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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I do think it's bilge but I actually disagree with the "chav" comment... in fact one of the reasons I dislike it as much as I do is the sheer scale of pretentious populism that's attached to the damn thing. I also don't think that Christmas is in particular need of being heavily linked to a song about alcoholism, heroin and lowkey domestic abuse. It's not grounded, quirky or gritty... it's a miserable dishwater soaked rag of a song. It's seen as the down to earth, "less mainstream" version of Christmas and people fap themselves silly over that, and I have no idea why, because it is absolutely everywhere, constantly. For months.
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It's not really trying to be pretentious or quirky though or it wasn't at the time at least because it's completely in keeping with all of the Pogues other songs and it is true to their general sort of theme and sound as well as the lifestyle of a band whose career was volatile and heavily hazed by alcohol
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