It's not Christmas until you're pissed drunk hurling insults at loved ones then ultimately making amends and hugging it out. Greatest and most accurate Christmas song ever.
Shane’s songs are built to last. And he looks so much better. Teeth. He’s put on weight. He looks like a good old grizzled Irishman. A long life to him
Almost 11years ago my dad called me to tell me my mom has died...3 days before Christmas, and this song came on the radio! Everytime I hear this song I drown in tears!
@@kylelindberg7771 That's one way to be an insensitive prick to someone who lost their mother. Now what were you hoping for, by making a rude comment? Thought no one would tell you to piss off?
4 years ago (and i swear this ìs true!) I was googeling for christmas songs. And the name kirsty maColl came up in my head (i knew her songs like new England) but came to this song. When i watched the clip to the end , i saw the date Dec 18. Really chilling. But i will always remember her when I hear this song.
230 likes is much less than I'd expect from the replies and likes I thought would be here. This song, and rendition are part of my family tradition. Cheers to a better 2021 and new year in this decade! In this together ❤
Christmas 2023, still listening to the greatest Christmas song ever written and performed by a virtuoso who just left us a few weeks ago. RIP Shane, your music lives on forever and people will be watching this and listening a hundred years from now 💔
@@robertcurrie8510 I think it was an emotional moment for all of them. When this song came out in '88 I can guarantee you they had no idea it would become the modern-day icon that it is today. Nearly 30 years later when they did this performance. They're practically old men in this video. Yet still deliver it with the same spirit as in the very beginning. It truly is something beautiful to see. But yeah, for her maybe it was special in a different way. I definitely know what you mean.
I have been crying all day....the world lost a human treasure. Irish people around the world are mourning an a real world cultural icon. Rest In peace Shane....
This song absolutely nails the spirit of Christmas - broken people, knocked down, but ultimately hopeful. That hope rests in the Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas, and God bless us - EVERYONE.
Ella did a fine job..she is not trying to be Kirsty,she is singing from her heart....give the lady some slack...Ella is giving it her all..and a mighty fine job she has done of it..
Ella is amazing here, you can't compare her to Kirsty. Ella sings with a different emotion. You can see in her eyes how she feels and that she wasn't trying to emulate Kirsty, but to honor her. Beautiful rendition.
Since the first note I always start to cry thinking how many people just now are alone and suffering, like my bro died alone two years ago with only his dogs around in a stupid bathroom. Rip Shane and hug my bro Luca, he loved you and your music, and late but fortunally, I understood his musical interesting .
Because she isn't the woman who is supposed to be there when he sings this song and I get the feeling everytime he glanced her way his heart broke a little bit more.
There are beautiful Christmas songs. There are wonderful Christmas songs. There are iconic Christmas songs and there is Fairytale of New York. R.I.P. Kirsty and Shane
Really believe when he looks to his right he is looking for Kirsty. No disrespect at all...Ella has a the voice of a angel. Its just the heart want what it wants. Rest in peace Kirsty!!
The Irish can make music like no one else can. The Pogues, the Dubliners, Christy Dignam and Finbar Fury, just to name four. It pulls at your Heartstrings, no matter where you are from.
OMG! This is a beautiful rendition.Poor Kirsty would be glad that it is still bringing the same emotions as the original to many hearts.I have grown older (71) and am thankful for the Pogues and Kirsty .I am even more thankful for Ella Finer and her generation for carrying on this wonderful, if painful at times,Xmas classic.
Fairytale of New York is a bit like Goodfellas, whenever it comes on I simply stop whatever I'm doing and get involved. Just fucking genius, I can never tire of it. RIP Shane, and merry christmas! 🌹
As the song says I could have been someone. Well shane WAS someone !! A very special someone. A brilliant songwriter, great performer but above all a lovely human being. He will be missed ❤
The emotion on her face is incredible; This may have been one of the last times that Shane and The Pogues performed this live, and it's a great version; sweet and haunting, and just a great song overall.
