The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York [totp]

[ButtercupRWJ]

Jory sent me here, but its not available on mobile. :C

[missprincessemily]

Thumbs up if Jory sent you here

[theawesomestawesomer]

Jory sent me

[BlooWolfy]

Jory sent me here

[Hockeyvalley]

Does he play the piano for real? :)) I love him!

[shallowphil]

has shane had his teeth sorted?

[Rweavz]

who would of thought Shane would live out Kirsty....

Amazing christmas song! 

[AaronKamakazi]

u scumbag u maggot u cheap lousy faggot!!!

[ZXC5000]

Love how she slaps her arse when she says the BBC prefered word "ass"

[AzzarClarKyy95]

my favourite x-mas song ever, shanes not a very good mimer lol!! RIP Kirsty xxx

[vampirellella]

One of my favorite songs ever but i wish they were not lipsynching, id take shane drunk over dubbed music any day!!! wheres the real singing . someone post more live songs please!<3

[girvinc]

@vampirellella Shane is always drunk...

[Blokecameuptome]

jesus christ ..why are some comments taken so seriously?

[Bumbumawangis]

Idiots in speedboats!

[rosemarydragon]

hE LOOKS SO YOUNG HERE!!!

[Blokecameuptome]

5 Atheists didn't like it

[rosemarydragon]

@Blokecameuptome why are they Atheists¿

[AcroStigma]

@rosemarydragon @Blokecameuptome Because some eejits think they're trying to get rid of Christmas and drag it up on any song remotely related to Christmas... or that has the word 'God'/'Lord'/'Heaver'/etc in it... the reality is most of us don't give a crap about the Christian side and this song isn't exactly religious.

I'm going to go back to flicking through Christmas songs at the tail end of summer now xD

[Hockeyvalley]

@Blokecameuptome

Im an atheist and I love the Pogues and this song :) In fact I listen to the Pogues every day!

[1bridlington]

R.I.P. Kirsty...that guy`s still at the chipshop.

[dickesmann]

Only the best die Young...Gone But Not Forgotten...R.I.P Kirsty MacColl...Only a Mother can Love like you did!!

[dickesmann]

@dickesmann

And all the Suckers who didn´t like it...P*** O** and Póg mo thóin

[franky710110]

kirsty i love you

[missabs09]

kirtsy what a fantastic voice

[melmdr1]

Kirsty - man o man - could she ever sing and what a hot babe during her peak days, she will be missed. We could sure use another Kirsty in the music world of today

[Lizardbumsleftnut2]

RIP Kirsty..... And FUCK mexico.

[Dock18TeamLeader]

the best christmas song ever!

[KillerKarrit]

Dubbed over much?

[Rweavz]

who ever doesn't like this are cheap lousy faggots!

[billyclark5000]

rip kirsty,,,x x x ,,,best christmas song ever,,,,,,,,,

[Seany1616]

hes not even fucking all there, but hey, neither are all of us

[ketan666]

Kirsty MacColl is a proper fucking Lass!!

...and fuck the haters, Shane is a legend!!

[thesoulcrew]

best crimbo song ever !!! r.i.p kirsty missed but not forgotten

[gardengap1]

This song makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. It really is brilliant writing and equally brilliant music. For all his drinking and problems, Shane MacGowan is one hell of a writer.

[Rweavz]

This may not make sense ,but I think it almost Conquers your body of meaning.. Brillitant Xmas Song!

[dodgysparks]

she was a stunning lady...and he was an ugly fecker...bit like an early shrek movie....R.I.P. Kirsty MacColl....you left a better legacy than slade!!

[austi3mfc]

best christmas song ever made :P

[ToTaLePiCpEaNuT]

ime 13 and i love this song there is something abt it best christmas song ever

[righthand482]

This has long been my absolute favourite Christmas song. I've long been an admirer of Shane McGowan. He has talent and I have none. Yet, we share something unique that very few do. We are both Christmas Day babes, mine back in 1948. And we're both Irish.

Good whiskey takes time to distill. For centuries, our rulers tried to take our Irishness away. Now we have all the culture and they have ... soccer louts. Shane is the very best of our whiskey, long fermenting.

