Comments on: Can’t make it all alone http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Billy Smart http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-356965 Billy Smart Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:45:24 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-356965 Always On My Mind Always On My Mind

]]> By: DV http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-356947 DV Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:00:22 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-356947 so, eh, which Pet Shop Boys kept it off number one? so, eh, which Pet Shop Boys kept it off number one?

]]> By: Lena http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-355374 Lena Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:11:17 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-355374 The Pet Shop Boys are far more 'gritty' and real to me than The Pogues (esp. at the time, for personal reasons). The Pet Shop Boys are far more ‘gritty’ and real to me than The Pogues (esp. at the time, for personal reasons).

]]> By: Al Ewing http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-355056 Al Ewing Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:30:17 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-355056 The older I get, the less I like it - it was once my favourite Christmas number, but now that place has been taken by 'Sleigh Ride', with strong showings this year from Bing & Bowie's 'Little Drummer Boy' and even a brief flirtation with the God-licious 'Savior's Day'. The older I get, the less I like it - it was once my favourite Christmas number, but now that place has been taken by ‘Sleigh Ride’, with strong showings this year from Bing & Bowie’s ‘Little Drummer Boy’ and even a brief flirtation with the God-licious ‘Savior’s Day’.

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-355048 Andrew Farrell Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:01:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-355048 Two great anti-realist facts, both about the (also excellent) video: 1. Shane MacGowan can't play the piano. The opening shot is the accordianist's hands in Shane's rings and jacket. 2. The New York Police Department doesn't have a choir. What you see in the video is the Pipes and Drums band. Moreover, said band don't all know Galway Bay, so in the video they are in fact singing The Mickey Mouse Song. Two great anti-realist facts, both about the (also excellent) video:

1. Shane MacGowan can’t play the piano. The opening shot is the accordianist’s hands in Shane’s rings and jacket.

2. The New York Police Department doesn’t have a choir. What you see in the video is the Pipes and Drums band. Moreover, said band don’t all know Galway Bay, so in the video they are in fact singing The Mickey Mouse Song.

]]> By: Billy Smart http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-354972 Billy Smart Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:17:00 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/12/cant-make-it-all-alone/#comment-354972 Another annoying thing about it is its use by unthinking rockists as a stick to beat the Pet Shop Boys with - "Can you believe what kept it off number one?". Yes I can, and I bought and like both! And it has now come to rather dwarf the rest of The Pogues' songs, in exactly the same way thats happened to the Human League and Dexys. A Pair of Brown Eyes is their central song, I think. Its not that horrible a time of year, the fogs and bright winter light of this time can be quite renewing - in a way, I'd rather just enjoy them over a fortnight's holiday without having all this Christmas fuss and noise to bother with. Another annoying thing about it is its use by unthinking rockists as a stick to beat the Pet Shop Boys with - “Can you believe what kept it off number one?”. Yes I can, and I bought and like both!

And it has now come to rather dwarf the rest of The Pogues’ songs, in exactly the same way thats happened to the Human League and Dexys. A Pair of Brown Eyes is their central song, I think.

Its not that horrible a time of year, the fogs and bright winter light of this time can be quite renewing - in a way, I’d rather just enjoy them over a fortnight’s holiday without having all this Christmas fuss and noise to bother with.

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