[quote=“Comrade Stalin”]The Pogues. Absolutely the best.
FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
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Takes me back to the Christmas that song came out. Slinging burritos and swordfish veracruz in a Mexican joint in Edinburgh. Pissed as a fart, started doing a duet of “Fairytale” with the gorgeous wee peroxide blonde punk half-Thai cook I worked with when it came on the radio. Got louder and louder till we drowned out the fucking mariachi music they played out front.
Boss roared into the kitchen, dragged us both out, gave me a guitar and made us do it again “by customer request.” They whipped up 30 quid for us. Good times. I nearly cried when Kirsty McColl bought it.