YES ... but ... the singer he looks at is the co-writer of the song, fer god's sake, so I hope people give her some credit. She sings very well, and on pitch. I think I read that it was because Ella Finer has been reading the Irish witerary novelist JP Donleavy's Fairytale of New York that the title had been grabbed. Kirsty didn't co-write it and I think they sang it about equally, though of course it IS sad that Kirsty, daughter of the great Ewan, died of a speedboat bump where it shouldn't have been ... a swimming/diving area.
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You can see the emotion in Ella's eyes that it is an absolute joy and an honour to be singing Kirsty MacColl's lines and to be singing along with Shane. RIP Shane MacGowan ❤
I will forever picture Shane dancing in the snow on a cold Christmas day with the music in my ear. Thank you for the the memories Shane, you were amazing and we will never forget you.
I agree, people need to stop holding words hostage. The intention of words is what should be critiqued. This is a story, the words are necessary to tell the story accurately.
God Bless Shane, the band and Ella Finer 😇 You know, I've not really been into the Pogues until recent, sure i heard a couple songs of theirs, but until recent i'm really enjoying the music. After watching a few interviews with Shane (past to present) i can't help but feel for Shane, but much respect, he's had a hard life and took the rightful path to music. I find Shane a remarkable, interesting and unique person, with so much talent! I hope that Shane will find his way (it's now 2023 i write this) and find reconciliation and peace within. Thank you Shane and the Pogues for bringing some light into my life, love your music, God Bless you all.
neither this girl or katie melua ever got the emotion of the song the way kirsty did .its like she and katie are trying to sing the exact right note rather than let the pain ,anger and disappointment out
Shane's voice may have gone down the drain but nobody, nobody at all, can dish out this intensity of emotion. Talk about "sung out straight from the soul". Shivers from timbers to keel...
that, and who would have thought that skinny lad from 34 years ago would become the lovechild of robert patrick and k d lang? cannot fault the song though...
This is not only a christmas song to me, it is about old times and great feelings. And I love the feelings this simple song spreads. And Ella Finer did a "finer" job ;) Her views to Shane and so... great!
This is my favorite Christmas song, the melody and the lyrics touch my heart so strong! Anywhere you from, merry Christmas to you and joy to the world!🎄❤️
Ah, Ella did a fine job. She grew up hearing 'listening to Shane's Vocals and her da's and everyone else playing for year. Remembers Kirsty's singing those lyrics and years later, stepped on stage and sang just like Kirsty did!. To be a bleedin' fly on the wall there!
Prod to be Irish missing Ireland so excited we can travel there. Can't wait to get back to the homeland. It's snowing here in the states. The best band is blasting. Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🍻to everyone and stay safe
Écouter sa un délice fait par un ivrogne d irlandais qui avait un talent inégalé rien n’est comparable l Irlande coule dans ses veine mer à toi schane mac gowan ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉
The greatest Irish poet of my generation. He will live in my heart forever. Rish in peace my beautiful Irish brother 😢
😢 thanks
@@dg3x3kb78 stay strong V 🙏
He was born in England, you've got the bono, don't be greedy now.
Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize for literature
@@glasshalffull8471 plenty of Irish are born overseas. Poor response really considering our loss 😕
What I love about this version is how touched Ella Finer was to be up there. Looked like she was holding back tears.
Yes, it really did.
That look to her at 2'02 ! So much kindness and affection.
Absolute truth...holding back tears and emotions
A sad day. Shane is one of the greatest musicians and poets ever. Only very few have touched my heart that much. Rest in Peace.
Really sad
I am heart broken!@@timovesterlund4106
I feel the same ❤
Ditto
It's not Christmas until you're pissed drunk hurling insults at loved ones then ultimately making amends and hugging it out. Greatest and most accurate Christmas song ever.