[SouthCoastMackem]

Pure briliance. the best Christmas song EVER. God rest you, Kirsty, you were a marvel. Brings a lump to my throat every time I hear it. Unlikely combinatin of singers, but my God, how well it works!

[squatch1983]

This is the only christmas song that matters

[88celticmonkey]

it how u know xmas is here the firts time u hear this in the year

[Thescottishlass77]

Loved this christmas song since it was released..

my favourite ..

[juanitad]

love it love it and always do

[Lovethemartins]

3 people have not got a bloody clue

[JTHARPSNJ]

Greatest song ever written!

[Beyonchee]

Shane is really bad at lipsyncing at it's sooo obvious. xD However, I can't state enough how much I love this song! Their voices fit so perfectly together :)

[mormar72]

why i'm not shane......



[buckley54]

bunch of shite. good banjo playing though. I believe it's a Deering Sierra but I could be wrong.

[71starz]

Awesome video...these 2 have such great voices together!

[jazzypip96]

They are mimeing there's no mic at the piano

[sconlon538]

fuck up

[safclegend92]

For someone who is pretty rat arsed he plays his instruments quite well.

[bushuraloser]

@safclegend92 No kidding I was equally amazed by that. I guess as a fellow once told me that 'he was a high performance alky', there a re a few of them

[TizzysAngel]

They are most definitely miming as most artists were on TOTP!!!!

[falcolombardi69]

thats because top of the pops did not have the license to actually have the artist performing live!!!!

[ItalianCelt]

Best Christmas song NEVER to be No.1. RIP Kirsty - each year at this time I think of you and yours.

If EVER a song deserved to get a no1 at Christmas THIS must be it. Travesty that it hasnt. 'Justice for Kirsty' Campaign is now sadly over - but in my heart it wont be. God Bless you Jean xxx

[togs71]

Hes not been sober since he was 12.

Only joking. Best Christmas song ever. Its so sad Kirsty is not with us but her voice brings us so many good feelings at Christmas. God bless x

[pssteveo]

The greatest Christmas song of all time. Never knew why I felt such a connection until NOW!

[yakata79]

Is there something new you figured out?

[harmonycrossable]

This has and always will be the best, because we have all been there, Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas, I love you baby

[DonomanOx]

best christmas song in the world :) RIP Kirsty x

[slitherysnakes]

exactly!!!  extraordinary!!!!

[rockastu123]

This Song is dubbed totally its actually quite funny, lol and This has to be THEE best christmas song of all time as it is tied full with meanings and feelings.. R.I..P. MacColl Such a shame the way you met ur Demise "/

[ramblingbloke]

Shane MacGowan is the man. It's great to see him miming so bad that even every blind fucker can see that it's playback and not live. He was always against miming and showed it by doing it not very serious. Besides this, he is a brilliant brilliant songwriter and one of the best singers, although his voice isn't the same anymore. But he's still going strong. Brixton Academy, 19th December ;-)

[7031]

@ramblingbloke: Haha, agreed. I swear he's fucking drunk in all of his concerts though.

[lillabett1]

whenever however wherever you love it lets hear it this year 2009 xmas song

[lillabett1]

best tune ever wherever you are you stop and up the volume words cannot express how much i love this song lets makeit number one 2009 xmas song

[ytspenning123]

Fucking embarrassing.

[Edward1312]

The worst miming in the history of television from mcgowan but who cares - a classic.

[sirtinycreep]

Are they miming? I can't tell.

[samandaaron]

it looks like Shane is as hes chewing, chewing gum and his mouth delays to the words.

I think Top of the pops is known for lip sync songs as they apparently never had time to rehearse them. It does sound very like the original

[7031]

@sirtinycreep: Yes. All musicians on Top of The Pops mimed. Hell, I've heard pretty funny stories of people who have seen it live and had to watch the outtakes where they had mimed wrong etc.

[Beccafun]

No. The video is out of sync!

[KiLLWiT]

lol;D

[marcN19]

We all love this...

[romanbrough]

I still dont know why this works? Its really not my style of music.

But it is just fantastic.

[Makolki]

There are things we can´t understand, feelings! Great singers! People who tell our feelings? Winners, Loosers, but people!

[123gillyone]

this is the only honest christmas song there is - such a shame she died so young but thank god shane somehow manages to go on - and if you don't like my comments then POGUE MAHONE!!!

