Favourite Pogues Song

[anon61878697]

Why was Tubs arrested?

[TheUlteriorMotive]

His best songs almost have a cynical empathy in them which is his genius I think.

[farmerinthecity]

I love MacGowan’s constant references to the wind and the breeze.

He spoke once about the songwriting process and how melodies come along on the breeze and they need to be grabbed otherwise that bastard Paul Simon will get them.

[glasagusban]

@binkybarnes

…one line in it that really grates everytime I hear itNow, the song is nearly overWe may never find out what it meansBut there’s a light I hold before meAnd you’re the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreamsIt’s like a line a lad would make up at a singsong when he can’t remember the real words.

Agree, but I let it go. Given how good the rest of the song is he’s allowed do whatever the fuck he wants really.

[glasagusban]

@Special_Olympiakos

It’s deliberate as the song is presumed to be about a woman when in fact it’s an ode to whiskey. Ginger lady by my bed and the measure of my dreams. It’s quite genius actually

Informative rating. That is genius.

[Malarkey]

@farmerinthecity

…towards the front.Second and third weren’t as good as Shane was way out of kilter. In the Olympia someone chucked a plastic cup towards the stage at the very start, Shane didn’t notice, missed his timing to start singing, realised and lunged at the mic, missed it and lunged again this time connecting.

@farmerinthecity

I saw them three times.

Twice in RDS, once in the Olympia.

First RDS gig I was at was one of my most favourite by anyone. MacGowan was in very good form and I really got into it by pushing and shoving others up towards the front.

Second and third weren’t as good as Shane was way out of kilter. In the Olympia someone chucked a plastic cup towards the stage at the very start, Shane didn’t notice, missed his timing to start singing, realised and lunged at the mic, missed it and lunged again this time connecting.

Was at those gigs as well. And a New Year’s Eve one at The Point, which was a bit of a mess, and several other nights.

The same close friend saw them in Carlow, way back when.

[Malarkey]

@binkybarnes

…one line in it that really grates everytime I hear itNow, the song is nearly overWe may never find out what it meansBut there’s a light I hold before meAnd you’re the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreamsIt’s like a line a lad would make up at a singsong [quote=“binkybarnes, post:131, topic:18207, full:true”]
Rainy Night in Soho is indeed a tremendous song and is rightly regarded as a classic. However there is one line in it that really grates everytime I hear it

Now, the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
But there’s a light I hold before me
And you’re the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams

It’s like a line a lad would make up at a singsong when he can’t remember the real words.

Could not agree… That line is actually my favourite one of all. I think it is profound. The song is meant to mimic the passage of life. Death is not an event in life, as someone once said, because death cannot be narrated.

‘A Rainy Night In Soho’ is one of the few songs at which I tear up. Granted, I will often have kissed the ginger lady before a listen.

[Spidey]

So in summary, ‘the song’ refers to:

• the song itself
• the bottle of whiskey/drink
• the relationship with his loved one
• the passage of life

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@anon98850436

Saw the Pogues at the Olympia…actually I saw two songs before having to leave due to gorge on a McDonalds as well.

Awful night. We still don’t know who threw the brick through the Olympia window…

[anon61878697]

Why were you arrested Tubs?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Ive no recollection of this

[farmerinthecity]

While Ray and Philomena sang of My Elusive Dreams…

Ray Lynam and Philomena Begley - My Elusive Dreams

[anon7035031]

When my kids were young I was lucky enough to work close to home for a few years and we had a little tradition in the car on the way to school where they would alternate choosing siongs to listen to. They didn’t know the names of any songs but picked them from the track number on the CD player. They went through a Beatles phase which got a bit irritating fairly quickly, but in a moment of genius I picked up a copy of the Pogues Ultimate Collection and they instantly fell in love with it.

Their favorite tracks from memory:

1. A Rainy Night in Soho (impeccable taste for a 5 year old)
2. Streams of Whiskey (no surprise there @Sidney)
3. Fairytale of New York (for it’s most famous lines that are now under attack by snowflakes)

[flattythehurdler]

Thousands are sailing is a classic

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

It’s phenomenal. It probably is my second favourite Pogues song after ‘A Pair of Brown Eyes’

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

Decent auld documentary from the 90s on MacGowan

The Great Hunger:The Life & Songs Of Shane MacGowan (Complete Version)

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Then we raised a glass to JFK
And a dozen more besides
When I got back to my empty room
I suppose I must have cried

Sheer Brilliance.

[the_man_himself]

Thousands are Sailing is the greatest song of all time

[peddlerscross]

‘Some of them fell into heaven, some of them fell into hell’

Best lyrics of all time.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Lads will be going Buck ape back at home over the Christmas listening to the Pogues and drinking whiskey

It promises to be the best Christmas on tfk in years