Meaning of "fairytale of new york"

[Emy]

hello
I have to do a work for school about the pogues and specially on the song "fairytale of new yok"
I ask you if you could help me..
What's the main meaning of the song?
Can you help me?

thanks

emy; from belgium =)

[firehazard]

Try looking here, emy: http://www.poguetry.com/grace.htm

Good luck!

[MissWalshy]

hello
I have to do a work for school about the pogues and specially on the song "fairytale of new yok"
I ask you if you could help me..
What's the main meaning of the song?
Can you help me?

thanks

emy; from belgium =)

you have a very cool teacher!

[Mick Molloy]

Cool so I have a double walking around in Belgium somewhere

[Dropofpoison]

hello
I have to do a work for school about the pogues and specially on the song "fairytale of new yok"
I ask you if you could help me..
What's the main meaning of the song?
Can you help me?

thanks

emy; from belgium =)

you have a very cool teacher!

And I have to write essays on Shakespeare! Not fair

[CraigBatty]

And I have to write essays on Shakespeare! Not fair

Shakespeare/Shane... meh, what's the difference?

"Shall I compare thee to a street in Soho,
Thou art less steamy and more temper-filled..."

[Mick Molloy]

And I have to write essays on Shakespeare! Not fair

Shakespeare/Shane... meh, what's the difference?

"Shall I compare thee to a street in Soho,
Thou art less steamy and more temper-filled..."

Haha Fintan that's awesome. I'm going to use that in a poetry class soon. By the way I'm going to write an essay about William Blake's London comparing it to seventies and eighties punk songs about London.

Till now I have London Calling and Dark Streets of London. Anypne have any other suggestions

[Maldoror]

hello
I have to do a work for school about the pogues and specially on the song "fairytale of new yok"
I ask you if you could help me..
What's the main meaning of the song?
Can you help me?

thanks

emy; from belgium =)

you have a very cool teacher!

Belgian teachers ARE cool.
Btw, Emy, where are you from?

[Mick Molloy]

Belgian teachers ARE cool.
Btw, Emy, where are you from?

Dutch teachers even cooler

[Niall]

Belgian teachers ARE cool.
Btw, Emy, where are you from?

Dutch teachers even cooler

and Irish teachers cooler still

[veggie]

And I have to write essays on Shakespeare! Not fair

Shakespeare/Shane... meh, what's the difference?

"Shall I compare thee to a street in Soho,
Thou art less steamy and more temper-filled..."

Haha Fintan that's awesome. I'm going to use that in a poetry class soon. By the way I'm going to write an essay about William Blake's London comparing it to seventies and eighties punk songs about London.

Till now I have London Calling and Dark Streets of London. Anypne have any other suggestions

for London, I think maybe Red london-Sham 69, and Streets of london- Anti Nowhere League (but this one's more recent)
If you need something about England, ther're two wonderful songs:
ENGLAND- ANGELIC UPSTARTS
ENGLAND BELONGS TO ME- COCK SPARRER

[firehazard]

By the way I'm going to write an essay about William Blake's London comparing it to seventies and eighties punk songs about London.

Till now I have London Calling and Dark Streets of London. Anypne have any other suggestions

There's also "Transmetropolitan" and "Lullaby Of London" of course. And The Clash's "London's Burning". And if you don't specifically need to have "London" in the title, you could look at other Clash songs such as "White Riot", "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais", "Guns Of Brixton"...; The Jam's "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight", "In The City"...

...and of course loads more that I'll think of in a minute.

[veggie]

LAST TRAIN TO DAGENHAM- COCK SPARRER
about the riots in London:
CHAOS-THE 4 SKINS
ONE LAW FOR THEM- THE 4 SKINS

[Mick Molloy]

Haha thanks everyone.

[AllBusiness37]

Bit torrent that BBC documentary about the song. It's one whole hour of excellent research for your essay.