RTÉ have reaffirmed that their policy of broadcasting 'Fairytale of New York' without omissions will apply to a live performance of the song on Friday's Late Late Show .
Ahead of this week's show — which will feature the song's writer Shane MacGowan alongside family, friends and fellow musicians and will include a performance of the song in studio — RTÉ have confirmed that this policy is still in place. In a statement to JOE, a spokesperson for the state broadcaster said:"Last year RTÉ stated that the song 'Fairytale of New York' will continue to be played on RTÉ Radio without omissions; that statement also applies to RTÉ television content and still stands."
Whether this means that the lyrics will be sung in their original form, or whether the offending word will be replaced by another, such as 'haggard' - as in Ronan Keating's version of the song, for example - remains to be seen. 'Fairytale of New York' has been at the centre of controversy in recent years. Last Christmas, RTÉ DJs Eoghan McDermott and Stephen Byrne publicly spoke out against the lyrics of the song, specifically its use of a homophobic slur.
my son recently and mentioned ni***rs and whorehou**s Asked where he heard about this.English class Surprised I asked the context. Novel 'of mice and men '. Written spoken and sung words, the fabric and history of our culture . We don't burn books or ban poetry. We just move on.
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Don't get this it's ok for Eric Clapton to sing about cocaine, it's ok for rap groups to use racial language, Ian Dury & Blockheads sung about Spasticus Autisticus, Billie holiday strange fruit, where does it stop? I know some gay people who love the song + just couldn't care
I can not believe what I’m reading. This makes me semi ok about paying my licence fee.
Thank god. Someone with a bit of sense. Well done rte
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