what trad songs would you like to hear

[TheKing]

If The Pogues were going to make a new album which, like their earlier albums, was to feature a mixture of traditional and original material, what trad songs would you like to hear on it?

[Guest]

Reilly's Daughter
Sam Hall

[A Guest]

Assuming it's traditional, Donegal Danny.

[Heather]

Although it's not a traditional number, I'd really love to hear them do The Lonesome Boatman as it's one of my favourite tunes ever.

[PADDYgoesDUTCH]

Assuming it's traditional: Gallipolli

[Fionn MacCool]

Do you mean trad in a traditional sense, or trad in a Pogues sense?

Hot Asphalt, Streets of New York or The Field Behind The Plough would be nice

[DrugProwlingWolf]

Gotta go with Sam Hall on this one.

[Fionn MacCool]

Or Rattlin' Bog, although it would be pretty cruel on Shane

[Bottle_of_Smoke]

When he was younger I' imagine shane would have done a great seven drunken nights

[John C]

Hot Asphalt, Streets of New York or The Field Behind The Plough would be nice

I don't know The Field Behind the Plough. There is a demo version of Hot Asphalt which has been wandering around the internet for years now (PM me for more details) with Spider on vocals* - it could turn up on the box set, as for the other one - I certainly would not like to hear The Pogues play the Streets Of New York because I hate the song for many, many reasons.

*Spider swore blind that it was Terry singing on the demo version and not him. I am not convinced though and I still maintain that's it's Spider singing. I also played it to one of Terry's daughters and she says it's not Terry singing

[philipchevron]

Hot Asphalt, Streets of New York or The Field Behind The Plough would be nice

I don't know The Field Behind the Plough. There is a demo version of Hot Asphalt which has been wandering around the internet for years now (PM me for more details) with Spider on vocals* - it could turn up on the box set, as for the other one - I certainly would not like to hear The Pogues play the Streets Of New York because I hate the song for many, many reasons.

*Spider swore blind that it was Terry singing on the demo version and not him. I am not convinced though and I still maintain that's it's Spider singing. I also played it to one of Terry's daughters and she says it's not Terry singing

Hot Asphalt is a Ewan MacColl song. Spider sings it on our recording.

[fatbloke]

Paddy West or Bold Fenian Men

[pogues24]

The Boys of Kilmichael
Finnegan's Wake
Dicey Reilly

Iain

[Scott]

Quare Bungle Rye, or Crooked Jack, or Drunken Sailor

[Eric V]

Mary's Wedding