Like I’ve said before, nothing is going to be the original, but I appreciate all artists to seriously take this song and try to perform it or make a tribute to it because it is literally one of the best songs ever to come out of any sort of Christmas or holiday spirit
I love them both and they are great singers. I'm sorry but my heart will always belong to the original song. The singers were just so genuine, especially when they were cursing at each other. It's great to see these two bringing back this incredible christmas song but I will forever love the original. Great job guys!
Right before they began I remember Ed said something like "The kids are going to love it but the adults are going to murder us for doing this" hehehe he was so right. lol
@@jneal21 people need to understand the difference between a cover and original composition. If they were to sing it exactly like the original then why bother singing it at all ?? A cover is basically their adaptation/interpretation/version of the song.
Plus these snowflakes changed the original lyrics because they didn't want to upset Bruce Jenner and the Kardashian followers who are SJW feminists. 😂 it's a horrible cover.
@VenomousAlex would you really play this song in front of all your friends and other people you dont know at let's say. . A party? On loud speakers? 😂 really? 😂
As much as I enjoy these two, I must say that it has NOTHING on the original. Shane McGowan's drunken growl is utterly perfect for this song, and Kirsty MacColl has both the grit and the pipes to sell the story of two addicts in a love-hate relationship. This is not a song that is suited to such delicate voices. It's a song about finding joy amidst life's suffering, and Shane and Kirsty make you feel it.
Agreed. A painfully sad song about 2 immigrants who fall on hard times and blame each other.....but through it all still love each other. A dark sad song really.
It's not about being better or beating the original it is their take on an absolute classic and brilliant song in my eyes as a tribute to the late great Shane McGowan and ed Sheeran has Irish heritage after all
@@johnusher83- and the fact they choose to be politically correct, and change the words, as a gay man, I find totally unacceptable….. sing the words of the original version ffs …..there is nothing offensive in it, but they’re pandering to the woke saps …..
Ya finally did a Christmas track Ed....ya finally did one...I'm proud of you my little ginger, I know it ain't easy being Weasley, but you make it work
gosh it randomly popped up in my head after years!! like I forgot about this video and now I'm here back again oh yeah and I'm crying 😭💔 I used to have such obsession over this cover. I love Ed so much and now I'm sad it's not on Spotify
@@dimebagdarrell2390 The wrongness of your comment hurts. I agree that this doesn’t really sound like the original and that it sounds sweet even though it should sound rough. They did a cover, usually these types of covers aren’t planned and are decided on while the performers are there. If someone randomly told you to sing the song in a presentable way and you basically had no time to prepare would you have been able to perfect the almost dead drunk voice? Also I’m pretty sure they were supposed to make it okay for kids to hear so they tried to make it sound more kid friendly(?). If you think there’s no emotion in music you’ve probably only heard one song, because while some songs might seem to be about nothing, there are so many great ones (ones not popular and ones that top the charts) that you can really feel the emotions trying to be conveyed. If you think there’s no emotion in music why don’t you go and make music and sing for these people?
Love Shane and Kirsty ...i lived up the road from where Kirsty was born in London...and now live in Salford which inspired Dirty Old Town , but a lot has changed now in Salford with the BBC moving up here
Okay, so I love Ed Sheeran and I love Fairytale of New York, but the charm about this song is how rough it sounds. Honestly, Ed did the cover too well for me to like it... Which is a really weird thing to say, but it's true...
Exactly. I like Ed but damn, he's supposed to be the voice of an old drunk man and this definitely sounds too pop. The girl's voice though is spot on. I find very annoying that they censored the song changing the lyrics, especially considering that BBC did it twice, in 1987 and 2007 - is this some sort of anniversary?
LaDameDeShalott that's exactly what I though when it was on the radio earlier. Not only was his voice not right for the song, the change in lyrics is not on.
Danny Seville Although we cannot know whether the decision was made by him or the radio (personally I wouldn't have agreed to sing censored lyrics, but hey, I can't even sing :D)
Nobody could sing this like Shane & Kirsty . You could see that in their own Irish ☘️ families over the generations they have seen these lyrics lived & played out and that shows itself in their voices ..
