowan was asked why he thought the song was such a popular one for Xmas, he said 'I dunno, perhaps it's because it's less irritatingly happy than other Xmas songs'.
He’s no “trying to sound drunk for the song’s sake”. It’s Shane Macgowan
That is Kirsty MacColl singing with Shane. The official video is great. They are actually dancing together as the song fades.
She had a few hits of her own, including
" They Don't Know "
" There's a Guy at the Chip Shop Who Swears He's Elvis "
She was tragically killed while diving with her sons in Cozumel, Mexico when a speedboat owned by a family member that owned the biggest supermarket chain in Mexico entered a power boat restricted area. She pushed her son out of the way, but she was killed almost instantly. An employee took the fall and said that he was driving the boat. 😢
"Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you" -- "Fairytale of New York" was the lead single from their third album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God. The Pogues dropping a Christmas song was quite the unexpected novelty in 1987. The booziness was expected, the memorable chorus too, along with the eccentrically dysfunctional relationship flavoring the stew. New Christmas classics were rare back then. Today they've gone extinct. Anglo-Irish is another way of saying the band was mostly made of Irish expats living in London. But the song is "Fairytale of New York", a city with an Irish history too, raising questions about borders and identities and the rest. In the video for the song, singer Shane MacGowan is arrested and taken to the drunk tank by a police officer played by actor Matt Dillon. Celtic also refers to Irish influence on places and things, including Boston and its basketball team. The Pogues were punk in their attitude and in the aggressiveness of some of their songs, but their choice of instrumentation was based in folk music.
Was going to reference - I’ve built my dreams around you - that’s the killer line - ❤.
RIP Shane MacGowan! Classic tune
I met him when I was singing in a Feis as part of a boy school choir. He invited us all out for a pint. I was 12 and declined because me mammy would have murdered me 😂. A few of the choir went though. God knows how, because we were all in school uniform, but it was the 80s in derry so...
His best man at his wedding was johnny Depp. Really cool guy
I have never seen you smile so much!
Yeah I love song's that are super different and bizarre like this one was.
Rest in peace both singers are now in heaven
Roughly speaking Celtic (pronounced Keltic) relates to people and things of Scottish /Irish heritage - the Celts were an ancient tribe 🙂 🏴 🇮🇪
Top 5 xmas songs ever
A funny Christmas song for sure! Thank you JJ. The lyrics could be a put off to some but you got the humor. RIP
Find the old video of The Pougues on SNL. Someone thought it was a good idea to have them perform on St. Patrick's Day! Lol
Ok...hit the album "Rum Sodomy and the Lash" immediately
He reminds me of Bob Dylan. A drunk Bob Dylan😅
Shane McGowan just died in December. This song was one of the musical tributes at his funeral:
ua-cam.com/video/K7dfnB3KQyc/v-deo.htmlsi=DHYvgr0O7s_s64Dw
Churrr...try transmetropolitan...snd old main drsg..for an overview of their sound,😊
He is actually drunk. He was pretty much always drunk.
He sounds less so in the second half of the song when singing with Kirsty so I think he may have been exaggerating it at the beginning or maybe recorded that at a separate time when he was more drunk.
@@heliotropezzz333maybe he was sobering up by then.😉
Okay that makes sense.
I saw him perform twice...
Both performances, he held a handle (1750 ml bottle) of Absolut vodka throughout, swigging regularly...
Wth did I just hear, lol? Not ur traditional Xmas song. The lyrics made me crack up. So unexpected, lol!!!!
FYI, I believe it's pronounced "keltic"?
It's "arse" not "ass".