Is this the best song EVER?

Well Christmas song anyway.

I have always loved this song..It is 20 years old would you believe?
It may be number one AGAIN this Christmas.
The BBC had decided that a couple of words were offensive so had them removed......but due to public outrage today they have put them back in.
Here are the complete lyrics......
http://artists.letssingit.com/pogues-fairy-tale-of-new-york-dkb6j1p

 

www.youtube.com/v/NrAwK9juhhY&rel=1

 

Me too Roders,just love it, the late great Kirsty MacColl with them.

 

Cant think how they knew the words were offensive roders, can understand a word the bloke with bad teeth says.
:D

 

I think he likes a drink Pete.........

Thats why I have given you the lyrics..

 

Blame the demon drink.
Wonder what he looks like now?
Probably had the teeth fixed and looks like Donny Osmond.

 

He's the man.
Every picture tells a story.

 

Who is he then?
Are you sure he's still alive?
He might have died, lets face it, in that pic of your roders, he does look a bit under the weather.

 

Shane MacGowan.....Born Christmas day 1957..

Just cast your eye over those lyrics at the top of the thread,Shane wrote them.....they dont write them like that any more.
Pete would you like the tour dates?

 

so he wrote them, I was thinking Kirsty wrote them.
I see where your coming from regarding the lyrics,.. it sounds like a happy little tune, not quite so, sweet and sickening as most Christmas songs, though.


God, I bet he's got bad breath, wouldn't want to be up front.
Let me have the tour dates and the times, then I can make sure I'm somewhere else. :D

 

Oh ye of little taste.

 

Probably more people with you on this one roders

 

I've heard the song FOUR times on the radio today, at this rate I'll be fed up with it by Christmas Day!

 

One of the BEST Christmas songs ever written, in my opinion.
How stupid has some pen pushing tw** made the BBC look, because they thought the word ââ?¬Å?faggotââ?¬Â might offend some listeners, take the word in contexts of the song, it rhymes with ââ?¬Å?maggotââ?¬Â. What sort of society is the BBC trying to create?