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Although there is agreement among the band that "Fairytale of New York" was first written in 1985, the origins of the song are disputed. MacGowan insisted that it arose as a result of a wager made by the Pogues' producer at the time, Elvis Costello, that the band would not be able to write a Christmas hit single, while the Pogues' manager Frank Murray has stated that it was originally his idea ...
In a BBC radio documentary about “Dirty Old Town”, Professor Ben Harker (author of Class Act: The Cultural and Political Life of Ewan MacColl, 2007, Pluto Press) explains that although MacColl later claimed the song was written as an interlude "to cover an awkward scene change", studying the script of the play Landscape with Chimneys ...
The Pogues are an English or Anglo-Irish [a] Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, [1] by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. [2] Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation by James Joyce of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse"—the band fused Irish traditional music with punk rock influences.
The Pogues, “Dirty Old Town” (1985) ... and Pogues’ banjo player-songwriter Jem Finer’s take on Irish American writer J. P. Donleavy’s novel is now a Christmas classic covered by Taylor ...
“The Pogues are a crudely affecting bunch of romantics,” John Leland wrote in a 1985 SPIN singles column reviewing “Dirty Old Town,” the hit Ewan MacColl cover from Rum Sodomy & the Lash. 1.
The Pogues' Shane MacGowan, who died Nov. 30 at age 65, dressed as Father Christmas in 1990. (Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (UCG via Getty Images)
The Pogues performing in Munich in 2011. From left to right: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. The Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band the Pogues have recorded songs for seven studio albums as well as one extended play (EP), twenty singles, and various other projects.
In May 2005, MacGowan rejoined the Pogues permanently. [26] That same year, the Pogues re-released "Fairytale of New York" to raise funds for the Justice For Kirsty Campaign and Crisis at Christmas. The single was the best-selling Christmas-themed single of 2005, reaching number 3 in the UK Charts that year. [27]