Comments on: The Popdose Guide to the Pogues http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 27 May 2012 16:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Popdose Flashback ’90: Luka Bloom, “Riverside” | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-55072 Popdose Flashback ’90: Luka Bloom, “Riverside” | Popdose Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:31:31 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-55072 [...] all the time.Now rewind twenty-some years. It’s 1988. D, not yet my wife, has just turned 19. The Pogues are touring behind their breakthrough record, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, and the Orpheum [...] [...] all the time.Now rewind twenty-some years. It’s 1988. D, not yet my wife, has just turned 19. The Pogues are touring behind their breakthrough record, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, and the Orpheum [...]

]]> By: Between Love and Likehttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-51497 Between Love and Like Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:26:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-51497 Beautiful and fekkin brilliant Jack! Beautiful and fekkin brilliant Jack!

]]> By: Between Love and Likehttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-39958 Between Love and Like Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:26:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-39958 Beautiful and fekkin brilliant Jack! Beautiful and fekkin brilliant Jack!

]]> By: Between Love and Likehttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9941 Between Love and Like Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:26:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9941 Beautiful and fekkin brilliant Jack! Beautiful and fekkin brilliant Jack!

]]> By: Neilhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9940 Neil Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:37:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9940 To really appreciate the impact of The Pogues: you need to get a copy of 'Live for Ireland' when they played The Dubliners classic 'Dirty Old Town'. You really get the feel for the tear gas and rubber bullets as the first few strains of that ditty start............... To really appreciate the impact of The Pogues: you need to get a copy of 'Live for Ireland' when they played The Dubliners classic 'Dirty Old Town'. You really get the feel for the tear gas and rubber bullets as the first few strains of that ditty start……………

]]> By: Jack Feerickhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9939 Jack Feerick Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:13:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9939 Isn't that a beauty? So much better than the version with Sinéad O' Connor that's on MacGowan's solo record. Isn't that a beauty? So much better than the version with Sinéad O' Connor that's on MacGowan's solo record.

]]> By: susiehttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9938 susie Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:36:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9938 go raibh mile maith agat. I love the Haunted track, which isn't on my Pogues compilation. go raibh mile maith agat. I love the Haunted track, which isn't on my Pogues compilation.

]]> By: bobbyhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9937 bobby Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:43:05 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9937 thank you-i needed that thank you-i needed that

]]> By: Jack Feerickhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9935 Jack Feerick Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:27:02 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9935 I don't know why, to be honest. Maybe it's out of deference to MacGowan, maybe out of deference to Strummer's estate or his memory; for all his rock 'n' roll bluster, Joe was a pretty humble guy when it comes down to it. <br><br>For that matter, it might be that the Strummer period represents about six months out of a 25-year history. It was a brilliant fluke, but a fluke for all that. I don't know why, to be honest. Maybe it's out of deference to MacGowan, maybe out of deference to Strummer's estate or his memory; for all his rock 'n' roll bluster, Joe was a pretty humble guy when it comes down to it.

For that matter, it might be that the Strummer period represents about six months out of a 25-year history. It was a brilliant fluke, but a fluke for all that.

]]> By: Zackhttp://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/comment-page-1/#comment-9936 Zack Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:09:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-the-pogues/#comment-9936 Anyone who has never belted out Pogues tunes while drinking cheap beer with a few drinking buddies in a dingy apartment has missed out on one of the finer experiences that life has to offer. Waltzing Matilda is one of the most heartbreaking songs I've ever heard - thanks for posting it. Anyone who has never belted out Pogues tunes while drinking cheap beer with a few drinking buddies in a dingy apartment has missed out on one of the finer experiences that life has to offer. Waltzing Matilda is one of the most heartbreaking songs I've ever heard – thanks for posting it.

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