It’s Gravy Day as Guardian Australia staff make song suggestions from the well-known to the obscure
Composite: Getty Images/Patrick/David Wolff Patrick/Michael Hili/Vinnie Zuffante/Tim RoneyComposite: Getty Images/Patrick/David Wolff Patrick/Michael Hili/Vinnie Zuffante/Tim RoneyIt’s 21 December – which means in Australia, or at least certain sections of the internet in Australia, it’s Gravy Day., Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy, calls his family from prison .
It was that sort of Christmas for me when I first heard the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York. Sitting in a pub with expats from all over the world in Seoul on December 23rd, giddy and sad on soju, my melancholy suddenly had a tune. By the time Kristy MacColl warns you the wind will go right through you, it’s no place for the old, I was in love. By the time tells her he kept her dreams with him and put them with his own, Christmas is once again hopeful. Even, when things are not.
I admire Los del Río for unashamedly milking every last drop from Macarena and this jolly incarnation is particularly glorious; the sprinkle of cat meows and the fact the Macarena dance is perfectly in sync with Auld Lang Syne. Ripe for a comeback at all office parties.I am a Christmas idiot who loves the big classics , but I am also very partial to Bridgers’ doleful contributions to the genre.
Like Paul Kelly and the Pogues, indie rock’s most fun sad girl knows the primary emotion many grown-ups want their Christmas songs to evoke is not cheeriness but ruefulness. We want music that transports you to a wintery dive bar, not a bustling shopping mall. This song is melodic and melancholic, with a big singalong chorus and just a hint of sleigh bells ringing over the slow drums.
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