Brixton Show Dec 18 & 19th 2007

by **paddyc** Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:31 pm

Missed the show, any one know what the set list was?

Cheers in advance

by **ewbie** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:42 pm

Eckhard wrote:
ewbie wrote:
ewbie wrote:Cheers fellas, the drummer eh? Told you I was a new convert!

Thanks

Oh, and any ideas where I can find the song?

Ta.

On the remastered version of "Peace and Love".

And, btw, the album is an album by the Pogues

Alright alright, I aint that bad!

Cheers.

by **Eckhard** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:38 pm

ewbie wrote:
ewbie wrote:Cheers fellas, the drummer eh? Told you I was a new convert!

Thanks

Oh, and any ideas where I can find the song?

Ta.

On the remastered version of "Peace and Love".

And, btw, the album is an album by the Pogues :wink:

by **ewbie** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:33 pm

ewbie wrote:Cheers fellas, the drummer eh? Told you I was a new convert!

Thanks

Oh, and any ideas where I can find the song?

Ta.

by **ewbie** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:29 pm

Cheers fellas, the drummer eh? Told you I was a new convert!

Thanks

by **Eckhard** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:12 pm

ewbie wrote:Quick question....

Was at Brixton Dec 19th - who was the geezer who came on and did a song near the end? Macgowan went off to the right of the stage while the bloke did his number.

Excuse me for the lack of knowledge, quite a new convert, but the name of the song would be great too.

Ta.

If the song was about some star of the county down all the evidence points towards Mr. Ranken.

Do you recall if "the bloke" probably spent most of the evening behind the drumkit?

by **philipchevron** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:11 pm

ewbie wrote:Quick question....

Was at Brixton Dec 19th - who was the geezer who came on and did a song near the end? Macgowan went off to the right of the stage while the bloke did his number.

Excuse me for the lack of knowledge, quite a new convert, but the name of the song would be great too.

Ta.

Andrew Ranken

Star Of The County Down

Andrew is perhaps best known as the drummer with The Pogues.

by **ewbie** Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:00 pm

Quick question....

Was at Brixton Dec 19th - who was the geezer who came on and did a song near the end? Macgowan went off to the right of the stage while the bloke did his number.

Excuse me for the lack of knowledge, quite a new convert, but the name of the song would be great too.

Ta.

by **Frame** Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:55 pm

I was at the 19th show at Brixton. When the band came on, I could tell by the look on thier faces that it was going to be a rough night for Shane. And yes he did slur quite a bit. However, he did have a good deal of moments. I thought Dark Streets of London was great and I was real impressed not only that he did 1000's are Sailing in his state, but that he did it so well ( although not as optimisitic or beautiful as Philip though). I was surprised that he did Transmetroplin in his state but not so surpirsed that he mumbled most of it. My memory can be spotted but I seem to recall Shane fallining into the PA speaker at the end of the night and Joey having to come up and pull him out.

I guess I don't really know the point I am trying to make is . Sure it was not Shane's best night, but I wouldn't say it was even anywhere close to his worse or even the worse of the last seven years.

I saw this show and the one in Dublin and went to Amsterdam in between. The band was better in Dublin, but lost the Brixton crowd madness.

Anyway, Happy Holidays to all.

by **Guest** Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:34 am

brilliant gig on the 19th, how come nobody else booed the holloways tho? they were shit! except their song about christmas.

by **keithwillisuk** Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:12 am

Summer in Siam was fantastic at the GMEX, great to be able to hear it again.

by **Simon** Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:04 am

Thank you Pogues for an amazing evening. I never been thought about summer in Siam as a classic, but in Brixton the true beuty of the song shone throu. Never seen Shane so good before pure class and that goes offcourse for the rest of the band. See you next year i hope.

Marke998 you are just joking right???

by **keithwillisuk** Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:52 pm

Well i went to see The Pogues in Manchester and the show was sensational!!!! everybody on top form including Shane. Ive just got my tix for the New York shows, cant bloody wait. best wishes to the band for xmas.. get well soon Phil!!

by **pms** Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:15 pm

I was there at Brixton on the 19th, another wonderful evening thank you all so much. I just wish I could see the band more than once a year, either in Ireland or in the UK. I am very grateful to those people who put their videos on you tube to allow us to remember how special every Pogues gig is.

by **Guest** Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:51 pm

Marke998 wrote:I went to the above gig and would like to share my experience here.

The gig kicked off with half a dozen songs from The Holloways. The music was ok but the sound quality was poor and distorted. When they left the stage we sat in anticipation of the main event. We sat, we waited. We sat, we waited. The evening dragged on whilst some god-awful music in a foreign language assaulted our ears. Every now and then people shuffled about the stage. Occasionally, this was timed with the end of a song (was that the national anthem of Uzbekistan they just played?) and the crowd would cheer in anticipation of the band coming on. But no, they’d got other things to do which, I suspect, included trying to sober up Shane McGowan enough to get him on stage. So we sat and waited. We sat, we waited.

After about an hour and 20 minutes the band appeared. Someone shone a light and helped McGowan shuffle over to his microphone. He was so pissed he could barely stand let alone sing. He mumbled into his microphone and then started singing. Well, that’s not entirely true. What he did was to drunkenly slur into the microphone occasionally in approximate time with the rest of the band and occasionally in a way that sounded somewhere close to singing but was really just drunken shouting. It was shit.

The evening progressed with more terrible drunken singing, mumbled words and forgotten lyrics whilst the rest of the band continued to produce the really brilliant sounds I associate with the Pogues. The crowd loved it. I couldn’t understand why anyone would cheer the band whilst Shane continued to wreck tune after tune but I guess atmosphere and a lot of beer during the interminable delay before the band came on must have had the desired affect on the audience.

Throughout the performance Shane constantly knocked over his microphone stand and threw the song sheets and lyrics he had before him onto the floor. He didn’t know which song was going to be played next and the band had to nurse him like a sick child throughout the whole show. At one point a member of the band commented ‘Well, it’s better than being dead.’ True but only just.

They gave us two encores and the crowd went wild at the opening bars of Fairytale of New York. People were singing along and dancing in the aisles. They brought on a guest singer to duet with Shane and I have never felt so sorry for an artiste as I did for her when Shane mumbled and fucked up his part. He ruined the song but still the adoring fans cheered, danced and sang along.

When it was all over, I felt robbed. The Pogues had come to put on a show and give the crowd a great time. Somehow, they pulled it off but I cannot see how they can expect to keep a fan base when the lead singer is such a mess.

I knew Shane was ill before I bought my ticket and I expected him to be a bit drunk. But he was so pissed that he couldn’t perform and he let the band and the audience down time after time. That show made the band thousands of pounds but I for one didn’t get value for money.

I have always wanted to see The Pogues and was really looking forward to the gig but I will never see them again. Sober up Shane and give us what we deserve in return for buying your music and supporting you throughout all these years.

Mark.

Brixton Show Dec 18 & 19th 2007

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