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Say That... Celebrities born on Christmas Day "You were handsome You were pretty Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They howled out for more Sinatra was swinging, All the drunks they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day." This quote is taken from the festive classic 'Fairytale of New York', voted the best Christmas song of all time in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in polls by the music channel VH1 UK. But in a crazy example of political correctness gone wrong, Britain's BBC this December censored the famous duet by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, lest the lyrics would offend homosexuals. The line in question was "You scumbag, you maggot you cheap lousy faggot, Happy Christmas your arse I pray God It's our last". BBC Radio 1 listeners, instead of enjoying the complete version which the station had played uncensored for 20 years, heard the word "faggot" beeped out. A BBC spokesman offered the explanation: "This step has been taken as this is a word that members of our audience would find offensive." But following a critical backlash, in which fans lambasted the decision as "ridiculous", the BBC did a U-turn and decided to broadcast the song uncensored. The classic Christmas song, about a pair of down-and-outs in the New York drunk tank on Christmas Eve, was written by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer. MacGowan, a talented songwriter with a serious weakness for alcohol, celebrated his 50th birthday today in Cork, having been born on December 25, 1957. Christians worldwide celebrate the birth of the founder of Christianity Jesus Christ on Christmas Day, even though there is no confirmation that Jesus was actually born on the date of December 25th. Among the famous people who were definitely born on Christmas day are: 1642 - Sir Isaac Newton (English physicist and mathematician) 1821 - Clara Barton (nurse and founder of American Red Cross) 1887 - Conrad Hilton (American hotel magnate) 1899 - Humphrey Bogart (Ameican actor) 1907 - Cab (Cabell) Calloway (American bandleader) 1912 - Tony Martin (Alvin Morris) (American singer and actor) 1915 - Pete Rugolo (Italian-born bandleader, composer) 1918 - Anwar Sadat (Egyptian president; Nobel Peace Prize winner) 1924 - Rod Serling (American TV scriptwriter) 1937 - O'Kelly Isley (American singer: The Isley Brothers) 1945 - Ken Stabler (American football player) 1946 - Jimmy Buffett (American singer and songwriter) 1946 - Larry Csonka (American football player) 1948 - Barbara Mandrell (American singer and actress) 1949 - Sissy (Mary) Spacek (American actress) 1950 - Manny Trillo (Venezuela-born American baseball player) 1953 - Dave Wasick (American football player) 1957 - Shane MacGowan (Irish songwriter and singer) 1958 - Ricky Henderson (American baseball player) News Files |
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