Fairytale of New York performed at Shane MacGowan's funeral. Plus: Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill perform ‘Fairytale of New York’ as a reflection after Communion.Can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen dancing in the aisles at a funeral… pic.twitter.com/FhVx8dzPXp— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 8, 2023
Sang the original Fairytale lyrics in church He'll go down as one of the great lyricists of the 20th century
Always in my top 10 of their songs. So upbeat but haunting at the same time. And one of my favorite lines.... "She is selling faith on the Go-Tell Crusade....."
Reminisce is an all time classic, like 5 on its and 93 til. You hear that beat and you know the track.
love this part I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged
If you've ever wanted to see The Smiths board a bus with some English yoots to go to a park to see Shandie Shaw sing Jeane, we'll this is your lucky day
This is 45 minutes well spent. Terrific guitarist from Niger Mdou Moctar and his band play a set basically in somebody's back yard. The drummer is pretty much on fire.
Extremely cool. Still listening. Interesting that each of the first three songs is in a 3/4, 3/8, 6/8, 12/8 time sig.
Warriors of Genghis Kahn is actually a political song In what way is it a political song? Well it's in the lyrics innit? Right here we are then ... Burning looting raping shooting ... repeat?