What's your favorite collaboration between artists?

"The Rare Auld Mountain Dew (feat. Ronnie Drew & Shane MacGowan)" by The Dubliners & The Pogues

In truth my favourite collaboration is probably the Fairy Tale of New York, but it's a bit early in the year for that

I also thought of Nancy and Lee…but they feel like more of an act in their own right

So I’ve returned to the Pogues.

I’d seen both of these bands before this came out, and I was chuffed that they were working together. This was the B-side of Irish Rover

"The Rare Auld Mountain Dew (feat. Ronnie Drew & Shane MacGowan)" by The Dubliners & The Pogues on Apple music

Which song would you use to introduce yourself to someone new?

"My Perfect Cousin" by The Undertones

This seems appropriate - right age range, a bit snarky, slightly silly, and it references football.

It’s also a terrific song

"My Perfect Cousin" by The Undertones on Apple music

Share a song that tells a great story.

"The Laughing Gnome" by David Bowie

This is my favourite David Bowie song, partly because it tells a good story. He clearly wrote great songs but some of the lyrics can be a bit 'word-salad-y'

I also like the Laughing Gnome because it mentions my old college :)

There’s this, too, from Wikipedia

In 1990, Bowie announced that the set list for his “greatest hits” Sound+Vision Tour would be decided by telephone voting, and NME made a concerted effort to rig the voting so Bowie would have to perform “The Laughing Gnome” (with the slogan “Just Say Gnome”). The voting system was scrapped. Bowie later joked to NME’s rival Melody Maker that he had been considering performing it in a new ‘Velvet Underground-influenced’ arrangement. He also considered performing it on his 2003 tour.

<p style="margin-top: 5px;"><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-laughing-gnome/1412661984?i=1412662317">"The Laughing Gnome" by David Bowie on Apple music</a></p>
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