What are your favorite Shane solo songs?

[kgrunt]

Definitely "Snake with Eyes of Garnet"(I only have the fist album and the holiday EP); I also enjoy "Bring down the Lamp" and get a kick out of the Christmas lullaby. My kids are always singing "Nancy Whiskey"

[Pyro]

Well, I love the whistle in Aisling, but in means of songs...I guess it´s B&I Ferry - I love the feeling of it

[IrishRover]

Aoisloing roicks by all means, tois' oin me toip selection;
B & I Ferry, ointerestoing choice - froim me point of voiew, tois' soimewhat
of an exoitoic combo oin musoic terms, tois' loike moixture of paddy beats and reggae !

[Pyro]

Aoisloing roicks by all means, tois' oin me toip selection;
B & I Ferry, ointerestoing choice - froim me point of voiew, tois' soimewhat
of an exoitoic combo oin musoic terms, tois' loike moixture of paddy beats and reggae !

Definitely In most of Shane´s songs, I lack some verbal or musical "painting" - which I find, for example, in Jem's lyrics - but the Ferry really evokes some interesting stuff in me. Most notably Charon, the ferryman on Styx river

[Cornish Andy]

Well, I love the whistle in Aisling, but in means of songs...I guess it´s B&I Ferry - I love the feeling of it

Then you should love "Pinned Down" on the new boxed set...the original Pogues track that B&I ferry was adapted from. It's on the MySpace player of you haven't heard it yet.

[Kevin]

To me, "St John of Gods" is Shane´s standout track. But there are lots of other gems - "Aisling", "Song with no name", "Mother mo chroi" etc.

The only song I never cared much about is "A mexican funeral in Paris". It´s not my kind of music, so I Always skip that one when listening to The Snake.

Oh, and "Will you come the bower" and "Spanish lady" always sounded a bit uninspired to me. I think they lack a bit of energy.

Spanish Lady has great drumming on it!

Did Shane write it or is it an old song!

[Mick Molloy]

To me, "St John of Gods" is Shane´s standout track. But there are lots of other gems - "Aisling", "Song with no name", "Mother mo chroi" etc.

The only song I never cared much about is "A mexican funeral in Paris". It´s not my kind of music, so I Always skip that one when listening to The Snake.

Oh, and "Will you come the bower" and "Spanish lady" always sounded a bit uninspired to me. I think they lack a bit of energy.

Spanish Lady has great drumming on it!

Did Shane write it or is it an old song!

It was written by Mr Traditional

[Billie]

Aisling and Nancy Whiskey, definitely

[IrishRover]

Aoisloing's broilloiant, ultoimate, purest of poietry.. oi play pretty much every
toime when oi have the guoitar oin me hands, furoius.. tois' loikely that the
foirst voideo of me playoin' & soingoin', oim goinna coiver exactly thois song..
hear the rebel's voice ois calloin', oi shall noit doie thoiugh ye bury me...
essence, essence !
and Nancy's trad. song, by Mr. Tradoitoinal, to use Mick's expression..

[bencker]

Without a doubt..........Lonesome highway

[Clash Cadillac]

Without a doubt..........Lonesome highway

Cha-Ching

[paddysheehan]

the band played waltzing matilda is amazing. definetly the best one like.

[IrishRover]

that oine's trad. song, and noit Shaneo's soilo(woith Popes), but nevertheless tois' broilloiantly perfoirmed oi agree

[DzM]

That one's a traditional song, and not Shane's solo (with Popes). Nevertheless, I agree that it's brilliantly performed.

Only kinda correct.

"Waltzing Matilda" is often called a traditional, though the lyrics were (according to Wikipedia) written by Aussie poet Banjo Paterson and set to music by Christina Macpherson.

"And the Band played Waltzing Matilda," the song the Pogues cover on the Rum, Sodomy & The Lash album, was written by Eric Bogle.

[Grievous Angel]

To me, "St John of Gods" is Shane´s standout track. But there are lots of other gems - "Aisling", "Song with no name", "Mother mo chroi" etc.

The only song I never cared much about is "A mexican funeral in Paris". It´s not my kind of music, so I Always skip that one when listening to The Snake.

Oh, and "Will you come the bower" and "Spanish lady" always sounded a bit uninspired to me. I think they lack a bit of energy.

Spanish Lady has great drumming on it!

Did Shane write it or is it an old song!

It was written by Mr Traditional

Ooh, that guy's good. Too bad he hasn't written any new songs lately.