philipchevron wrote:Why don't you just make 10 louder ?

Because this one goes to eleven?

..............is the wrong answer.

philipchevron wrote:Why don't you just make 10 louder ?

That would be taking it over the top, and that's just tasteless.

Plus, eleven rhymes with cooler words.

Why don't you just make 10 louder ?

...if we need that little extra, we turn 'em to 11

TheIrishRover wrote:Why not just make 10 louder on the amps?

this one goes to eleven

You can't beat good, old fashioned, Fanny Power...

Great! But looks like prize has been stifled...

Yeah Yeah! It's Fanny Poer! By Turlough O'Carolan

For those who want a listen, here is a midi file. The semblance is particularly noticeable at the end of the tune.



nnaattee

See if any of you Medusa Fora members know this one:

From where was the melody at the beginning and the end of London You're A Lady stolen (or borrowed...sorry James & Phil)? Mr. Chevron & Mr. Fearnley, don't help on this one just yet.

I'm curious to see how many people here know this. A little music history, eh?

Ohhh! What would the prize be?

I never debate the merits of a song with anyone, just like what I like and don't what I do not. Some song might mean something to someone, even if I think it is shit, and I hate to deprive anyone of the joy they derive from it. Sometimes it means holding my tongue when I want to vomit derision all over someon'e choice in music. There are songs that I am not keen on in the Pogues catalog, but you'll never know what they are. VERY few. "Boat Train" I really like , however. It is different in a way that I find most enjoyable. Plus, at least they were trying to do different things here and there, and were certainly putting out stuff that towered over most of the ooze dripping from my radio that year. Without being specific, of course.

Andy P. Davies wrote: some of the most execrable Pogues moments were for the first time publicly aired on the disc - 'Boat Train'...

Andy, I'm sorry but that's plain nonsense. James' accordion on Boat Train makes it worth the admission fee on its own.

I followed the band avidly around the UK as a live unit between 1984 and 1990, and concommitantly, was always being mesmerised by the creative gains the studio based The Pogues achieved. The Noisy Boysies/PogueMahone came to a fruition in a manner I believe no-one could have predicted and all in very short order.
I always found it quite astonishing how the crisp freshness, the sense of adventure and possibility of IISFFGWG was replaced by the 'Car Crash' murkiness of 'Peace and Love' within a relatively short space of time. It is as though The Pogues reached the summit - and then went very weary.
Notwithsanding the above - some of The Pogues greatest songs and arrangements appear on 'Peace and Love' - namely 'London You're a Lady', 'Down all the Days'. 'Misty Morning, Albert Bridge' and 'Lorelei'.
However - some of the most execrable Pogues moments were for the first time publicly aired on the disc - 'Blue Heaven', 'Boat Train'...
It was a long time ago - but did it signal the creative defeat of the band?