#kristy maccoll

[greensparty]

Remembering Shane MacGowan 1957-2023

Irish singer Shane MacGowan has died at 65. He co-founded The Pogues in 1982. After getting kicked out in 1991, he re-joined in 2001 and was with them until their end in 2014. He also had Shane MacGowan and The Popes, as well as solo work and collaborations with Nick Cave, Sinead O'Connor, and Dropkick Murphys.

The Pogues and Kristy MacColl's 1987 song "Fairytale in New York" is a holiday song I listen to every year as it's on multiple compilation albums. It was even featured in last year's Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. I named The Pogues one of my Honorable Mentions for Best Irish Rockers of All-Time.

The link above is a list from Rolling Stone of his 15 essential songs with embedded videos.

[victusinveritas]

[gimmefrisson]

You're gonna reap just what you sow

[craftylittlenerd]

I like a lot of these songs but my favorite three hands down are Little Drummer Boy, Veni Veni Emmanuel, and Fairytale of New York

it’s that time of year again

there’s no ’ none ’ option because if you don’t like any of these songs this poll isn’t for you. sorry

[allmusic]

AllMusic Staff Pick: Kirsty MacColl Kite

Released eight years after her debut, Kirsty MacColl's sophomore album was a triumph of smart pop songwriting and intricate arrangements that stands among the best work of her career.

- Timothy Monger

[nextstopwonderland]

Albums listened to in 2022:

(Tag)

Billy Bragg - William Bloke

Billy Bragg - don’t try this at home

Kristy MacColl - Kite

Kristy MacColl - the stiff singles collection (2006, compilation)

The 1975 - being funny in a foreign language (2022)

The Beatles - Revolver (deluxe edition, 2022)

Bruce Springsteen - only the strong survive (2022)

Bruce Springsteen - songs of location (live compilation, 2022)

Voice of the beehive - let it bee (1988)

Voice of the beehive - honey lingers (1991)

[benjhawkins]

Rest in peace Shane MacGowan

[geekhombre]

In these shoes?

[ivesterrarium]

Christmas TMR Headcanons!

*You can find my Halloween ones here

The Glade celebrate the new year more than Christmas, and would therefore have their new year resolutions as promises to one another. Some would give actual handmade gifts, but most would go off with a simple gesture.

Chuck would give prank gifts to people, usually next to their sleeping bag or cot so they didn't know it was him.

In a modern au, the main few would all have their specific Christmas tree topper, and if they were to all live together, it would get very hectic.

Thomas: A silver wire angel Minho: A glow-up wire reindeer Newt: A golden star Teresa: A white angel model Brenda: A snowflake

Every day of December there'd be a different Christmas tree topper, and nearing Christmas day, they'd all get tense whenever around the tree. What do you choose for your tree topper?

Newt has no shame and will absolutely be eating mince pies as soon as they are in store (I do this too, lol, I saw a box of them in September)

Most of the main few take mistletoe quite well (at this point, Minho has kissed everyone, they are starting to suspect he's doing it on purpose) but Thomas... he's a complete mess.

He instantly malfunctions the second he realises he's under the mistletoe, and then has to sit in his own puddle of bisexual disaster-ness for a minute or two.

Newt is often really thoughtful with his gifts, but ends up panicking on Christmas day and watches in mortification as his friends all open gifts from him, only for them to find it just as sweet as Newt three weeks prior.

As I said in my previous Halloween headcanon post, Teresa and Sonya both love the patterned season themed socks, and that's not just restricted to Halloween.

As I said there, Teresa would have her socks organized for December and late November, while it would be April and Sonya would be wearing garish green Grinch socks.

Brenda has about a wardrobe full of ugly Christmas jumpers, and has a hard time deciding which ones to wear on Christmas day.

Back with the idea of the main few living together, they would all help out with the cooking. Because of their mixed talents, the turkey would be immaculate whilst the pigs in blankets are burnt and the gravy being evaporated.

Favourite Christmas songs, now! They'd have a shared Spotify playlist where all the Christmas songs would go, Brenda would automatically skip whenever Mariah Kerry would start playing, much to both Teresa and Minho's despair.

Thomas: Last Christmas by Wham! Minho: All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Kerry Newt: Fairytale of New York by The Pogues, Kristy MacColl Teresa: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Mariah Kerry Brenda: Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens

What are your favourite Christmas songs?

Newt, Minho and Thomas would watch those shitty Christmas hallmark movies together (whenever any characters would do anything remotely sexual or romantic, Minho would turn to the two others and go 'that's SO us')

Thanks for reading! Merry-almost-Christmas to those who celebrate it and a merry-almost-December-25th to those who don't.

