Comments on: Fairytale of New York http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/ The Blog of the Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Allen http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/#comment-4829 Tom Allen Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:43:05 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/#comment-4829 This was sprog2's favourite song when he was two and just learning to dance and sing - and I have just listened to the lyrics - he has grown up suprisingly well balanced considering he was corrupted at such an early age - and his sister who at three years older could work the CD player and the replay switch seems to have survived the experience as well! This was sprog2′s favourite song when he was two and just learning to dance and sing – and I have just listened to the lyrics – he has grown up suprisingly well balanced considering he was corrupted at such an early age – and his sister who at three years older could work the CD player and the replay switch seems to have survived the experience as well!

]]> By: Kennedy http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/#comment-4828 Kennedy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:41:10 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/#comment-4828 It says something for audience segmentation and attitudes that Radio 2 continues to play the unaltered version. Kennedy It says something for audience segmentation and attitudes that Radio 2 continues to play the unaltered version.

Kennedy

]]> By: Tim http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/#comment-4827 Tim Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:28:28 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20071218/fairytale-of-new-york/#comment-4827 The Beeb exhibits a failure to understand the scene set *by* the lyrics. Also amusing that news.bbc says words that bbc/radio1 dare not. Hand, left/right? Their own poll is showing 90-odd% against censorship. I'm with the "play it all or nothing" brigade. It's been out there for years, the song's worth enjoying for its own sake. Would be rather nice if the record label prohibited them from playing a derivative work. :P) The Beeb exhibits a failure to understand the scene set *by* the lyrics.

Also amusing that news.bbc says words that bbc/radio1 dare not. Hand, left/right? Their own poll is showing 90-odd% against censorship.

I’m with the “play it all or nothing” brigade. It’s been out there for years, the song’s worth enjoying for its own sake. Would be rather nice if the record label prohibited them from playing a derivative work. :P )

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