Fairytale Of New York Bagpipes
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2014
- Fairytale Of New York Bagpipes played by the Lone Star Pipers
"Fairytale of New York" is a Christmas song by the Celtic punk group The Pogues, released in 1987 and featuring singer Kirsty MacColl. The song is an Irish folk style ballad, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, and featured on The Pogues' album If I Should Fall from Grace with God. The song features string arrangements by Fiachra Trench. It has been cited as the best Christmas song of all time in various television, radio and magazine related polls in the UK and Ireland.
The song follows an Irish immigrant's Christmas Eve reverie about holidays past while sleeping off a binge in a New York City drunk tank. When an inebriated old man also in the cell sings a passage from the Irish ballad "The Rare Old Mountain Dew", the narrator (MacGowan) begins to dream about the song's female character. The remainder of the song (which may be an internal monologue) takes the form of a call and response between the couple, their youthful hopes crushed by alcoholism and drug addiction, as they reminisce and bicker on Christmas Eve.
MacColl's melodious singing contrasts with the harshness of MacGowan's voice, and the lyrics are sometimes bittersweet-sometimes purely bitter: "Happy Christmas your arse/I pray God it's our last". The lyrics "Sinatra was swinging" and "cars as big as bars" seem to place the song in the late 1940s. The title, taken from author J. P. Donleavy's novel A Fairy Tale of New York, was chosen after the song had been written and recorded.
Twice MacGowan and MacColl sing, "The boys of the NYPD choir still singing "Galway Bay". The New York Police Department (NYPD) does not have a choir, but it does have a Pipes and Drums unit that is featured in the video for the song. The NYPD Pipes and Drums did not know "Galway Bay" and so sang and played the Mickey Mouse Club theme tune for the music video instead, and the editor put it in slow motion to fit the beat. The video featured Matt Dillon as the NYPD patrol man who arrests the intoxicated MacGowan. - Hudba
this is me and my wife's favorite christmas song. very sad to hear about his passing.
I am a proud Irish Scot 🇮🇪🏴
Beautiful song.
My favorite Christmas tune, love this setting
This gives me chills ☺️absolutely fantastic 🕺💙
the first time i listened to this it made me cry in a good way it was amazing
This music was literally in my dreams last night.
I listen to this every Christmas, unreal.
The setting is fantastic and the Pipes and Tune are just wonderful
Merry Christmas from Scotland 🏴🏴🏴 ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolutely Beautiful...
I love this so much, I cant't stop listening to it
Oh my goodness! 💗 🌹
Beautiful
Beautiful!
Very good piece of music 😊
great rendition
Love this
Very nice song with the bagpipe it's more... I like it :)
This is truly lovely!
THE CITY WE BUILT ....RETIRED FROM LOCAL #3 IBEW
thanks for dropping by best wishes from Scotland
I'm wondering is it possible to get highland bagpipes music for the fairy tale of new york, as I love this tune on the wee highland bagpipes if anyone can help me, I'd much appreciate?
This is beautiful
great sound and awesome pic´s
Love love love this!! Does anyone have the music for me pleaaase ☺️🙏🏼🎶
I like wise would love to know is it possible to get this music 🙏 before Christmas holidays?
I FINALLY LEARNED THIS TUNE YAAAT
Josh, any chance you could email me a copy of the bagpipe score? TIA
Exquisite
I'm a piper from the Queens Own Highlanders, I wish we had the music score for the Fairytale Of New York.
J Turner Did you have any luck in getting the sheet music? I would love to have it as well.
Piper from Austria (:
No luck.
@@ThePiperMcHell Email me for it tompiperair@gmail.com
Email me for it tompiperair@gmail.com
@@BetterBagpipes if i email you could i please have a copy also? have looked everywhere for it and is challenging by ear
excellent
This should be available on ITunes!
Cannot find the Bagpipe version
fantastic
Love the video as well.
RIP
Cheers :)
FAIRYTALE OF SCOTLAND.
💚🇨🇮💚
would you have the sheet music for this?
cool
Does anyone know where to get the bagpipe sheet music for this?
Radio 1 nearly edited this, but people protested so they didn't. Why do some tunes sound different on the bagpipes?
We don’t have the full range of notes on the musical scale
As Frank Sinatara said, "If I can make it here, I can make it about anywhere." So true. Been making it here for 19 out of 19 years now.
Great sound. Where would I get the music score for this?
not sure buddy, it's some of the players from the red hot chili pipers, so perhaps check them out for books?
Going to bagpipe tunes and download it so I can learn it starting today. Want this in the bag, so to speak, by the end of the month.
awesome (I'm English)
terence Axelsen sorry to hear your English
@@republicancfc7 I hope they get better soon
I love the far telly far youk
Most bagpipe music is boring but thankfully there are a few that make up for the monotonous ones, like "Amazing Grace" which took the world by storm in the 1970's (an old mate: Pipe Major Tony Crease of the Scots Dragoon Guards with "Amazing Grace); "I love Pretty Girls" by Colin Hughes of the Queens own Highlanders; and, of course "Fairytale of New York".
from reading the description; how fitting that america has a pipe band that doesnt actually know a celtic song at all so resorted to disney. for a country that claims our heritage alot they dont really know it do they lol
Surprise everyone! This tune is still god awful!
That’s just, like, your opinion, man