by dsweeney Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:54 pm
DzM wrote:Review hereI enjoyed this review. It's not one of those "but the guitar player couldn't find the frets" type of reviews - it's a retrospective review discussing the album within its context in the mid-eighties,
It does dwell on the Irish nature of The Pogues though. I wonder about this sometimes. Given that Shane spent the bulk of his young life in England, and most of the rest of the band had never even been to Ireland, why are The Pogues so closely associated with Ireland? Yes, the style of music (and many of the traditionals) are Irish, but much of the music is straight Rock and many of the traditionals are English.
Oh well - I'm babbling.
I will always jump in on this one and will always end up in trouble for it but feck it. Apart from the first three months of his existence, while his mother recovered from expelling the great one from her interior, Shane spent almost the first seven years of his YOUNG LIFE at home in Co. Tipperary. These are, arguably, the most important of anyone's life and certainly among the most influential.
Cait O'riordan had either an Irish mum or dad and I think Andrew had Irish roots as well. By the album in question, PC, a rare 'auld Dub, was in the band. The Pogues experience was that of emigrants, particularly that of the London/ Irish but Irish emigrants in general I would say. Phil is certainly right when he says The Pogues could not have come out of Ireland, absolutely. For some reason that just wouldn't have worked. Aaahh, "memories of home and the old country", the good old days and rare 'auld times.That's what their brilliant music said to me anyway. Dublin born and bred, it brought me to an Ireland that I only half knew, half remembered. And I would say most English people are fairly familiar with a lot of Irish tunes anyway, from the pubs and clubs etc.
[quote="DzM"][url=http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_article.php?article=Rum%20Sodomy%20and%20the%20Lash%20-%20a%20review]Review here[/url]
I enjoyed this review. It's not one of those "but the guitar player couldn't find the frets" type of reviews - it's a retrospective review discussing the album within its context in the mid-eighties,
It does dwell on the Irish nature of The Pogues though. I wonder about this sometimes. Given that Shane spent the bulk of his young life in England, and most of the rest of the band had never even been to Ireland, why are The Pogues so closely associated with Ireland? Yes, the style of music (and many of the traditionals) are Irish, but much of the music is straight Rock and many of the traditionals are English.
Oh well - I'm babbling.[/quote]
I will always jump in on this one and will always end up in trouble for it but feck it. Apart from the first three months of his existence, while his mother recovered from expelling the great one from her interior, Shane spent almost the first seven years of his YOUNG LIFE at home in Co. Tipperary. These are, arguably, the most important of anyone's life and certainly among the most influential.
Cait O'riordan had either an Irish mum or dad and I think Andrew had Irish roots as well. By the album in question, PC, a rare 'auld Dub, was in the band. The Pogues experience was that of emigrants, particularly that of the London/ Irish but Irish emigrants in general I would say. Phil is certainly right when he says The Pogues could not have come out of Ireland, absolutely. For some reason that just wouldn't have worked. Aaahh, "memories of home and the old country", the good old days and rare 'auld times.That's what their brilliant music said to me anyway. Dublin born and bred, it brought me to an Ireland that I only half knew, half remembered. And I would say most English people are fairly familiar with a lot of Irish tunes anyway, from the pubs and clubs etc.