[twiishaa]

my favourite christmas songs 🎄

korean, japanese and english songs included!!

feel free to reblog with your favourite christmas songs!!

snow halation μ’s

doughnut twice

last christmas wham!

winter falls stray kids

fairytale of new york the pogues, kristy maccoll

snowman halyosy (the vocaloid song not sia sorry 😔🫰🏻)

christmas (baby please come home) darlene love

baby it’s cold outside michael bublé, indina menzel (I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH AHAIDOWOLWLDMA)

we three kings (it’s a carol but the if you’re looking for a modern version there’s a really nice one by dolly parton)

carol of the bells (all of them EXCEPT pentatonix. istg i have something against them)

note i didn’t realise how short this was gonna be 😨😨 a lot of the songs in my christmas playlist aren’t specifically about christmas but more winter songs so if you want me to do a playlist like that i can 🫰🏻🫰🏻

i do not own the music or photos, credits to their rightful owners

[allycat75]

Song of the Day- "In These Shoes?" by Kristy MacColl

First heard this song on the movie soundtrack to "Kinky Boots" and it always makes me smile. So sorry Kristy isn't here anymore to enjoy it with us.

[keepingitneutral]

Although never topping the charts, ‘Fairytale of New York’ has made the Top 20 21 times (including this year) and is one of the most loved and enduring Christmas songs ever.

This beautiful duet between MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl tells the tale of a couple who have fallen on hard times and find themselves down on their luck during the holiday period.

It flies in the face of other traditional and much loved Christmas songs, with MacGowan and MacColl’s heart wrenching yet beautiful performance being full of hope and despair whilst all underpinned with the beautiful melodies that is unmistakably

The Pogues.

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023)

Shane was a British-born Irish singer-songwriter and musician best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues.

He also produced solo material and collaborated with artists including Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor, Ronnie Drew, and Cruachan. 

Frequently noted for his exceptional songwriting ability as well as his heavy alcohol and drug use, MacGowan was described by The New York Times as “a titanically destructive personality and a master songsmith whose lyrics painted vivid portraits of the underbelly of Irish immigrant life.”

Rest in Power.

The band and Shane’s widow, Victoria Mary Clarke, back campaign to finally try and get The Pogues Christmas classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ to number one.

The 7” single is available to pre-order now and All profits from vinyl sales to benefit Dublin Simon Community - a charity loved and supported by Shane and Victoria.

For more details visit www.dubsimon.ieCharity Number CHY 5963

The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video)

[singinghands]

🎶 your choice of muse!

((I'm gonna go with Vaishant and split this up into a couple sections.

Personal

I'm A Spy from She-ra (yes, it's silly, but it's also light hearted and self affirming)

Groovy Long Legs from Pikmin 4 (partly because I'm kinda obsessed with it right now, partly because it's high energy and I could see Vai stimdancing to it.)

Shut Up and Dance but specifically this cover (self explanatory I hope?)

Working with Spades

Prowler's theme from ITSV (spoopy)

Under Your Skin by Aesthetic Perfection (also spoopy but kinda 👀? Blood warning for the cover image)

Moving Shadows by Two Steps From Hell (Probably the only clue that Vai is there tbh)

On the job (vibes, not stage songs)

Red Flags by Tom Ca- (kidding lmao... unless?)

Legs from RPDR (a staple honestly)

Applause by Lady Gaga (honestly? honestly. yeah.)

In These Shoes? by Kristy MacColl (don't touch the dancers isn't gonna stop drunk patrons from badly flirting)

Enjoy!))

@thekavseklabs

[rubyheadphones]

kuci hall of fame 1.21.24

ghost woman : anne, if lydia loveless : french restaurant mary timony : dominoes sprints : adore adore adore civic : end of the line hella : the republic of rough and ready (demo) boeckner : lose everyone asked about you : let's be enemies the wretched edsels : echo mountain das damen : how do you measure iggy pop / zig zags : if i'm in luck i might get picked up (betty davis cover) the particles : zig zag bar italia : my little tony jeanines : each day failed flowers : faces catch as catch can : medium rare the connells : eyes on the ground soft covers: nth qld, late 80s rose melberg : they don't know (kristy maccoll cover) real estate : water underground superchunk : everyone dies pete yorn : someday, someday feeling figures : i should tell you slowdive : kisses ride : peace sign letting up despite great faults : ricochet lush : for love (2023 remaster) antarctica : absence khruangbin: a love international four tet : loved jaime xx : it's so good chandra : get it out of your system

[the-loaf-of-all]

Billy Bragg Changed My Life.

My dear friend! I can't even begin to express how stoked I am that you liked "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards." Here are a few of my absolute favorites from this most wonderful of songwriters, from across a few of his albums.

