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Although there is agreement among the band that "Fairytale of New York" was first written in 1985, the origins of the song are disputed. MacGowan insisted that it arose as a result of a wager made by the Pogues' producer at the time, Elvis Costello, that the band would not be able to write a Christmas hit single, while the Pogues' manager Frank Murray has stated that it was originally his idea ...
A love-hate, call-and-response folk duet featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, the song was almost called “Christmas in the Drunk Tank” (a title that MacGowan rejected because ...
Kirsty MacColl, who was the wife of Pogues producer Steve Lillywhite and the daughter of “Dirty Old Town” songwriter Ewan MacColl, recorded a guide vocal that sounded so good that she became ...
Kirsty Anna MacColl (/ m ə ˈ k ɔː l /, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer-songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl.She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Kinks' "Days".
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, “Fairytale of New York” (1987) It’s remarkable that MacGowan and Pogues’ banjo player-songwriter Jem Finer’s take on Irish American writer J. P. Donleavy ...
The Pogues covered the song "Honky Tonk Women", written by Keith Richards (left) and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. The Pogues collaborated with Steve Earle on the track "Johnny Come Lately" on Earle's album Copperhead Road. The Pogues collaborated on multiple occasions with Kirsty MacColl.
"Fairytale of New York" was released as a single in 1987 and reached No. 1 in the Irish charts and No. 2 in the British charts over Christmas (the time of peak sales). The song has become a festive classic in the UK and Ireland over the years, and was voted the best Christmas song of all time three years running in 2004, [16] 2005, [17] and ...
The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' is one of the great holiday songs of the modern era, and a gorgeous, sozzled mess of a performance. 'You scumbag, you maggot': For broken romantics, nothing ...