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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/dreams630.gif"Can't make it out alone, I've built my dreams around you..." An image from the classic official video for the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's Fairytale of New York. Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/mattdamon630.gifMatt Dillon as a New York cop drags a miscreant Shane MacGowan into custody in the official video. Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/drunktank630.gif"It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunk tank..." Shane MacGowan and Terry Woods ham it up in the official video. Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/newyork630.gif"They got cars big as bars, They got rivers of gold..." The emigrant reality of bright lights and the big city. Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/pipeband630.gif"And the boys from the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day..." Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/smoke630.gif"I could have been someone, Well so could anyone, You took my dreams from me, When I first found you..." Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/fairyfleadh630.gifKirsty MacColl performs live with the Pogues at the Fleadh, Finsbury Park, London in June 1994. Photograph: YouTube
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/carling630.gifShane MacGowan fronts the Pogues at the Carling Academy, Brixton, south London, in December 2005. Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/kirsty630.jpgKirsty MacColl photographed by Eric Luke of The Irish Times. The singer, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl, died aged 41 in a boating incident in Mexico in December 2000.
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/furry630.gifAlways the maverick: Shane MacGowan at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2010 Brixton Academy on February 24th, 2010 in London, England. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images
