The Medusa Fora

The original (obviously ) Damien Dempsey & Sinead O' Connor's is the best cover I've heard. Rest were shite.

Anyone herd the demo version with Cait singing. Ive herd a small clip from i think a documentary. Its sound raw and cool.

But i think the one with Kirsty is a so damn good.

I do really like Christy Moore's version on the Live At The Point album. Great intro to it as well.

Naturally nothing beats the IISFFGWG version though.

As for the Cait version, well personally I'm hoping to get the opportunity to hear that sometime next March...

To be honest I never bothered listening to any other version and doubt I ever will.

Only ever heard the original, don't think i'd want to hear any other!

Anonymous wrote:Only ever heard the original, don't think i'd want to hear any other!

Kirsty MacColl only ever knew the original too. I learned this a few days before she died when I asked her what she thought of Ronan's then just-released version. "Oh, I've never heard ANY of the other versions", she breezily told me, "not Christy Moore, not Nina Hagen, not Dustin the Turkey, and certainly not Ronan Keating's. I mean, what would be the point? We did it, it's perfect. Leave it alone." I suppose I sleep a little more soundly knowing that Kirsty's "Fairytale" experience never did get sullied by outside "forces".

philipchevron wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only ever heard the original, don't think i'd want to hear any other!

Kirsty MacColl only ever knew the original too. I learned this a few days before she died when I asked her what she thought of Ronan's then just-released version. "Oh, I've never heard ANY of the other versions", she breezily told me, "not Christy Moore, not Nina Hagen, not Dustin the Turkey, and certainly not Ronan Keating's. I mean, what would be the point? We did it, it's perfect. Leave it alone." I suppose I sleep a little more soundly knowing that Kirsty's "Fairytale" experience never did get sullied by outside "forces".

Do you personally like any covers of your own songs ?

The Duke of Ingmar wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only ever heard the original, don't think i'd want to hear any other!

Kirsty MacColl only ever knew the original too. I learned this a few days before she died when I asked her what she thought of Ronan's then just-released version. "Oh, I've never heard ANY of the other versions", she breezily told me, "not Christy Moore, not Nina Hagen, not Dustin the Turkey, and certainly not Ronan Keating's. I mean, what would be the point? We did it, it's perfect. Leave it alone." I suppose I sleep a little more soundly knowing that Kirsty's "Fairytale" experience never did get sullied by outside "forces".

Do you personally like any covers of your own songs ?

Goodness me, yes.

Christine wrote:Fr. McGreer's girls got to be up there! I only just saw that and it's wonderful - congrats to you on these two talents.

Besides that, the original beats even the Brixton ones for me (Ella is perfect I think) and that's saying a lot. Nobody has yet mentioned having actually been to see a live version with Kirsty, wish I had done that.

I nearly died when I heard the German one.

I saw The Pogues and Kirsty sing out FTONY in the summer of 1995(?) They were closing act of the Heineken Festival in Roundhay Park. The best "free lunch" I've ever had and possibly one of the most emotional moments of my life. I'm so glad to of being able to hear Kirsty sing live on, sadly, too few occasions. of course, today is the seventh anniversary of her so sad death.



Love you Kirsty.

philipchevron wrote:

The Duke of Ingmar wrote:




Do you personally like any covers of your own songs ?

Goodness me, yes.

Which would that be ?

I don't know which my favorite is (okay, that's a lie, it's the original), but I'm pretty sure this is in the running for abso-fucking-lutely worst:

Avert your ears, children!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uw48hzsX4Tc&NR=1

Here's another unusual take on it

philipchevron wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only ever heard the original, don't think i'd want to hear any other!

Kirsty MacColl only ever knew the original too. I learned this a few days before she died when I asked her what she thought of Ronan's then just-released version. "Oh, I've never heard ANY of the other versions", she breezily told me, "not Christy Moore, not Nina Hagen, not Dustin the Turkey, and certainly not Ronan Keating's. I mean, what would be the point? We did it, it's perfect. Leave it alone." I suppose I sleep a little more soundly knowing that Kirsty's "Fairytale" experience never did get sullied by outside "forces".

what does shane think of the other versions?

Niall wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only ever heard the original, don't think i'd want to hear any other!

Kirsty MacColl only ever knew the original too. I learned this a few days before she died when I asked her what she thought of Ronan's then just-released version. "Oh, I've never heard ANY of the other versions", she breezily told me, "not Christy Moore, not Nina Hagen, not Dustin the Turkey, and certainly not Ronan Keating's. I mean, what would be the point? We did it, it's perfect. Leave it alone." I suppose I sleep a little more soundly knowing that Kirsty's "Fairytale" experience never did get sullied by outside "forces".

what does shane think of the other versions?

As he said in the docu in 2005 he liked both Ronan Keating's version and Christy's but the best version he'd heard was when people sing it in bars!

Noel Kenny wrote:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uw48hzsX4Tc&NR=1

Here's another unusual take on it

Gawd, I know the bloke whose video it is! Obviously there's not much else to do in Burgess Hill

I could live without hearing the Paul Brady/Eleanor McEvoy one again . . .