It lacks all the pathos. That is what makes the song, the light and shade. I suppose short of imitating the orginal they had to do something or maybe just leave it alone.
@@halftidyband5597 live action roleplaying. it's when you go in a field to dress up like a wizard, but colloquially now it's an insult to mean someone is pretending to be something they're totally not
@@AlexRoseGames Diolch yn fawr. Well, when we do our cover of FTNY, let us know if we are guilty of any larping, for God's sake! Should be out beginning of December!
They ruined it. It makes no sense the way they sing it. The feeling and humour and adherence to real life joy and struggle was gone. Like everything else the music industry pukes out now
Lyrics It was christmas eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me: won't see another one And then they sang a song The rare old mountain dew I turned my face away and dreamed about you Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So happy christmas I love you baby I can see a better time Where all our dreams come true. They got cars big as bars They got rivers of gold But the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old When you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve You promised me broadway was waiting for me You were handsome you were pretty Queen of new york city when the band finished playing they yelled out for more Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night. And the boys from the nypd choir were singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out for christmas day. You're a bum you're a punk You're an old s*** on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed You scumbag you maggot You cheap lousy faggot Happy christmas your arse I pray god it's our last. And the boys of the nypd choir's still singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out For christmas day. I could have been someone Well so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you I kept them with me babe I put them with my own Can't make it out alone I've built my dreams around you And the boys of the nypd choir's still singing Galway Bay And the bells are ringing out For christmas day.
Yes buddy spotted the Mandalorian skull on the sleeve straight away, randomly was actually talking to Daniel Logan who played Boba in AOTC last night 🤣
People complaining about how this is too clean and the song is supposed to be rough. What's the point of a cover if it's going to just completely replicate the original?
I get what you're saying, though it's strange having the second verse (which was written about the girlfriend on "a drip in that bed") centered on throwing insults at each other...yet throw childish words out.
They both are awesome, but as everybody already said, nobody can beat McCall and McGowen‘s Voices in this song. But I love Ed‘s Christmas Sweater! This is the Way!
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 Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So happy Christmas I love you baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true They've got cars Big as bars They've got rivers of gold But the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old When you first took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve You promised me Broadway was waiting for me You were handsome You were pretty Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They howled out for more Sinatra was swinging All the drunks they were singing We kissed on the corner Then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells are ringing Out for Christmas day You're a bum You're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead On a drip in that bed You scumbag You maggot You cheap lousy faggot Happy Christmas your arse I pray God It's our last The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells are ringing Out for Christmas day I could have been someone Well, so could anyone You took my dreams From me when I first found you I kept them with me babe I put them with my own Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells are ringing Out for Christmas day
I always love seeing comments to covers because it’s always people complaining it’s not like the original, when it perhaps isn’t supposed to be like the original.
Well I for one really enjoyed this. It's lovely ♡ A cover isn't supposed to copy the original but find their own style, and they did that. Just like how you have metal covers of classical music and can appreciate the result of that, I wish more people would just enjoy that this is a sweet, cute version of a traditionally more...rambunctious song and be done with that instead of the knee-jerk reaction of BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL!! You can both love the original *and* appreciate how different a cover is, you know? :)
There's putting your own stamp on a song and there's murdering a song. This is the latter. Why in earth would you do a "cute" version of a song that isn't "cute". It's patently obvious how fairytale of New York went straight over their heads. If you're going to do it, do it right. Take Sid Vicious doing "my way". That version, he made his own AND it worked perfectly. What they did was tweee. I thought he was better than that.
Sott Media I’m actually glad it was changed. It’s a beautiful song and both artist are very LGBT positive. It actually made me smile that it was changed. I don’t mind the original, not at all,nor am I offended, I just prefer it this way! 😀
totally agree with all the comments below about how the original can't be beaten and is a complete classic but this isn't a bad cover. Ed is so talented you give him a loop pedal and a guitar and he can entertain a stadium on his own-I do also get the impression he sometimes tries to not overshadow people he duets with or covers. He does have some mad talent (which I doubt people are disputing also).
