Oh, quit your bitching...
It's lovely.
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Oh, quit your bitching...
It's lovely.
BLASPHEMY
I love Stars, but they never should have covered this song. Stick with the original... You need Shane's grizzled drunken slurring, and Christy's sharp, weary twang. The youthful voices of Stars makes this sound like a Kidzbop cover. For a good Stars cover, download "This Charming Man" instead, there they hit the nail on the head.
WTF?
next you'll be hearing a cover of "Born to Run".
Better than the original
I hate christmas anyway.
WHAT?
Seriously? Why would they even attempt this?
I'm with ChevalBlanc on this one
Wrong, wrong, wrong. How did they think this was a good idea? The original is practically our national Christmas song in Ireland, I hope they never make the mistake of playing this cover when they tour here...
Christmas, New York and Stars
How can you go wrong?
I'm A Stars Fan, Really, But...
...as a lover of the genius of Shane MacGowan: this version is sacrilege. And I ain't saying the song "can't" be covered, either, but T. Campbell is sure the wrong guy to do it, apparently. Torquil's voice is so clean & sterile--and I mean that in the worst way possible--that they've taken one of the all time great gutter-love-songs and turned it into a pre-broadcast warm-up for the Tony Awards. Thanks for "What the Snowman Learned," and "Look Up," and "Take Me To The Riot" and "Celebration Guns"...but I'm guessing souls have been condemned to hell everlasting for lesser transgressions than this.
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