Wednesday, December 21, 2005

the best christmas song, ever i think, is 'fairytale of new york' by the pogues. a gorgeous duet with shane macgowan and the late, great kirsty maccoll. fuck sentimentality. it is an ode to love, and the endurance of love. here is a taste.

she: you're a bum
you're a punk

he: you're an old slut on junk
lying there almost dead on a drip
in that bed

she: you scum bag
you maggot
you cheap lousy faggot
happy christmas your arse
i pray to god
it's our last

(from the album if i should fall from grace with god, 1988)

1 Comments:

At 8:03 PM, Blogger Geofhuth said...

Richard,

Ah, the Pogues, traditional Irish punk. This is a favorite song of mine, and a friend of mine says this is his favorite Christmas song. At home, we've recently added it to our family's iPod playlist of Christmas music!

geof

 

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