Screw the people who say Ed shearen is ugly like he has one of the greatest singing voices of the decade (maybe even the best) and he looks fabulous, I’m not gay but he is an exeption
I can't stand it. It makes you realise how brilliant the original is, especially with Ed and Anne being such great singers. You just need the growl and grit to pull this off
Nine_nunb yeah it’s super different and I can see why you’d say it’s disrespectful to the original but I mean unlike most of the people in this comment section I didn’t grow up with this song so it didn’t hold as much significance to me personally anyway It’s more enjoyable if you look at em as two different songs though cause they both have a lot to offer and do their own things on each and I appreciate the effort that went into it more than anything else
good job.. nowhere near the pogues.. but not bad.. i enjoyed it.. happy christmas my friends ❤️...... PS.. ive put it in my best ever christmas songs playlist :)
Today is the frst time I can here thus song by Sheeran and Annr Marie. I loved it because I am used to Shane Mcgwan who I love so much but Sheeran gave goose bumps. Wonderful. !!!@
Jesus Christ. The first line "In the drunk tank!" - Shane Macgowan sang like he was right in the depths of the drunk tank, Ed Sheeran like he was in a beauty parlour filled with tweenage girls. The reason the Pogues are so good is that it's real. There's something flawed and human and fucked up. Once you take away the blemishes you take away the spirit!!!
At least these two sing in tune! The reason people like the original is because of the nostalgia attached to it, and it's pretty unreasonable to expect a cover to evoke the same feelings.
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Like I’ve said before, nothing is going to be the original, but I appreciate all artists to seriously take this song and try to perform it or make a tribute to it because it is literally one of the best songs ever to come out of any sort of Christmas or holiday spirit
EXACTLY!!!!!!
Oh, for the love of God, do you have cabbages in your ears?
The fastest way to kill something special is to compare it to something else.
Probably one of the only songs that cannot be touched or beaten by anyone else
What a song. And like all such songs it will be sung endlessly. As it should be. ❤
This makes you realise how perfect McCall and McGowens voices were in the untouchable original.
Oh no one sings it like Shane did. Its his song really.
I agree. Sorry Ed, no emotional singig. But the musicians were good.
Agreed.
100%. The funeral version at least ranked... Ed, sorry, just rank.
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I love them both and they are great singers. I'm sorry but my heart will always belong to the original song. The singers were just so genuine, especially when they were cursing at each other.
It's great to see these two bringing back this incredible christmas song but I will forever love the original. Great job guys!
Yeah the Pogues and Kirsty McCall do it much better. This is just a cheap rip off, bit shite really
Crazy Foodge Sheerans voice didn’t really fit the song. Sound amazing but doesn’t set the same tone that the original does
They r not coping bro they r covering they can't match
@@almostgod3350 I didn't say they were copying. I'm glad they did their own spin on it, therefore bringing some recognition to this old but gold song.
No offence but when you compare these singers to Ronnie James dio, Freddie Mercury, Robert planet, rob halford and Ozzy they aren’t really that good
Right before they began I remember Ed said something like "The kids are going to love it but the adults are going to murder us for doing this" hehehe he was so right. lol
GooferDusty underrated comment
I agree!
Well I meant it’s a shit cover
@@jneal21 people need to understand the difference between a cover and original composition. If they were to sing it exactly like the original then why bother singing it at all ??
A cover is basically their adaptation/interpretation/version of the song.
Aaron G Abraham just don’t cover it in the first place then. No point covering this classic anyway
Thing is, it isn't a bad cover, it is a good cover.
It's just that the Pogues and Kirsty version is just so good that it just can't be beat
Plus these snowflakes changed the original lyrics because they didn't want to upset Bruce Jenner and the Kardashian followers who are SJW feminists. 😂 it's a horrible cover.
@@Lyons_T-BAG I would imagine the BBC wouldn't let them say it
@VenomousAlex of coarse not. Whatever their intent was it made a horrible cover of a great song.
