http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
A Top 20 hit for the fourth consecutive year!!! Eat shit, Pet Shop Boys!
# 2 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York Dec 1987
# 36 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-issue) Dec 1991
# 3 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-issue) Dec 2005
# 6 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-entry) Dec 2006
# 4 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-emergence) Dec 2007
# 19 [so far] Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-emergence) Dec 2008
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Fairytale of New York 2008
Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:48 pm
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:37 pm
philipchevron wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
A Top 20 hit for the fourth consecutive year!!! Eat shit, Pet Shop Boys!
# 2 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York Dec 1987
# 36 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-issue) Dec 1991
# 3 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-issue) Dec 2005
# 6 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-entry) Dec 2006
# 4 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-emergence) Dec 2007
# 19 [so far] Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York (re-emergence) Dec 2008
Philip
You wrote; " A Top 20 hit for the fourth consecutive year!!! Eat shit, Pet Shop Boys!"
and how can we arrange for this to occurr, would you like it served to them ala mode, or =should we all just group together and stuff down their throats??.............hmmmm this way at least they could not utter a single vocal ??......
by the way, most excellent to see them {The Pogues} continue to receive the accolades they much deserve??
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:59 pm
And still I have to persuade my fellow teachers to sing this song at our Xmas party
They weren't fond of the swearing
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:11 pm
I'm delighted to say that I've actually only HEARD three of the songs in the Top 20, and only one of them's any good.
Guess which one.
EDIT: And in fact, I've only heard two of the next 20, both of which are utter shit (Wham and Take That). I hasten to add that hearing them was also totally accidental.
Guess which one.
EDIT: And in fact, I've only heard two of the next 20, both of which are utter shit (Wham and Take That). I hasten to add that hearing them was also totally accidental.
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:33 pm
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Love Christmas, but not its soundtrack
Last updated 11:50, Tuesday, 09 December 2008
GIVING and receiving gifts, The Royle Family special on television, the one time in the whole year where my mum makes proper stuffing, what’s not to love?
There is just one thing I despise about the festive season – its soundtrack.
From mid-November, every shop I have stepped into has 100 Greatest Christmas Hits playing on repeat.
Television music channels have been taken over by terrible music videos for rubbish songs purely because they mention the C-word.
Whilst channel-hopping the other day I saw a post-Beatles Paul McCartney prancing about in the snow like an idiot singing something about simply having a wonderful Christmas-time. At the very same moment the remote decided to die on me.
I had to leave the room when that guy sat in what appears to be a deck chair started crooning to It’ll be lonely this Christmas. It is no wonder to me why he is lonely with that haircut.
And every time I hear Noddy Holder shout “It’s Christmassss” I feel like hurting someone.
Of course all of these artists enjoy the festive season; they must be paid a fortune in royalties.
All you have to do is think of a melody, think of words that rhyme with “Santa” and “tree”, throw in some jingle bell sounds and you’re set for life.
I don’t mind the Band Aid single, but if you actually listen to the lyrics they are pretty depressing. Picture it, Christmas dinner, you’ve had a few wines, pulled a cracker with your Nana, you’re enjoying stuffing your face with some festive tunes in the background and then you hear “The Christmas bells that ring there/Are the clanging chimes of doom”. Bit of a mood-killer, isn’t it?
These days it is the race to the coveted Christmas number one spot which gets us excited. How the nation love a good novelty record, or the single from the winner of a reality show.
This year no doubt the spot will go to the winner of that TV karaoke, sorry “talent” contest The X Factor. It is between Alexandra, the Irish lad who thinks putting your hand in the toaster is a great way to style your hair or the boy band.
I’ll be tuning in to the final on Saturday night. Not because I am a huge fan of any of the finalists (after Laura went I stopped caring) but because they always bring the worst contestants from the first round of auditions back to perform.
It seems viewers love nothing more than to laugh at those who are clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic, and the stars don’t seem to mind their lack of talent being the source of entertainment as this gets them on the telly.
The rejects should release their own single to contend with The X Factor number one spot. I’d go out and buy it if it meant wiping the smug grin from Simon Cowell’s face.
In my opinion, the only Christmas song worth its salt is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues. I saw the band live at V Festival this year and, even though it was only August, I was praying they’d play it. Alas, they did not.
Everything about that track is in a different league to the rest and it never even made it to the Christmas number one spot, beaten by the Pet Shop Boys. A travesty.
