I read that one in English, but I think I'm gonna buy it in German as well. Just want to check the translation, because I'm from Germany. I want to know if they are going to translate it good, or if some of the original quotes turn out to be something completely different in the German version. But it's good that Pogues are still requested in Germany, because otherwise they would not print it here I think.

Looks like Carol Clerks book is getting released in german!



The Pogues - Kiss My Arse - Die Geschichte der Pogues.
Bosworth Musikverlag (March 2009)

from amazon.de:
The Pogues, die wohl bekannteste Punk-Band der 80er Jahre. Liebe, Alkohol, Drogen, Sex und Skandale rein gar nichts wurde ausgelassen.
Und dabei machten sie trotzdem exzellente Musik, die die Hallen füllte. Nachzulesen ist das alles in der Biografie 'Kiss my Arse die Story der Pogues'.


I read on another page, that it might get released in October.

JamesStVincent wrote:wow, rosielee.... I'm jealous. I saw many great shows at maxwells, but I was too young (and into metal) to see the pogues there! I probably was at Monsters of Rock watching Metallica around that time! Been to the Limelight many times too.

Aaah that damn metal! I missed The Pogues playing in my hometown in -85 because I was only into metal at the time. Can I sue Iron Maiden for this

Hi there !

Is this book available in Canada ?
Thanks a lot lads !

Antoine

wow, rosielee.... I'm jealous. I saw many great shows at maxwells, but I was too young (and into metal) to see the pogues there! I probably was at Monsters of Rock watching Metallica around that time! Been to the Limelight many times too.

Harris wrote:Thank you Pogues for making such great music. Only rarely does one come across music that one can listen to all the time without end. It has happened to me with Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (when I was 14 - drove my parents nuts), Alice Cooper - all his 70s stuff, to some extent Johnny Winter - and now the Pogues.

My favorites this week are Boys from the County Hell, Sally Mclennan and Sickbed of Cuchulliann.

I hope to see some of you from the forum in Sweden this summer.

All the best,

holy crap. if you hadn't mentioned the wife and Alice Cooper this could be my life. weird.

The pogues first gig was indeed Maxwells in hoboken.
I had the great pleasure of being there.
Unforgetable gig, unforgetable night!!
We ended up in the Limelight afterwards.
Nuff said. Don't remember much but I'm told it was memorable.
Irony aside, I consider that gig one of the best and will always remember it.
When they sand Dirty Old Town I thought the roof was gonna blow off.
I was with a bunch of Dubs so you can imagine.
We will never see their likes again.
Thanks for the memories guys.

Just finished reading the book. It was very, very interesting reading for me, seeing that I was not interested in The Pogues until around 6 months ago. I was learning to play guitar and searched for whiskey in the jar lyrics. Google also suggested a song called "Streams of whiskey".

I like whisky, so I had a look, and then a listen in iTunes. Sounded a bit odd - I normally listen to 70s R&R, Johnny Winter and various blues. Some heavy metal too, and some punk.

I ordered what the local library had - Red Roses and Rum Sodomy. AND I WAS SOLD!!!! I love the stuff, and have been driving all my friends and my wife crazy by playing the stuff non-stop for 6 months.

Stumbled across the book by coincidence a few months ago. It's almost like knwoing the band members in person (although of course, we can only know what the author writes, not whether it is reality).

I used to live in Manchester for a short period, and I still often go to London, and I can just imagine seeing them all sitting by the bar. Makes me smile. Of course, by now they have moved past the early times, and have families - as do I - but I imagine that it would have made for an interersting evening coming across them in a bar in the 80s.

I have just recieved my tickets for "way out west" on 10th of august today by email. 100 euros a piece. Damn I am so exicted to finally get to see them in real life.

I am really impressed by MacGowans lyrics and his voice, but the main essence of the Pogues, at least in my view (with regard to the 80s stuff) springs from the synergy in the group. There are some interesting descriptions of how MacGowans thoughts of what the music should be like (and they sure do not seem easy to interpret), are really only realised by the others in the band - it's really a cooperative enterprise. That's how I read the book anyways.

Thank you Pogues for making such great music. Only rarely does one come across music that one can listen to all the time without end. It has happened to me with Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (when I was 14 - drove my parents nuts), Alice Cooper - all his 70s stuff, to some extent Johnny Winter - and now the Pogues.

My favorites this week are Boys from the County Hell, Sally Mclennan and Sickbed of Cuchulliann.

I hope to see some of you from the forum in Sweden this summer.

All the best,

if the book is as deep or personal or as frustrating as a drink with shane macgowan it must be great, im ordering a copy a.s.a.p.

by the way if that truly is you mr. chevron i just have to say that i love the radiators and thousands are sailing is one of the absolute best pogue songs ever, it made me cry the first time i heard it....and i NEVER cry.

well anyway i said my peace...

Hello i will try to order the book throught the ISBN in my bookstore, here in the Canary Islands, it seems interesting.

thanks

Bought my copy on Saturday in Glasgow.

They only seems to have one copy in each store and finaly i got mine, looking forward to it.

Drederick Tatum wrote:I'm on the second to last chapter of the book right now. It's incredible. It's great that every band member (except for Cait) was interviewed for it. It's funny sometimes to see how different people remember events differently. Also, is Shane insane? I knew he was a genius and with that comes a little instability, but reading how contradictory almost everything he says is to what he's said at another time, I think he's out of his mind.

And Jem really seems miserable. Very likebale, very honest but I think he's very negative.

Great book.

Philipo is not interviewed

yeah loving the poverty etc. just bought book in dublin with pictures of dirty children in the 70s

just been in dublin looking for shane, not yet found him. read new book just glad of new info...keen fan though all the way here in wales feel like i am irish...

territa wrote:

Drederick Tatum wrote:And Jem really seems miserable. Very likebale, very honest but I think he's very negative.

My take on it when I read the book was that Jem's concerns with the touring schedules stemmed from the fact that he was a family man, and had a life outside of the band from very early on.

Yeah, I understand that. And I agree with him, I can't imagine how hard it would be to raise a young family and be in an upstart band just taking the road for the first time, and having the touring be so intense. But, even recording sessions, actual songs it seems as if his memories were always the most - for lack of a better term - negative.

Just finished the book and was actually a little depressed because I'm done it.