[sigsko]

R.I.P Kirsty Maccol!!!

[enteisttoll]

amazingly rubbish miming! lovely!

[MuchTheSame28]

ey k0rnh0l10, you honestly think itd sound this good if he wasnt singing?

[turnupthegash]

i dunno when but was a jet-ski accident of some sort

top sonngg

[marcN19]

She was swimming with her family and she got hit by a speedboat and the propellar blades cut her to shreds...

It was tragic... especially when it was witnessed by her two young sons

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

Holy crap...I didn't know that's how she died. That's horrible.

[marcN19]

I know...It sent shivers up and down my spine when I read it in the papers...

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

It's so sad :( But she was a great singer, so was Shane. I think this is my all time favorite Christmas song.

[buildsbest]

She actually saved her sons life and was killed doing so...

[228ANDY]

I love this song. Yes, I do !!

[kornminded666]

This song is amazing

[blacklion90000]

this is the best song ever RIP Kirsty MacColl

[slats1212]

is she deceased? how? when?

[MoonGaurd]

On 18 December 2000, she and her sons went diving in Cozumel.With the group was a local veteran divemaster, Iván Díaz. As the group was surfacing from a dive, a speeding powerboat entered the area. MacColl saw the boat coming before her sons. Louis was not in the boat's path, but Jamie was. She was able to push him out of the way but in doing so, she was hit by the boat and killed instantly.

[blacklion90000]

k0rnh0l10 has not go a clue so stop dissing twat

[dolfac74]

I love this song!!! RIP Kirsty.

[k0rnh0l10]

the song is good. but if he wasnt lip syncing it would be more admirable.

[sigsko]

beautiful song! R.I.P Kirsty.

[ownxinxrobes]

let this be number 1..not simon cowels shit..he killed the christmas number1!

[nosemanz]

hing is TOTP dont let people perform live. i remember oasis askin to perform live and told they had to mime. they were so unhappy that they decided to take the piss and noel mimed the song when it was liams voice being played. it was hilarious. its on youtube called oasis switch vocalists or something like that

[gomann74]

R I P

[cdonguitar]

Hes miming you say......if i survived the piss ups hes had,the smoking the toking and candy floss too...id be miming too...but hey,if i could rite a song half this decent..then i shall slag Shane off for miming..Merry Xmas..x

[karelklovn68]

Best x-mas song ever. I can't imagine any x-mas without it. Merry x-mas to all of u!;o)

[NILBUD14]

Nollaig Shona - Merry Christmas

RIP _ Kirsty

[thespiffin]

hes miming

[andybarnes20]

best song ever merry christmas

[SVCNProductions]

Merry Christmas Everyone.

[haltmusic]

OMG! It ended mid-verse! What? "The bells were ringing out for Christmas...What?"

[ownxinxrobes]

the bells were ringing out for christmas day

[haltmusic]

Thanx!

[allyw99]

lol i love the fact shane is clearly just taking the piss and doesnt give a shit about TOTP

[a97fyawd79yf]

Best Xmas Song ever!

[Sophix0mp]

My favourite of all time =]

[Ericaa989]

great song (Y)

[Keri023]

He did lip sync on this because TOTP made him and he didnt want to.. he wanted to sing the actual song.. so insted he made it really obvious, by chewwing the gum.

[joeygsmom]

LOVE the lyrics, me and my own guy are a bit dysfunctional, but jeez who isnt???

[Jordan1873]

Greatest christmas song ever!

[crazyhippo93]

is he lip sync? and is he chewing gum? O.o?

anyway what a great song!

[gomann74]

rip kirsty

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

wasn't she fantastic? what a loss!!

[SkinsThirteen]

i hate to poit it out because this is one of the best christmas songs ever but it looks alot like lip sync

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Anything would look like lip-sync with teeth like that!

[fanoel77]

This is just the most real Xmas song, i love it for sure, they so real, just love the arguing and just having a tiff, as you do at Xmas, I love the sound of them ........... love them all

[cdoublehs]

yes he can play the piano.

greatest song ever recorded...

RIP Kirsty

[welovefooty4life]

No he can't.

