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Old 24-12-2011, 19:48
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:14
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:32
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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!
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:35
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Must be, it is easily the best Xmas song of all time
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:36
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I don't like it either.
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:42
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:43
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Hate it.The worst festive song of all time.
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:56
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 20:58
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I HATE it!
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Old 24-12-2011, 22:47
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Loathe it
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Old 24-12-2011, 22:49
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:14
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:20
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:43
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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".
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:45
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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
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:54
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In the words of Michael Winner: "Come down, dear".
"Come down" from what???
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:58
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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.
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Old 24-12-2011, 23:59
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I personally love it, prefer it to most other hit Xmas songs!! Can I ask, why do you hate it?
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Old 25-12-2011, 00:02
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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.
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Old 25-12-2011, 00:36
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never liked it, just one of those songs that fails to hit the spot, cannot understand the fuss about it either
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Old 25-12-2011, 00:43
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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.
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Old 25-12-2011, 00:52
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i have serious issues as i don't like this song one bit!
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Old 25-12-2011, 01:14
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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.
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Old 25-12-2011, 07:06
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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.
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Old 25-12-2011, 09:05
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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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