Yes, it's my favorite Christmas song

[jedimomma]

http://sassymama.ca/fairytale.mp3

"Fairytale in New York" by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
"Ah, the sweet song of a sensitive poet who fucked up his life and the lives of everyone he touched.  The kind of person for whom a gambling addiction is a good thing, because it takes time away from his drinking, and any other addictions he had which might've

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[jedimomma]

but I don't think either you or I have the readership for that..."

Gee, I dunno... B checked my blog ranking the other day (for some very sane reason), and I was ranked around 2 million'th. Not bad in a realm of over 70 billion =)

[anonymous]

This is the kinda guy who writes a Christmas Carol, about being arrested and thrown in the drunk tank on Christmas Eve, and having to call his SO to bail him out. And it has the air of personal experience, like what the cops sing when they are stuck in the stationhouse on Christmas eve. He uses gambling metaphors to explain what hope is

[nacho_cheese]

"Christians and Pagans" made me cry the first time I heard it, and I still find myself tearing up when I hear it. I want to send it to my mom... she'd probably cry, too, then be mad about sending her a song with "Pagan" in it.

[chuvusi]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd8j_pogues-fairytale-in-new-york

just for the memories of it...