First Fairytale of Christmas

[DzM]

If any member of this raft gets less than full marks I will throw them over board.

Whew! I'm safe.

I enjoy taking Internet Quizzes that I KNOW I'll ace.

[Sportin' Life]

This is a cut and paste of various Pogues reviews (sodden shambolic singer -- Terry Wood's strings give it he Irish brogue, etc) that we have all heard too many times before, but it is impressive that The Week put this out there.

I give you the "Greatest Christmas Song of All Time": http://theweek.com/articles/595104/fair ... g-all-time



Edited to add: Now that I look at the byline I see this article came out last year. Maybe I missed it.

[Low D]

Oh blimey 16/16 full marks, that's good innit!
Thanks Hennybhoy!
Cheers
Aled

If any member of this raft gets less than full marks I will throw them over board.

I wonder how many Ronan Keating got right?

I feel like Keating woulda found "old scabby funk" as hard to wrap around as "old slut on junk".

[Welshie]

That's a nice read Sportin Life. My daughter and I have been singing this quite a bit. She likes Kirsty MaColl, finally I was watching the video on Sunday, and I can't seem to see Phil Chevron in it. Is there and I've missed him?
Cheers
Aled

[firehazard]

That's a nice read Sportin Life. My daughter and I have been singing this quite a bit. She likes Kirsty MaColl, finally I was watching the video on Sunday, and I can't seem to see Phil Chevron in it. Is there and I've missed him?

Mr C was ill at the time of tour during which the video filming took place, so was absent from it. Joe Strummer replaced him on the tour.

One of my daughters particularly enjoys singing certain of the Kirsty words at me when we get into singing the song together. Which will doubtless happen over Christmas.

Can't believe they missed the bit about Whitley Bay out of that quiz.

[soulfinger]

Oh blimey 16/16 full marks, that's good innit!
Thanks Hennybhoy!
Cheers
Aled

If any member of this raft gets less than full marks I will throw them over board.

Phew! I got 16 so don't have to be tossed off.

[firehazard]

Oh blimey 16/16 full marks, that's good innit!
Thanks Hennybhoy!
Cheers
Aled

If any member of this raft gets less than full marks I will throw them over board.

Phew! I got 16 so don't have to be tossed off.

Eldest hazardette: "brilliant! too easy for us though, dad".

[Fr. McGreer]

Oh blimey 16/16 full marks, that's good innit!
Thanks Hennybhoy!
Cheers
Aled

If any member of this raft gets less than full marks I will throw them over board.

Phew! I got 16 so don't have to be tossed off.

And I'm the man to toss you off

[Welshie]

Oh blimey this is getting worse, behave yourself Fr McGreer or you'll get the clap again, and have to drink Coca-Cola over the festive season!

FH I'd forgotten about Philip's illness at that time, he looks as white as a sheet on the cover of If I should fall from Grace with God, and if my memory serves me correctly its mentioned in James Fearnleys book? Poor Philip RIP.
Cheers
Aled

[Welshie]

Just heard it on a BBC radio 4 Police Drama!
Cheers
Aled

[Low D]

Oh blimey this is getting worse, behave yourself Fr McGreer or you'll get the clap again, and have to drink Coca-Cola over the festive season!

FH I'd forgotten about Philip's illness at that time, he looks as white as a sheet on the cover of If I should fall from Grace with God, and if my memory serves me correctly its mentioned in James Fearnleys book? Poor Philip RIP.
Cheers
Aled

Somewhere on these fora, i think, he mentioned that this is the reason he is sitting on a trunk during the photo shoot - a happy accident which created some now-iconic images.

[Low D]

Found a reference here:

Funny thing is that the trunk was a virtue made of necessity as The Story Of The Pogues explains:

'Philip Chevron was in agony. His ulcer had flared up agan, really badly, and he could barely stand. (...) „I woke up one morning and I could hardly get out of bed,“ says Chevron. „I phoned up Frank [Murray, the Pogues manager] and said, ‘I can’t make it to the photo session today.’ He said, ‘If you don’t get to the photo session you’re not on the fucking album sleeve.’ He said, ‘Do whatever it takes, get yourself here and then you can sit down.’ In fact, it’s one of those things that worked in our favour As soon as they knew I needed to sit down for most of the session, the photographer brought in this luggage.“
The luggage was a big, old-fashioned trunk which Philip sat on for the photo shoot, surrounded by the rest of the group, all in black suits, holding their instruments. This would become one of the most famous – and appropriate – images of the Pogues.
„It looked perfect,“ says Chevron. „It spoke of emigrants, although the luggage was there mainly for me to sit on. That’s why it arrived in the first place. Again, the Pogues turn disaster into triumph.“'

(Carol Clerk: Kiss My Arse - The Story Of the Pogues)

[Welshie]

Great write up Low D.
Thanks for sharing.
Aled

[Christine]

On Match Of The Day which my nearest and dearest were watching. Gary Lineker does have his points, doesn't he. This is actually the first time I have heard it this year, and it was instrumental only. But still. ..

[Welshie]

OK guys we all know that Matt Dillon appears on the vide of Fairytale, but can anyone remember the name of the Black actor in the cell?
Many thanks
Aled