XMAS Magazine Covers From Yesteryear – Late Heroes SHANE MacGOWAN And KIRSTY MacCOLL
Kirsty MacColl (1959-2000)
Shane MacGowan (1957-2023)
Ireland’s Own Magazine
Xmas special 2018
Unforgettable
Fairytale Of New York
British LA LA CHOIRS Cause Goosebumps With Epic Cover Of ‘FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK’
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
29 December 2024
I know Xmas is over, although Santa is still around. But I came across this recent epic perfomance of The Pogues‘ timeless classic Fairytale Of New York by La La Choirs in
the cathedral in Exeter (UK) a couple of days ago.
Goosebumps.
Glorious.
Hallelujah.
Picture This – 3 Late Great IRISH Legends
Shane MacGowan passed away on 30 November 2023
Kirsty MacColl passed away 23 years ago today, on
18 December 2000.
R.I.P.
Sinéad O’Connor passed away on 26 July 2023.
Magnificent Rendition – PETE DOHERTY & FRÉDÉRIC LO Cover ‘FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK’ On French TV
Daily electricity to load your batteries
Last March libertine PETE DOHERTY (who lives in France for a while now) and French composer/producer FRÉDÉRIC LO recorded/released one of the most touching albums
of the year with The Fanatasy Life Of Poetry & Crime.
To close 2022 they went, last weekend, on French TV for a magnificent rendition of
The Pogues‘ festive classic Fairytale Of New York. For this special occasion, the duo
was backed by a matching orchestra. Doherty obviously felt great and his voice never sounded better.
Listen/watch
PETE DOHERTY: Facebook
Quote Of The Day – 65-Year Old Christmas Child SHANE MACGOWAN About That Classic Song
Shane MacGowan about that fabulous The Pogues classic
‘Fairytale Of New York’ feat. the late great Kirsty MacColl.
Happy 65 SHANE!
Born on 25 December 1957 in Kent, UK.
‘FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK’ By THE POGUES Feat. The Late KIRSTY MACCOLL…
Reveries for the laziest day of the week…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all my loyal followers…
R.I.P. Kirsty MacColl
THE POGUES Released Masterpiece ‘IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD’ 30 Years Ago…
Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…
16 January 2018
BAND: THE POGUES
ALBUM: IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD – their 3rd and best-selling album…
RELEASED: 18 January 1988 – 30 years ago
ALL MUSIC said: “If ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’ captured The Pogues on plastic in all their rough-and-tumble glory, ‘If I Should Fall from Grace with God’ proved they could learn the rudiments of proper record making and still come up with an album that captured all the sharp edges of their musical personality, Frontman Shane MacGowan continued to grow as a songwriter, as his lyrics and melodies captured with brilliant detail his obsession with the finer points of Anglo-Irish culture. Brilliantly mixing passion, street smarts, and musical ambition, this LP is the best album the band would ever make with Steve Lillywhite in the producer’s chair. “
TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: one of the best bands ever in my book, on and
off stage. This exceptional longplayer is a solid gold classic. Big tunes, mythical
stories, heartwarming instrumentation, drunk moods and Shane of course…
THREE HIGHLIGHTS: Thousands Are Sailing / Fiesta / Fairytale Of New York
* THOUSANDS ARE SAILING – gripping romanticism…
* FIESTA – the one to start and finish all parties with…
*FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK – unavoidable, imperishable, incomparable masterstroke – R.I.P. Kirsty MacColl
The diamond in full…
Let’s Drink To Legend SHANE MACGOWAN’s 59th Birthday And The Best Christmas Anthem Ever…
24/25 December 2016
FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK is without a shadow of a doubt the best Christmas song ever.
It is, isn’t it? THE POGUES‘ banjo player Jem Finer came up with the gorgeous melody and the original concept for the anthem in 1985 – two years before its release – while infamous frontman, full-time drunk and extremely gifted songwriter SHANE MACGOWAN wrote the song’s magical story, containing some of the best (egoistic) love lines ever when the late, wonderful late Kirsty MacColl sings “You took my dreams from me / When I first found you” and Shane answers with “I kept them with me babe / I put them with my own / Can’t make it all alone / I’ve built my dreams around you…”
MacGowan himself was born on Christmas Day 1957 in Kent, England! Happy 59 to one of the most colorful, talented & troubled (broke his pelvis last year) musician in history! Let’s toast and listen once again to this timeless, melancholic diamond…
Shane on writing the lyrics in 1985: “I sat down, opened the sherry, got the peanuts out
and pretended it was Christmas. It’s quite sloppy, more like ‘A Pair of Brown Eyes’ than ‘Sally MacLennane’, but there’s also a céilidh bit in the middle which you can definitely dance to.
Like a country and Irish ballad, but one you can do a brisk waltz to, especially when you’ve got about enough drinks. But the song itself is quite depressing in the end, it’s about these old Irish-American Broadway stars who are sitting round at Christmas talking about whether things are going okay.”
With thanks to British music magazine NME check
25 facts about Fairytale in New York right… here
