Fairytale of New York
Posted by Chris @ 9:36 am
I like Christmas, I like Christmas songs. I also like good music, and whilst from time to time my musical knowledge gets slightly befuddled in my head (I now know that the Rolling Stones, Stone Roses and Guns n' Roses are not the same band) I know what I like and what I don't like. And I don't like the bloody Pogues Fairytale of New York.
To quote a popular phrase of Chris', it is seven kinds of evil. Quite how this song, featuring Bob Geldof and Kirsty Gallagher*, is so popular is beyond me. It is out of tune durge that should have been consigned to the bargain bin and never played again, but instead it is one of the most popular Christmas songs out there. WHY?!
It is like Shane MacGowan rolled out of some pub, half-cut, and turned to Kirsty and said “Kirsty, mi love, I'm pissed, lets make a Christmas song.” It is truly awful, and out of tune. Admittedly when Kirsty starts singing she is more in tune, but he's still there shouting in the background like some bad karaoke night.
How anyone ever liked this song I've no idea. The only reason I've come up with so far came to me via Paul yesterday. He forwarded, as part of International Monkey Day, this amusing anecdote, Monkey see, monkey do. To summarise, I believe everyone likes Fairytale of New York because that's the way it has always been. Perhaps I'm the only intelligent monkey in the room going “hang on, this is shit!”
However I'm not one to say my piece and stifle opinion (even though I'm right) so please, people of Britain, restore my faith in you by telling me someone else out there despises, with a passion, this tuneless drivel they choose to call a Christmas song, and play repeatedly during December. Please!
*This is a joke the guys from work will get. I know it is not Bob Geldof and Kirsty Gallagher singing on it now, but for a while I really did think it was Mr Geldof. As I said, musical knowledge gets a bit befuddled in my head.
12 Comments
Friday, December 15, 2006 10:31:00 am
Oh my god it is literally not possible to be more wrong than you are now. If you had written a post saying that 2+2=5, that would be less wrong. If you had written a post saying that up is down, that would have been less wrong. If you had written a post saying that 7 biscuits is an acceptable number to take from the office biscuit tin, that would have been less wrong. Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong.Wrong.
Fairy Tale of New York is the best Christmas song ever ever ever amen.
This comment posted by Chris
Friday, December 15, 2006 10:39:00 am
You are wrong. You are so wrong that you should move to Wrongsville in the county of Wrongshire. You mum is Mrs Wrong and your dad is Mr Wrong - and we all know that two wrongs don't make a right.You are one wrong monkey!
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Friday, December 15, 2006 10:51:00 am
I emphasise the point of my fellow bloggers by agreeing that you couldnt be more off the mark, it is the irony that makes it such a great tune it sums up how people will be feeling over the xmas period perfectly. Now you more than anyone should appreciate that level of irony, being a fan of the office and probably peep show, two shows I cant stand!!This comment posted by Anthony Main
Friday, December 15, 2006 11:01:00 am
Such remarks I had expected, you being the bunch of monkeys I was referring to. However it does tend to suggest my faith in the British public has been rocked slightly by the previous 3 comments. I'm still right though.This comment posted by Chris
Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:57:00 am
Being Mr. Wrong, I can agree with my son that the Pogues song is truly dreadful. Perhaps he has picked up my opinion over the years.This comment posted by Anonymous
Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:58:00 pm
Perhaps he has picked up my opinion over the years.And hence, it's a case of Monkey See, Monkey Do.
I have no idea what my father's opinion of the song is, so I have my own opinion - which happens to be the right opinion.
Coco - you have been conditioned by your father's hose.
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:17:00 pm
"Coco - you have been conditioned by your father's hose"Please define "hose". Are you saying that his fathers penis has had an influance over his taste (or lack of) in music? Is this a clever dick or an impressionable young man?
This comment posted by Anonymous
Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:43:00 pm
Ahem! The "hose" reference was related to the Monkey See, Monkey Do link and nothing more! :-)Chris, just for the record, Suzy's wrong too - she hates the song as well... She actually said if this song came on in a club and she was on the dance floor, she'd go to the bar. (Of course, I'd be on the dance floor standing in a circle with my arms around some randoms singing my little heart out!)
What does she know, eh?
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:53:00 pm
Just shows that Suzy knows a lot too! And whilst you're on the dancefloor with "randoms", I'll be enjoying a lovely drink with Suzy at the bar, discussing why this song is the durge that it is. And since Suzy used to teach piano to kids I value her musical opinion much more than the rest of you bunch of monkeys!This comment posted by Chris
Monday, December 18, 2006 9:47:00 am
Get your facts right Riley. Suzy taught music theory to kids. And since I got a higher mark in my Grade 6 music theory exam than she did, you should obviously value my musical opinion more than hers. Especially since I've also reached Grade 3 Piano, Grade 6 Trumpet and won "Best Newcomers of 1994" in the North-West's "Battle of the Bands" competition as judged by Mark Radcliffe when I was in my band. And especially since I'm right!So stick that up your clarinet and play it! :-P
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:41:00 pm
And for anyone who didn't have the pleasure of hearing this, Chris just said to me something along the lines of:Going back through Cliff Richard's back catalogue, he's got some pretty cool tunes in there.
'Nuff said innit!
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:01:00 pm
I stand by that comment, he has made some cool tunes. Wired for sound especially is a favorite of mine. So there.This comment posted by Chris
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