@VenomousAlex would you really play this song in front of all your friends and other people you dont know at let's say. . A party? On loud speakers? 😂 really? 😂
@VenomousAlex I really didn't like it. Have you a problem with that?
The most beautiful Christmas song.
The version of the Pogues with Ella was sooooo beautiful too.
Thanks
Yaaaaassssss!!! Back to your folk roots! This is the Ed Sheeran I grew up on! Keep on changing the World!
Josiah Shillow how can he have folk roots when he started on SBTV?
He's only been around for like 6 years
He's Irish lol! He started in Pubs
Eddie Nourse He's been around WAAAAY longer than that lol. "A Team" was his big hit, but he's been playing in pubs since he was 16 years old haha
Josiah Shillow he’s from Suffolk, last time I checked that wasn’t in Ireland 😂
As much as I enjoy these two, I must say that it has NOTHING on the original. Shane McGowan's drunken growl is utterly perfect for this song, and Kirsty MacColl has both the grit and the pipes to sell the story of two addicts in a love-hate relationship. This is not a song that is suited to such delicate voices. It's a song about finding joy amidst life's suffering, and Shane and Kirsty make you feel it.
Agreed. A painfully sad song about 2 immigrants who fall on hard times and blame each other.....but through it all still love each other. A dark sad song really.
Yes
This was perfectly said 👍
when millennials try to recreate something...everything is too nicey nice cant hurt feelings
Probably because it's not the original....🙄. Covers should never be the same.
This can only be sung by an Irish man who’s on the verge of death from alcohol poisoning.
@@hector2234 He was being sarcastic...
How would you know what that sounds like ?
yet Shanecby some miracle is still alive 32 years later...
If you want to know what it would sound like just search fairytale of New York and click on the original
and whos god like genius.
The Pogues will always be the best, but those harmonies are on point 🙌
This verson is way too clean. The song is supposed to be dirty. It’s the whole point of the two down and out characters singing the song.
Indeed!
That's exactly right
U CHEAP LOUSY flagup
Finlay Dowling lol the gays can’t even bear to hear that word without melting down. It’s such a joke.
100% agree 😂
Love this so much but NOTHING tops the original, Rip shane❤❤
I can enjoy any cover of this knowing nobody will ever beat the original
Absolutely brilliant I love that Ed and I love Ann she is such fun bless her cheers made my night Larrysullivan in Camberley xx
I'm listening this on Oct 😭 Feel like tomorrow is Christmas day
Anyway Happy new year everyone 🙏
You are not the only one^^
Hey, there’s another one here. Merry Christmas in advance
Same here 😄😄
Get a fucking grip guys.
In Philippines Christmas starts on September ☺️
Love the jumper Ed. But your voice is TOO nice for this song Shane and Kirsty forever will be the only ones to sing this proper.
Who else needs a Christmas Album?🙋🏼♀️
Aurelia Oh yes🙌
Love from Latvia, lived in Ireland ,greatest people in world❤
This feels so good in September...Hope the world will heal for Christmas ♥️🙆♀️
One Christmas later and nope sorry
Why am I listening to this in June? 😂Oh well I love it so much ❤️xxx
There is no dedicated month for this :D
Chris 😂❤️
Lol making a reggae version as we speak in studio for Xmas release lolol
This is ass go listen to the original
Why not?
Yk Christmas is made up
lol
Everyday can be Christmas
Now i am 100% in Christmas mood💙🎄
Every Christmas I come to this. Love it!! Feliz Navidad
I didn't know I needed this 😂
I like it 👍🏻👍🏻😜merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Yeah same. Merry Christmas to you too 😂🎄
I love your profile pic
Kara Dunne Ha thanks, I like yours too 😂
Lauren London on to win.
2:16 “Merry Christmas, you mug!” haha
Was cute
I didn't know an ed Sheeran Christmas album was what I needed, but it is indeed what I need...
Lizzie Loo No you definity don't need it. This is a mockery of the original, an absolute disgrace.
