[quote="Mick Molloy"]Hahahaha, why aren't stories like these in cd booklets? :lol:[/quote]

Yeah that was a great story Spider :lol:

Hahahaha, why aren't stories like these in cd booklets? :lol:

Unfortunately, or maybe not, I managed to fall off the bike (one of those insane racing machines that weigh less than a feather) at a roundabout just 50 yards from the pub. It might have been something to do with the water bottle full of tequila and grapefruit juice that i had been sucking down for the previous three miles. Anyway, i rear-ended a couple of old aged pensioners in a Maestro who in the confusion seemed to think it was their fault. Charlie MacLennan, our old stage manager, came and picked me up from the pub and that was the end of that.

[quote="Pogues Whistle Player"]I don't think any of us were in any great hurry to get it finished. [/quote]

Thanks again Spider. Maybe I'm just focusing too much on the rough edges of Shane's performance. A few of the songs are just so good that I want them to be more crisp, like in the earlier work. Lorca is a fantastic song, and listening to it, I want it to just be bigger and fuller, but who knows, if it were then maybe it wouldn't be as great. Anyway, thanks for expanding on your original statement.

So, who pushed you back from the pub?

[quote="Pogues Whistle Player"] hired a pushbike to get to the nearest pub, which was three miles away...[/quote]

:lol: and how long did it take you to get back with the push bike?

Personally, I have always felt Hells Ditch to be underrated. I think Shane came up with some really strong songs and Joe did a great job. As has been well documented, he had a really tough job getting a vocal performance out of Shane but I don't think any of us were in any great hurry to get it finished. After all it was summer, it was the World Cup and we were in a particularly beautiful part of Wales. I hired a pushbike to get to the nearest pub, which was three miles away...

[quote="Pogues Whistle Player"]No, you are nowhere close to the truth. I guess people hear things differently.[/quote]

right. expectations! expectations! mixing on this album is perfect. im a mother fucker when it comes to records that i wish had something different here and there. i think the production of this album went well - sound wave wise. who ever mixed the thing did a good job. a good job. a real good album too. really enjoy it.

Thanks for not shooting me. :D

No, you are nowhere close to the truth. I guess people hear things differently.

[quote="Pogues Whistle Player"] god bless Joe Strummer.[/quote]

Indeed! 8) And since you brought him up, I've been giving Hell's Ditch a lot of play lately and can't help but think Joe must have had a hell of a tough time keeping you guys on the same page. And some might want to shoot me for saying this, but here goes... it sounds to me like it could have spend more time in mixing and production (don't get me wrong, there is some brilliant stuff there, and I now love the album). My theory is that Joe was so relieved to be done with the recording studio drama, and some of the Pogues, or maybe the record company, just wanted it to be released so things could move on. Am I anywhere close to the truth here, or am I full of it? :)

Thanks Guest! The Nowegian Metal bit WAS a joke, though DogEatFace has been likened to a tank going over a cattle grid...Most of the songs I have mentioned have been recorded but I want to do almost everything again. Who is going to play on it and where we are doing it i'm keeping under my hat for the moment because i don't want to tempt fate. god bless Joe Strummer.

Wow. That sounds like it could be a really good album. Any clues on instrumentation etc. I am assuming Norwegian Metal is a joke? Though, not quite sure after reading about the PCP song. I'm also interested to know who the musicians you are planning to use are. Any clues? Also, are these all recorded or just ideas? I have heard your demo version of You Bring Me Round, it is an immense song, I can't begin to imagine the 40 guitar and Brass version! Sorry to land you with so many questions but this is a big deal to me! Thanks for everything Spider, I have really enjoyed your postings. As the great Joe Strummer said, "Spider Stacy? he's the true spirit of the Pogues!" See you in NY, and hopefully Boston too.

Yeah Eric, i love the gun idea and there's always room for twangy guitars, after all If It Ain't Got That Twang, It Ain't Worth A Thang...

There's another song i've got called Little Anthony & The Imperials. It's a kind of suicide note with weird floaty lap steel guitar. The guitarist on it said it scared the fuck out of him when he heard it back the first time!

Do u play the harmonica as well spider. I can play tinwhistle a bit but i am hoping to play more tunes than just the two that i know.

I would love to hear all those different instruments u r using for your album.

P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR SPIDER AND ENJOY YOURSELF.

(I am babysitting for a friend so i won't be able to go out)

Have a good time.

The sound that a six gun makes as the cylinder spins around.... I don't think that hand crank percussion instrument can make it properly..... but that sound would be good in there as well. And a good twangy reverberated guitar..... well I'm sure you aren't needing any help. :) Maybe I'll just put that one down myself. 8)