"A travesty"??...............................................such a mild statement IMHO??.....................
Irishrose
Love Christmas, but not its soundtrack
Last updated 11:50, Tuesday, 09 December 2008
GIVING and receiving gifts, The Royle Family special on television, the one time in the whole year where my mum makes proper stuffing, what’s not to love?
There is just one thing I despise about the festive season – its soundtrack.
From mid-November, every shop I have stepped into has 100 Greatest Christmas Hits playing on repeat.
Television music channels have been taken over by terrible music videos for rubbish songs purely because they mention the C-word.
Whilst channel-hopping the other day I saw a post-Beatles Paul McCartney prancing about in the snow like an idiot singing something about simply having a wonderful Christmas-time. At the very same moment the remote decided to die on me.
I had to leave the room when that guy sat in what appears to be a deck chair started crooning to It’ll be lonely this Christmas. It is no wonder to me why he is lonely with that haircut.
And every time I hear Noddy Holder shout “It’s Christmassss” I feel like hurting someone.
Of course all of these artists enjoy the festive season; they must be paid a fortune in royalties.
All you have to do is think of a melody, think of words that rhyme with “Santa” and “tree”, throw in some jingle bell sounds and you’re set for life.
I don’t mind the Band Aid single, but if you actually listen to the lyrics they are pretty depressing. Picture it, Christmas dinner, you’ve had a few wines, pulled a cracker with your Nana, you’re enjoying stuffing your face with some festive tunes in the background and then you hear “The Christmas bells that ring there/Are the clanging chimes of doom”. Bit of a mood-killer, isn’t it?
These days it is the race to the coveted Christmas number one spot which gets us excited. How the nation love a good novelty record, or the single from the winner of a reality show.
This year no doubt the spot will go to the winner of that TV karaoke, sorry “talent” contest The X Factor. It is between Alexandra, the Irish lad who thinks putting your hand in the toaster is a great way to style your hair or the boy band.
I’ll be tuning in to the final on Saturday night. Not because I am a huge fan of any of the finalists (after Laura went I stopped caring) but because they always bring the worst contestants from the first round of auditions back to perform.
It seems viewers love nothing more than to laugh at those who are clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic, and the stars don’t seem to mind their lack of talent being the source of entertainment as this gets them on the telly.
The rejects should release their own single to contend with The X Factor number one spot. I’d go out and buy it if it meant wiping the smug grin from Simon Cowell’s face.
In my opinion, the only Christmas song worth its salt is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues. I saw the band live at V Festival this year and, even though it was only August, I was praying they’d play it. Alas, they did not.
Everything about that track is in a different league to the rest and it never even made it to the Christmas number one spot, beaten by the Pet Shop Boys. A travesty.
"A travesty"??...............................................such a mild statement IMHO??.....................
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:49 pm
No, travesty is good. It's Shane's word too, or rather "a travesty....ssssccchhhhhhh" is.
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:35 pm
philipchevron wrote:No, travesty is good. It's Shane's word too, or rather "a travesty....ssssccchhhhhhh" is.
Well you know the last time i posted my real thoughts??.....................
I was just trying to express my thoughts whilst being "Poguelitically"?? polite...................
but yeah it is "a travesty....ssssccchhhhhhh" for sure??...........................
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:18 am
I have to say, after 3 years of doing all I can to try and get FoNY to the summit, I still haven't lost hope!
If there is any ounce of justice left in this shitty old world of ours, then Fairytale Of New York has to get to number one, at the very least in my lifetime.
Its easy to say that the charts don't mean anything, but with the introduction of downloads, all sorts of classic tracks (FoNY, Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" and Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" to name 3) have cracked there way through the seemingly endless dross in the charts, with Fairytale the most successful of the lot, and deservedly so.
So, I impore you all, as fans not just of The Pogues but of a good music in general, to Download Fairytale of New York the W/C 15th December as many times as you can afford, to give our beloved Fairytale a sporting chance in the race for a deserved Christmas number one.
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If there is any ounce of justice left in this shitty old world of ours, then Fairytale Of New York has to get to number one, at the very least in my lifetime.
Its easy to say that the charts don't mean anything, but with the introduction of downloads, all sorts of classic tracks (FoNY, Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" and Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" to name 3) have cracked there way through the seemingly endless dross in the charts, with Fairytale the most successful of the lot, and deservedly so.
