The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York Demo

[j4ki1s4]

IMHO, this is the best version of song. It is unpolished and I like it that way.

[punkrockpatti]

THANK YOU

been listening to the Pogues since I was a ..................little punk grrl

and I was 16 in 1971.

NEVER heard these

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[huguinus0021]

106mil hueveras q se creen irish jajaj

[2537anton]

Like the pogues, like Cait. After al that time, its stil great!

[cheesefishgirl]

haha it's fun to hear this version, but Kirsty really saved this song :D

[hanshotfirst1138]

I'm guessing this demo is on the POGUE MAHONE box set?

[kiddbilly3030]

Oh yay, youtube is isolating putting "uploader comments" at the beginning so now I'm going to catch shit about that comment for years to come...

lmao...

[MrMuzjo]

cait should do some more stuff with the pogues xx

[Adriano9966]

for me this is the best version period

[5Agni]

I love this song:-))

[Nhurm]

fukkinbrill

[pikebob]

much prefer Cait's voice 

[BloodofErin1798]

swindon i could kiss ya for posting all these demos, truly brilliant stuff mate, class if i ever seen it, good on ya man

[leonida14231]

I'm italian...but i love this song...better song...all right

[Kavos2006]

its good

[lovepogues]

even the pogues demos are better than the shite all the rest of the music industry is producing

[croskin1]

The best song ever made, in my opinion of course. Not that anyone cares :-)

[TheIrishDoll]

beautiful voice....go on mcgowan!!! I Love you!!! <3

[sigma9p]

is this the soundtrack of a movie right? can u tell me which film pls!

[Bohumill2]

Movie about painter Jean Michel Basquiat.

[rogeta1776]

It was on PS I Love You.

[sigma9p]

thank you

[kieranlabbe97]

the lyrics on this a different than on the album....whatever it's still one of my favourite songs of all time :D

[Mozzer232]

This version is missing something... Still really neat to hear the demo version. Considering the original, though a masterpiece has been overplayed(for good reason) and its nice to hear something that keeps it fresh to me!

[SpartanPkr]

Its missing Kirsty

[Clavigo]

Merry Christmas! 2009 is still great but 2010 is only a great party!

[slightlymooshed]

lady and the tramp.... love it xXx

[mejustjeri]

raw, haunting , just the best ,, thanks for this version ...

[ThePogueman]

Cait, Kirsty or Katie, Shane can sing with anyone.

[6458522]

CHILLS! this version is great!

[lillabett1]

whichever version i love them all brilliant

[muntsky]

aye.phil chevron is gay.But thats neither here nor ther tho,as it was macgowan who wrote it even before the pogues first album.,these early demos are great man.i've always sung with these lyrics for years.i had a lot of this stuff on bootleg cassettes years ago.just managed to get hold of it again last year on thir box set.

absolute quality stuff man.

ma all time favourite band.they opened up so many avenues when it comes to music. legends.

nice one for the postin guvnor!

[hanshotfirst1138]

@muntsky Finer get a co-writing credit. Presumably he too was involved.

[peacefrog1916]

@hanshotfirst1138 Finer came up with the riff...the rest was Shane apparently.

[SwindonByf]

Well I'd hardly consider calling someone a faggot in that context a homophobic slur but there you go

[kiddbilly3030]

Heh heh, I got banned on America Online back in the day for using a homophobic slur casually. (I was in Jr. High at the time, please don't judge.)

But then, Shane was always about being real, not PC. He's not gonna tone it down for anybody.

I still wish they would have kept these lyrics, though. I'd be able to play it in front of everyone, not just select audiences.

[vacantgreen]

One should also consider the fact that a member of the Pogues was gay, when taking the context.

I don't know, I like the lyrics both ways. Then agian, my parents were never afraid to play music/movies like that in front of me, so maybe it's cognitive dissonance.

[colincoby]

Curioiosity: which member is gay?

[SwindonByf]

Philip Chevron I believe

[scarryharry011]

hes gay? really? i never knew that

[DanyNicola]

Before I knew that, he was my favourite member of the Pogues...kidding apart, I love his style...

[HarryW1234]

@SwindonByf , Indeed 'tis Phil. :{p Bumped into him in a bar in Brixton before a St Patrick's day gig. He's a gentleman. It's a blessing to hear a different version of this, especially a demo. Thx. The lyrics are in character. Shane at his best, a slice of bitter-sweet life. "I could have been someone Well so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you I kept them with me babe I put them with my own Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you"

[monkeykrueger]

which bar? hootananny?

[HarryW1234]

@monkeykrueger

The Canterbury Arms, near the police station, not far from the Academy.

Merry Christmas. :)

[spentonmediocrity]

god I hate political correctness...f*ck off,it was spoken in the third person.

[TimBisleyProductions]

@kiddbilly3030 It never was a slur. "faggot" was Irish and Liverpudlian slang for a lazy person, and is unrelated to the modern use.

[Thisnameistaken11]

@kiddbilly3030 For the record, faggot is also Northern English slang for a lazy person.

[BrickhouseB2]

@kiddbilly3030 You'd rather your daughter hear a youg lady sing "I ain't even been fucked since last Christmas day"? Interesting.

[Tzimnewman3]

@kiddbilly3030 You scumbag you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot, Merry Christmas you ass I thank god its our last.

[Ayrshirenutter]

fuckin brilliant.Tiocfaidh Ár Lá.

[HolyMotherFlumper]

Fuck off with your ignorance

[bloodybill007]

fuck off lol cunt you talk alot of shit pogue mahone bitch

[peacefrog1916]

fuck off with ur tiocfaidh ar la...whats republicanism got to do with this? ignorant prick.

[Ayrshirenutter]

yeah but I bet you want to suck my dick

[peacefrog1916]

aye, go on then

[balloch]

Bang on man not everything needs to get fucking political, I bet it's Yanks writing that shit

[EriinnBabess]

ii Love This Song, Soo Muchhh x

And iimm Irish :) x

[alimileva]

happy xmas all and God bless aww such a tuneee!

[jamiereidus]

I kept them with me babe

I put them with my own

Can't make it all alone

I've built my dreams around you...

4 of the greatest lines ever written...Shane is a legend!

[groaner123]

yes, indeedee

my vote goes to the "boys of the NYPD choir..."

Shane is a genius.

[ohcalcutta81]

I love it. Can't wait to get the box set once I have some cash haha.

[poolpig]

Wow , never heard this version!!!!!Amazing!

[Oktovris]

the best song all over the years

[ZogSoldier]

oh and im a man you don't meet every day...cant seem to locate a decent version of that on here either =p  (was the best song w/ cait singing too imo)

[ZogSoldier]

awesome I had been looking for this for some time w/ no luck.

Now we just need someone to make a video on here for Shane doing "My Way" for some nike commercial from the 90's!

[hendrix01993]

Yes i wanna hear Shanes My Way Anyone finds it link me to it

[ZogSoldier]

wow. Is this the version w/ Cait?

Thanks so much!

[SwindonByf]

Sure is!

[lsdarcy]

thank you for uploading this

[wolverinefan1986]

@SwindonByf

ooops, ignore my question above--I asked the same thing! Thanks for posting these!

[PogueMahoneCoG]

Brilliant!