Oh boo hoo. Go sit on ur high horse somewhere else
It's not about being better or beating the original it is their take on an absolute classic and brilliant song in my eyes as a tribute to the late great Shane McGowan and ed Sheeran has Irish heritage after all
This version is too sweet. There's no edge to it
Literally zero
@@johnusher83- and the fact they choose to be politically correct, and change the words, as a gay man, I find totally unacceptable….. sing the words of the original version ffs …..there is nothing offensive in it, but they’re pandering to the woke saps …..
Agreed.
The drunk vocal is a big part of selling the song feel of the song. It sounds like lazy singing this way.
It's just shite
Ya finally did a Christmas track Ed....ya finally did one...I'm proud of you my little ginger, I know it ain't easy being Weasley, but you make it work
Kalvin Wilkinson And he butchered it! Congrats!
Not drunk enough
Callum 😂😂👌👌
True
Lol yes calummm
Callum so true.
As a Scot, yes, not drunk enough. With a Scottish name like Callum you should get that. :)
gosh it randomly popped up in my head after years!! like I forgot about this video and now I'm here back again oh yeah and I'm crying 😭💔 I used to have such obsession over this cover. I love Ed so much and now I'm sad it's not on Spotify
Aww.. ❤❤They both sound great and are soo cute😍
Where's the darkness? Where is the depression? Where is the emotion? Where is the liver on the verge of self-destruction?
No emotion in music anymore
Music in a coma, I know, I know, is serious 🎵
@@dimebagdarrell2390 The wrongness of your comment hurts. I agree that this doesn’t really sound like the original and that it sounds sweet even though it should sound rough. They did a cover, usually these types of covers aren’t planned and are decided on while the performers are there. If someone randomly told you to sing the song in a presentable way and you basically had no time to prepare would you have been able to perfect the almost dead drunk voice? Also I’m pretty sure they were supposed to make it okay for kids to hear so they tried to make it sound more kid friendly(?).
If you think there’s no emotion in music you’ve probably only heard one song, because while some songs might seem to be about nothing, there are so many great ones (ones not popular and ones that top the charts) that you can really feel the emotions trying to be conveyed.
If you think there’s no emotion in music why don’t you go and make music and sing for these people?
I am listening this in November. Christmas day... SOON...SOON!!!
You are right my friend!!!!😄😄😁😁
юля юля I’m not anymore 😂
Love Shane and Kirsty ...i lived up the road from where Kirsty was born in London...and now live in Salford which inspired Dirty Old Town , but a lot has changed now in Salford with the BBC moving up here
The background musicians, especially the violinist, are all really good 💓
They are the Irish folk band Beoga. Ed has performed with them quite a few times
Niamh Dunne - she's great
Okay, so I love Ed Sheeran and I love Fairytale of New York, but the charm about this song is how rough it sounds. Honestly, Ed did the cover too well for me to like it... Which is a really weird thing to say, but it's true...
Completely agree
Exactly. I like Ed but damn, he's supposed to be the voice of an old drunk man and this definitely sounds too pop. The girl's voice though is spot on. I find very annoying that they censored the song changing the lyrics, especially considering that BBC did it twice, in 1987 and 2007 - is this some sort of anniversary?
LaDameDeShalott that's exactly what I though when it was on the radio earlier. Not only was his voice not right for the song, the change in lyrics is not on.
Danny Seville Although we cannot know whether the decision was made by him or the radio (personally I wouldn't have agreed to sing censored lyrics, but hey, I can't even sing :D)
LaDameDeShalott All Ed’s music is shit. Cringe and cheesy. Not surprised he ruined this song.
HOLY SHIT! 😍
Merry Christmas!! 🎄
THIS IS AWFUL!
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Ur awful
way too early to say merry christmas.
dirty mouth princess :D
Nobody could sing this like Shane & Kirsty . You could see that in their own Irish ☘️ families over the generations they have seen these lyrics lived & played out and that shows itself in their voices ..
It lacks all the pathos. That is what makes the song, the light and shade. I suppose short of imitating the orginal they had to do something or maybe just leave it alone.
These people are larping
I agree. I prefer the punkish drunkish singing
@@Maximustard what's larping mean?