Lol 😆 yes
Mwahaha, I love that. Best comment ever made in the comment section of the best Christmas song ever.. ❤
"I built my dreams around you" is probably my favourite lyrics ever written
I could have been someone! Well so could anyone! (also a top all time lyric)... hell of a song!
Mine too😁
Also, "I packed them with my own", the whole verse is so sweet.
Definitely
This whole song is a lyrical and musical masterpiece.
Shane’s songs are built to last. And he looks so much better. Teeth. He’s put on weight. He looks like a good old grizzled Irishman. A long life to him
❤️❤️❤️
Länge sen
Who else cries every time they hear this? Best Christmas song ever.
I was just gonna type that.... This song just hits ya.
Yup.
Yeah. It’s a masterpiece. Everyone involved with this song should be really proud of themselves for creating it.
True story
i cry too but not cause its chrismas or was or will be
Almost 11years ago my dad called me to tell me my mom has died...3 days before Christmas, and this song came on the radio! Everytime I hear this song I drown in tears!
May she rest in peace
nice sensitive personal story ya got there. now what were you hoping for, making it available to any random stranger on youtube?
Same TB, about the tears that is
so sorry , may your mother rest in peace.
@@kylelindberg7771 That's one way to be an insensitive prick to someone who lost their mother. Now what were you hoping for, by making a rude comment? Thought no one would tell you to piss off?
I always come back to this version every Christmas theres something so real about it. Beautiful. Rest in peace, Shane.
I'm 100% certain that Kirsty MaColl would be proud of this rendition. She's remembered every year for her part
shes actually pretty good not gonna lie
god bless her soul and her family
4 years ago (and i swear this ìs true!) I was googeling for christmas songs. And the name kirsty maColl came up in my head (i knew her songs like new England) but came to this song. When i watched the clip to the end , i saw the date Dec 18. Really chilling. But i will always remember her when I hear this song.
230 likes is much less than I'd expect from the replies and likes I thought would be here. This song, and rendition are part of my family tradition. Cheers to a better 2021 and new year in this decade! In this together ❤
I woke up in Ohio. I don't know anyone in Ohio.
Christmas 2023, still listening to the greatest Christmas song ever written and performed by a virtuoso who just left us a few weeks ago. RIP Shane, your music lives on forever and people will be watching this and listening a hundred years from now 💔
Even a Swedish man here is listening to it ❤
She looked like she wanted to cry. Very emotional performance and moment.
How do you mean?
I didn’t write that properly. I meant to say it was an emotional moment for her. You can see it in her face.
I edited my original comment. Thank you.
@@robertcurrie8510 I think it was an emotional moment for all of them. When this song came out in '88 I can guarantee you they had no idea it would become the modern-day icon that it is today. Nearly 30 years later when they did this performance. They're practically old men in this video. Yet still deliver it with the same spirit as in the very beginning. It truly is something beautiful to see.
But yeah, for her maybe it was special in a different way. I definitely know what you mean.
Also, "I packed them with my own", the whole verse is so sweet.
I have been crying all day....the world lost a human treasure. Irish people around the world are mourning an a real world cultural icon. Rest In peace Shane....
I have been crying for days! I'm from Dirty Dublin
I have been crying with you 😮💨
I'm still crying,rest easy Shane❤
This song absolutely nails the spirit of Christmas - broken people, knocked down, but ultimately hopeful. That hope rests in the Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas, and God bless us - EVERYONE.
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Agree described it amazingly god bless and Merry x mass
Thanks Brian. Your comment blessed me.
Spent it with a standard poodle mix and my lesbian snuggle buddy.
@@MarcoSysma I know your comment wasn’t aimed to me but I checked it out and it’s cool, is it your music?
Ella did a fine job..she is not trying to be Kirsty,she is singing from her heart....give the lady some slack...Ella is giving it her all..and a mighty fine job she has done of it..
