I just searched for and bought the Pogues’ song “Fairytale of New York” (in my view one of the best Christmas songs in recent years) from iTunes. Mucho yuletide-y goodness for 99¢ and one of the all-time best Christmas song opening lines:
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
You can discover all sorts of surprises—both good and bad—when you use iTune’s Search function. For me, one of the worst was this version of “Fairytale”. (For those without iTunes, in short: The Irish Tenors. Ouch.)
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David "Not Actually Irish But Pretending" Barker says:
December 23, 2005 at 1:49 pm (UTC 0)
The Pogues, man! Woo hoo!
“Fairytale of New York”, man! Woo hoo!
One of my favourite Pogues songs. Right up there with ‘Bottle of Smoke’!
Kristy Maccoll, the co-singer, died after being struck by a speedboat while swimming in Cozumel, Mexico in 2000.
Heartbreaker.
But, you know, like Merry Christmas anyway.