The Medusa Fora

The shite one by Ronan Keating
The shite one by Damien Dempsey & Sinead O'Connor
Christy Moore's
The punky version by No Use For A Name
The piano-less version by Shane & The Popes
Live At The Brixton Academy
Original album version (IISFFGWG)
Or any other one?

For me, it's either the original, or the Brixton Academy one where you hear everyone singing along.

ORIGINAL ALBUM!!!!!

I heard an opera version in an Italian restaurant. It was shit.

Shane with Cait in Dublin 2004 was up there with the best

the one by ronan keating got me into the pogues

my fave version all, apart from christy moore

My favourite is the one on the town and country vid i think. the moment philip has spoken about where kirsty sings "well so could anyone" is glorious. but i love the iisffgwg version, and liked hearing cait singing it at brixton. Its just a fucking great song at the end of the day isnt it? as long as ronan keating doesnt get his hands on it, that is.

TOSCS wrote:The shite one by Ronan Keating

“You scumbag you maggot your cheap and your haggard”

Rock and fucking roll!!

I'd like to hear Bruce Springsteen do it with Emmylou Harris adding in the female vocals.

The original one is the best to me. Followed by Christy and No Use For A Name.

Has anyone ever heard the German version by BAP & Nina Hagen ? It´s strange, of course (cos BAP sings in COlogne accent and Nina Hagen sings in Berlin accent), but not as bad as I had thought. It´s called "Weihnachtsnaach", and it takes place in Hamburg instead of New York.

Weihnachtsnaach
1)
"Et woor hillije Ohvend un do wohr en Hafenbar
en Hamburg - Altona un ne besoffne Ahl
fing leis zo singe ahn, e Leed uss Seemannsjahn,
dat mir bekannt vüürkohm, irjendwann schon ens jehoot.

Un ich hann ahn dich jedaach un ahn uns hillje Naach,
wie lang ess dat jetz her, dat ich daach: Nur met der !
Frohe Weihnachte, ich drink op dich un mich,
wat hammer Plän jehatt wie en Seifebloos jeplatz.

2)
Wir wandern aus nach Amerika, es wird wunderbar,
ooch mit Jejenwind jeht det schon irjendwie klar
und du nahmst meine Hand un ooch mein Verstand.
Manhattan, der Broadway, det janz weite Land.

Du wohrs lang niemieh sibbzehn un och ich keine Frischling,
die Band kräät kein Paus, Wahnsinn wie dat affjing.
Als et Damenwahl hieß jab et irjendwie Stress
und en Stuhl kam jefloogen, denkt euch en Rest.

Refr.:
Und der Polizeichor singt vom holden Knab im lockjen Haar
und die Domglock schläät, et woor die Weihnachtsnaach.

3)
Du Versager ! Du Flittchen, du verloddert klei Nüttche !
Du erbärmlicher Schiffschaukelbremser, halts Maul !
Wat heiß he Kniesbüggel?.. du fussije Knüsel !!
Frohe Weihnacht, du Penner, du stinkje Wildsau.

Refr.:
Und der Polizeichor singt vom holden Knab im lockjen Haar
und die Domglock schläät, et woor die Weihnachtsnaach.

4)
Dat du mich met heimnohms, unger dä Weihnachtsbaum,
dat war wohl nur en Traum, der dann abhanden kam.
Doch ich weiß noch jed Sekund bess dä Kääl vüür mir stund,
hab seit der Weihnachtsnacht noch oft an dich jedacht.

Refr.:
Und der Polizeichor singt vom holden Knab im lockjen Haar
und die Domglock schläät, et woor die Weihnachtsnaach."

The Horror! The Horror!

Noel Kenny wrote:Shane with Cait in Dublin 2004 was up there with the best

Agree. but it was Glasgow that year for me.

It was top class

Johan

Johan From Sweden wrote:

Noel Kenny wrote:Shane with Cait in Dublin 2004 was up there with the best

Agree. but it was Glasgow that year for me.

Agree also. For me 'twas at Brixton. No disrespect to Ella, who does a magnificent job. But the live performance with Cait was magical, best non-Kirsty version I've seen.

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 love the Original Version with Kirsty!The German Version of Bap/Nina Hagen and The Kelly Family were SHITE!!

Christine wrote:Nobody has yet mentioned having actually been to see a live version with Kirsty, wish I had done that.

I was lucky enough too see one of the last, perhaps even the last? December 1997 at the Forum in London.

She was wonderful.