Merry @#*% Christmas!
This recent photo of former Pogues frontman (and all-around sophisticate) Shane McGowan provides the perfect occasion for his lovely Christmas song, “Fairytale of New York.”
That’s the late Kirsty MacColl singing with McGowan in the Pogues’ version. Sadly, she died in 2000, killed by a speedboat while swimming off the coast of Mexico. Christy Moore, meanwhile, pokes a bit of fun at his hopelessly talented, but sometimes just hopeless friend.
IMAGE: I ain’t proud.
Best. Christmas Song. Ever.
I hadn't seen this on your blog when I posted my message. Great minds...
Happy Christmas.
Posted by: Melissa | December 25, 2007 at 09:39 AM
Happy Christmas me arse. I pray god it's our last.
Posted by: Brendan Wolfe | December 25, 2007 at 05:31 PM
and another toast to Christy Moore.
I can't sing that damn Pretty Boy Floyd now without hearing him. So long, Joan Baez. And the daffodil song, I love the daffodil song.
If I were like a daffodil so fair upon the ground
Or like a gentle river with its sweet and mellow sound
Like a wave up to the shore like a river into the sea
I'd lay down in my resting place; contented I would be.
ah, it's nothing without the voice. huzzah.
Posted by: amy | January 01, 2008 at 01:32 AM
They sat in truthhe barely could get laid women bound and gagged his girlfriend right.. She opened.
Posted by: bound | August 27, 2008 at 06:20 PM