Your five most reviled Christmas songs?

Gwynplaine

Fairytale. How is that drunk toothless fool still alive?

zoobizoo

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Fairytale. How is that drunk toothless fool still alive?

Fool?

He makes about €400,000 every year from Fairytale alone.

Max Headroom

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Fairytale. How is that drunk toothless fool still alive?

Just in from the pub are we..?..what a stupid reply..:rolleyes:

Deedsie

OSI wrote: »

Yeah "totes emot"

Art is subjective as we all know. The lyrics in this verse reflect the anger and frustration that may exist between an emigrant Irish couple in a hard and cold New York in the 1980's. The language is reflective of the type of words that would be used between a working class couple in the time it was written.

"You took my dreams from me,
when I first met you...
I kept them with me babe,
I put them with my own,
Can't make it all alone,
I have built my dreams all around you"

Love, hope, commitment, you are right it is totally emotional.

Chip Whitley

Deedsie wrote: »

Art is subjective as we all know. The lyrics in this verse reflect the anger and frustration that may exist between an emigrant Irish couple in a hard and cold New York in the 1980's. The language is reflective of the type of words that would be used between a working class couple in the time it was written.

"You took my dreams from me,
when I first met you...
I kept them with me babe,
I put them with my own,
Can't make it all alone,
I have built my dreams all around you"

Love, hope, commitment, you are right it is totally emotional.

It can be emotional and depressing, which is what I find it to be. Don't like hearing it every other hour on the radio if I'm honest.

Deedsie

Chip Whitley wrote: »

It can be emotional and depressing, which is what I find it to be. Don't like hearing it every other hour on the radio if I'm honest.

Again, art is subjective the writer of this song described the song as a fairytale in its title. It is a tragic comedy in many respects. The humour in common phrases, a relationship on the rocks etc etc... Consider it a depressing dirge all you want but don't be surprised if people disagree with you.

To me it conveys the subject of a couple struggling in a relationship but with the hope that if they stick together they will be ok. Very apt for a lot of people around Christmas.

sligojoek

zoobizoo wrote: »

Fool?

He makes about €400,000 every year from Fairytale alone.

Not any more.

While we're on the subject, today is Kirsty's 15th anniversary.
I'll leave this here.

Brian Scan

sligojoek wrote: »

Not any more.

While we're on the subject, today is Kirsty's 15th anniversary.
I'll leave this here.

Thank you for the "Days", sligojoek

Max Headroom

zoobizoo wrote: »

Fool?

He makes about €400,000 every year from Fairytale alone.

Someones got to pay for those new teeth..............:D