What tracks by the Pogues were written by " Annon " ? I don't think I know of any of those.

firehazard wrote:All of the above, + I also think "Trad" is a great composer.
He/she is responsible for some brilliant Pogues songs: Greenland Whale Fisheries and Kitty for a start...

I like the stuff s/he did with "Annon." a lot too.

For me, without a doubt, it has to be Terry, although Jem obviously has co-wrote a lot of stellar Pogues stuff with Shane. For me " The battle march medley " is one of their best instrumentals, showcasing every member of the band. A brilliant performance of a great tune ( s ). For me, " Streets of sorrow/ Birmingham six " is one of the unsung ( literally ) heroes of IISFFGWG. Apparently " Streets..." was originally intended to be a full track in itself. What a shame, it would have been a great moment of quiet, to one of the greats, MIchael Collins.
Terry's " Young Ned of the hill " is for a lot of people the standout track on P&L and " Gartloney rats " another much needed shot of the hard stuff. Also, " Everman is a king " is another fine track for me. I may also be the only person who loves " Rainbow man " on HD. I'm assuming it was written by Terry because he sings it but I may be wrong on that one, must check. " South Australia " is one of my favourite Pogues tracks and while he didn't write it, he did I believe, introduce it to the band and he sings it so for me it's very much his contribution.

What I'd give to be anywhere near as talented as any of those guys. Lyrics alone are mindblowing.

definately spider! his contribution was small but there's no blue heaven's there! repeal of the licensing laws is amazing. and obviously tuesday morning but dont forget jacks heroes! actually thinking about it i should get those solo tracks they are talking about elsewhere. how do i go about it? can anyone help?

Pogue Mahone lyrics are very bluesy as well! like How Come!

Ronnie Lane and Kevin Westlake wrote Howe Come Spider co wrote the sun and the moon from the Pogue mahone album.

i think everyone of them are very talented but Jem have wrote some good ones

Is for me any I'm a bit retarded on tuesdays,

thanks dunc for the heartfelt correction.

i mostly agree with simon there
Phils Thousands Are Sailing
Terrys Young Ned Of The Hill
And Spiders Repeal Of the Liscencing Laws (fucking is hard to spell innit?)
They are some of me faves

(an old topic I know buts its a fucking good one)

personally I think most of the pogues have written extremly good songs,

Jem's Misty Morning Albert Bridge great lyrics and he played a part in the construction of Fairytale of New York.

Terry Woods's Young Ned Of The Hill proper irish song.

Spider Stacey's Repeal Of The Lincening (spell check) laws possibly the best instrumental, Tuseday Morning made top 20 can't be bad.

Phillip Chevron's Thousands are sailing is a fucking pogues classic.

Shane erm.......we would be hear all year.


and the other lads Mr's Ranken, Fernaly and Hunt have chiped in with cracking songs aswell.

I also think Jem has written som really good songs. Tosspint is fantastic, i love Misty Morning, A Pistol For Paddy Garcia, The Wake of the Medusa, Curse Of Love, Amadie the list goes on....

For me it's between Jem Finer and Phil Chevron. Phil's "Thousands Are Sailing" and "Lorelei" are two of my fave Pogues songs ever, but Jem's "Misty Morning Albert Bridge" is utterly swoonworthy, and of course he co-wrote "Fairytale of New York." I'll probably tip the scales in favor of Jem because for some reason I've always loved his "Train of Love," plus he gets tons of bonus points for co-writing "He Never Mentioned Love" with Kirsty MacColl, which is one of my favorite songs she ever did.

If I would have to choose just one Pogue (excluding Shane) it would be Terry but Jem and Phil are close behind!

as we all know--there is magic when they ALL come together.they compliment each other and WOW!!!!!

I'll have to go with Terry Woods here. And I do like the Phil Chevron songs too... I guess it was the mixture of the different styles that made them great

I think Jem is also a great songwriter - it was his idea to do Fairytale in the first place!