She couldn't win great great job though respect to ellla thank you xx
Amen brother @Sean
Well said.She did well,and at least she had the backbone to stick to the original lines, UNLIKE Moya Brennan.
seemed pretty damn lazy tbf
I am tearful already I can't thinking of Kirsty it's a lovely song though.
Great job guys. Rip Shane and Kirsty. Thank you both you are both sadly missed
Ella is amazing here, you can't compare her to Kirsty. Ella sings with a different emotion. You can see in her eyes how she feels and that she wasn't trying to emulate Kirsty, but to honor her. Beautiful rendition.
She’s wonderful. So was Kristy. But I really wanted to hear a full version with Cait.
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He is the reason we love Irish people big love and respect from Croatia ... great great songs whole day playing in our bar in Zagreb
Di to? Belfast ili?da dođem
Once a year I come here and shed a tear. Happy Christmas, everyone!
Same. Merry Christmas.
Lived my whole life without knowing about this. I'm from the US. Been shedding a lot of tears this week. Happy Christmas!
Absolute same, merry late Christmas 2021 everyone☆
👍👌🤘♥️♥️
Since the first note I always start to cry thinking how many people just now are alone and suffering, like my bro died alone two years ago with only his dogs around in a stupid bathroom. Rip Shane and hug my bro Luca, he loved you and your music, and late but fortunally, I understood his musical interesting .
Respect for actually singing the correct lyrics.
If this doesn't get you emotional, then nothing will. Simple as that.
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He can't even talk never mind sing
@@thomasfinnegan2062 .. has no teeth jajajaj .. he´s been the fuking boss for th past 50 years
That glance he gave her when he sang "I turned my face away, and dreamed about you" was adorable.
Because she isn't the woman who is supposed to be there when he sings this song and I get the feeling everytime he glanced her way his heart broke a little bit more.
He was looking out for her, being kind. She was every the woman she was supposed to be. Grand job. I loved it x
He looks very present, peaceful and happy hear. I drank heavily for 30 years and this legend moves me beyond words. Love you Shane, slainte
There are beautiful Christmas songs. There are wonderful Christmas songs. There are iconic Christmas songs and there is Fairytale of New York. R.I.P. Kirsty and Shane
I can't stop crying while listening to them. He knew broken souls and could sing them.
Top 5 best Christmas songs of all time😢rest in peace Shane go rock in paradise
Thanks Shane for your great songs and your unbelievable voice.
Watching him sing the opening.. It is bleak, it is sorrowful, it is dark.. It is ethereal..
I never really appreciated this song until now. It tells a sweet, sad story and now I am nearly 51, I appreciate it for what it is. A human story.
So wonderfully said.
im 29, same here
This looks like the happiest night of her life. That smile...
😢😢 heartbreaking that he's left this mortal world..A lyrical genius..May his glass never be empty..Rest in glorious peace Shane ❤
Really believe when he looks to his right he is looking for Kirsty. No disrespect at all...Ella has a the voice of a angel. Its just the heart want what it wants. Rest in peace Kirsty!!
Brian May does the same thing when he sings "Love of My Life" he turns to his right and sees the empty stool, just heartbreaking
The Irish can make music like no one else can. The Pogues, the Dubliners, Christy Dignam and Finbar Fury, just to name four. It pulls at your Heartstrings, no matter where you are from.
Don't forget the Cranberries ❤
growing up with his lyrics and melodies it feels like a longtime friend has gone. you will live on
OMG!
This is a beautiful rendition.Poor Kirsty would be glad that it is still bringing the same emotions as the original to many hearts.I have grown older (71) and am thankful for the Pogues and Kirsty .I am even more thankful for Ella Finer and her generation for carrying on this wonderful, if painful at times,Xmas classic.
The best of the bests Christmas song in the world! Stay safe! BBC Buuuuuuuuu!
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Totally agree this song give me goosebumps
Every year at this time I am here again. This is the only X-Mas song that deserves its status. Love you all forever.
