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Am I the only one who doesn't like Fairytale of New York
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ItsNick
24-12-2011
Everybody raves about this song but I can't stand it. Is there anyone else out there who isn't a big fan of it.
Just wondered.
09rob1234
24-12-2011
Multimedia81
24-12-2011
I didn't like it at first but it did grow on me a few years later. I think it has been the most played Christmas song this year (closely rivalled by I Believe in Father Christmas).

Something that amuses me is that as Shane McGowan sings the Opening "It was Christmas Eve babe" he sounds as though he has just woken up with a hangover!
staceyxxx23
24-12-2011
Must be, it is easily the best Xmas song of all time
Taz93
24-12-2011
I don't like it either.
speedy_gonzales
24-12-2011
i have always i hated it,i remember when it first came out back in 1987 and my parents kept playing it and saying how great it was,its my number one most hated song with that one by mariah chipmunk carey as a close second.
AliU2maniac
24-12-2011
Hate it.The worst festive song of all time.
afcbfan
24-12-2011
It's not only the best festive song, but one of the finest songs ever. Certainly my favourite record of all time. Anyone who doesn't like it needs to take a long, hard look at their lives.
kiteflyer
24-12-2011
I HATE it!
Snowyface
24-12-2011
Loathe it
TheChicagoBaron
24-12-2011
I think anyone who doesn't like this song has serious issues.

To be quite honest, I nearly feel pity for them.

But only ''nearly'', because they are still silly.
theshadow
24-12-2011
I did hate it for ages and couldnt relate to the whole - down and outs drinking themselves silly - storyline but then as I've gotten older I've learned to re-appreciate it and not to be so judgemental. The story could be about anyone. And the final minute of the song is glorious.
You just need to grow into it.
Jon Ross
24-12-2011
It's quite a good tune and Kirsty MacColl sings her part well.

However, Shane MacGowan is almost unlistenable for me. That fella just can't sing for toffee. I've always assumed his popularity is some kind of joke that I haven't been able to get, because what he sounds like to me is a drunk bloke with no teeth. Which is what he is, basically.
vauxhall1964
24-12-2011
Originally Posted by afcbfan:
“It's not only the best festive song, but one of the finest songs ever. Certainly my favourite record of all time. Anyone who doesn't like it needs to take a long, hard look at their lives.”

In the words of Michael Winner: "Come down, dear".
vauxhall1964
24-12-2011
Originally Posted by TheChicagoBaron:
“I think anyone who doesn't like this song has serious issues.

To be quite honest, I nearly feel pity for them.

But only ''nearly'', because they are still silly.”

Please, save your pity for a more serious issue
theshadow
24-12-2011
Originally Posted by vauxhall1964:
“In the words of Michael Winner: "Come down, dear".”

"Come down" from what???
Misty08
24-12-2011
Well, I don`t like it either, and I really don`t need anyone`s pity. It seems to me that people almost feel compelled to say they like it so they can appear "cool".
I agree with Neil Tennant (who was also brave enough to admit that he didn`t like it), that`s it`s just "two drunks shouting at each other".
BTW, I love Kirsty MacColl.
crazymonk
24-12-2011
I personally love it, prefer it to most other hit Xmas songs!! Can I ask, why do you hate it?
Namira
25-12-2011
I loved it when I was a kid, even though the song is virtually the same age as me. I loved the fact it had the word arse in it, because no Christmas song has the word arse in it. I still appreciate it for being essentially an "anti Christmas song" but it's somewhat ironic that it's become overexposed to the point that I can't listen to it anymore.
icefall
25-12-2011
never liked it, just one of those songs that fails to hit the spot, cannot understand the fuss about it either
Eurostar
25-12-2011
Originally Posted by Namira:
“I loved it when I was a kid, even though the song is virtually the same age as me. I loved the fact it had the word arse in it, because no Christmas song has the word arse in it. I still appreciate it for being essentially an "anti Christmas song" but it's somewhat ironic that it's become overexposed to the point that I can't listen to it anymore.”

It's virtually the only Christmas song that presents Christmas as a negative experience : him sobering up in a police cell and she "lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed". I don't think it was ever intended to be a timeless classic but sort of stumbled into that position.
DubDub
25-12-2011
i have serious issues as i don't like this song one bit!
davethepieman
25-12-2011
I used to quite like it, but the year of Kirsty MacColl's tragic death meant that at Christmas that year the song was played about every 15 minutes by every radio station and music channel going. I got completely fed up of hearing it, and have disliked it ever since.
Domestiques
25-12-2011
Its kind of the sacred cow of christmas songs, I dont like it personally, unsure why asI quite like the pogues, just downt like that song.
mushymanrob
25-12-2011
Originally Posted by TheChicagoBaron:
“I think anyone who doesn't like this song has serious issues.

To be quite honest, I nearly feel pity for them.

But only ''nearly'', because they are still silly.”

the problem is...its been played to death... theres only so many times any track can be played before it runs out of appeal... thats why i dont play much of my beloved 60's tracks, i dont want them to get stale and lose their appeal.

it wouldnt bother me if they never played it ever again, yes its a well crafted track, but after over 20 years of annually being force fed us its now completely dead to me (as are all other crimbo songs pre y2k)
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