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The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:50 pm
by LSMelo
Hello.
Can anyone send me the lyrics of this song? Anyoine knows where can I get the lyrics that are not in the website of the Pogues?
Thank you.
Luís

Posted:
Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:59 pm
by MacRua
Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:53 pm
by Kriss
The Pouges reissued their 1984 album Red Roses For Me in 2004 to include 6 bonus tracks, one of those tracks being "The Leaving of Liverpool". Shane's singing lead, but who shouts out "One more time!" towards the end of the song. I'm pretty sure it's not Spider as we hear him echo "We will be!" around the same time and it's not the same voice.
P.S. - Yes I realize it's kind of a pointless question but I don't care.
Re: Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:46 pm
by Mick Molloy
Spider I guess.
edit: I was confused with the 'we will be' part
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:30 am
by MacRua
If you mean back vocal in the chorus - Andrew Ranken..
Re: Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:06 pm
by Simon Maguire
Mick Molloy wrote:Spider I guess.
edit: I was confused with the 'we will be' part
I think its referring to the part of the last chorus
"When I return united we will be" Spider seems to shout it out a little louder and a little before the rest of the band. It’s quite distinctively Spider’s voice.
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:31 pm
by Kriss
Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:40 pm
by Michaelo
Kriss wrote:Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"
It sounds like Jem Finer to me.
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:50 am
by John C
Michaelo wrote:Kriss wrote:Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"
It sounds like Jem Finer to me.
I don't know if he were even in the band at that time but I always imagined that it was Mr Woods. (This is just a thought, it may not even be CLOSE to correct).
John.
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:54 am
by Mick Molloy
John C wrote:Michaelo wrote:Kriss wrote:Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"
It sounds like Jem Finer to me.
I don't know if he were even in the band at that time but I always imagined that it was Mr Woods. (This is just a thought, it may not even be CLOSE to correct).
John.
It's the other way round mate

Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:16 pm
by dsweeney
If I had to make a guess I would say it is Frank Murray, the Pogues manager. It's definitely an Irish accent anyway. It's NOT Spider. Terry wasn't in the band yet or Phil.
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:54 pm
by Spike
It may be Mr Chevron as, whilst not being officially a full time member of the band at that point, i believe he was in the producers chair for the sessions that The Leaving Of Liverpool & The Wild Rover were recorded at. It's therefore quite likely that he played & sang on them on them as well as twiddled the knobs.
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool

Posted:
Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:06 pm
by philipchevron
Spike wrote:It may be Mr Chevron as, whilst not being officially a full time member of the band at that point, i believe he was in the producers chair for the sessions that The Leaving Of Liverpool & The Wild Rover were recorded at. It's therefore quite likely that he played & sang on them on them as well as twiddled the knobs.
Nah, not guilty on these ones. I believe Costello considered these tracks his "revenge" on the folk scene that had rejected him in the early 70s.