“MacColl, the daughter of famed folk laureate Ewan MacColl, was a sought-after backing singer for much of the 70s and 80s. Even when she takes on the front mic, she’s a perfect duettist and we have some of her great duets on show here, such as Perfect Day with Evan Dando, the Christmas classic A Fairytale of New York, and Miss Otis Regrets, both with The Pogues. A Fairytale of New York recently caused a mild Twitter furore due to exception to the use of the word ‘faggot’ in the lyrics. Whereas I can fully understand the Queer community’s reaction to a word so often used as a gay slur, that’s not how it’s used in the song, plus it’s interesting that no one appeared to take offence to the word slut that was in the previous sentence. To put this into context in terms of the unlikeliness of Shane MacGowan’s supposed homophobia, Miss Otis Regrets was one of the tracks on the brilliant 1990 Red Hot and Blue compilation of artists covering Cole Porter songs, all in aid of AIDS...” . For review and playlist click link in bio: https://randomrecordreview.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/781-kirsty-maccoll-galore/ . #kirstymaccoll #galore #fairytaleofnewyork #theresaguyworksdownthechipshopswearsheselvis #missotisregrets #walkingdownmadison #shanemacgowan #thepogues #britishfolkmusic #indiepop #cdreview #nowplaying #nowlistening #randomrecordreview https://www.instagram.com/p/BrpIbxogbOC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vb397b0g6hq7