If you're going to cover a song, I realised years ago, you have to own the song for yourself. You have to make it your own. And the way you do that is to find a way of singing the song in a way the original artist hasn't even thought about. Find a unique way of entering the song. That's exactly what Christy Moore does with this song.
So as part of my tribute here and elsewhere to Shane McGowan, here's Christy Moore singing Fairytale of New York.
Christy Moore - Fairytale of New York
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