Deck the halls

[listersgirl]

I have spent all day dealing with Christmas music, including a cover of Fairytale of New York by the Irish Tenors. WTF? Operatic renditions of the Pogues in 3-part harmony are not to believed.

(Also, they changed the lyrics from "You scumbag, you maggot" to "You're handsome, she's pretty". Blasphemy! ETA: ok, I lied - they didn't change the lyrics, they just left out that entire verse. If I'd managed to listen to the entire thing I would have figured that out. It's still among the wrongest Christmas covers I've ever heard.)

I am so glad it's Friday.

Comments

[listersgirl]

No, that was just me getting confused in my horror. :)

They left out the whole verse, which does bizarre things to the song.

[fromaway.livejournal.com]

Wow, does it ever. Why would they even cover it? It's not like we're short on Christmas songs.

[listersgirl]

I'm running with the theory that they were trying for something Irish, and got halfway through the song before they realized it wasn't as pretty as they thought.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

And also sung by a woman from Croydon! I do always think of it as a Kirsty MacColl song with the Pogues playing on it.