Cheers muchly fer the linkage, compadre! I'll be sure to check it out!

Fintan wrote:Thanks, Séamus. So have you seen them live often? What's the rest of their material like?

Just once a few years back. They've released their first album in 91 and broke up in 03 check them out here http://www.facetofacemusic.com/2005/home.htm

Thanks, Séamus. So have you seen them live often? What's the rest of their material like?

Fintan wrote:

seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:the punk band Face to Face did a great cover of sunnyside of the street

Where are they from? Congrats on yer first post, by the way.

Face to Face are from California, U.S.A.

seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:the punk band Face to Face did a great cover of sunnyside of the street

Where are they from? Congrats on yer first post, by the way.

the punk band Face to Face did a great cover of sunnyside of the street

WHAT????? How on earth can you call this a throwaway track??? IMO it is one of the key tracks on that album!


scott

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: Hell's Ditch opinions?
and Jem Finer's Wake of the Medusa are the real throwaway tracks.

I think White City is one of the best Pogues songs ever. I also like how the zydeco influence on James' accordion playing and the bluegrass influence on Jem's banjo playing are less subtle on this album..

I love them both, and find a lot in both to enjoy.

But if you held a gun to my head and forced me to choose, I think I'd have to go with Peace and Love. It's close, mind you!

The last two albums of the MacGowan era Pogues have always been rather polarized. Overall, most people prefer Hell's Ditch to Peace and Love, on the grounds that the album flows better. I still on outside, by saying I prefer Peace and Love to Hell's Ditch. I though Peace and Love was still more closer to The Pogues original sound. I think Hell's Ditch is just to wordly. Don't get me wrong I love the overall relaxed and pastoral vibe that surrounds the album. I wouldn't go as far as MacGowan does by disowning it, but Hell's Ditch does have some songs that are real throwaways. However, it also contains some tracks that are pure magic. Shane MacGowan seems in a global mood, and most of the songs that he wrote for this album draw on his experiences in Thailand (The Sunnyside of the Street, Sayonara, Summer In Siam, and House of the Gods,) and also Spain (Lorca's Novena and Hell's Ditch) Only Rain Street and The Ghost of a Smile remind me of The Pogues of old. All the songs that I listed however, are great, only Terry Wood's Rainbow Man and Six To Go and Jem Finer's Wake of the Medusa are the real throwaway tracks. I think Maidrin Rua is a fantastic, but far too short, instrumental. Also 5 Green Queens and Jean reminds me of Bob Dylan. Overall, it did take me a few listens to finally get into the vibe of Hell's Ditch, but once I did I started to enjoy the album. However, I'll still go on record and say that I thought Peace and Love was still all around better.

philipchevron wrote:These two albums are each other's yin and yan and are best appreciated as a pair.

what a load of bollox!

I still can't stop listening to the Peace and Love album. I think, as individual songwriters, this is the Pogues finest moment. The experimental songs flow really well with the album, and gave a nice fresh feeling from the Pogues, you know? It's like what the White album was to the Beatles; it is the album where the members grew as individual musicians, and wrote some truly terrific tunes of their own.

Both fantastic albums. Very fond of Lorelai & Misty Morning, Albert Bridge. Been listening to those two a lot lately.

white city is a cracker

the_wild_rover wrote:Going to have to go with "Peace and Love". You can't beat "Young Ned of the Hill" and "London you're a Lady".

Any of Shane's songs are superior to Jem's in my opinion but I do still love Curse of Love.