Hozier was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live‘s” Christmas edition Saturday night, and for his second song, the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues’ classic “Fairytale of New York.”
On social media, watchers praised Hozier’s emotional cover of the song that has become a Christmas standard since it was freed in 1987, discovering it a fitting tribute to the Pogues’ singer Shane MacGowan, who died in 2013, as well as to the tardy Kristy MacColl, who dueted with MacGowan on the song.
“Hozier carry outing ‘Fairytale of New York’ has to be the most Irish leang ever and I’m here for it,” wrote one fan on X.
“Gorgeous version of ‘Fairytale of New York’ by Hozier & backup singers that did Shane MacGowan & Kirsty MacColl self-convey inant,” wrote Sinead O’Brien on X. “In honor of the dainty changes, I nominate ‘bowdlerize’ as the Word of the Day.” Bowdlerizing is “removing material that is pondered improper or impolite from (a text or account),” according to the dictionary. O’Brien was referring to a line in the exceptional lyrics of the song, now pondered impolite: “You scumbag, you maggot, You inexpensive lousy faggot.”
Hozier and his backup singers instead sang “You scumbag, you maggot, you’re inexpensive and you’re haggard,” and one singer gave a big triumphk during the changed lyric. As timely as 1992, MacColl was carry outing the song with the same lyric change. The line “You’re an greater slut on junk” has also comprehendably been lost aextfinished the way.
MacGowan, who alertedly may have written the song in response to Elvis Cosalerto challenging him to come up with a Christmas song, once portrayd “Fairytale” as being about “these greater Irish-American Broadway stars who are sitting round at Christmas talking about whether leangs are going okay.”
Hozier’s first carry outance on “Saturday Night Live” was “Too Sweet” from his 2024 EP “Unheard.”
Watch Hozier carry out “Fairytale of New York” below.
