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Do you really like the song?

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polomint Fri 08-Dec-23 22:45:42

I can't abide the song " fairytale of New York". I know its very popular but I just don't like it. In fact I will leave a shop if it is being played ! Do you really like it or just ordered to like it?

grannydarkhair Sat 09-Dec-23 04:16:30

I’m another who loves it, wonderful lyrics and a great tune. It was lovely watching the piece on the news about Shane MacGowan’s funeral cortège going through Dublin.

kittylester Sat 09-Dec-23 05:43:01

It's the first song on my Christmas playlist.

Louella what an odd thing to say.

Oldfrill what happens in marriages?

RosiesMaw Sat 09-Dec-23 05:44:46

NotSpaghetti

I have always loved it for its gritty poetic honesty.

This sums it up for me too @NotSpaghetti

grandMattie Sat 09-Dec-23 06:04:58

HowVeryDareYou2

I like it, it's preferable to all those cheesy Cliff Richard ones

Hear, hear. And CR’s songs are very “ear worm” material, unfortunately!

karmalady Sat 09-Dec-23 06:26:15

nanna8

That guy in the Poges just died, didn’t he ? I don’t mind that song, a bit sentimental late night drunk sort of thing but I don’t think of it as a Christmas Carol, just a folk song.

yes it is a folk song, absolutely brilliant words. Life is not hunky dory for some and the words reflect that. The actual tune is wonderful and very much suits the words. The man was a genius poet

Bellasnana Sat 09-Dec-23 06:37:46

It seems we are in the minority polomint but I absolutely loathe it!

TerriBull Sat 09-Dec-23 06:56:37

I do! More so now since his sad death.

MrsKen33 Sat 09-Dec-23 07:00:52

Yes I do. Dislike CR and all that quasi religious stuff. A good dose of reality is much more preferable

Calendargirl Sat 09-Dec-23 07:01:33

I love it.

So poignant.

“I could have been someone”.

“Well, so could anyone!”

So true.

Pittcity Sat 09-Dec-23 07:10:10

It's a favourite here too.
I'd quite happily put Maria Carey in room 101 though.

M0nica Sat 09-Dec-23 07:45:37

I love it, I always have loved it and always will. perhaps it is my Irish heritage.

It is probably the only commercial Christmas song I like.

Shane McGowan, was highly intelligent and gifted man but pursued and almost consumed by demons of addiction.
He went to Westminster School, a highly expensive private school, that he could only have got to if he had one a scholarship or bursary. He was later expelled.

nanna8 This thread is about the song Shane McGowan wrote and sung with Kirsty McColl. No one (except you) has mentioned carols.

Margs Sat 09-Dec-23 07:52:37

The song is OK but the accompanying video was pretty foul.

yggdrasil Sat 09-Dec-23 08:07:08

I love it. It has long been a tradition in my family that Christmas ony starts when you have heard Fairytale of New York. This has been a bit OTT this year of course, but I did hear in on the regular tape at the supermarket yesterday.
RIP Shaun McGowan

Bridie22 Sat 09-Dec-23 08:12:19

Brilliant lyrics, love it.

Lomo123 Sat 09-Dec-23 08:20:35

I love it, always have since it was first released.

dragonfly46 Sat 09-Dec-23 08:21:12

I too love it - always top of my playlist.

Oldnproud Sat 09-Dec-23 08:21:33

I've always loved it.

Frankly, I have never discussed with anyone else (apart from my OH, who hates it) whether they like it or not, so no basis here for 'herd mentality'.

rafichagran Sat 09-Dec-23 08:26:01

I love it, always have.

JackyB Sat 09-Dec-23 08:28:10

I think it's a great tune. I heard a programme once about how it was put together.

The words make me uncomfortable, but they are supposed to.

Parsley3 Sat 09-Dec-23 08:29:41

I like it. It is a beautifully crafted song.

Iam64 Sat 09-Dec-23 08:35:20

I love it, always have. Shane MacGowan was a poet, musician, flawed and lovely human. Rip Shane and what a wonderful ‘send off’ your funeral was. Anyone who hasn’t seen it and likes Fairytale - Google you tube and see the song performed in the Church at his funeral. Glorious

lixy Sat 09-Dec-23 08:35:36

I'm in the 'like it' camp, and always have been.

'Mistletoe and wine' sends me howling from the shops as does Slade's Merry Christmas'. I feel rather scared that I remember these being new!

JackyB Sat 09-Dec-23 08:35:45

It featured on Soul Music a few years ago. Without listening to the programme right through, I can't say if this is where I heard the interesting story of how the record was made, but for those who love the song, have a listen to it anyway. Soul Music often makes me cry with it's personal tales of people who have a special connection to that particular piece of music.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06s9d1h?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Marydoll Sat 09-Dec-23 08:41:02

DH plays it frequently and I can't stand it!

suep1953 Sat 09-Dec-23 08:46:07

Love it, wonderful song