So, I impore you all, as fans not just of The Pogues but of a good music in general, to Download Fairytale of New York the W/C 15th December as many times as you can afford, to give our beloved Fairytale a sporting chance in the race for a deserved Christmas number one.
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:34 pm
The race for Christmas number one
‘The X Factor’ looks certain to decide the battle for the top of the charts this Christmas, but there is plenty of variety among the other runners and riders
By Thomas H Green
Last Updated: 2:51PM GMT 11 Dec 2008
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The Wombats featuring Les Dennis
Acerbic indie assault on Christmas from the Wombats and Les Dennis.
Peter Kay aka Geraldine McQueen
Peter Kay aka Geraldine McQueen delivers a delerious Wizzard pastiche Photo: PA
The Priests deliver a traditional Christmas song
Never underestimate the power of the Vatican to get the Priests to number one Photo: Cathal McNaughton
Rolf Harris and the Froncysylite Male Voice Choir
Not such little boys: Rolf Harris revives his Christmas number one from 1969 Photo: John Taylor
This Saturday night, not only will The X Factor select a winner, but, simultaneously, the name of the Christmas number one will be practically guaranteed. This is because the talent show winner's song – which will be a version of Leonard Cohen's classic Hallelujah – is almost unstoppable.
Twelve million people watch the programme every week, many voting regularly for favourite contestants, thus a minimum of 100,000 are likely to buy the single. During the only week of the year when physical releases outsell downloads, the X Factor CD will be rushed to supermarkets.
Underdog-loving Britain must surely hope that other contenders break the increasingly tedious Cowell monopoly. And, if they fancy upsetting the apple cart, they have plenty of festive runners and riders to choose from.
Those who like a bit of humour in their Christmas songs are spoilt for choice. Strongest contender is Peter Kay's alter ego Geraldine McQueen, who has already challenged Cowell in the charts, or post-Strictly Come Dancing John Sergeant.
For those of a melancholy bent, there's Leona Lewis's Run or the return of Rolf Harris. Traditionalists can take solace in the Priests or the perennial favourite, the Pogues' Fairy Tale of New York.
And even indie kids can have a weep under the mistletoe with Glaswegians Glasvegas.
The 'X Factor' winner
Song 'Hallelujah'
The lowdown Alexandra Burke, JLS and Eoghan Quigg battle it out this Saturday for the record contract. The boy band have been causing riots in Croydon, but Alex is the favourite.
How Christmassy is the video? Unknown as yet, but probably not very as they hope the song will stay at number one well into the New Year.
Odds1/5 favourite.
A shoo- in.
Leona Lewis
Song 'Run'
The lowdown The 2006 'X Factor' winner originally covered Snow Patrol's breakthrough hit for Radio 1. It now arrives wearing a bombastic MOR sheen worthy of Heart.
How Christmassy is the video? Lewis wanders a gloomy sun-dappled wood in a bustier and raggedy skirt. A recession Christmas, possibly.
Odds 8/1. It's already at the top of the charts, so is unlikely to last the distance.
Peter Kay & Gary Barlow
Song 'Once Upon a Christmas Song'
The lowdown Peter Kay's transsexual creation, Geraldine McQueen, winner of 'Britain's Got The Pop Factor', delivers a deliriously naff Wizzard pastiche.
How Christmassy is the video? Very, featuring Kay/McQueen as Santa on a tatty float circumnavigating Manchester.
Odds 5/1. Kay has a knack for getting the British public onside.
Terry Wogan & Aled Jones
Song 'Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy'
The lowdown A rather likelier pairing than the 1977 original's ancient Bing Crosby and gaunt David Bowie.
How christmassy is the video? Soft focus, Christmas tree, Sir Terry's jumper – very seasonal, apart from an interlude featuring the duo in cat-burglar polo-necks.
Odds12/1. Taken from Radio 2's 'Bandaged' album in aid of Children In Need, so big BBC support.
Chris Difford & the Decorations
Song 'Let's Not Fight This Christmas'
The lowdown Originally a pop experiment by BBC's The One Show, it's now touted as John Sergeant's Christmas song, although he's little seen or heard.
How Christmassy is the video? Difford, once of Squeeze, is deadpan amid forced cheeriness. Features only limited dancing from the ex-political editor.
Odds 25/1. Another Children In Need release.
The Priests
Song 'Pie Jesu'
The lowdown Three Irish Catholic priests with an Andrew Lloyd Webber number that was last in the charts sung by his then wife Sarah Brightman in 1985.