Fairytale of New York is a bit like Goodfellas, whenever it comes on I simply stop whatever I'm doing and get involved. Just fucking genius, I can never tire of it. RIP Shane, and merry christmas! 🌹
Ella is so amazing and beautiful, with an angels voice.
Such a beautiful song!!!!!
As the song says I could have been someone. Well shane WAS someone !! A very special someone. A brilliant songwriter, great performer but above all a lovely human being. He will be missed ❤
He was in great form during this concert.
Ella has a lovely calming voice . But her smile is fantastic. She did a fine job sing that beautiful song.
December has come once again. Shane you're a true legend, thank you for my tears.
One of the best Songs ever published by The Pogues - so much respect to Shane!
shane has one of the greatest voices in music this classic will be here for hundreds of years,, god be with u brother...........+
Beautiful and so poignant. The best Christmas song ever written!
Not completely true - the all time best song ever written - period!
This is the christmas song that makes the hairs standup on the back of your neck.
The emotion on her face is incredible; This may have been one of the last times that Shane and The Pogues performed this live, and it's a great version; sweet and haunting, and just a great song overall.
Bill Ray 😳
YES ... but ... the singer he looks at is the co-writer of the song, fer god's sake, so I hope people give her some credit. She sings very well, and on pitch. I think I read that it was because Ella Finer has been reading the Irish witerary novelist JP Donleavy's Fairytale of New York that the title had been grabbed. Kirsty didn't co-write it and I think they sang it about equally, though of course it IS sad that Kirsty, daughter of the great Ewan, died of a speedboat bump where it shouldn't have been ... a swimming/diving area.
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her FATHER is the co-writer of the song
@@fingling8 She didn't co-write the song. Her father did. She was probably only a couple of years old when this was written, if she was born at all.
Imagine the pressure of having to sing Kirsty's lines. Great job all the same!
You can see the emotion in Ella's eyes that it is an absolute joy and an honour to be singing Kirsty MacColl's lines and to be singing along with Shane. RIP Shane MacGowan ❤
I will forever picture Shane dancing in the snow on a cold Christmas day with the music in my ear. Thank you for the the memories Shane, you were amazing and we will never forget you.
That young lady has just smashed her part on that song . Amazing talent x
I love, Love LOVE the fact that they didn't change the lyrics to fit in with people's perception of what is and isn't acceptable. I LOVE this version.
It was a decade ago. They would now not doubt
I agree, people need to stop holding words hostage. The intention of words is what should be critiqued. This is a story, the words are necessary to tell the story accurately.
God Bless Shane, the band and Ella Finer 😇
You know, I've not really been into the Pogues until recent, sure i heard a couple songs of theirs, but until recent i'm really enjoying the music.
After watching a few interviews with Shane (past to present) i can't help but feel for Shane, but much respect, he's had a hard life and took the rightful path to music.
I find Shane a remarkable, interesting and unique person, with so much talent!
I hope that Shane will find his way (it's now 2023 i write this) and find reconciliation and peace within.
Thank you Shane and the Pogues for bringing some light into my life, love your music, God Bless you all.
R.I.P Shane, my first CD album was the pogues and I hope for the love of God this goes to No1 for you and Kirsty this year ❤❤❤
The man tears are strong in this one..
Man singing from the❤🎶🎵🍀
Ah, my god...That was beautiful. Truly the best Christmas song ever.
This is so simply presented. Yet it is such a OMG!!! moment, they brought the song to life! A truely gifted Man. RIP Shane.
neither this girl or katie melua ever got the emotion of the song the way kirsty did .its like she and katie are trying to sing the exact right note rather than let the pain ,anger and disappointment out
I love 2:00. They look at each knowing they are about to embark on one of the great verses in music history.
Ella is the perfect choice for this part, she's Jem's daughter.
We will miss you Shane! RIP🖤 Lots of love from Belgium🇧🇪🇮🇪
Well done Ella what a beautiful voice, Kirsty will be looking down on you with so much pride.
