by obsoleteshock Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:13 am
dsweeney wrote:Hi Phil, hope the tour is going well thus far. This is a little off topice I know but is there any chance of a new Pogues album in the future ? Surely to God Shane has enough material stockpiled even if he can't remember most of it ? A few choice covers and there you have it, a perfect Pogues album. No reivention, no experimenting, just the man himself and a brilliant band behind him. With all this downloading, i-pods and computer crap, I think the time is right for a real, genuine band like the Pogues to shine again. Cheers.
Personally, at this point, I'm just hoping for a single, rather than a full album. The Pixies are kind of in the same mode as The Pogues right now; they've been reunited and touring for a while, but seem to have no strong plans for an album. However, they did manage to record a new single a few years back that they just put up as an iTunes exclusive download. That seems like a pretty good way to get back into recording to me. It's a lot less pressure and gives just about the ultimate chance for a band to put their best foot forward since they only have to come up with one really solid song. If it goes well, they can always do more later, and if it doesn't go well, at least they don't have the pressure of selling and promoting an album hanging over their heads. Plus, it would give them one new song to integrate on tour.
Oh well... one can always hope.
[quote="dsweeney"]Hi Phil, hope the tour is going well thus far. This is a little off topice I know but is there any chance of a new Pogues album in the future ? Surely to God Shane has enough material stockpiled even if he can't remember most of it ? A few choice covers and there you have it, a perfect Pogues album. No reivention, no experimenting, just the man himself and a brilliant band behind him. With all this downloading, i-pods and computer crap, I think the time is right for a real, genuine band like the Pogues to shine again. Cheers.[/quote]
Personally, at this point, I'm just hoping for a single, rather than a full album. The Pixies are kind of in the same mode as The Pogues right now; they've been reunited and touring for a while, but seem to have no strong plans for an album. However, they did manage to record a new single a few years back that they just put up as an iTunes exclusive download. That seems like a pretty good way to get back into recording to me. It's a lot less pressure and gives just about the ultimate chance for a band to put their best foot forward since they only have to come up with one really solid song. If it goes well, they can always do more later, and if it doesn't go well, at least they don't have the pressure of selling and promoting an album hanging over their heads. Plus, it would give them one new song to integrate on tour.
Oh well... one can always hope.