How Christmassy is the video? Features a cathedral and choirs so, for the ecclesiastical, very. However, those looking for tinsel, mistletoe and Noddy Holder will be bemused.
Odds 33/1. Available only via download so limited. potential - but never underestimate the power of the Vatican.
Scooter featuring Status Quo
Song 'Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)'
The lowdown As often with Scooter, a contender for the worst song ever made.
Status Quo's anthem is strapped to pounding, cheesy
Euro-dance.
How Christmassy is the video? It's not. Quo jam atop a tower block containing pole dancers, Scooter and an assortment of maniacs.
Odds 50/1. Scooter are the best-selling singles act ever in their native Germany.
The Boys Least Likely To
Song 'The First Snowflake'
The lowdown One of those very English bands the Americans inexplicably take to, this twosome return after an absence with a sweet fable about a lonesome snowflake.
How Christmassy is the video? Slightly, but mainly cheap. The duo walk around the Scottish Highlands until they find some snow.
Odds 100/1. Rank outsider on a tiny independent. No chance.
Glasvegas
Song 'A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)'
The lowdown The people's band of 2008 dump the guitars and follow their Phil Spector obsession to its sleigh bell-laden logical conclusion.
How Christmassy is the video? No video. It's hard to see the black-clad band in Father Christmas outfits.
The odds 33/1. Rather than a single, it's the downloadable title track of a mini-album that comes with their repackaged debut long-player.
The Pogues
Song 'Fairytale of New York'
The lowdown Now that any randomly downloaded song, however old, can rise into the charts, the Pogues' 1987 duet with Kirtsy MacColl is back yet again.
How Christmassy is the video? Downbeat but seasonal.
Odds 25/1. Already in the charts, it's becoming the ever-repeating festive cracker Slade once were.
The Wombats
featuring Les Dennis
Song 'Is This Christmas?'
The lowdown Acerbic, tuneful indie assault on drab suburban yuletide rituals, neatly disguised as a seasonal shout-along with an intro by Les Dennis.
How Christmassy is the video? Darkly so. The Liverpudlian trio come downstairs in their pyjamas to open presents, which turn out to be their instruments, then look moody throughout.
Odds 33/1. The pithiest, wittiest, most original song here but almost certainly too grouchily raucous to win out.
Rolf Harris & the Froncysylite
Male Voice Choir
Song 'Two Little Boys'
The lowdown Rolf, accompanied by a Welsh choir, revisits Margaret Thatcher's favourite weepie in honour of his relatives who fought in the First World War.
How Christmassy is the video? A horde of men in suits singing in a municipal building, so not especially.
Odds 25/1. The number one of Christmas 1969 but highly unlikely to repeat the feat.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/musi ... r-one.html
Irishrose
‘The X Factor’ looks certain to decide the battle for the top of the charts this Christmas, but there is plenty of variety among the other runners and riders
By Thomas H Green
Last Updated: 2:51PM GMT 11 Dec 2008
Previous
1 of 4 Images
Next
The Wombats featuring Les Dennis
Acerbic indie assault on Christmas from the Wombats and Les Dennis.
Peter Kay aka Geraldine McQueen
Peter Kay aka Geraldine McQueen delivers a delerious Wizzard pastiche Photo: PA
The Priests deliver a traditional Christmas song
Never underestimate the power of the Vatican to get the Priests to number one Photo: Cathal McNaughton
Rolf Harris and the Froncysylite Male Voice Choir
Not such little boys: Rolf Harris revives his Christmas number one from 1969 Photo: John Taylor
This Saturday night, not only will The X Factor select a winner, but, simultaneously, the name of the Christmas number one will be practically guaranteed. This is because the talent show winner's song – which will be a version of Leonard Cohen's classic Hallelujah – is almost unstoppable.
Twelve million people watch the programme every week, many voting regularly for favourite contestants, thus a minimum of 100,000 are likely to buy the single. During the only week of the year when physical releases outsell downloads, the X Factor CD will be rushed to supermarkets.
Underdog-loving Britain must surely hope that other contenders break the increasingly tedious Cowell monopoly. And, if they fancy upsetting the apple cart, they have plenty of festive runners and riders to choose from.
Those who like a bit of humour in their Christmas songs are spoilt for choice. Strongest contender is Peter Kay's alter ego Geraldine McQueen, who has already challenged Cowell in the charts, or post-Strictly Come Dancing John Sergeant.
