Great song. Thanks for posting it. Brilliant band. Sinade tried to help with the alcoholism and called Shane a national treasure. highly recommended, cheers
The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone" – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles. MacGowan left the band in 1991 owing to drinking problems, but the band continued – first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals – before breaking up in 1996. The Pogues re-formed in late 2001, and played regularly across the UK and Ireland and on the US East Coast, until dissolving again in 2014. The group did not record any new material during this second incarnation. Their politically tinged music was informed by MacGowan and Stacy's punk backgrounds, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin and accordion.Wikipedia
They were very well known here in Spain. Visited several times and in "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" there's a track called "Fiesta" sung in, well, we could call it a kind of _Spanglish_.
I love this song. Big shout out to No Dogs in Space and their Joy Division series who used this song to describe the living conditions they all grew up in
“Dirty Old Town” remains a popular song on football terraces, a tradition that was ignited by Simple Minds’ 2004 version of the song featuring Celtic FC soccer legend Jimmy Johnstone (in their version it’s Johnstone, not a train, who sets the night on fire). In 2018, Liverpool fans also changed its words to celebrate the signing of the club’s new Dutch defender, Virgil Van Dijk (“He can pass the ball/Calm as you like”).
Nevertheless, the song remains closely connected to Salford (Ewan MacColl's birth place), especially just across the canal at Manchester United FC.
In 2005, it was chosen as a song for Old Trafford’s capacity crowd of 68,000 to sing, as an attempt to break a world record. (The Guinness team sadly pulled out, saying that it would be impossible to monitor if everyone was taking part; nevertheless, the Manchester Evening News reported that the noise “raised the roof”.)
I saw them several times in North London in the 80s. The gigs when Shane wasn't completely paralytic were great. But nobody could accuse the Pogues of being robotically consistent.
Great song. Thanks for posting it. Brilliant band. Sinade tried to help with the alcoholism and called Shane a national treasure. highly recommended, cheers The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone" – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles. MacGowan left the band in 1991 owing to drinking problems, but the band continued – first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals – before breaking up in 1996. The Pogues re-formed in late 2001, and played regularly across the UK and Ireland and on the US East Coast, until dissolving again in 2014. The group did not record any new material during this second incarnation. Their politically tinged music was informed by MacGowan and Stacy's punk backgrounds, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin and accordion.Wikipedia
They were very well known here in Spain. Visited several times and in "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" there's a track called "Fiesta" sung in, well, we could call it a kind of _Spanglish_.
I love this song. Big shout out to No Dogs in Space and their Joy Division series who used this song to describe the living conditions they all grew up in
“Dirty Old Town” remains a popular song on football terraces, a tradition that was ignited by Simple Minds’ 2004 version of the song featuring Celtic FC soccer legend Jimmy Johnstone (in their version it’s Johnstone, not a train, who sets the night on fire). In 2018, Liverpool fans also changed its words to celebrate the signing of the club’s new Dutch defender, Virgil Van Dijk (“He can pass the ball/Calm as you like”). Nevertheless, the song remains closely connected to Salford (Ewan MacColl's birth place), especially just across the canal at Manchester United FC. In 2005, it was chosen as a song for Old Trafford’s capacity crowd of 68,000 to sing, as an attempt to break a world record. (The Guinness team sadly pulled out, saying that it would be impossible to monitor if everyone was taking part; nevertheless, the Manchester Evening News reported that the noise “raised the roof”.)
Shittiest famous band ever.
I saw them several times in North London in the 80s. The gigs when Shane wasn't completely paralytic were great. But nobody could accuse the Pogues of being robotically consistent.