@@halftidyband5597 live action roleplaying. it's when you go in a field to dress up like a wizard, but colloquially now it's an insult to mean someone is pretending to be something they're totally not
@@AlexRoseGames Diolch yn fawr. Well, when we do our cover of FTNY, let us know if we are guilty of any larping, for God's sake! Should be out beginning of December!
This is so beautiful I can feel the Once Upon a Time feeling
Look at the original
They ruined it. It makes no sense the way they sing it. The feeling and humour and adherence to real life joy and struggle was gone. Like everything else the music industry pukes out now
Beoga are absolutely fantastic
that was brilliant loved it x even though both the originals have passed away x
I can always feel that Christmas approaches whenever I hear this song.
I used to hate covers... Until I met Ed Sheeran
Then what happened?
kooky then he must've passed the point of no return
I used to hate ed Sheeran covers... I still do but I used to too.
Omg same!
Lyrics
It was christmas eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me: won't see another one
And then they sang a song
The rare old mountain dew
I turned my face away and dreamed about you
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
Where all our dreams come true.
They got cars big as bars
They got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve
You promised me broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome you were pretty
Queen of new york city when the band finished playing they yelled out for more
Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night.
And the boys from the nypd choir were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out for christmas day.
You're a bum you're a punk
You're an old s*** on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas your arse I pray god it's our last.
And the boys of the nypd choir's still singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day.
I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it out alone
I've built my dreams around you
And the boys of the nypd choir's still singing Galway Bay
And the bells are ringing out
For christmas day.
the fact that you blanked out a word as harmless as shit, but kept in something as harmful as “faggot” is just gross
adam I just copied it from a source
adam it’s the song...can you not let it go damn
adam just fyi it's slut not shit
Vladan Gacic Also they changed the lyrics for this version.
I just came from the original version. Thx for drying up my tears.
Why am i listening to this in march 😹
Same
'cause is awesome
Because Anne-Marie is the best.
I´m listening in april here in Sweden:-)
Why am i listening to this in may ?? :-)
This was great version loved it..makes us appreciate our version even more though..Ed Sheeran would agree 💯 I'm sure..
Y O U S C U M B A G, Y O U M A G G O T
Y O U C H E A P L O U S Y (wait this is BBC)
Your ansewr
Spongeboob lol 😂
cheap lousy BBC is a good enough replacement
Spudly1234567 yep its a fucking word people should cop on
Faggot... Its just a word in a song people need to grow up and cop on
im just loving the boba fett christmas jumper! what a guy!
christmas is approaching😂😂😂
Listening August🤣 2019
Damn it boy same here.
Jeson and Shiela yayyyya
Ssssaaaammmmeeee AHHHHHH I CANT HOLD IT ANYMORE
Anyone here in November 2019 🎄🎄🎁🎁
Me
Me x2
I am here! Lol!
only just 😂😂
Even more only just (23 minutes to go to the first door on the advent calendar!)
Song aside, can we appreciate that Ed Sheeran is wearing a Boba Fett sweater 😆
My first thought too
Yes buddy spotted the Mandalorian skull on the sleeve straight away, randomly was actually talking to Daniel Logan who played Boba in AOTC last night 🤣
@@jameswright5705 that’s so cool u got to meet kid (now adult ofc) boba fett!!!
Lol my first thought aswell
nice but the ' originals' are the best.
In my opinion, without discrediting the artists, no version of this song can be compared to the original one. It's just perfect.
People complaining about how this is too clean and the song is supposed to be rough. What's the point of a cover if it's going to just completely replicate the original?
I get what you're saying, though it's strange having the second verse (which was written about the girlfriend on "a drip in that bed") centered on throwing insults at each other...yet throw childish words out.
Yeah but at the same time, if the cover was a load of shit, then the cover was a load of shit end of
@@dimebagdarrell2390 lol
Yeah, I don't think it should replicate the original one, but people can compare them
And the original is so much better
@@pawd97 At least it's better than what Bon Jovi changed it to
It is a year from now and all I have to say...This is one of my favorite songs and they sung this beautifully
Anne- Marie and Ed need to do a proper full covers of any song apart from just a Christmas song. I NEED TO HEAR THE SONG THAT THEY MADE
They both are awesome, but as everybody already said, nobody can beat McCall and McGowen‘s Voices in this song.
