house of gods

**Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:31 pm**

i have just realised how amazing this song is, and infact how under rated the whole of hell's ditch is

bring it back live!!

**Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:39 pm**

Yes, it took me a while to realise how good the song is. In fact, I've only just gotten around to adding it to my mp3 player!

Like much of Hell's Ditch, it rewards repeated plays.

**Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:16 pm**

I've been reading the forum for a while and was going to post about this song. Does anyone know if the intro is deliberate tip of the hat to You Still Believe in Me by The Beach Boys or is it mere coincidence?

**Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:27 pm**

evilaxeman0 wrote:i have just realised how amazing this song is, and infact how under rated the whole of hell's ditch is

bring it back live!!

Couldn't agree with you more mate imo it is a very underrated Pogues song.

**Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:35 pm**

does anyone have a clue at all what this song is about?

**Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:46 pm**

Thailand

**Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:16 pm**

Almost all the songs Shane wrote for Hell's Ditch drew on his inspirations while on holiday in Thailand, with the possible exception of Lorca's Novena, which drew on his affinity of Spain and the writings of Federico Garcia Lorca, and the title track, which has almost a Greek vibe to it.

Iain

**Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:03 pm**

is the tune at the begining of this song an original or is it a trad tune?

**Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:40 pm**

I think the whole Hells Ditch album is a "summer" album, can't wait for the sun, the holidays, the music, the drinks.........

**Tue May 01, 2007 10:54 pm**

agreed, great summer album and i'm bopping along to this song pretty much every day now its sunny

**Tue May 01, 2007 11:04 pm**

i have also just noticed just past halfway through the song shanes voice kinda falters on one line, which makes the song even better

it is at about 2:07

**Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:43 am**

I've always thought that this song was under rated.

**Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:02 am**

Hell's Ditch is, by some distance, the most interesting and enjoyable pastoral-punk album ever made. There is no intention of irony or smart aleckry. It is, as it stands, just a great Summer record. Contemporary (and subsequent) divisions over track-listings and suchlike have tended to obscure this fact a little.

**Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:16 pm**

I've said it before and I'll say it again. While Hell's Ditch does not have the best pogues songs on it (the first three do), it is (in my opnion) the best Pogues album.

**Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:47 pm**

Beisty wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again. While Hell's Ditch does not have the best pogues songs on it (the first three do), it is (in my opnion) the best Pogues album.

It was a grower for me, after I bought it I listened to it a couple of times and then shelved it, but then a little while later I bunged it on the stereo while I was having a bath (unfortunate image I know) and suddenly thought, "BY Christ, this is a damn good album!" (or words to that effect, possibly).

It does get better with multiple lessons - the same can be said for numerous other great albums, IMO.

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