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What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Guest Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:55 pm

And you know that you're a gift to the human race
And you know that you're a gift to the human race
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Guest Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:58 pm

"You have robbed our homes and fortunes
Even drove us from our land
You tried to break our spirit
But you'll never understand
The love of dear old Ireland
That will forge an iron will
As long as there are gallant men
Like young Ned of the hill"

it gives me the creeps as well...
"You have robbed our homes and fortunes
Even drove us from our land
You tried to break our spirit
But you'll never understand
The love of dear old Ireland
That will forge an iron will
As long as there are gallant men
Like young Ned of the hill"

it gives me the creeps as well...
  • Quote 15minuteslater

Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by 15minuteslater Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:45 pm

IN MANHATTAN'S DESERT TWILIGHT,
IN THE DEATH OF AFTERNOON,
WE STEPPED HAND IN HAND ON BROADWAY,
LIKE THE FIRST MEN ON THE MOON,
AND A BLACKBIRD BROKE THE SILENCE,
AND HE WHISTLED IT SO SWEET,
AND IN BRENDAN BEHAN'S FOOTSTEPS,
I DANCED UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

Recently I 're-stepped' the lyrics of the whole song in NYC, tipping my hat to Mr Cohen and dancing up and down the street, to the bewilderment of Times Square's tourists.
IN MANHATTAN'S DESERT TWILIGHT,
IN THE DEATH OF AFTERNOON,
WE STEPPED HAND IN HAND ON BROADWAY,
LIKE THE FIRST MEN ON THE MOON,
AND A BLACKBIRD BROKE THE SILENCE,
AND HE WHISTLED IT SO SWEET,
AND IN BRENDAN BEHAN'S FOOTSTEPS,
I DANCED UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

Recently I 're-stepped' the lyrics of the whole song in NYC, tipping my hat to Mr Cohen and dancing up and down the street, to the bewilderment of Times Square's tourists.
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by redadeg Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:47 am

The husband caught me in the bed Tried to shoot me in the head
Had to swim the stream to get The Donegal Express

Back in sweet Virginia In the toilet with Lavinia
I nearly fucked her brains out And tore her party dress

A shit, a shave, a shower And half a pint of powers
Then off again to get on board The Donegal Express
The husband caught me in the bed Tried to shoot me in the head
Had to swim the stream to get The Donegal Express

Back in sweet Virginia In the toilet with Lavinia
I nearly fucked her brains out And tore her party dress

A shit, a shave, a shower And half a pint of powers
Then off again to get on board The Donegal Express
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by theCOOP Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:14 pm

"The cracks in the ceiling spelled Hell"
"The cracks in the ceiling spelled Hell"
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Guest Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:12 am

We watched our friends grow up together
and we saw them as they fell
some of them fell into heaven
some of them fell into hell
We watched our friends grow up together
and we saw them as they fell
some of them fell into heaven
some of them fell into hell
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by TinWhistlePaddy Fri May 18, 2012 6:56 pm

Never thought of it that way, but I can see where you are coming from.
Never thought of it that way, but I can see where you are coming from.
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Low D Fri May 18, 2012 3:32 pm

TinWhistlePaddy wrote:Yeah, BMS is one of the best, imagery-wise, IMO



Cinematic, i picture it as an old B&W film.
[quote="TinWhistlePaddy"]Yeah, BMS is one of the best, imagery-wise, IMO[/quote]


Cinematic, i picture it as an old B&W film.
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by TinWhistlePaddy Fri May 18, 2012 11:08 am

Yeah, BMS is one of the best, imagery-wise, IMO
Yeah, BMS is one of the best, imagery-wise, IMO
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Low D Wed May 16, 2012 3:26 pm

TinWhistlePaddy wrote:...Found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball..


And then where it gets brought back in the last verse, rhymed with "it's useless to bawl"? Brilliant.
[quote="TinWhistlePaddy"][i]...Found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball..[/i][/quote]

And then where it gets brought back in the last verse, rhymed with "[i]it's useless to bawl[/i]"? Brilliant.
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by TinWhistlePaddy Tue May 15, 2012 11:45 pm

...Found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball..
[i]...Found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball..[/i]
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by old barney greyheron Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:21 pm

'A man's ambition must indeed be small
to write his name upon a shithouse wall
but before I die i'll add my regal scrawl
to show the world i'm left with sweet fuck all'

I didn't need to look it up...I win!
'A man's ambition must indeed be small
to write his name upon a shithouse wall
but before I die i'll add my regal scrawl
to show the world i'm left with sweet fuck all'

I didn't need to look it up...I win!
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Sober Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:13 pm

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but I love the "Thanks for sweet fuck all" in NW3. I think it's another song too. Sea Shanty? I'm too lazy to look it up. But it's a great line. Or in the same song "Never did nobody wrong, never turned a decent wage."
I don't know if it has been mentioned, but I love the "Thanks for sweet fuck all" in NW3. I think it's another song too. Sea Shanty? I'm too lazy to look it up. But it's a great line. Or in the same song "Never did nobody wrong, never turned a decent wage."
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by Tyven Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:58 pm

"This land was always ours//was the proud land of our fathers
It belongs to us and them//not to any of the others"

Pure fucking truth.
"This land was always ours//was the proud land of our fathers
It belongs to us and them//not to any of the others"

Pure fucking truth.
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Re: What Is Your Favourite Line/Phrase In A Pogues Song??

Post by darrencp22 Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:54 pm

Maybe he can chime in our the traditional/folkish nature of your lyric quote???
Maybe he can chime in our the traditional/folkish nature of your lyric quote???

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