Elia has a terrific calming voice . She did s great job here and her smile would melt all the Ice in the Arctic. Beautiful
Una canción que marca una época. Grande Shane y Grandes The Pogues. Descansa en Paz. Forever Shane
Hallo ,liebe Grüße aus Sachsen-Anhalt , tolle Musik, ❤❤❤
A timeless song by The Pogues! One of my favourites all time!
This lass has a lovely voice and did a cracking job...
But now I gotta go listen to kirsty do it.
It’s lovely seeing Ella Finer on vocals here. She’s got a fantastic voice. Also being Jem Finer‘s daughter she’s a child of a Pogue.
Hard to watch this without crying.
Ella Finer does a great job! Fabulous, charming and with understatement. Love it.
Hands down the greatest Christmas song ever
Absolutely.
Incomparable
Great Shane MacGowan! A warm hug for the Irish people for such a loss.
From Portugal with love!
Rest in peace Shane McGowan may the sun always be in your face and the wind at your back Sinead and kirsty are sitting at the bar waiting ❤
Shane's voice may have gone down the drain but nobody, nobody at all, can dish out this intensity of emotion. Talk about "sung out straight from the soul". Shivers from timbers to keel...
Doesn't matter. People love MacGowan for the pathos, not the purity of his voice.
that, and who would have thought that skinny lad from 34 years ago would become the lovechild of robert patrick and k d lang? cannot fault the song though...
0.44 That look Shane gives to Ella is chilling. You can see in his eyes he's singing to Kirsty
This song will last forever. Rest in peace and thank you, Shane.
RIP Shane McGowan. You will never be forgotten 😎🥲💚
I'm not always in the mood for this song. But this song always puts me in the mood for it. Every time.
R I P Shane and thanks for the memories LEGEND
That look from Shane to Ms Finer at 2:01 leaves me speechless....
Ella knew it would be a tough one. Fair play!! for the courage to take it on be judged and to do it superbly. Thanks Ella.
This is not only a christmas song to me, it is about old times and great feelings. And I love the feelings this simple song spreads.
And Ella Finer did a "finer" job ;) Her views to Shane and so... great!
Absolutely Brilliant R.I.P Kirsty
Pure terror in Ella Finer's face when it's time to dance with Shane.
This is my favorite Christmas song, the melody and the lyrics touch my heart so strong! Anywhere you from, merry Christmas to you and joy to the world!🎄❤️
No one can ever, ever replace Kirsty, but in the context of the song this young lady is the nearest to achieving that.
Nice one Ella x
Ah, Ella did a fine job. She grew up hearing 'listening to Shane's Vocals and her da's and everyone else playing for year. Remembers Kirsty's singing those lyrics and years later, stepped on stage and sang just like Kirsty did!. To be a bleedin' fly on the wall there!
The Spirit of punk folk is alive forever👏👏💪🙏💎⭐️
Every year when i hear this song , i remember and wishing Kirsty Maccol a merry christmas
This video makes me cry every year. Fantastic performance of a fantastic song by a fantastic band.
Love great song by the man himself of course shane miss christy she will never be forgotten. 👍✌💖💖💖💖
Every Christmas he will still live in the hearts of the many who will sing this song around the world R.I.P
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Prod to be Irish missing Ireland so excited we can travel there. Can't wait to get back to the homeland. It's snowing here in the states. The best band is blasting. Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🍻to everyone and stay safe
Cheers. Merry Christmas,. From NY. Upstate.
As someone born and raised in dublin it's good to see people proud of their irish heritage even if some think that's a dumb idea
Amazing performance for both Shane and Ella ...you can see that both are singing from hearts .
Greatest Xmas song ever
Écouter sa un délice fait par un ivrogne d irlandais qui avait un talent inégalé rien n’est comparable l Irlande coule dans ses veine mer à toi schane mac gowan ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉
The real Christmas song! May God bless everyone
The best Christmas song in all time