by girlfromcountyhell Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:07 pm
philipchevron wrote:girlfromcountyhell wrote:Does anyone know what the soundtrack does not have Fairytale of New York on it? That songs was kind of a big deal in the movie. It would also have been a great way to get more (younger) Americans into the band. I'm 22, and most people my age haven't even heard of the Pogues
Maybe it's just that we're cut off here in Montana.
It's a silly question, but I've been wondering about it for ages!
Well, as far as I remember, it is the characters who sing FoNY in the movie, not the Pogues. I suppose the film makers could have included the film version of the song but they may have concluded, as I have long since, that only The Pogues should do FoNY.
They'd be crazy to try to include any version of FoNY that wasn't by the Pogues, I agree. I'm pretty sure, though, unless I'm not remembering it right, that they do play the Pogues' version. I *think* that they cut some of the song out (from the intro to where Shane and Kirsty start hurling insults at each other) but it is the original song. The priest starts singing part of it. I might be wrong though.
[quote="philipchevron"][quote="girlfromcountyhell"]Does anyone know what the soundtrack does not have Fairytale of New York on it? That songs was kind of a big deal in the movie. It would also have been a great way to get more (younger) Americans into the band. I'm 22, and most people my age haven't even heard of the Pogues :cry: Maybe it's just that we're cut off here in Montana.
It's a silly question, but I've been wondering about it for ages![/quote]
Well, as far as I remember, it is the characters who sing FoNY in the movie, not the Pogues. I suppose the film makers could have included the film version of the song but they may have concluded, as I have long since, that only The Pogues should do FoNY.[/quote]
They'd be crazy to try to include any version of FoNY that wasn't by the Pogues, I agree. I'm pretty sure, though, unless I'm not remembering it right, that they do play the Pogues' version. I *think* that they cut some of the song out (from the intro to where Shane and Kirsty start hurling insults at each other) but it is the original song. The priest starts singing part of it. I might be wrong though.
