Stacey Soloman and Shaun Ryder to rush release Fairytale of New York

DUNDEEBOY · 14/12/10 - 00:04

Not sure how true this is, but they would need to be quick.

Couldnt be Xmas Number One surely:D

conchie · 14/12/10 - 00:04

would be a scream if it was.... and they are certainly the best two to do it !!!

patsylimerick · 14/12/10 - 00:06

This song cannot and must not be covered. EVER. :mad: Christ. :mad:

Gaspanic! · 14/12/10 - 00:06

Desperate for fame

DUNDEEBOY · 14/12/10 - 00:08

Seems to be all over the internet, if they were a week earlier I would have it down for Xmas number 1

[Deleted User] · 14/12/10 - 00:08

My favourite Christmas song, Ever

jules4stu · 14/12/10 - 00:13

its already been covered by ronan keating:rolleyes:

Reven · 14/12/10 - 00:22

Stacey's a good singer but...Shaun Ryder??? Not too happy about the idea of it. Also, nothing will ever beat the original.

Glinny · 14/12/10 - 00:28

Would be great if they did and it got to No 1.
Imagine Simon Cowell;s face if IAACGMOOH beats X Factor for the Christmas No.1 with Stacey being an ex-contestant of his show - Genius

[Deleted User] · 14/12/10 - 00:33

Yay yay I know I probably wasn't the first to suggest it but when she won I got it retweeted quite a few times people love the idea, shane mgowan?! Only really spoke he didn't really sing and I couldn't think of a more apt pairing to do it.

[Deleted User] · 14/12/10 - 00:34

If it's going to have a chance of getting close to an Xmas #1 it will has to top the charts before this Sunday. A very, very short space of time.

memero · 14/12/10 - 00:35

sounds like it would be frigging aweful

RealityRocks · 14/12/10 - 00:38

Why cover it when the original is so good? It'd be a poor man's karaoke version, and I like Stacey. Shameless profiteering if it goes ahead. Seems a bit late now though, unless it's released like, tomorrow, it has no chance for the Christmas charts.

Eurostar · 14/12/10 - 00:52

How are they going to manage the Irish accents? Fairytale would sound a bit weird sung in an English accent.....it's essentially an Irish folk song.

[Deleted User] · 14/12/10 - 01:18

patsylimerick wrote: »

This song cannot and must not be covered. EVER. :mad: Christ. :mad:

Since its original release, "Fairytale of New York" has been covered by numerous artists, including:

Christy Moore on Smoke and Strong Whiskey and ‎Live at the Point
Sinéad O'Connor
Damien Dempsey
KT Tunstall and Ed Harcourt (on the Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas EP)
Third Eye Blind
Razorlight
Dustin the Turkey with Dervla Kirwan
The Irish Tenors (who leave out some of the racier verses)
Karine Polwart
Sven Wollter and Lotta Engberg
No Use For A Name
Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew
Jesse Malin
Stars
Dustin Kensrue, This version is sung solely from the perspective of McGowan's character, with the second verse altered and the third entirely rewritten
Ronan Keating and Moya Brennan, the word "****" is written out of this version.
Amy MacDonald
Florence Welch and Billy Bragg
The City on Film
Bob Schneider
Forever the Sickest Kids featuring Sally Gunnell
Pilot Speed featuring Lindi Ortega
:rolleyes:

Alrightmate · 14/12/10 - 01:19

Reven wrote: »

Stacey's a good singer but...Shaun Ryder??? Not too happy about the idea of it. Also, nothing will ever beat the original.

You mean Shane McGowan in the original was a good singer?
Have you heard the original?

You think that the male vocals of the original would be beyond Shaun's abilities?

Reven · 14/12/10 - 01:28

Alrightmate wrote: »

You mean Shane McGowan in the original was a good singer?
Have you heard the original?

You think that the male vocals of the original would be beyond Shaun's abilities?

Yes, it's my favourite Christmas song, and Shane is a good singer and puts a lot of character into his vocal, which is a lot of the appeal. I don't think Shaun would do Shane's part justice and would just be too cheesy. I don't think Stacey would do Kirsty MacColl's part justice, either, if I'm being honest.

Dix · 14/12/10 - 02:31

Reven wrote: »

Yes, it's my favourite Christmas song, and Shane is a good singer and puts a lot of character into his vocal, which is a lot of the appeal. I don't think Shaun would do Shane's part justice and would just be too cheesy. I don't think Stacey would do Kirsty MacColl's part justice, either, if I'm being honest.

Agree with you there, Stacey no match for Kirsty MacColl at any time. However there are 2 singers who could do it justice, Sinead and Malachi as they sang a verse in Fame Academy. I'll stick with them and the original which I've got.

[Deleted User] · 14/12/10 - 03:01

mrlimbo wrote: »

Since its original release, "Fairytale of New York" has been covered by numerous artists, including: ...

Mary Byrne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTJd5WdKmHk

Blondie X · 14/12/10 - 07:09

I read they are doing it for charity which can only be a good thing.

It won't be as good as The Pogues version but it'll be fun and raise money - why be precious about it?

River_Tam · 14/12/10 - 07:11

ah, they should do it! perfect pairing for it

flossieblossom · 14/12/10 - 07:36

It was announced on the radio this morning.

I love the original, so they have a lot to live up to for me.
Good luck anyway....particularly if it's for charity.

jez37 · 14/12/10 - 08:07

Can't wait to hear this (if it's true). I think it would be great. Love Stacey and love love love Shaun.

Gotham · 14/12/10 - 08:27

I'd be interested to see if Stacey can do the quicker bits, and convincingly at that too. Ryder shouldn't have a problem doing Shane's part. :rolleyes:

spaceygal · 14/12/10 - 08:45

I think it would be fun to hear them singing it, but they have to do Irish accents, it just wouldn't sound right otherwise! The whole style of the song is Traditional Irish folk and I'm not sure it would work with Mancunian and Essex accents, lol!

Gotham · 14/12/10 - 08:52

spaceygal wrote: »

I think it would be fun to hear them singing it, but they have to do Irish accents, it just wouldn't sound right otherwise! The whole style of the song is Traditional Irish folk and I'm not sure it would work with Mancunian and Essex accents, lol!

Nah, as an Irish person I wouldn't want to hear that, I'm so sick of people trying to do carbon copies of the song, they should just stamp their own style on it and see how it goes.

It could be a car crash but it also could be genius!

Hey there!

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