(Taken from Wikipedia)

'MacGowan cannot play the piano, but in the video (at the urging of record company executives) James Fearnley reluctantly wore MacGowan's jacket and rings'

[heaven1hell1]

what you on about prick he is a real good piano player he can play the piano after a bottle of whiskey

[welovefooty4life]

I don't know, just saw it on Wikipedia and assumed its true, ok!

[lemeat2007]

I'm not pleased that every time i hear this song on the radio or TV music channel it has half the words silenced out. whats wrong with words like:- scumbag, maggot, faggot, bum, punk, slut on junk??? these are wholesome Christmas words,,, DAMN YOU VH1!

[fanoel77]

is that right the dirty rats, hey this is just the most useful enjoyable song with real people singing real songs, take care xxx just love the old scumbags maggots not to mention punk on slunkers lov ewes oops sorry

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

Do they do that? I didn't notice! these are just about the only words my family are saying by Boxing Day!

[joeygsmom]

LOL no Shane doesnt lipsync, btw what is boxing day????

;P

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

In Britian - 26th December is Boximg Day - a national holiday, when traditionally people put all the christmas food and small gifts in boxes and gave them to the poor.

[joeygsmom]

well thats a great tradition, over here people take all the junky gifts we dont want back to the stores. LOL, yours is a nicer tradition.

[BumbleBeeInABluebell]

I believe the Queen also throws gold coins at people...literally...

[SouthCoastMackem]

@lemeat2007 Could be worse. I saw Ronan Keating do a version of this on TV a few years ago, and it was bowdlerised beyond recognition. It was truly awful. Thank God for sites like this (and Gold Radio in the UK) where it's played in its proper form.

[cutiesam90]

awesome song

[Jayer360]

Like you slut.

[simpson4563]

he is ugelry

[Bentoz123]

hah shanes got like three teeth

[icantgetausername08]

the best xmas song ever xxxx

[olliedee12]

lol, shain cant even play piano thats whats so funny!

i hate miming.

x

[hitchin74]

hoorah! an 'uncensored' version. Shame on the BBC!

[AlfTheTroll]

Terrible, cuts out at the end.

[philipfishpond]

great xmas song we,ll remember u kirsty

[Jammerz2k8]

Wikipedia says he was born on Christmas day!

=DD

Why does he do such a depressing song about Xmas then?

[ninin512]

years of cheap relatives only giving him one present?

[timpatjoe]

just enjoy the song!

[ljwright1]

Shane wanted to perform this live on TOTP, but the BBC wouldn't let him as it's policy to mine on TOTP. So look at Shane deliberately mime during the intro, as he makes a point of chewing gum mid-sentence. He's a legend, a present-day Behan.

Also, the Clash wouldnt go on TOTP because they told them to mime, so their song 'Bankrobber' was mimed by female dancers, with the Clash nowhere in sight.

Search for Joe Strummer and the Pogues on YouTube, as he filled in for Shane when he left the Pogues

[poperpants]

He was always pissed at live concerts when onstage lol great band and song R.I.P KIRSTY

[cameronmain08]

shane macgowen is just always pissed, he is ment to be dead twice over he wakes up in the middle of the night to top him self up, doctors said to him in the 80's u have 6 monthds to live and hes is still alive, amazing musician tho, such a talent,

kirsty may u rest in eternal peace,

shane prove the doctors wrong never give up.

[xWoodcockx]

GREAT SONG.

xx

[smould2]

Yippeee it's nearly that time of year again, love this song sooooo much.

[nukeafrica]

after watchinf this almost throuygh..

lip stink.,. really gay i dont know if this was on purpous or what but it sounded just like cd quality and it was.. boo crappy clip

[ReneaB66]

love this song,love christmas,rip kirsty.

[HowSoonIsNowSTFC]

Cheers for uploading this. RIP KIRSTY

[Karaokeloverjen]

Such a shame about Kirsty :o(

[gordinistanopolis]

Apparently he was pissed as a fart so lip sinking was tricky

[harrybjackson]

since when was he not pissed as a fart lol.

[jimbobjames21121]

i love this song the ultimate x mas song love it lol

[Aristotlekh]

I like how Shane MacGowan makes no gesture to take his lip-syncing the least bit seriously.

[deago28]

Lol its so obvious