For those of a melancholy bent, there's Leona Lewis's Run or the return of Rolf Harris. Traditionalists can take solace in the Priests or the perennial favourite, the Pogues' Fairy Tale of New York.
And even indie kids can have a weep under the mistletoe with Glaswegians Glasvegas.
The 'X Factor' winner
Song 'Hallelujah'
The lowdown Alexandra Burke, JLS and Eoghan Quigg battle it out this Saturday for the record contract. The boy band have been causing riots in Croydon, but Alex is the favourite.
How Christmassy is the video? Unknown as yet, but probably not very as they hope the song will stay at number one well into the New Year.
Odds1/5 favourite.
A shoo- in.
Leona Lewis
Song 'Run'
The lowdown The 2006 'X Factor' winner originally covered Snow Patrol's breakthrough hit for Radio 1. It now arrives wearing a bombastic MOR sheen worthy of Heart.
How Christmassy is the video? Lewis wanders a gloomy sun-dappled wood in a bustier and raggedy skirt. A recession Christmas, possibly.
Odds 8/1. It's already at the top of the charts, so is unlikely to last the distance.
Peter Kay & Gary Barlow
Song 'Once Upon a Christmas Song'
The lowdown Peter Kay's transsexual creation, Geraldine McQueen, winner of 'Britain's Got The Pop Factor', delivers a deliriously naff Wizzard pastiche.
How Christmassy is the video? Very, featuring Kay/McQueen as Santa on a tatty float circumnavigating Manchester.
Odds 5/1. Kay has a knack for getting the British public onside.
Terry Wogan & Aled Jones
Song 'Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy'
The lowdown A rather likelier pairing than the 1977 original's ancient Bing Crosby and gaunt David Bowie.
How christmassy is the video? Soft focus, Christmas tree, Sir Terry's jumper – very seasonal, apart from an interlude featuring the duo in cat-burglar polo-necks.
Odds12/1. Taken from Radio 2's 'Bandaged' album in aid of Children In Need, so big BBC support.
Chris Difford & the Decorations
Song 'Let's Not Fight This Christmas'
The lowdown Originally a pop experiment by BBC's The One Show, it's now touted as John Sergeant's Christmas song, although he's little seen or heard.
How Christmassy is the video? Difford, once of Squeeze, is deadpan amid forced cheeriness. Features only limited dancing from the ex-political editor.
Odds 25/1. Another Children In Need release.
The Priests
Song 'Pie Jesu'
The lowdown Three Irish Catholic priests with an Andrew Lloyd Webber number that was last in the charts sung by his then wife Sarah Brightman in 1985.
How Christmassy is the video? Features a cathedral and choirs so, for the ecclesiastical, very. However, those looking for tinsel, mistletoe and Noddy Holder will be bemused.
Odds 33/1. Available only via download so limited. potential - but never underestimate the power of the Vatican.
Scooter featuring Status Quo
Song 'Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)'
The lowdown As often with Scooter, a contender for the worst song ever made.
Status Quo's anthem is strapped to pounding, cheesy
Euro-dance.
How Christmassy is the video? It's not. Quo jam atop a tower block containing pole dancers, Scooter and an assortment of maniacs.
Odds 50/1. Scooter are the best-selling singles act ever in their native Germany.
The Boys Least Likely To
Song 'The First Snowflake'
The lowdown One of those very English bands the Americans inexplicably take to, this twosome return after an absence with a sweet fable about a lonesome snowflake.
How Christmassy is the video? Slightly, but mainly cheap. The duo walk around the Scottish Highlands until they find some snow.
Odds 100/1. Rank outsider on a tiny independent. No chance.
Glasvegas
Song 'A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)'
The lowdown The people's band of 2008 dump the guitars and follow their Phil Spector obsession to its sleigh bell-laden logical conclusion.
How Christmassy is the video? No video. It's hard to see the black-clad band in Father Christmas outfits.
The odds 33/1. Rather than a single, it's the downloadable title track of a mini-album that comes with their repackaged debut long-player.
The Pogues
Song 'Fairytale of New York'
The lowdown Now that any randomly downloaded song, however old, can rise into the charts, the Pogues' 1987 duet with Kirtsy MacColl is back yet again.
How Christmassy is the video? Downbeat but seasonal.
Odds 25/1. Already in the charts, it's becoming the ever-repeating festive cracker Slade once were.
The Wombats
featuring Les Dennis
Song 'Is This Christmas?'
