Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem

Started by Syt, December 08, 2012, 12:42:17 AM

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Admiral Yi

#15
December 08, 2012, 02:51:32 PM
Maybe I've heard it.  Does it have the line "and the band played Waltzing Matilda?"

Kind of a shocker that the Pogues aren't all Micks.

PDH

#16
December 08, 2012, 03:05:11 PM
That's another Pogues song, oddly enough called "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
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Admiral Yi

#17
December 08, 2012, 03:16:09 PM
Well, somebody sing me a few bars of this Christmas song.

Razgovory

#18
December 08, 2012, 03:59:55 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2012, 03:16:09 PM
Well, somebody sing me a few bars of this Christmas song.

You could just use Youtube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Jacob

#19
December 08, 2012, 04:00:24 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 08, 2012, 02:27:44 PM
Syt's thread has been hijacked because it is so strange to hear that people do not know this song  :hmm:

I guess word of the Pogues never made it to the mid-Western haunts frequented by Yi and Ed.

Syt

#20
December 08, 2012, 04:04:36 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 08, 2012, 03:59:55 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2012, 03:16:09 PM
Well, somebody sing me a few bars of this Christmas song.

You could just use Youtube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w

Or click on the link I provided in the OP. :P
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Razgovory

#21
December 08, 2012, 04:09:56 PM
Well, Yi obviously didn't pick up on it.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Admiral Yi

#22
December 08, 2012, 04:10:07 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 08, 2012, 04:04:36 PM
Or click on the link I provided in the OP. :P

Checked it out.  Never had heard it before.

Hey Squeeze, check out the excellent example of British teeth.  :)

Razgovory

#23
December 08, 2012, 04:11:35 PM
Oh, yeah, that guy has the worst teeth ever.  It's like he filed them.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Syt

#24
December 08, 2012, 04:43:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 08, 2012, 04:11:35 PM
Oh, yeah, that guy has the worst teeth ever.  It's like he filed them.

He's had them fixed a while back.

Before:


After:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

The Brain

#25
December 08, 2012, 05:15:02 PM
Pogues sound like a hippie band. No thanks.
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Ed Anger

#26
December 08, 2012, 07:15:49 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 08, 2012, 04:00:24 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 08, 2012, 02:27:44 PM
Syt's thread has been hijacked because it is so strange to hear that people do not know this song  :hmm:

I guess word of the Pogues never made it to the mid-Western haunts frequented by Yi and Ed.

Who says I haven't heard of the Pogues? Get your eyes checked.
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dps

#27
December 09, 2012, 06:40:07 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 08, 2012, 04:43:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 08, 2012, 04:11:35 PM
Oh, yeah, that guy has the worst teeth ever.  It's like he filed them.

He's had them fixed a while back.


In his case, it doesn't seem to have improved his looks, though I guess being able to chew is benefit enough.

jimmy olsen

#28
December 09, 2012, 06:43:00 AM
Good God!

Did the poor man even have teeth beforehand!?
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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
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Richard Hakluyt

#29
December 09, 2012, 06:46:02 AM
He's a complete pisshead Tim, got a lot of them knocked out in drunken brawls and falling facedown and so on.
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