I’ve always been mr. Latecomer. Once again:
Listening for the millionth time to Modena City Ramblers’
Canto di Natale, I realised that - drumroll - it is a direct hint at our boys’ FONY.
I kind of knew the songs were somehow related but never made the connection.
I’ll explain why this is far beyond a normal “uh, never realised that”:
- By ~1995 I was already listening to both the Pogues and MCR, so, 25 years of time...
- the title is “Christmas Carol”
- the lyrics are more or less this (very rough deepl translation, sorry):
Lady of the dark alleys from the old wasted coat
Dry your eyes and smile there's another Christmas coming soon
You don't hear screams and voices and something strange in the air
Even the greyed walls of the alleys shine under the moonlight
Do you remember we met on a snowy and cold day
And in the evening we had a glass of dark and a round of waltzes.
With many regards to another Christmas
Lady of the dark alleys give me a big hug tonight
Even cats sometimes celebrate and sing under the stars
Forget the cold tears and mud-covered shoes
And the fate of an old drunkard lulled by the song of the wind
Do you remember we met on a snowy and cold day
And tonight we will have a glass of dark and a round of waltzes
With many regards to another Christmas.
Lady of the dark alleys do not give up the fight
There will come better moments the time is a wheel that turns
We will see the shores of the sea on a sunny summer day
We will drink fifty bottles in the shelter of a distant sky
Do you remember we met on a snowy and cold day
And tonight we'll go out dancing in the streets and toast a toast
And a cordial fuck off to another Christmas
Rings a bell UH? 
I’m hopeless.
I’ve always been mr. Latecomer. Once again:
Listening for the millionth time to Modena City Ramblers’ [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOe6jzJvM4]Canto di Natale[/url], I realised that - drumroll - it is a direct hint at our boys’ FONY.
I kind of knew the songs were somehow related but never made the connection.
I’ll explain why this is far beyond a normal “uh, never realised that”:
- By ~1995 I was already listening to both the Pogues and MCR, so, 25 years of time...
- the title is “Christmas Carol”
- the lyrics are more or less this (very rough deepl translation, sorry):
[quote] Lady of the dark alleys from the old wasted coat
Dry your eyes and smile there's another Christmas coming soon
You don't hear screams and voices and something strange in the air
Even the greyed walls of the alleys shine under the moonlight
Do you remember we met on a snowy and cold day
And in the evening we had a glass of dark and a round of waltzes.
With many regards to another Christmas
Lady of the dark alleys give me a big hug tonight
Even cats sometimes celebrate and sing under the stars
Forget the cold tears and mud-covered shoes
And the fate of an old drunkard lulled by the song of the wind
Do you remember we met on a snowy and cold day
And tonight we will have a glass of dark and a round of waltzes
With many regards to another Christmas.
Lady of the dark alleys do not give up the fight
There will come better moments the time is a wheel that turns
We will see the shores of the sea on a sunny summer day
We will drink fifty bottles in the shelter of a distant sky
Do you remember we met on a snowy and cold day
And tonight we'll go out dancing in the streets and toast a toast
And a cordial fuck off to another Christmas[/quote]
[size=200]Rings a bell UH?[/size] :roll:
I’m hopeless.
