The Pogues
The Pogues
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- The Basics
Irish folk rock, 1984: a sad state of affairs. The country's leading trad-inspired bands, Horslips and Planxty, had broken up, and the Chieftains hadn't yet learned how to import rockers onto their albums to get a backbeat. In stumbled the Pogues, with bad habits, bad teeth, and Elvis Costello, who produced their second album, Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, featuring the powerful, timeless ballad "A Pair of Brown Eyes". The Pogues follow a crooked road through Next Steps.
£13.85 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Fairytale of New York (Featuring Kirsty MacColl) The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 4:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 The Irish Rover The Pogues Featuring The Dubliners 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 A Rainy Night In Soho The Pogues 4:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 A Pair of Brown Eyes The Pogues 4:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Fiesta The Pogues 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Dirty Old Town The Pogues 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Haunted Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Conner & The Pogues 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Boys from the County Hell The Pogues 2:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Love You 'Till the End The Pogues 4:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Sally MacLennane The Pogues 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 London Girl The Pogues 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Tuesday Morning The Pogues 3:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 The Body of an American The Pogues 4:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues 3:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Thousands Are Sailing The Pogues 5:26 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Next Steps
The gradual disintegration of the Pogues runs in a parallel streak with frontman Shane MacGowan's alcoholic excesses and his increasingly incoherent vocals. If you trace a line from "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" through "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" to "Summer In Siam" (on records three through five, respectively), you can hear why, after 1990's Hell's Ditch, the Pogues and MacGowan parted ways. Two more Pogues albums followed, with MacGowan going on to lead a band called the Popes, but it was all epilogue. MacGowan covers Diamond, roughly, and shows us more of his gruff genius, in Deep Cuts.
£13.85 Next Steps
Name Time Price 1 Misty Morning, Albert Bridge 3:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda 8:10 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Dark Streets of London (Demo) 2:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 If I Should Fall from Grace With God 2:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Summer In Siam 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985) 3:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 The Sunnyside of the Street 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Once Upon a Time 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn 3:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Honky Tonk Women 2:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Whiskey in the Jar (Extended Version) 4:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Four O'Clock In the Morning 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Streams of Whiskey 2:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Danny Boy (BBC John Peel Show December 4th 1984) 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Turkish Song of the Damned (Live) 3:13 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Deep Cuts
Shane MacGowan and the Popes showed there was no point going down without a fight by cutting "That Woman's Got Me Drinking", and there's real pleasure to be found in the snarling energy with which that outfit invests Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie". "Lullaby of London" captures the reunited Pogues live in 2001, while for a 2005 performance of "Fairytale of New York" Katie Melua steps in for Kirsty MacColl . . . and there was nary a dry eye in the house.
£13.25 Deep Cuts
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things (From the Red Hot and Blue Multi-artist Album) The Pogues 4:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 White City The Pogues 2:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 When the Ship Comes In The Pogues 3:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Jack's Heroes The Pogues 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 ExplicitThat Woman's Got Me Drinking Shane MacGowan & The Popes 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Rain Street The Pogues 4:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Lorelei The Pogues 3:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Maggie May The Pogues, Rod Stewart & M. Quittenton 4:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 ExplicitCracklin' Rosie Shane MacGowan & The Popes 3:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Just to Be Home With You Jools Holland & Shane MacGowan 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Demo) The Pogues 2:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Lullaby of London (Live) The Pogues 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Fairytale of New York (Live December 2005) The Pogues featuring Katie Melua 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Hell's Ditch The Pogues 3:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Young Ned of the Hill (Dub Version) The Pogues 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Complete Set
It wasn't just because the Clash's Joe Strummer briefly stepped in as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist that the Pogues claimed the crown as the world's premier punk folk act; they were tipping sacred cows from sunrise, day one. First, their original name, Pogue Mahone, was Gaelic for a slightly ruder translation of "kiss my behind". Second, their visionary lead drunkard and singer, Shane MacGowan, made Sid Vicious seem the model of sobriety and Austin Powers the crowning achievement of dentistry by comparison. Finally, they were belligerent, rude, short-tempered, unreliable, noisy, ill-mannered, and wild. And those were just the good points.
£40.95 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Fairytale of New York (Featuring Kirsty MacColl) The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 4:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 The Irish Rover The Pogues Featuring The Dubliners 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 A Rainy Night In Soho The Pogues 4:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 A Pair of Brown Eyes The Pogues 4:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Fiesta The Pogues 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Dirty Old Town The Pogues 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Haunted Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Conner & The Pogues 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Boys from the County Hell The Pogues 2:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Love You 'Till the End The Pogues 4:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Sally MacLennane The Pogues 2:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 London Girl The Pogues 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Tuesday Morning The Pogues 3:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 The Body of an American The Pogues 4:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues 3:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Thousands Are Sailing The Pogues 5:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Misty Morning, Albert Bridge The Pogues 3:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda The Pogues 8:10 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Dark Streets of London (Demo) The Pogues 2:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 If I Should Fall from Grace With God The Pogues 2:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Summer In Siam The Pogues 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985) The Pogues 3:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 The Sunnyside of the Street The Pogues 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Once Upon a Time The Pogues 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn The Pogues 3:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Honky Tonk Women The Pogues 2:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 26 Whiskey in the Jar (Extended Version) The Pogues 4:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Four O'Clock In the Morning The Pogues 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Streams of Whiskey The Pogues 2:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 29 Danny Boy (BBC John Peel Show December 4th 1984) The Pogues 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Turkish Song of the Damned (Live) The Pogues 3:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things (From the Red Hot and Blue Multi-artist Album) The Pogues 4:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 White City The Pogues 2:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 When the Ship Comes In The Pogues 3:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Jack's Heroes The Pogues 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 ExplicitThat Woman's Got Me Drinking Shane MacGowan & The Popes 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Rain Street The Pogues 4:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 37 Lorelei The Pogues 3:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Maggie May The Pogues, Rod Stewart & M. Quittenton 4:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 ExplicitCracklin' Rosie Shane MacGowan & The Popes 3:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Just to Be Home With You Jools Holland & Shane MacGowan 3:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Demo) The Pogues 2:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Lullaby of London (Live) The Pogues 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Fairytale of New York (Live December 2005) The Pogues featuring Katie Melua 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Hell's Ditch The Pogues 3:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Young Ned of the Hill (Dub Version) The Pogues 3:46 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 45 Songs
Customer Reviews
on the 1st day of March it was raining............
Shane is a genius ..."one summer evening drunk to hell"...........brilliant. london irish gems.
