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Included in our selection of "Five Christmas records you can play without embarrassment", "Fairytale Of new York" is the perfect song for people who don't really like Christmas songs: despite lyrics that work as an antidote against the typical sugary feast of good intentions ("Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last"), this rude vocal fight between the booze-shaped voice of Shane McGowan and the late Kirsty McColl has become a season favourite. Based on the story of many Irish emigrants escaping from the potato famine to the US in hope to become entertainers but failing in their venture, it has been reissued regularly since its original release on The Pogues' 1987 album "If I should fall from grace with God" and has even inspired a documentary about how it was conceived.
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