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Dec 8, 2023 · In 2020, BBC Radio 1 sparked debate by changing the lyrics, instead muting the word ‘s**t’ and changing the latter lyric to ”you’re cheap and you’re haggard’. A source told The Sun that the new...
Nov 19, 2020 · The classic hit by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl has had its lyrics altered by BBC bosses. BBC Radio 1 has now stripped out and replaced a lyric that has offended some of its listeners in the...
- Daisy Jackson
Dec 23, 2023 · And more recently, the original words have, in places, been changed and muted in an attempt to avoid offence. MacGowan denied the song's words were offensive. But some say the lyrics are...
- Robert Rowlands
MacColl changed the lyrics herself in a 1992 performance on Top of the Pops, where she used the phrase: ‘You’re cheap and you’re haggard.’ Got a story?
Dec 17, 2022 · Harry Styles, Alicia Keys among Late Late Show guest hosts. The singers changed some of the most controversial lyrics in the Shane MacGowan hit and Irish fans are outraged. Others took aim at the melody and accused the pair of butchering the beloved Christmas classic.
- Claire Hyland
Jan 22, 2024 · Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’ reverberates through the ages as a timeless anthem of ambition and big city dreams. Few songs capture the essence of a city quite like this one does, encapsulating the hopes, struggles, and triumphs of anyone who’s dared to let the high stakes and bright lights of New York shape their destiny.
Kirsty MacColl changed the Fairytale of New York lyric in 1992 and nobody even noticed. Whether it’s arguments over Gavin & Stacey or radio stations deciding to censor the song, arguments over the lyrics in Fairytale of New York have become a British Christmas tradition.