To Have And Have Not: Way back in the 90s, I got Joel (from Plow) into Operation Ivy. As a thanks, he says, he made me a mixtape of Billy. I lost that tape when someone broke into my Jetta outside Jen's apartment, but not before almost wearing it out to the point where Bill had already morphed my musical DNA. This was the first song on that tape. In it, you get a little bit of so much that I've come to associate with Bill: workers' rights, class struggles, clever wordplay...and that voice, accompanied by that single guitar. I said he was my cello yesterday, which might not have made sense...apparently, cellos resonate so much with folks because their frequency is closest to the human voice. I think Bill's voice is closest in frequency to whatever frequency my heart sings at.

She's Got a New Spell: "She's gone to let the cat in, the next thing I know she's mumbling in Latin, and she pulled the stars down from the sky and baked them in a pie." C'mon, Bill...that's not fair to the rest of us trying to write. :)

Strange Things Happen: Oh, this one...I'm 90% sure I play guitar like I do because of this one track.

Like Soldiers Do: "Blue eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears." I can't even type those lyrics without tearing up. When Bill was in the army, Bob Marley died, and when he found out, he wept while in formation. Apparently, his DI gave him a bunch of crap about it, which, maybe, is where the impetus for this song came from. it's one of his most beautiful, especially the fucking harmonies at the end after the repeated chorus line, raised in register, that finishes me off, every time.

The Saturday Boy: "In the end it took me a dictionary to find out the meaning of unrequited." Jesus, Bill...give us a chance over here!

Levi Stubbs' Tears: One from his "Difficult Third Album". Sad as fuck, but also simply beautiful.

Lovers' Town Revisited: I can't seem to find the original "Lovers' Town" on Spotify, but I do have a recording of from his Peel Sessions (lemme know if this works, if you'd like another treasure trove of his songs). This is a gorgeous follow-up, if you can call it that (it's really a totally different song). "Sometimes it makes me stop and think and sometimes it makes me turn away." Yup.

Waiting for the Great Leap Forward: Jesus, this one. I'm so glad you liked it! This one taught me in so many ways, and continues to do so to this day. "You can be active with the activists, or sleep in with the sleepers" encapsulates so much of what I do and why, while "in a perfect world we'd all sing in tune, but this is reality, give me room" is permission to belt it out like I do. :) And the live version from this bootleg has about 2/3 alternate lyrics (as he often does at shows) which is why I sent it to you after watching Oppenheimer yesterday.

A New England: If I had to guess, I'd say this is his most famous song. It's so perfect, in every way. "Though I put you on a pedestal, they put you on the pill." Chills. He sang a version of this with Kristy MacColl waaaaay back in the day, too, which was incredible. I thought of the "I saw two shooting stars last night" line when we were down in Summer Lake. :)

There is Power in a Union: I used to play this with a guy named James Stedman at COCC whenever we were together and both had our guitars, which was, predictably, not as often as I would have liked. One of those memories I'm glad we shared when we did, as he was killed in a car crash a few years back. I'll never forget how big he smiled when we would do this. <3

Help Save the Youth of America: Of all the incredible lines in this amazing song, I think "The incident at Chernobyl proves that the world we live in is very small" is my favorite. There's a reason I always write him in for local government positions.

Tank Park Salute: Speaking of sleepers, this one took a few years to grow on me. Then, I found out it was about his dad. <3 I had inadvertently aped the lyrical feel of these verses in my own songs about Max and, reading Billy's lyrics now, I well up, both in my heart and with my eyes. Fuck, I love this guy.

I Dreamt I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night: Absolutely haunting. A play on "I Dreamt I saw Joe Hill Last Night." Aside: Phil Ochs is one of only three artist I have in my vinyl collection that starts with "O" (alongside The Outfield - which I hope you love! - and Operation Ivy - which I think you already do)

You Woke Up My Neighbourhood: Oh, this one. Sometimes, he uses a band - perfectly. Again, the "beneath the Seven Sister stars" ran through my mind when I saw the Pleiades in Summer Lake. Billy's never far in my heart and mind. <3 Listen for Michael Stipe!

The World Turned Upside Down: A very old poem that Billy made his own. The words are painted on the restroom at Peoples' Park in Berkley, which gives me great joy.

There Will Be A Reckoning: The only song in this list from after 2000. :) Here's him doing a soundcheck of it at the Tower in 2010 right before I got to see him the second time. It was election night, and he came onto stage with a little tee shirt that had a 45 adapter on it, and a cup of tea. I melted. And then he said, "No matter what happens out there, you're safe in here." Then I laughed. And cried. For two hours. <3

Upfield: "New England" might be his most well-known song, but I think this one encapsulates his life's work the best. Bill taught me what socialism actually was through this lovely, lovely tune. And the line "I've got socialism of the heart" has guided me in ways innumerate, and will, forever.

Thanks, Bill. For everything.

And thank you , LILI BOWERS! I hope you enjoy him, too.

#thebardofbarking