― zeus, Saturday, 31 March 2007 10:05 (seventeen years ago) link
My book here says it's Shane McGowan's birthday today. He's 50 years old.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 05:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Happy christmas yer arse.
― rogermexico., Wednesday, 26 December 2007 08:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Last night he was on Harry Hill's TV Burp singing Fairytale of New York with a beluga whale.
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 12:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Shouldn't this topic be "Classic or Drunk"?
― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
It is astounding that Shane MacGowan is still alive but Kirsty MacColl is dead.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 27 December 2007 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
And I think he will be touring with the Pogues in America in March 2008
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 December 2007 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
"ferried around america with the pogues" might be a better construction. but he made 50, that's an achievement. the man's liver gives hope to us all. really all his organs deserve respect.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 27 December 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Will someone please, please, please tell me who the woman is singing on this. I don't believe it's Kirsty MacColl. Please. Is this on a Pogues album? It's a b-side isn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-8JpgmA0s
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 24 August 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Sounds like Belinda Carlisle but it's probably Cait O'Riordan.
― everything, Sunday, 24 August 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
that's Cait O'Riordan, who used to play bass for the Pogues until Daryl Hunt took over from "If I Should Fall..." Unfortunately, she married Elvis Costello after he produced "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash."
That song was written by Shane MacGowan but it's on the Sid and Nancy soundtrack. It's also on the excellent Pogues box set that just came out.
― res, Sunday, 24 August 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
incidentally, MONUMENTAL CLASSIC. That box set kicks fucking ass.
― res, Sunday, 24 August 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
also a great version of that song with sinead o'connor on shane's first solo album.
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 24 August 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
It was a single in its own right as well. As tipsy says, there's a version on "The Snake" as well featuring Sinead O'Connor.
― ailsa, Monday, 25 August 2008 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Sinead O'Connor version is not as good, IMHO. And his solo version of "Rake at the Gates of Hell" is fucking terrible compared to the original. But, shockingly, he made another amazing Christmas song after he went solo. It's called "Christmas Lullaby" and unbelievably, it's nearly as good as "Fairytale of New York." That song was on a limited edition single only, alas.
― res, Monday, 25 August 2008 01:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i sort of prefer the sinead version, it's more wistful and draws out the melody more. both are great though. "you looked so cool you could have put out vietnam" is one of my favorite shane lines.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 25 August 2008 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
here's the video to the album version of shane/sinead. (produced by trevor horn!)
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 25 August 2008 03:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks ILM!!!!!!!!!
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 25 August 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
obligatory st paddy's day pogues video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TejJDFt6Tkk&feature=related
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
and now I am lying here and I've had too much booze
― Hongro Horace (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
xmas eve in the drunk tank
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Sunday, 31 October 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
TOO EARLY
(<3)
― master of retardment (ENBB), Sunday, 31 October 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm sad to say, i must be on me waySo buy me beer and whiskey cos I'm goin far away
― shining like national dog shit (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 August 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
Still one of the best live shows I've attended was the Pogues along with Joe Strummer back in 1988 or so. Listen to 'em less than I used to, but still got a place in my heart for RUM, and even for HELL'S DITCH.
― Matt M., Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
James Fearnley has written an AMAZING memoir about his time with the Pogues. I pretty much read it start to finish nonstop today. He's a phenomenally good writer, and boy does it tell a good story.
http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Pogues-ebook/dp/B007Q25LBI/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345612229&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=here+comes+everyone+fearnley
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_01/poguesMS0206_468x370.jpg
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 6 September 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
That picture is, sadly, both classic and dud.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
Nice homburg, tho
― Adesso vorrei assistere alle esequie vichinghe (Michael White), Thursday, 6 September 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
That, my friends, is the face of a man who has lived life on his own terms.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/8FLJn.jpg
it's amazing what a set of dentures can do.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
With the teeth in he looks like Steve Coogan on a bender.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone read this?http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BByiRCCvL._SS500_.jpg
― Jazzbo, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
My book here says it's Shane McGowan's birthday today. He's 50 years old.― Bimble, Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:11 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Bimble, Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:11 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I like to think Bimble had a book with every musician's birthday in it and he'd finish off each day by looking through it and choosing to whom he'd wish a happy birthday.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 September 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
I was going to get that book, but haven't yet. You can read sections of it on Amazon. What I read of it, it seemed somewhat academic to me. The author also wrote a positive review on Amazon for James Fearnley's (Pogues accordion player) book.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 7 September 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
Sad news:
http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/1008/479139-pogues-member-phil-chevron-has-died/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
At least it was peaceful...
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
:(
RIP. As Joe Strummer noted, he was great at that insanely fast Irish triple-time strumming thing.
