by in_the_morning Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:45 pm
RICHB wrote:in_the_morning wrote:Sadly there's not that much of Shane's solo stuff to be discovered, but as already mentioned, Snake and Crock of Gold are (in my humble opinion)
highly brilliant. Since I'm a big country fan as well, I welcome the country influence on the latter. If you just want to start with a few tracks instead of full albums, here's what I'd recommend:
St. John of Gods
Lonesome Highway
Snake with Eyes of Garnet
The Song with No Name
More Pricks Than Kicks
Victoria
Nancy Whiskey
bla bla bla...btw: his live album with the Popes (Across the Broad Atlantic) is brilliant as well. It features some really good live versions of Pogues tracks as well.
Across the Broad Atlantic is a lovely little live album however I would say the pogues numbers are probably the weakest on it. They just don't pack the same punch if that makes sense. Further evidence that the pogues are not just Shane's backing band. Their music makes some already brilliant lyrics into powerful songs.
agree! What I meant was that some of the Pogues tracks on
Across the Broad Atlantic do have a refreshing and good sound in their own rights (for example "Streams of Whiskey" or "Rainy Night" or "Fairytale"), however, compared to the Pogues' musicianship (although comparing is a bit of a silly thing to do) they are not that great anymore. You just have to listen to
Across the Broad Atlantic and then followed by
Pogues at Brixton 2001, so yes, you are right. Nevertheless, Shane's live album is great, some very raw and powerful renditions on it.
[quote="RICHB"][quote="in_the_morning"]Sadly there's not that much of Shane's solo stuff to be discovered, but as already mentioned, [i]Snake[/i] and [i]Crock of Gold[/i] are (in my humble opinion)
highly brilliant. Since I'm a big country fan as well, I welcome the country influence on the latter. If you just want to start with a few tracks instead of full albums, here's what I'd recommend:
St. John of Gods
Lonesome Highway
Snake with Eyes of Garnet
The Song with No Name
More Pricks Than Kicks
Victoria
Nancy Whiskey
bla bla bla...btw: his live album with the Popes ([i]Across the Broad Atlantic[/i]) is brilliant as well. It features some really good live versions of Pogues tracks as well.[/quote]
Across the Broad Atlantic is a lovely little live album however I would say the pogues numbers are probably the weakest on it. They just don't pack the same punch if that makes sense. Further evidence that the pogues are not just Shane's backing band. Their music makes some already brilliant lyrics into powerful songs.[/quote]
agree! What I meant was that some of the Pogues tracks on [i]Across the Broad Atlantic[/i] do have a refreshing and good sound in their own rights (for example "Streams of Whiskey" or "Rainy Night" or "Fairytale"), however, compared to the Pogues' musicianship (although comparing is a bit of a silly thing to do) they are not that great anymore. You just have to listen to [i]Across the Broad Atlantic[/i] and then followed by [i]Pogues at Brixton 2001[/i], so yes, you are right. Nevertheless, Shane's live album is great, some very raw and powerful renditions on it.
