by Eric V Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:47 pm
Mick Molloy wrote:I think it's the fact people thought it would be a complete live gig that is dissapointing. I absolutley love the DVD, have watched it twice now and there's laughter and tears there.
Georgecat: have you seen it?
I bought it. I really enjoy the CD, especially the slower acoustic versions of songs at the beginning. The DVD was good. Nice to get to see the band behind the band. And the people behind the band. Their manager for instance, is quite a guy. There were two things I didn't like so much about it. First, the gratuitous use of the word "fuck" was a little dissapointing. I mean a couple of f-bombs hear and there were expected, but I just can't watch it with my kid, which was a dissapointment. And second, not once were the Pogues mentioned. As I said elsewhere about attending Tossers and DKM shows (where they actually played Pogues songs), there should be more credit given to the guys who blazed the trail and influenced the genre so much. I mean come on, a seven piece band playing Irish inspired rock to the wild youth, playing trad instruments...... hhmmmmmm...... where have I seen that before? Don't get me wrong, I don't think there needs to be any worship, and I certainly could see how frequent mention on the Pogues would fuel the "you're trying to be the Pogues" argument, but just to take a minute of their DVD to mention the Pogues seemed to me a very appropriate thing to do, and they didn't.
And one last thing.... people here at the site have pointed to Another Bag of Bricks as being a rip-off of Turkish Song of the Damned. Well they play Bag of Bricks on the cd and I can't help but think that Dave chose that song, and even the way they played it, a a big fuck you to the critics, which I think is funny.
Anyway, if you like FM, the cd/dvd set is worth it.
[quote="Mick Molloy"]I think it's the fact people thought it would be a complete live gig that is dissapointing. I absolutley love the DVD, have watched it twice now and there's laughter and tears there.
Georgecat: have you seen it?[/quote]
I bought it. I really enjoy the CD, especially the slower acoustic versions of songs at the beginning. The DVD was good. Nice to get to see the band behind the band. And the people behind the band. Their manager for instance, is quite a guy. There were two things I didn't like so much about it. First, the gratuitous use of the word "fuck" was a little dissapointing. I mean a couple of f-bombs hear and there were expected, but I just can't watch it with my kid, which was a dissapointment. And second, not once were the Pogues mentioned. As I said elsewhere about attending Tossers and DKM shows (where they actually played Pogues songs), there should be more credit given to the guys who blazed the trail and influenced the genre so much. I mean come on, a seven piece band playing Irish inspired rock to the wild youth, playing trad instruments...... hhmmmmmm...... where have I seen that before? Don't get me wrong, I don't think there needs to be any worship, and I certainly could see how frequent mention on the Pogues would fuel the "you're trying to be the Pogues" argument, but just to take a minute of their DVD to mention the Pogues seemed to me a very appropriate thing to do, and they didn't.
And one last thing.... people here at the site have pointed to Another Bag of Bricks as being a rip-off of Turkish Song of the Damned. Well they play Bag of Bricks on the cd and I can't help but think that Dave chose that song, and even the way they played it, a a big fuck you to the critics, which I think is funny.
Anyway, if you like FM, the cd/dvd set is worth it.