― Hip Hop Hamlet (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
He wrote "Lorelei" and "Thousands are Sailing," two of the best Pogues tracks (power ballads?). Sad,
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I love both of those. R.I.P.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 02:10 (ten years ago) link
RIP
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
It's rare that "Thousands are Sailing" doesn't make me cry. I cannot sing along with it without my voice shaking.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
oh wow, RIP.
aren't they doing some gigs coming up?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 October 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
yeap: http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/09/24/pogues-tour-dates-rum-sodomy-lash/
Dec. 15: O2 Apollo, Manchester, UKDec. 17: O2 Academy, Glasgow, UKDec. 19: O2 Academy Brixton, London, UKDec. 20: O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 October 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
Anyone pick up the new 30 Years box set? I really want to hear the remixes of Red Roses For Me and especially Lilywhite's new Peace and Love. The inclusion of a Strummer set from December '91 is a nice bonus.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 January 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
Huh. Didn't know about that. So it's just the albums, no bonus tracks, plus that live set and two remixed albums?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
yup. I don't want to buy all the records - I have last decade's expanded reissues - but I'd love to pick up the remixes. Heck, I'd be okay with streaming them legally but can't find a place to do so.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
Ha:
Step 1: take 7 albums; sellStep 2: make compilation; sell againStep 3: add bonus tracks; sell againStep 4: make another compilation; sell againStep 5: remove bonus tracks; sell againStep 6: make another compilation; sell againStep 7: repackage in boxset; sell againStep 8: make another compilation; sell againStep 9: remix two, add live album, repackage in different boxset; sell againStep 10: go to 1
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
sad but true. I can't see myself springing for a third time on pogues cds. Though I've never owned the two post-Hell's Ditch records.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
I've only ever owned "The Best Of" and "The Rest Of", which I love. I'm going to pick up the Rhino editions of the first 3 and possibly the "Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say Pogue Mahone" odds and ends box set. There's not much discussion about that box - thoughts?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 2 January 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
His delivery is at least as much a part of his appeal as his writing.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 9 December 2023 04:24 (five months ago) link
And yet he was one of the rare songwriters whose lyrics are good on the page as well
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Saturday, 9 December 2023 05:07 (five months ago) link
Stumbled on this after watching an RTE Late Late Show tribute to McGowan from yesterday...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otVTYS1fR6c
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 9 December 2023 21:30 (five months ago) link
(bah, can't embed, but it's Shane and many of the same people from the tribute from the other night, from 2019. Shane in not great shape but sings a bit alongside a large band including Terry Woods)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 9 December 2023 21:31 (five months ago) link
I don’t know enough about Puddles the clown to have an opinion of him, but this is a pretty delightful performance of “A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day” with THE actual Cait O’Riordan.
https://fb.watch/oQBALSjS81/?mibextid=cr9u03
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 9 December 2023 21:33 (five months ago) link
every time I see a Puddles video I'm kind of blown away, that guy has a great voice and good schtick
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 9 December 2023 21:39 (five months ago) link
(xxpost) if you ever wanted to see Martin O'Malley (yes that one) sing a Pogues song you can see it here
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 9 December 2023 21:53 (five months ago) link
RS Album Guide
https://i.imgur.com/gd095xW.png
― omar little, Saturday, 9 December 2023 22:56 (five months ago) link
lol @ Waiting for Herb one-star. before I knew anything about The Pogues I wanted to get one of their albums because I'd heard good things about them and that album was the only one of theirs on the rack, and rather than do research, I picked it up, and was very confused by what I was hearing. didn't even realize it was a Shane-less album at the time.
suspect it'd be easier to like if it's not your first foray into Pogue-dom and you can hear it in context but never got through the first listen
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 December 2023 23:05 (five months ago) link
Tuesday Morning is a really good song. The rest of the album I don't remember! I don't remember hating it though. It was better than the next one.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 9 December 2023 23:34 (five months ago) link
weirdly it was produced by Michael Brook (of Eno/Lanois and Edge's 'infinite guitar' fame)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 10 December 2023 00:41 (five months ago) link
J.D.C. = J.D. Considine?
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 December 2023 01:05 (five months ago) link
i'm amazed there isn't more chat about the funeral. it was literally the craziest thing ever.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 December 2023 01:16 (five months ago) link
i can't find the whole thing online but it was cool to see Nick Cave do Rainy Night and Hansard do Fairytale. Lots of love in there. Was the terribly old man in the front pew McGowan's father? Also, was the casket in a wicker basket?
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 10 December 2023 01:25 (five months ago) link
yes and yes. his father seemed to be emotionally in turmoil throughout while everyone else was having the time of their lives, his wife especially. not being judgemental here; it was very fitting, but very, very odd seeing his wife leaping over pews to dance. i'm not sure how typical this was but if it was, i have to say nobody seemingly does a funeral like the irish. well, maybe the good folk of new orleans can compete.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 December 2023 01:37 (five months ago) link
he was ill for so long I can't blame her for trying to finally have a good time.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 10 December 2023 02:03 (five months ago) link
i felt a bit of a kinship with his Dad being the only one not clapping, something about applause at a funeral in a church that feels slightly craven/sacriligious always feel a bit overcome for parents who outlive their children he’s quite up there iirc, isnt he in his mid 90’s?
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 December 2023 03:04 (five months ago) link
but the funeral also felt v mcgowan & the highspiritedness was of course appropriate for him & his vibe
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 December 2023 03:06 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFLz0WHhSA
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 5 May 2024 18:58 (one week ago) link