Fairytale of New York - Shane & Kirsty solo live

[gAnDo540]

best, yes



[LoyalRaiderFan]

NO one sang the female lead on this song like Kirsty MacColl....She had such a powerful voice.

[abbea14]

Can someone tell me why he sings this song drunk?

[StMiksz]

@abbea14 because he is always drunk..

[championsofeurope5x]

as long as this planet listens to music this will be played.in hundreds of years time this will still be loved as much as it is now.please thumbs up this if you agree.

[xemmalouise1982x]

she said haggot instead of faggot :/

[thamessider]

@xemmalouise1982x

"You're cheap and you're haggard"...

Singing the censored (radio-friendly) version, or they were miming to it. 

[hejdingamleraev]

This song is too short

[MrZwiebelbolte]

2 people won`t get any christmas gifts...RIP my beloved Kirsty

[Bec6488]

he sounds much better live and pissed than when he's pissed and miming LOL

[arsenalmott]

faggot in england means a meat dish but also means an insult to being gay

[ReverandPigeon]

There is no doubt at all. This song is nothing without Kirsty if Shane is doing it with someone else or vice versa but I do not believe Kirsty did it alone or with another artist. They both made it 50/50 - one without the other would of been un-imaginable. RIP Kirsty.

[westone4u]

makes my eye itchy..ronnie drew is gone and kristy too...shane wont be long now,these people make me soo happy...sigh

[dougsher]

@enyrb You can't say f@ggot over here in the States....although I think it means something different in England right? Lazy is what I heard....lazy and messy or something....but no matter what Kirsty is and will always be amazing! RIP

[petloz]

What.The.Fuck... who censored them ?_?

[MrRebuts]

Shane lebt noch - Kirsty leider nicht mehr.

Einer der besten Songs auf der Welt - i like it

Thanks Thanks Thanks

[BrickhouseB2]

1991 was def the best stage of decay for Shane's teeth! Love them here!

[TheBeckiboo968]

ggoooddnneess mmee he looks sum 1 just attacked him with a chainsaw!!xx

[JTHARPSNJ]

God bless you Kirsty! God keep you Shane!

[jazzypip96]

Nooooo they didn't do the epic dance to end the song o well still an amazing song it should have reach number 1 but it may still yet :)

[lnne02]

Happy Christmas from Sweden

[snoopydog11]

ive cried gallons of tears over this song i luv it the best xmas song ever ive cried more 4 shane than kirsty at least she in peace

[ramblingbloke]

I like Shane's voice in this one. And Kirsty's brilliant as always.

[mattyevansmanofsteel]

It is "cheap, lousy faggot" idiots. When have you ever heard of musicians holding back in fear of offending listeners? And what the hell is a haggid?

[halogen123]

The word is "haggard". It's like all rough and drunk etc etc.

[MoonGaurd]

It is normally Faggot,BUT,the producer of Top Of the Pops,Insisted not to say it,because it was "Politically incorrect" And What the fuck,Musicians ALWAYS hold back,because if you offend all your listeners,YOU HAVE NONE,you fucking dumbass....

[Skapare]

Sorry, but it takes a fucking dumbass to think that any serious musician or artist of any shape or form would take their audience more seriously than their work.

[MoonGaurd]

Dude,were the fuck do you live? India? Honestly, one pissed offed fan can blog around and it could almost destroy a reputation,its been done to many less than platinum album bands like these two....

[Skapare]

Sweden. And at the risk of repeating myself, if you care about your reputation more than your work you're not a very good artist.

[MoonGaurd]

Dude,your reputation is what keeps people coming to your shows,if your an awesome singer,but your a neo-nazi racist basterd,whos suspected of murdering people,i don't think to many people would be eager to go to that show....

[Skapare]

And why should you care if people want to see you? You don't seem to have any idea how art works or why people try to make it.

[Skapare]

Besides, that image works for a large number of white power bands. You can say what you want about those nazi fucks, but their music has honesty and personal meaning you won't find in a Britney Spears song.

[klmattydub]

unless they're into black metal!!

[ChristmasHitS2008]

y the hell did they change the words on fairytale of new york, thats sacrilage.

[birdy100]

Because this show used to go out before 9pm on BBC 1 and you can't use 'bad words' before 9pm on British TV.

[EmitFlestiKY]

At least it's not as bad as here in the US. I lived for a year in Dublin, and was alwasy amused at things like Dave Fanning playing Snoop Dogg uncensored on radio, people saying "fuck" or "cunt" on TV, and not being "bleeped" as they would be in the US - no matter what time of day or night!

[EmitFlestiKY]

Funny though that the censors had no problem with keeping "ass" or "old slut on junk"!

[evemeena]

I was in the audience for this show and they had to re-record a few times as Shane kept messin' up the lyrics

[troyellazanessa1]

are a here don't change the words that ain't right

[lollipop000999]

dont change the wordssssssssssssss

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it really annoys meeee

[lsdarcy]

changing the words is fucking pathetic.

[Gustergal]

It is "cheap, lousy faggot" idiots. When have you ever heard of musicians holding back in fear of offending listeners? And what the hell is a haggid?

[lordsinclair1975]

Best Xmas Song ever ... Shane is one of the greatest (and one of the most underrated) songwriters ever ... and, RIP, Kirsty ...

[jjjjestta]

the best christmas song Iv ever heard never gets old

[freedomfight2012]

it's scary how the pc brigade insist on editing the lyrics in that song !

[gypsyfoxx]

Poor Shane McGowan has terrible toothache.

[lsdarcy]

im sure he cant feel it.

[conradishot]

um WJC007 she had to say haggid bc a faggot i somone whos gay and they didnt want to be wrong to say infront of people who it ehave been gay or bi or lesbian idiot

[JasonC1782]

Who's that bloke at the beginning dressed up like a private detective?

[WJC007]

its ''cheap losey fattot'' not ''your and your haggid''

[sarah200005]

This is a great live version, best Christmas song in my opinion :)