What Is Your No. 1 Favourite Pogues Song?

[DCHISHOLM]

Body of an American live is IMO the best. Streams is the song I always whistle at some point every day so it must be up there as well

[irish hillbilly]

It would have to be the first song I ever heard The Pogues sing; "If I Should Fall From Grace With God".
The song is brilliant!

[DrugProwlingWolf]

I refuse to decide between If I Should Fall From Grace With God and Thousands Are Sailing.

Thousands Are Sailing is without hyperbole some of the most beautiful fucking songwriting ever, but Grace is more anthemic. No other song makes me want to sing along at the top of my lungs quite like it. Both are basically perfection, and just to go against the tide I'll say I believe them both to be far superior to Fairytale.

[Narraback]

Come on now Simon, that's like having to pick your favorite child!

Well, OK.......here are some that I like more than others:

Body of an American
Fairytale of New York
Rainy Night in Soho
Streams of Whiskey
Broad Majestic Shannon

I dunno, too hard to pick one. Probably easier to pick a least favorite.

[twood50785]

Their version of 'Dirty Ol' Town' is my favourite song of theirs. Fuc[i][i]king brilliant stuff. After that, 'Pair of Brown Eyes'.

[Broad Majestic Jimmy]

Like others have said, my favorite song keeps changing. There are literally dozens of songs that are all great: Sally Mac, Streams, Broad Majestic Shannon, Turkish, Boys From County Hell, Thousands are Sailing, IISFFGWG, Lullaby of London, the list goes on and on. I can't name a single favorite.

Lately, I have been listening a lot to Sea Shanty and trying to sing it all the way through without missing a word. It is a very difficult tongue twister. I have it all the way down except for the line "Then I'll shoot back belly crippling buckets of beer". It's hard enough to say, let alone sing fast between two other lines. It's my 'current' favorite.

[Woody]

I love all Pogues songs.But my favourite song is Lullaby of London.I like the version they play 1988 in T&C with Kirsty.It brings me tears in my ears when I saw this video.

[Vagabond]

Lately, I have been listening a lot to Sea Shanty and trying to sing it all the way through without missing a word. It is a very difficult tongue twister. I have it all the way down except for the line "Then I'll shoot back belly crippling buckets of beer". It's hard enough to say, let alone sing fast between two other lines. It's my 'current' favorite.

It's a slip jig, even Luke Kelly found those difficult.

My favorites vary, but at the moment I'd say:

Waxie's Dargle
A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
Lorca's Novena
The Old Main Drag

[HisRoyalDrunkenness]

Come on now Simon, that's like having to pick your favorite child!

Well, OK.......here are some that I like more than others:

Navigator, Streams, Old Main Drag, Sally Maclenanne, A Pair of Brown Eyes, Fairytale, Lullaby of London, White City, Sunny Side of the Street, Transmetropolitan, Sick Bed, I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday, Whiskey You're The Devil, Sea Shanty, A Rainy Night In Soho, Body Of An American, The Leaving Of Liverpool, Bastard Landlord,Kitty, Misty Morning, London, You're A Lady, Rare Ould Mountain Dew, Dark Streets Of London, Repeal of the Licencing Laws, Miss Otis Regrets.

Notice how many B-sides feature in my favourites list!.

[Narraback]

Come on now Simon, that's like having to pick your favorite child!

Well, OK.......here are some that I like more than others:

Navigator, Streams, Old Main Drag, Sally Maclenanne, A Pair of Brown Eyes, Fairytale, Lullaby of London, White City, Sunny Side of the Street, Transmetropolitan, Sick Bed, I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday, Whiskey You're The Devil, Sea Shanty, A Rainy Night In Soho, Body Of An American, The Leaving Of Liverpool, Bastard Landlord,Kitty, Misty Morning, London, You're A Lady, Rare Ould Mountain Dew, Dark Streets Of London, Repeal of the Licencing Laws, Miss Otis Regrets.

Notice how many B-sides feature in my favourites list!.

See what I mean? And there's probably a dozen or so you left out.

[hibernician66]

gotta be the broad majestic shannon..i lived a few miles above it once in west clare..beautiful!

[Noel Kenny]

gotta be the broad majestic shannon..i lived a few miles above it once in west clare..beautiful!

Are you sure you don't mean East Clare? West Clare is on the Atlantic.

[Lade]

At the moment my favourite song is Nicaragua Libre.

[take_me_to_ireland]

I cant believe Anniversary doesnt get much of a look-in here. Jem Finer, the great man.

1) Anniversary
2) Love You Till The End
3) Fairytale of Now York
4) Im A Man You Dont Meet Everyday
5) White City

The songs that get me shakin my ass every day

[Paddy_Garcia]

I'd be hard pushed to pick one but if you had a gun at my head, Bottle Of Smoke, nah Streams Of Whiskey....possibly If I Should Fall From Grace With God, but what about Thousands Are Sailing....but I love Tuesday Morning...Not an easy one at all!!!