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New Thu 19 Nov 20 18:49 
 Fairytale of New York: - No FM2R
BBC Radio 1 will not play original version

www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54999375

"Last year, there were hundreds of complaints after Gavin and Stacey characters Nessa and Bryn sang the unedited version in the sitcom's seasonal special.

FFS. What are these people like?
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New Thu 19 Nov 20 20:25 
 Fairytale of New York: - Robin O'Reliant
It's Newspeak.

Especially designed so that no one, nowhere and at any time can be offended. Or more importantly, so that the Right-on Woke brigade can't be offended on anyone's behalf.
Last edited by: Robin O'Reliant on Thu 19 Nov 20 at 20:25
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New Thu 19 Nov 20 20:28 
 Fairytale of New York: - Zero
I hate the damn song, it gets dragged out and played endlessly every year. But if they are going to play it, the original has to stay
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 12:24 
 Fairytale of New York: - Timeonmyhands
Will they call it Fairytale of New York or Alternative lifestyle?
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 14:05 
 Fairytale of New York: - smokie
The Twitterati are tweeting some lines to (c)rap songs which are still played and are well more offensive, to me at least.

I don't mean they are dissing the mods on c4p though :-)
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 14:25 
 Fairytale of New York: - CGNorwich
Never read the lyrics until now. Never watched Gavin and Stacey either come to that. I seem to have missed a chance to be offended when there’s so little else in the world to be offended by.
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 16:07 
 Fairytale of New York: - Zero
>> Never watched Gavin and Stacey either come to that.

My pup, Nessa, is named after one of the characters..
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 19:14 
 Fairytale of New York: - neiltoo
Even Bowdlerised, it's still s***e.
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 19:55 
 Fairytale of New York: - sooty123
>Never watched Gavin and Stacey either come to that.
>

Don't worry, you've not missed anything.
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 20:46 
 Fairytale of New York: - Manatee
Apropos of not a lot, but I have watched a couple of episodes, and I thought it was only mildly funny but compared with Ricky Gervais and The Office it was thigh-slappingly hilarious.

I like(d) Kirsty MacColl. Not keen on that thing with the Pogues though.
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 21:02 
 Fairytale of New York: - sooty123
The OH likes it, I think it's as funny as being kicked in the head, repeatedly. But each to their own.
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 21:28 
 Fairytale of New York: - No FM2R
I like it. Not as anything significant on it-s own, and I certainly don't care about the words. But the sound of it is one of the sounds that mean Christmas to me.

Along with most of these.....

www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a50968/best-christmas-songs/
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 21:50 
 Fairytale of New York: - Kevin
Ahh, Christmas comes around again so quickly - only five days to go says Mrs K's Thorntons Advent Calendar.
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 21:59 
 Fairytale of New York: - Zero
>> I like it. Not as anything significant on it-s own, and I certainly don't care
>> about the words. But the sound of it is one of the sounds that mean
>> Christmas to me.
>>
>> Along with most of these.....
>>
>> www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a50968/best-christmas-songs/

Good lord, what a long list of dross
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 22:13 
 Fairytale of New York: - No FM2R
>>Good lord, what a long list of dross

The world is full of haters these days. It's not cool when kids do it either.

I really enjoy most of it. Every year.
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New Sun 22 Nov 20 00:38 
 Fairytale of New York: - smokie
When I was a Round Tabler we used to do the Father Christmas float around the streets. I probably did it for almost 20 years for maybe 3 or 4 nights a week on average. I know many of those songs very well as a result, but i still enjoy (some of) them. Must be worse working in Tesco or similar.
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New Sun 22 Nov 20 09:41 
 Fairytale of New York: - bathtub tom
A supermarket worker I know gets very grumpy at Christmas.

Can't be as bad as the music played over 'racing camels', you roll balls up a slope to drop them down holes and your camel moves forward depending on the value of the hole. A tune (I use the word loosely) about 30 seconds long is played continuously. Imagine working with that!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8HXW9ljjR4
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 22:02 
 Fairytale of New York: - Robin O'Reliant
>> I like it. Not as anything significant on it-s own, and I certainly don't care
>> about the words. But the sound of it is one of the sounds that mean
>> Christmas to me.
>>
>> Along with most of these.....
>>
>> www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a50968/best-christmas-songs/
>>

"Grandma got run over by a reindeer" isn't listed?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw

Last edited by: Robin O'Reliant on Sat 21 Nov 20 at 22:03
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New Sat 21 Nov 20 22:58 
 Fairytale of New York: - bathtub tom
This is my favourite (will probably appeal to god as well): www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNcOMsm6oM
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