Random places that you have heard The Pogues

by **strummercalling** Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:08 am

At a Celtic-themed restaurant the other day, they played "Bright Lights".... Not the most Irish of song choices, considering the theme of the restaurant, but it was still a pleasure to hear.

by **runjohnnyrun** Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:09 pm

Turkish Song of the Damned at Walt Disney World. Two days ago. I was placing an order at a fish and chip shop located adjacent to an "Irish" pub at Downtown Disney. We'd had a full-on Disney day filled with excess, crowds, noise, and flagrant and disturbing consumer manipulation, and were looking for something to eat and a couple of pints, and TSotD starts up. I couldn't believe it. Very surreal, and yet somewhat soothing.

Odder still was that the next song was the Dubliners Seven Drunken Nights - and not the abbreviated version either.

by **Heather** Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:15 pm

moose wrote:
Heather wrote:We are watching a TV show at the moment called The Secret Millionaire.

The programme is about millionaires who go and live in poor communities and this week a man is visting Salford, he can't tell anyone he's a millionaire, he wants to help people in the community and wants to see where his money would be most use. At the end of his time there he choses who he wants to help.

At the beginning of the programme they were playing The Pogues version of Dirty Old Town.

I caught that too, they also played the original.
Is that a top show or what, it is real reach for the hanky viewing.

I Know, heard that too, I have it somewhere on CD.

Slightly off topic, my mum used to know Ewan MacColl.

by **moose** Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:21 am

Heather wrote:We are watching a TV show at the moment called The Secret Millionaire.

The programme is about millionaires who go and live in poor communities and this week a man is visting Salford, he can't tell anyone he's a millionaire, he wants to help people in the community and wants to see where his money would be most use. At the end of his time there he choses who he wants to help.

At the beginning of the programme they were playing The Pogues version of Dirty Old Town.

I caught that too, they also played the original.

Is that a top show or what, it is real reach for the hanky viewing.

by **Heather** Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:31 pm

We are watching a TV show at the moment called The Secret Millionaire.

The programme is about millionaires who go and live in poor communities and this week a man is visting Salford, he can't tell anyone he's a millionaire, he wants to help people in the community and wants to see where his money would be most use. At the end of his time there he choses who he wants to help.

At the beginning of the programme they were playing The Pogues version of Dirty Old Town.

by **JT-Whistle** Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:29 pm

NYPiper79 wrote:Coleman's Irish Pub in Syracuse, NY
Tipperarry Hill is our neighborhood
you get the drift

im from syracuse. i bought my whistle on tip hill, i think. i love tip hill.

by **MissWalshy** Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:44 pm

victoria station toilets.

dirty old town.

fitting, huh?

by **Guest** Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:55 am

Walking thru the mall in King Of Prussia a few days after the Philadelphia show and I found myself singing along to the piped in music. I then realised it was Tuesday Morning, so bizarre.

Today on a Cadillac comercial, Sunnyside of the Street.

All so surreal.

by **NYPiper79** Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:18 am

Coleman's Irish Pub in Syracuse, NY
Tipperarry Hill is our neighborhood
you get the drift

by **The Duke of Ingmar** Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:41 am

Last night I went to a party where two people were celebrating their 45th birthdays. There was lots of 80ies music played, but the only Pogues song in between was "Thousands are sailing" which was very well received.

by **Nathanial Mayweather** Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:12 pm

philofbelloni wrote:Apologies if you've seen this in another post but HBO's The Wire has featured Pogues tunes on several occasions. The last was a policeman's wake where cast members sang "Body of an American" over the dead detectives corpse. Moments later, cast member Bunk Moreland puked all over the sidewalk while Sally Mac blared in the background. Epic television moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVznnoptsmM

At Kavanagh's Irish Pub, friends and fellow cops of the late Ray Cole gather to uphold a Baltimore police tradition: a final drink with their deceased friend. (Cole was played by the show's late executive producer Robert F. Colesberry and the character's wake was in part a tribute to the actor who portrayed him.)

* sadly, minus the Sally Mac puking scene...

by **nboldock** Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:49 pm

Yum!SodomyandtheLash wrote:A few years ago I was in a strip club in Tijuana, Mexico and one of the ladies danced to the version of "If I Should Fall From Grace" from the "Straight to Hell" soundtrack. I asked her what her name was and she said it was Maria and then danced to "Salsa y Ketchup." I then asked her where she first heard the Pogues and she said, "Who?" I was disturbed that this women would disrobe to the band that was not familiar with. Obviously taken aback, I said, " Would you like to explain yourself" and she got mad and stole my sneakers. A painful case all around.

Hahaha, what a great story. Probably one best used in carefully chosen circumstances though. i.e. not when the inlaws are round for dinner!

by **Behan** Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:22 pm

Yum!SodomyandtheLash wrote:A few years ago I was in a strip club in Tijuana, Mexico and one of the ladies danced to the version of "If I Should Fall From Grace" from the "Straight to Hell" soundtrack. I asked her what her name was and she said it was Maria and then danced to "Salsa y Ketchup." I then asked her where she first heard the Pogues and she said, "Who?" I was disturbed that this women would disrobe to the band that was not familiar with. Obviously taken aback, I said, " Would you like to explain yourself" and she got mad and stole my sneakers. A painful case all around.

Do you know if that was her selected song or was it a DJ playing the tune for the dancers? Were they locals or American dancers that dance and strip for the tourists? I would have found it odd to hear any Pogues in Mexico. That would make my night.

by **Yum!SodomyandtheLash** Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:05 am

A few years ago I was in a strip club in Tijuana, Mexico and one of the ladies danced to the version of "If I Should Fall From Grace" from the "Straight to Hell" soundtrack. I asked her what her name was and she said it was Maria and then danced to "Salsa y Ketchup." I then asked her where she first heard the Pogues and she said, "Who?" I was disturbed that this women would disrobe to the band that was not familiar with. Obviously taken aback, I said, " Would you like to explain yourself" and she got mad and stole my sneakers. A painful case all around.

by **Behan** Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:40 pm

philipchevron wrote:Oh my! Wait till you hear The Pirate Queen!!

Let me guess...The melody (Fanny Power part) of London You're A Lady?

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