The Medusa Fora

philipchevron wrote:That said, I do actually prefer the Henry Higgins/Bernard Shaw/Alan Jay Lerner reply: "I treat a Duchess as though she were a flowergirl and a flowergirl as if she were a Duchess".

Well, now I'm hearing the score of "My Fair Lady" being done by the Pogues. Philip could do a lovely job with "On the Street Where You Live", turn Spider loose on "With a Little Bit of Luck", and have Terry do "Why Can't the English Teach Their Children how to Speak". Shane, of course, would bring new meaning to "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face".

Clearly I've too much time on my hands, sorry...

sheva wrote:

philipchevron wrote:That said, I do actually prefer the Henry Higgins/Bernard Shaw/Alan Jay Lerner reply: "I treat a Duchess as though she were a flowergirl and a flowergirl as if she were a Duchess".

Well, now I'm hearing the score of "My Fair Lady" being done by the Pogues. Philip could do a lovely job with "On the Street Where You Live", turn Spider loose on "With a Little Bit of Luck", and have Terry do "Why Can't the English Teach Their Children how to Speak". Shane, of course, would bring new meaning to "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face".

Clearly I've too much time on my hands, sorry...

Sheva,

I have laughed so much at this post that I have had to put my drink down!

I look forward to your suggestions as to who should lead on what in Oklahoma.

Thank you

soulfinger wrote: I look forward to your suggestions as to who should lead on what in Oklahoma.

I bags Dream Curly

Ah, you beat me to it, Mr. C - Dream Curly it is!

As for the rest, I just can't get past the image of Shane singing "Oh What a Beautiful Morning"...

sheva wrote:
I just can't get past the image of Shane singing "Oh What a Beautiful Morning"...

Warped!

its not that far fetched if you have happened to see the video for miss otis regrets/just one of those things on the poguevision video, christ knows what shanes wearing but i bet some clown is missing a suit

chief o hara wrote:its not that far fetched if you have happened to see the video for miss otis regrets/just one of those things on the poguevision video, christ knows what shanes wearing but i bet some clown is missing a suit

in fact what the hell is that video all about kirstys voice sounds amazeing on the song thougth,

I love that video - brings back fond memories of dancing school, especially when they all come crowding in at the end.

And that is one hell of a suit - won't do for "Oklahoma", but Shane would make a fine Nathan Detroit in that baby...

<b>Shane:</b><blockquote>"The first time I ever met him was when he was doing a video for us and Kirsty McColl. He had ordered these costumes and I didn't like them, particularly didn't like my own one and somebody said to me, 'This is Neil Jordan and you must respect him' and I went up to him and said, 'Oh, Neil Jordan, so you're the wanker who fucking decided to dress me up in this costume' and he got taken aback by that and said yes he was and I said I thought it was full of shit and what's more I told him I'd stayed up all night especially to look like I was dead, because according to the storyline I'm dead and that there should've been a bullethole in the middle of my head and I wanted to put a bullethole in the middle of my head and he said that we couldn't afford to put a bullethole in the middle of my head, the BBC wouldn't like it and I said, 'Fuck the BBC! What kind of director are you?' and I'd had a particularly hard night deliberately to look as much like a corpse as possible. I walked into make-up and said, 'Bullethole in the middle of the head please!' and that's when Neil came in and vetoed it..."
<i>A Drink With Shane MacGowan</i>. </blockquote>

The Pogues: Heroes and Vaudevillians
Select, 1990
Story by Graham Linehan, photos by Mary Scanlon

There's some jiggery-poguery going on down at the old Bull & Bush as THE POGUES and KIRSTY MacCOLL roll out the barrel for charity. SELECT joins in the dancehall craze, on the video shoot for their covers of Cole Porter songs on the AIDS benefit LP, Red, Hot And Blue
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You're such a geek with all your quotes from everywhere...

that's why we love our man from the far away bog

MissWalshy wrote:You're such a geek with all your quotes from everywhere...

MissWalshy wrote:You're such a geek with all your quotes from everywhere...

Now there's gratitude!!

As I recall, Neil Jordan asked for 3 days to shoot this film, which we could not spare as we were on a UK tour. As Shane indicates, we had to drive down to Hackney after a Liverpool show. Anyway, the discrepancy between what Neil wanted and what we were able to give him caused tension right from the start. That said, and given that ALL the Pogues (and La Kirsty)hated making videos, this was one of the least unpleasant experiences. At least Jordan did not have the threat of being pushed off a Gaudi apartment block in Barcelona hanging over him, unlike poor Ade Edmondson.

Graham Linehan went on, with Arthur Matthews, to create "Father Ted".

MissWalshy wrote:You're such a geek with all your quotes from everywhere...

merci pour le complimant, you barefaced flatterer!
i've gained another groupie, i am afraid

thanx macrua and mr c, thats cleared that one up 4 me [now dont you think its about time the poguevision video is put onto dvd ]and while you are in the mood to answer questions mr c whats that picture of you at a cricket match on the inside of if i s.f.f.g.w.god all about arms aloft with a pint of bitter in one of your mitts by the looks of it !