It depends on whether you want to corner the slut and faggot market…
I LOVE this song. I think it’s likely my all-time favorite Christmas tune.
But the idiots at the BBC apparently decided that the words “slut” and “faggot” would be “offensive to some listeners”. Well, um, yeah: To sluts and faggots. But they really aren’t the Christmas market you’re after. Thankfully they came to their senses before ruining a Christmas classic.
Fairytale of New York, the raucous Christmas classic from the Pogues, is to be restored to its full, vulgar glory on Radio 1.
The station was derided for bleeping out the words ’slut’ and ‘faggot’ from the 20-year-old song, saying they could be offensive to listeners.
But last night station controller Andy Parfitt said: “After careful consideration, I have decided the decision to edit the Pogues song Fairytale of New York was wrong.”
A Christmas miracle.
