What Is Your No. 1 Favourite Pogues Song?

**Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:20 am**

Pyro wrote:Imho opposite to naivity is ability to look through things and ability to look at things from distance, flavoured with a bit of...coldness, although it is not necessary.

so what about cynicism as an opposite to naivity ?

**Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:36 am**

you seem to belong to a kind of endangered pogues-fan-species!
Don't get me wrong Pyro, no hard feelings, but imho that stuff belongs to the most strangest comments i've read so far :lol:

I tried to understand it - but I simply can't hehe :roll:

Pyro wrote:And btw-I would like to know, why people like so much those:
Fairytale
Rainy night
Pair of brown eyes
Sally MacLennane
Imho they are poor musically and not so great in lyrics...

... I'm glad you still like the pogues!!

Pyro wrote:Pair of brown eyes+Sally - I consider two first albums to be the worst (or "the least great" to be more accurate), because they are too simple, Terry Woods is missing very much. Or his musical influence.
+shane´s voice is too naive to me.

the addition of Mr Woods was indeed a good thing, but that doesn't make the first two albums more simple.

Pyro wrote:Rainy night - well I think lyrics are better than the music. Maybe above middle, but the music to it is ...maybe too lyric to me, but Shanely lyric, which I don´t like that much.

I fell inlove with the pogues through their music, i didn't speak any english at that time. But through the years i discovered that those shanely lyrics are damn good

Pyro wrote:And If I should compare Pogues without Shane and Shane without Pogues, it would be hard as both is exceptional, but the Pogues without Shane would win it probably. They were more unique+musically and lyrically richer.

That's one point I almost agree with you!!!

musically richer - that's fine with me. Lyrically richer ... i'd say they are pretty much on the same level.

Pyro wrote:Fairytale...It is truly a simple theme, yes, the piano isn´t bad, but I don´t like the composition later+I don´t like Kirsty MacColl very much (On 2001brixton academy it was sung by someone else and I liked it particulary). And the lyrics...well, I don´t want to harm fans of the song but they are so simple, they are almost primitive to me. Just my opinion.
And imho it is rather pop than anything else (whoah, I just want to know, how many assasins will come after me:-))

if you think that's pop, what is "Pet Shop Boys - Always on my mind" no.1 hit (that's bullshit i know, but that's what i call pop) while Fairytale was no.2.

Pyro wrote:I will try to write few problems I have with Fairytale:
I don´t like Kirsty MacColl (her opinions, her look, her voice)

i don't know any of her opinions as well as i can't judge about her look (if you have only seen the "T&C Club video"...well that's 80's style) but her voice i think is brilliant, her harmonies are sweet...i always thought that's what angels sing like (got 3 of her albums) lol

**Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:20 pm**

MacRua: I would say that when cynic, you can view things from distance. I find opposing thing in naivity.

Alex: Definitely right with mr. Woods. His addition didn´t make older albums more simple. Just new albums were more complicated:-)
It wasn´t only him probably though.

About Kirsty - I know some of her opinions from interviews. And I don´t like it.

First I didn´t understand English as well. And then I listened Clash + Pogues side by side. And I liked Clash lyrics more than Pogues stuff (except mr. Finer´s pieces).

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:11 pm**

Don't know about you lot but the Pogues continue to suprise me. I started off by being in love with "A Pair of Brown Eyes" but my song of the moment is continuely changing, - now my fav songs at the moment are:

Sayonara
Tuesday Morning
and Streams of Whiskey.

whats yours?

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:53 pm**

Turkish Song of The Damned. I'll have that played at my funeral I like the scary last verse.

Followed by A Rainy Night In Soho

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:30 pm**

Kitty
Leaving of Liverpool
Haunted

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:07 pm**

Heather wrote:Turkish Song of The Damned.

Same here. I might also add Sally MacLenanne and Body of an American.

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:30 pm**

i keep thinking they are all my favorite songs, but because of the reunions shows the song in my head is Streams of Whiskey.

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:12 pm**

star of the county down and the broad majestic shannon

**Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:23 pm**

I'm in with Body of an American and Bright Lights.

**Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:07 am**

"Leaving of Liverpool" and "Greenland Whalefisheries" are my favorites at the moment.

**Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:04 am**

billy's bones and greenland whale fisheries

**Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:07 am**

My Blue Heaven

OK just kidding!

Boys from the County Hell

**Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:53 pm**

Thousands are Sailing is stuck on me right now. lol

**Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:51 pm**

Oh God was I hammered when I posted this. Apologies:

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