Non per mancar di rispetto ai gruppi summenzionati, ma le uniche canzoni di Natale degne le ha scritte Shane MacGowan.


A Christmas Lullaby


Credo sia l'unico in grado di scrivere versi del genere, insieme insopportabilmente autocompiaciuti e dolci, ed essere rancido e credibile e malinconico tutto in una volta mentre li canta:
(...)
I hope you grow up angry, Just like your dear old dad
I hope you grow up brave and strong, Not like me - all weak and sad
You said "Daddy, daddy, You're stinking of booze"
I kissed him and said, "Kid, I was born to lose.
But you have a future And a big one to say
And I2 hope you'll remember All the love that I gave."
(...)


E poi Fairytale of New York, con Kirsty MacColl


E di nuovo, unire questi versi...
(...)
When you first took my hand, On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me, Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome, You were pretty, Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing, They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging, All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner, Then danced through the night
(...)

...a questi...
(...)
You're a bum, You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last
(...)

...non è cosa da poco.

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