McDaids.. i thought you meant mcdonalds for a minute there. and that would be a travesty... big macs rule USA USA

philipchevron wrote:[Did I ever tell you I was barred from McDaids? Not even Brendan managed that.

Ah, McDaids is the best pub in the world. Had the first pint of my stag do in there, before the very helpul barman sorted some digs out for us. Watched Ireland thrash Italy there in 1994. And they do lovely toast...

philipchevron wrote:
Not long after Mac came to feel he could improve the lyrics by having Mr Behan (an excellent dancer, by the way) "fall", "spew" or generally behave in a disreputable manner "up and down the street", in fact.

I never understood why you did not sing it on the album.

Alex wrote:

territa wrote:Is this the show where Spider is wearing the kamikaze scarf around his head?

I thought this was only the flag of Japan on it

I think your right Alex, it looks like the flag of Japan on it

I think its a great show !!

philipchevron wrote:Did I ever tell you I was barred from McDaids? Not even Brendan managed that.

Anonymous wrote:

philipchevron wrote:did I ever tell you I was barred from McDaids? Not even Brendan managed that.

come on mr c spill the beans

I don't remember. I only know I'm barred. But since I won't cross the threshold of any premises where smoking tobacco is not considered an agreeable, sociable and congenial past-time, that's all academic anyway.

philipchevron wrote:did I ever tell you I was barred from McDaids? Not even Brendan managed that.

come on mr c spill the beans

Alex wrote:

deeko wrote:When exactly did Philip begin singing his own song on stage ? Was it the first reunion tour ?

nope, late '88

Not long after Mac came to feel he could improve the lyrics by having Mr Behan (an excellent dancer, by the way) "fall", "spew" or generally behave in a disreputable manner "up and down the street", in fact.

Did I ever tell you I was barred from McDaids? Not even Brendan managed that.

deeko wrote:When exactly did Philip begin singing his own song on stage ? Was it the first reunion tour ?

nope, late '88

I love this DVD , its a brilliant show.Shane is in cracking form very pro active with the audience , just like he was in days gone by.Spider sits on a stool all the show through being on crutches he also looks like hes got a severe dose of the shakes.
Theres an awesome rendition of Yeah,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah and when Shane changes the words from Brendan Behan danced down the street to falls down the street on Thousands the look of non amusement on Mr Chevrons face is brilliant.
When exactly did Philip begin singing his own song on stage ? Was it the first reunion tour ? Also is there an acoustic version of the song anywhere because the little snippet during the Completely Pogued docu sounds superb done like that.
If anybody gets a chance of getting hold of a copy , grab it , you wont regret it.

Michaelo wrote:I've got it on VHS. It's a TV broadcast and the quality is good. I agree about the song Japan- it's really good. I wonder if they ever recorded a studio version because it's so different to most of their stuff and would be a great addition to the box set.

No, but check out the original by Pharoah Sanders (Saunders??)

I've got it on VHS. It's a TV broadcast and the quality is good. I agree about the song Japan- it's really good. I wonder if they ever recorded a studio version because it's so different to most of their stuff and would be a great addition to the box set.

territa wrote:Is this the show where Spider is wearing the kamikaze scarf around his head?

I thought this was only the flag of Japan on it

Is this the show where Spider is wearing the kamikaze scarf around his head?

Yeah the song 'Japan' is quite fun.