Eckhard wrote:

philipchevron wrote:
Both titles were certainly at the top of a shortlist a few months ago. Getting the singer into the same time-space continuum as the rest of the band for anything resembling a rehearsal continues to be a hazardous, many would say fruitless, task, which is not to say the singer is not full of good intentions.

I would love to hear them. What about those laminated ( word? ) papers with they lyrics on it he used in 2008? He should be able to remember the melody, shouldn't he. I mean, he made at least two songs out of NW3.

philipchevron wrote:Getting the singer into the same time-space continuum as the rest of the band for anything resembling a rehearsal continues to be a hazardous, many would say fruitless, task, which is not to say the singer is not full of good intentions.

philipchevron wrote:

Eckhard wrote:More than about newly recorded music I wondered about why some of the "new" stuff from the boxed set did not find it's way into the live shows. NW3 and "The Travelling People" would have been the obvious choice, imho.

Both titles were certainly at the top of a shortlist a few months ago. Getting the singer into the same time-space continuum as the rest of the band for anything resembling a rehearsal continues to be a hazardous, many would say fruitless, task, which is not to say the singer is not full of good intentions.

philipchevron wrote:
Both titles were certainly at the top of a shortlist a few months ago. Getting the singer into the same time-space continuum as the rest of the band for anything resembling a rehearsal continues to be a hazardous, many would say fruitless, task, which is not to say the singer is not full of good intentions.

Eckhard wrote:More than about newly recorded music I wondered about why some of the "new" stuff from the boxed set did not find it's way into the live shows. NW3 and "The Travelling People" would have been the obvious choice, imho.

PADDYgoesDUTCH wrote:

philipchevron wrote:But we're not sick of the old ones yet.

Fair point, Philip, neither am I, no worries there.
I'll love 'The Pogues forever without new songs too.

But you guys are of the creative kind, aren't you?
Don't you ever sit around, playing an instrument
or playing with words,
thinking 'hell yeah, that might become a cool song'?

I admire both the drive and the talent of creative people,
and assume both the drive and the talent are still there,
aren't they?

Then again, if fed up by this topic, let it go.

Looking forward to the Münster and Amsterdam gigs,
thanks for dropping by,

yours, Andries

philipchevron wrote:But we're not sick of the old ones yet.

Mike M wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

PADDYgoesDUTCH wrote:that might add to the shows, but would certainly add to listening pleasure in general,
kinda hard to imagine that such a bunch of fine musicians cannot find new tunes to play

But we're not sick of the old ones yet.

Philip, on a slightly less irreverent note, do you (or other members of the band) find it at all encouraging that fans still wish for new music from you? It seems like the fans of so many acts that have been around as long as The Pogues are content to only want to hear the old stuff, and in fact often shun newer work. I'm sure you get sick of being asked about it, and that's understandable after a point, but I guess I'm curious about your take on the constant requests for it.