The lowdown Acerbic, tuneful indie assault on drab suburban yuletide rituals, neatly disguised as a seasonal shout-along with an intro by Les Dennis.
How Christmassy is the video? Darkly so. The Liverpudlian trio come downstairs in their pyjamas to open presents, which turn out to be their instruments, then look moody throughout.
Odds 33/1. The pithiest, wittiest, most original song here but almost certainly too grouchily raucous to win out.
Rolf Harris & the Froncysylite
Male Voice Choir
Song 'Two Little Boys'
The lowdown Rolf, accompanied by a Welsh choir, revisits Margaret Thatcher's favourite weepie in honour of his relatives who fought in the First World War.
How Christmassy is the video? A horde of men in suits singing in a municipal building, so not especially.
Odds 25/1. The number one of Christmas 1969 but highly unlikely to repeat the feat.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/musi ... r-one.html
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:57 am
Irishrose wrote:The Pogues
Song 'Fairytale of New York'
The lowdown Now that any randomly downloaded song, however old, can rise into the charts, the Pogues' 1987 duet with Kirtsy MacColl is back yet again.
How Christmassy is the video? Downbeat but seasonal.
Odds 25/1. Already in the charts, it's becoming the ever-repeating festive cracker Slade once were.
That should be twenty fucking five to one.
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:25 am
Chris Difford & the Decorations - aka BBC's The One Show.
It's amazing the amount of stick this tune has got, despite having Chris Difford - one of Britains greatest songwriters at the helm.
Reminds me of the Ramones, Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) from Brain Drain.
It's amazing the amount of stick this tune has got, despite having Chris Difford - one of Britains greatest songwriters at the helm.
Reminds me of the Ramones, Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) from Brain Drain.
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:12 pm
"Fairytale of New York" moved up 6 places to #13 yesterday.
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:08 am
Fairytale Of New York featured prominently in last nights (Dec. 16th) Eastenders, in a scene around the Christmas tree in the square.
....got pissed in limavady
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:59 pm
philipchevron wrote:"Fairytale of New York" moved up 6 places to #13 yesterday.
On this poll FONY has made it to the number one spot for Christmas 2008;
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east ... -22545183/
A Fairytale finish to our Christmas musical poll
Dec 24 2008 The Journal
So this is Christmas...and The Journal has uncovered the North’s favourite festive tunes. We’ve been conducting a seasonal poll on our website, www.journallive.co.uk, to discover the region’s top Christmas pop songs and Christmas carols.
The results are now in and a contemporary classic that returns to the charts each year has claimed our own Yuletide number one spot.
Top of the pop tree is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl.
Originally released as a single in 1987, it’s a raucous tale of a man locked up in a New York drunk tank remembering Christmas past.
But it’s the famous call and response sequence between lead singer Shane MacGowan and the late Kirsty MacColl, that sticks in the memory.
The group played the song – which romped home in first place with a massive 31.1% of the vote – during their annual Yuletide tour, calling in at Newcastle’s Carling Academy, earlier this month.
Second place went to Wizzard’s glam rock classic, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday. While third was the moody I Believe In Father Christmas, by Greg Lake.
The region’s favourite carol is Silent Night. Originally written in German as Stille Nacht, by the Austrian priest Father Josef Mohr, it was first performed in 1818. The region obviously prefers a peaceful carol, with In The Bleak Midwinter polling 11.7% of the vote in second place. Oh Holy Night came in third.
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Top Christmas Carols
1 Silent Night
2 In The Bleak Midwinter
3 Oh Holy Night
4 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
5 Oh Come All Ye Faithful
6 Good King Wenceslas
7 Do You Hear What I Hear?
8 Away In A Manger
9 The Holly and The Ivy
10 Ding Dong Merrily On High
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Top Christmas Pop Songs
1 Fairytale of New York – The Pogues, featuring Kirsty MacColl
2 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – Wizzard
3 I Believe In Father Christmas – Greg Lake
4 All I Want For Christmas – Mariah Carey
5 Happy Xmas (War is Over) – John and Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band
6 A Spaceman Came Travelling – Chris de Burgh
7 Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
8 Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade
9 White Christmas – Bing Crosby
10 Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie
FONY is now in its rightful spot of recognition?? ............................a very Merry Christmas to all??..........
Irishrose
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Re: Fairytale of New York 2008
Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:59 pm
No Pet Shop Boys? 
I wish I'd done biology for an urge within me wanted to do it then
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