But I love Ed‘s Christmas Sweater! This is the Way!
No one gonna talk about how he suddenly transitioned to f*ckn jingle bells like wtf
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
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true
They've got cars
Big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on the corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas day
You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead
On a drip in that bed
You scumbag
You maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God
It's our last
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas day
I could have been someone
Well, so could anyone
You took my dreams
From me when I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas day
Azzahra Venusyah its the rare old mountain jew
Rare
This is a Christmas classic I don’t think people need lyrics
"Polished up" a bit...that'll be the Cultural Marxism...lol
Azzahra Venusyah you actually wrote all of that. I’m impressed
I love the way how ed says ,,ha ha ha"😂
Well done gud luck from Ireland ☘️
No one gonna talk about Ed Sheeran’s boba get Xmas jumper
Protect Ed Sheeran at all cost he is too pure for this world
His voice though 😵🔥
Love this please ill update when its Christmas 22 🎅 🎄
Ahhhh
Ahhhh
Anne-Marie is underrated.
Owen Simpson I can see why.
Jkinsg92 ehhh it'd be a pass from me
@ Owen Simpson What? You can see why she's underrated? What the fuck does that mean?
She sure as fuck murdered that song Sheeran wasn't anything better. He should stick to his own siily whiny songs.
Anne-Marie WHO?
Gotta love Ed's Boba Fett sweater 😁
Such a great version, I know Ed sheeran ain’t Irish, but he certainly knows and compose the music to Irish music. Welldone xx need this as a track x
I always love seeing comments to covers because it’s always people complaining it’s not like the original, when it perhaps isn’t supposed to be like the original.
Don’t work right, the passion and pain of the original is what makes it the best Christmas song
Well I for one really enjoyed this. It's lovely ♡
A cover isn't supposed to copy the original but find their own style, and they did that. Just like how you have metal covers of classical music and can appreciate the result of that, I wish more people would just enjoy that this is a sweet, cute version of a traditionally more...rambunctious song and be done with that instead of the knee-jerk reaction of BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL!!
You can both love the original *and* appreciate how different a cover is, you know? :)
There's putting your own stamp on a song and there's murdering a song. This is the latter. Why in earth would you do a "cute" version of a song that isn't "cute". It's patently obvious how fairytale of New York went straight over their heads. If you're going to do it, do it right. Take Sid Vicious doing "my way". That version, he made his own AND it worked perfectly. What they did was tweee. I thought he was better than that.
Ed is such a treasure ❤️
She has so beautiful voice...they sounds great together
I see the lyrics have been politically corrected.
Have you heard the monstrosity that is the Ronan Keating version, it's like a virile stud has been neutered at the waist.
I noticed that, but in this context she isn't calling him gay, it used to mean something else, just like gay used to mean happy 😊
Georgia it's only homophobic if people thin it is
Sott Media I’m actually glad it was changed. It’s a beautiful song and both artist are very LGBT positive. It actually made me smile that it was changed. I don’t mind the original, not at all,nor am I offended, I just prefer it this way! 😀
Pathetic.
Ed, YOUR STUNNING
IMac Donald
Sorry , didn't notice ، thanks to language patch ...
*you're
It's you're
I hate when people don't pay attention in English class - _-
It’s not the same without drunk voices and shouting at each other out of tune 😂
This version is still good though 😊
totally agree with all the comments below about how the original can't be beaten and is a complete classic but this isn't a bad cover. Ed is so talented you give him a loop pedal and a guitar and he can entertain a stadium on his own-I do also get the impression he sometimes tries to not overshadow people he duets with or covers. He does have some mad talent (which I doubt people are disputing also).
This song needs to be sung by my drunk uncle and his flavor of the month girlfriend.
You’ve just made me realise it’s 6 days to Christmas and I have a responsibility to find a girlfriend and sing this to my niece and nephew.
I might be your uncle.
