Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden - Fairytale of New York

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7 ай бұрын

“We are both big fans of Shane MacGowan’s work and (like everyone) felt bereft at his recent passing. Eliza met him a couple of times and he was lovely. We have loved singing this song on stage on the tour - so ubiquitous and yet constantly surprising. Surely the edgiest Christmas hit of all time. RIP Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl “ Eliza & Jon
Eliza & Jon are joined by the amazing Pecsætan Morris.
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@DavidBeel Ай бұрын

Brilliant version, great adaptation❤

@MrSjpsjp 6 ай бұрын

Love the very Yorkshire solution to the problem lyrics

@markwaldorf5140 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@CherryBlossom-rp7fr 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous, got goosebumps Al the way through❤

@badgerarmy966 6 ай бұрын

fantastic! ❤

@mikedunn8104 7 ай бұрын

Loved it

@jonberger 6 ай бұрын

Adapting it into a morris tune is just brilliant, and Eliza is a fantastic morris fiddler. It's a tiny detail, but I love the fact that at the end of the first half of the B part -- where "Dublin Bay" would be -- they go to a IV chord (C) rather than the relative minor (Em), which is what they use at that point when they're singing it, as does the original. That's right, because morris musicians tend to avoid those minor chords (probably because they're slightly challenging for beginning 2-row melodeon players).

@maegpye 2 күн бұрын

I think the Morris tune is the one used for the Fieldtown dance "The Rose". It's a tune I've danced to before and it's Fieldtown... just not 100% confident on which Fieldtown dance.

@RamblingTog 7 ай бұрын

Oh dear

@DoubleZeroGarage 6 ай бұрын

Such a shame that it’s been ruined by changing the lyrics. This song should be left original, the way it’s meant to be !

@blakebennett5358 6 ай бұрын

I'm sure they didn't want to use a homophobic slur. Also they are folk musicians, and the folk tradition embellishes and changes the words all the time.

@DoubleZeroGarage 6 ай бұрын

@@blakebennett5358 wow, really, homophobic slur, lol. It was written that way for a reason and should be left that way. If it can’t be performed in its original format, it shouldn’t be performed at all. Purely out of respect it should be the original version, without the PC woke nonsense destroying the song. Thanks for replying, but it’s obviously something we’ll never agree on

@Jackie_WilsonSaid 5 ай бұрын

@@DoubleZeroGarage Agree, great lyrics do not have to be politically corrected. Besides 'old slut on junk' is left untouched according to the new double standards...