{"id":1451,"date":"2010-12-25T15:15:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T22:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2012-12-25T00:49:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T07:49:07","slug":"greatest-christmas-song-evuh-fairytale-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/greatest-christmas-song-evuh-fairytale-of-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Christmas Song Evuh: Fairytale Of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Written and popularized by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan — formerly of The Pogues<\/a> — and featuring the mellifluous vocals of the late British singer Kirsty MacColl, who, in December of 2000, was killed in a mysterious boating accident in Mexico, “Fairytale of New York” was released as a single in 1987, and despite lyrics almost<\/i> as controversial as singer Shane MacGowan’s teeth<\/a>, the song went stratospheric: voted best Christmas tune of all-time three years running — 2004, 2005, and 2006 in polls conducted by VH1 — and 27th greatest song NEVER to reach #1 in the UK, the BBC Radio also voted it the 84th greatest song of all-time.<\/p>\n

Drunken Shane MacGowan and The Pogues<\/a> are of course inimitable and brilliant, but the following poppy punk-rock version, by No Use For A Name<\/a>, is a real toe-tapper too:
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Written and popularized by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan — formerly of The Pogues — and featuring the mellifluous vocals of the late British singer Kirsty MacColl, who, in December of 2000, was killed in a mysterious boating accident in Mexico, “Fairytale of New York” was released as a single in 1987, and despite lyrics … <\/p>\n

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