IMO, yes, it is the best ever Christmas song. It's got a beautiful intro and tells a wonderful story that somehow perfectly captures the Christmas spirit. Add to my vote the poster above and countless others and you've got a pretty good contender for Best Christmas Song Ever. That doesn't mean it's compulsory to like it though .
As a fan of both the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl since their early days, this is one of my favourite songs ever, never mind just my favourite Christmas song. Shane MacGowan was a genius lyricist in his prime in my opinion, and this is one of his finest moments.
It's the sheer passion and rawness of Shane MacGowan's voice contrasting beautifully with the pure, dulcet tones of Kirsty's which help to make this a very special recording IMO.
It is indeed a great song as well of course.
its not really a christmas song, more like a song set in christmas...
tbh im sick of it..... i used to love it, but theres only so many times i can listen to any track before it loses its appeal.
Same! Loved it and bought it when it came out and loved it for years when it wasnt played much. And then it became flavour of the month and I went off it. I have the live version from a best of Pogues cd but that is the only version I play now.
For me it is Greg Lake and I believe in Father Christmas. It has a real Christmassy feel to it.
No it isnt FACT. It is YOUR opinion ( and maybe quite a few others at the moment.) It is all subjective and cant be measured.
In 10 years time something else will have taken over as the flavour of the month.
No it isnt FACT. It is YOUR opinion ( and maybe quite a few others at the moment.) It is all subjective and cant be measured.
In 10 years time something else will have taken over as the flavour of the month.
Considering it's well over 10 years old already, I imagine it's not going to change much.:p
And opinion can be measured.
It's called a poll, or survey.:p
Considering it's well over 10 years old already, I imagine it's not going to change much.:p
And opinion can be measured.
It's called a poll, or survey.:p
Released in 1987 according to Wikipedia :eek:. While I remember Christmases without it, I'm not old enough to remember Christmases without Slade. I was 4 when that was released in 1973.
Released in 1987 according to Wikipedia :eek:. While I remember Christmases without it, I'm not old enough to remember Christmases without Slade. I was 4 when that was released in 1973.
I'm a couple of years older than you.I was a little bit of a Slade fan at the time - I can remember a little bit of a back lash when they released that single.It was seen as a little bit of a sell out by most fans.Christmas songs were seen as something that rock bands didn't do in the main.Slade were pretty much on the more poppy end of rock from the beginning though.There was definately a bigger barrier between rock & pop in those days though - this sentiment was even followed by the younger end of (male) rock fans even who were mainly the ones who followed Slade at the time.
Released in 1987 according to Wikipedia :eek:. While I remember Christmases without it, I'm not old enough to remember Christmases without Slade. I was 4 when that was released in 1973.
lord...im sick to death of slade and wizzard. i was 16 in crimbo 73 so i was the target market. they were great then...but year after year after year... zzzzz
I'm a couple of years older than you.I was a little bit of a Slade fan at the time - I can remember a little bit of a back lash when they released that single.It was seen as a little bit of a sell out by most fans.Christmas songs were seen as something that rock bands didn't do in the main.Slade were pretty much on the more poppy end of rock from the beginning though.There was definately a bigger barrier between rock & pop in those days though - this sentiment was even followed by the younger end of (male) rock fans even who were mainly the ones who followed Slade at the time.
slade were seen as a pop group, like sweet and t rex, real rock fans (as you say) were into real rock, like led zeppelin. there was a huge divide, polarisation, between music fans and musical styles. slade and sweet were 'rock for kids', similarly mcfly now. slade went on though to court the real rock crowd after their 'purple patch' of chart hits dried up. so retrospectively they are seen as rock, albeit at the pop end of the market... back then they were chart fodder, their fanbase being 'suedeheads', not bikers/ older hippies who were into 'real' rock.
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It is indeed a great song as well of course.
For me, though, I do think it is the best Christmas song. Always puts a smile on my face when I hear it.
tbh im sick of it..... i used to love it, but theres only so many times i can listen to any track before it loses its appeal.
It's just a fabulous song, with sentiments very different from the usual 3 minute boy meets girl nonsense.
A beautiful song that can't be tainted by awful covers
Same! Loved it and bought it when it came out and loved it for years when it wasnt played much. And then it became flavour of the month and I went off it. I have the live version from a best of Pogues cd but that is the only version I play now.
For me it is Greg Lake and I believe in Father Christmas. It has a real Christmassy feel to it.
No it isnt FACT. It is YOUR opinion ( and maybe quite a few others at the moment.) It is all subjective and cant be measured.
In 10 years time something else will have taken over as the flavour of the month.
Considering it's well over 10 years old already, I imagine it's not going to change much.:p
And opinion can be measured.
It's called a poll, or survey.:p
Though, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses gets me in the Christmassy mood more
Released in 1987 according to Wikipedia :eek:. While I remember Christmases without it, I'm not old enough to remember Christmases without Slade. I was 4 when that was released in 1973.
I'm a couple of years older than you.I was a little bit of a Slade fan at the time - I can remember a little bit of a back lash when they released that single.It was seen as a little bit of a sell out by most fans.Christmas songs were seen as something that rock bands didn't do in the main.Slade were pretty much on the more poppy end of rock from the beginning though.There was definately a bigger barrier between rock & pop in those days though - this sentiment was even followed by the younger end of (male) rock fans even who were mainly the ones who followed Slade at the time.
i always took that to be an anti-crimbo track "the christmas you get, you deserve"
its 23 years old....
thats a fantastic crimbo track...
lord...im sick to death of slade and wizzard. i was 16 in crimbo 73 so i was the target market. they were great then...but year after year after year... zzzzz
slade were seen as a pop group, like sweet and t rex, real rock fans (as you say) were into real rock, like led zeppelin. there was a huge divide, polarisation, between music fans and musical styles. slade and sweet were 'rock for kids', similarly mcfly now. slade went on though to court the real rock crowd after their 'purple patch' of chart hits dried up. so retrospectively they are seen as rock, albeit at the pop end of the market... back then they were chart fodder, their fanbase being 'suedeheads', not bikers/ older hippies who were into 'real' rock.
Yes, Christmas Wrapping is def the Best !