Screw the people who say Ed shearen is ugly like he has one of the greatest singing voices of the decade (maybe even the best) and he looks fabulous, I’m not gay but he is an exeption
But... he IS ugly. Don't get offended by facts. The world is full of uglies, myself included. We have a voice.
@@betamusic5487 that’s your strange opinion
Ed Sheeran is the greatest! I remember when I use to see him before he was super famous at a show called the Sunday Show.
Phills Lifestyle well done you, almost as if your his best mate, in a way :)
2 GD
Thats funny lol.
This will be his down fall , he is a fucking idiot to go near it , typical English arrogance
taxusexpress ah yes the English, the people who don't have an orange for a president
I can't stand it. It makes you realise how brilliant the original is, especially with Ed and Anne being such great singers. You just need the growl and grit to pull this off
this version is too perfect. There are no half-drunken men playing the accordion just a classically trained professional.
And that is what makes it not as good. This needs Shane's drunken growl and the drunken playing
As a high school teacher who loves the original, this is the version to share with students.
@@ashleyduprey965 good point
thats exactly why its rubbish. it has no charm and is just plain boring.
Anne- Marie has a lovely voice,
I don't understand why she talks funny and does weird things to the R though :(
True
No
Great singer
That's why this version doesn't really work.
I love this cover so much ❤️❤️ It’s not Christmas without it
Nine_nunb yeah it’s super different and I can see why you’d say it’s disrespectful to the original but I mean unlike most of the people in this comment section I didn’t grow up with this song so it didn’t hold as much significance to me personally anyway
It’s more enjoyable if you look at em as two different songs though cause they both have a lot to offer and do their own things on each and I appreciate the effort that went into it more than anything else
It is Christmas without it. Not without the original tho.
I wish this was available to buy on iTunes! Ed needs to make a Christmas album!!
Sounded amazing. Would love a Christmas album from these guys
Of course Ed does it in an xmas jumper 😂
good job.. nowhere near the pogues.. but not bad.. i enjoyed it.. happy christmas my friends ❤️...... PS.. ive put it in my best ever christmas songs playlist :)
its not meant to be exactly the same!!
Agreed, it's like a Disney version of it. No edge to it, but still good!
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No, its because its aired on national radio you dickheads
Today is the frst time I can here thus song by Sheeran and Annr Marie. I loved it because I am used to Shane Mcgwan who I love so much but Sheeran gave goose bumps. Wonderful. !!!@
Nicely done guys, cant believe I didn't see this before now. Gotta love this song. Beautiful.
Who's here listenin in 2019 🤣
Not me. 2020. Best year of my life!! 🌲🎄🎄🎄🤩🤩🤩🥇
Jesus Christ. The first line "In the drunk tank!" - Shane Macgowan sang like he was right in the depths of the drunk tank, Ed Sheeran like he was in a beauty parlour filled with tweenage girls. The reason the Pogues are so good is that it's real. There's something flawed and human and fucked up. Once you take away the blemishes you take away the spirit!!!
amen, especially when they try and make it less offensive lol
This sums it up 👌
Correction, shane wasnt singing like he was in the drunk tank. He in fact was in the drunk tank haha.
Rory White I can't agree more, I'm 3rd generation Irish and for someone reason, Ed has made it too good its bad.
He made its sound as if he was an angel from the drunk tank.
My neighbour's cat is making these sounds when another cat dares to cross their garden...
Its a good cover, but it just misses that ... roughness of the original.
They should do another song together good pairing.
I don’t believe it is a good cover
if the original is like eating Christmas dinner this is like eating a photograph of Christmas dinner.
mr y mysterious video weird way of saying it.
But yes
Weirdly accurate
That . . . plus crap
Agree!
At least these two sing in tune! The reason people like the original is because of the nostalgia attached to it, and it's pretty unreasonable to expect a cover to evoke the same feelings.
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE,ANN MARIE AND ED,AND THIS COMPILATION IS FANTASTIC,SOOOOOOO GOOD,LOVE IT,MERRY CHRISTMAS 🍾😍❤️🥂
i cant help focusing on ed's lovely christmas jumper. this is the way.