BBC Radio 1 will play an edited version of Fairytale of New York over Christmas
evoke.ieBBC Radio 1 has said it has chosen to play an alternative version of Fairytale of New York.The edited version of the 1987 Christmas song by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl changes up two lines in the song.The British station said that it had made the decision to play the altered version because ‘young listeners are particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.’The new edited version of the song has altered two of its lines, one which is sung by Kirsty MacColl has been replaced with ‘You’re cheap and you’re haggard’ in place of a homophobic slur.MacColl sung the alternative line on Top of the Pops in 1992, the BBC reports.The second line to be changed, sung by Shane MacGowan in the second verse, has had a word removed in.
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