The Medusa Fora

Noel Kenny wrote:Or when people say Dirty old Town is the best song he ever wrote

I sometimes wonder what Shane thinks when people attribute DOT to him.

I guess it must be the same for others who've covered songs written by other people, too. Or for singers who do songs by that well-known author "trad".

Mind you, it must be even more annoying if you've written your own song and people assume it's a "trad" song. I'm sure I was listening to someone talking about that recently. Probably some folkie...

firehazard wrote:

Noel Kenny wrote:Or when people say Dirty old Town is the best song he ever wrote

I sometimes wonder what Shane thinks when people attribute DOT to him.

I guess it must be the same for others who've covered songs written by other people, too. Or for singers who do songs by that well-known author "trad".

Mind you, it must be even more annoying if you've written your own song and people assume it's a "trad" song. I'm sure I was listening to someone talking about that recently. Probably some folkie...

It's like when people say they love that Christy Moore song Faithful Departed. Happens all the time.

So, what, it isn't Christys song?

MissWalshy wrote:So, what, it isn't Christys song?

See what I mean

The wink means..

joke



get it, plum?

MissWalshy wrote:The wink means..

joke



get it, plum?

I just thought you had something in your eye.

I get annoyed when I mention James Blunt to people. I just do. In fact I'm getting annoyed now. His publicist has just announced that, "he's now hard at work in Los Angeles on his new album."

But back to Shane. Isn't he the one with those horrible teeth, and is always drunk, cannot sing properly etc? I blame that bad crowd he runs round with.

Bud Byrne wrote:

MissWalshy wrote:The wink means..

joke



get it, plum?

I just thought you had something in your eye.

You two are SO Cute

Didn´t even need MDS for this one

Cheers my friends
Johan

Johan From Sweden wrote:

Bud Byrne wrote:

MissWalshy wrote:The wink means..

joke



get it, plum?

I just thought you had something in your eye.

You two are SO Cute

Didn´t even need MDS for this one

Cheers my friends
Johan

Ah great Beard Coach.........I think you are cute to.

Beisty wrote:I get annoyed when I mention James Blunt to people. I just do. In fact I'm getting annoyed now. His publicist has just announced that, "he's now hard at work in Los Angeles on his new album."

But back to Shane. Isn't he the one with those horrible teeth, and is always drunk, cannot sing properly etc? I blame that bad crowd he runs round with.

i get annoyed when people mention him to me too

I've got very annoyed over each of the last three Xmases when nobody in the office can understand why I am as excited as a pig in shit when I say I've got Pogues tickets (and I mention it a lot, obviously). They look at me like I've just said "I'm so excited! I'm going to the Spandau Ballet reunion concert! And Sinitta is supporting them!"

Fucking philistines. I hate them. Eff 'em all.

nboldock wrote:I've got very annoyed over each of the last three Xmases when nobody in the office can understand why I am as excited as a pig in shit when I say I've got Pogues tickets (and I mention it a lot, obviously). They look at me like I've just said "I'm so excited! I'm going to the Spandau Ballet reunion concert! And Sinitta is supporting them!"

Fucking philistines. I hate them. Eff 'em all.

oi understand ya 100%, and oi had even worse case scenario.. oimagoine ya have to gather a band that consoists of those sort of rednecks and play Pogues music woith them.. oimagine how one feels after that experience!

firehazard wrote:
Mind you, it must be even more annoying if you've written your own song and people assume it's a "trad" song.

I always thought this must be one of the biggest compliments one can get cos that would mean that the song must be so good to have survived lots and lots of years.

When me and my former band played our very first gig (which was part of a festival and we merely did nine songs), one of the songs we played was an original song from me. Afterwards some people came up to me and told me that they couldn´t tell which one was the "odd-one out". Maybe they didn´t mean it that way, maybe they felt that my song was lacking some kind of originality, but to me it was some sort of compliment, really.

The Duke of Ingmar wrote:

firehazard wrote:
Mind you, it must be even more annoying if you've written your own song and people assume it's a "trad" song.

I always thought this must be one of the biggest compliments one can get cos that would mean that the song must be so good to have survived lots and lots of years.

When me and my former band played our very first gig (which was part of a festival and we merely did nine songs), one of the songs we played was an original song from me. Afterwards some people came up to me and told me that they couldn´t tell which one was the "odd-one out". Maybe they didn´t mean it that way, maybe they felt that my song was lacking some kind of originality, but to me it was some sort of compliment, really.

Actually that's a very perceptive comment, Duke. And I think it was Billy Bragg that I heard saying something similar recently. So you're in good company there.

yeah its either whos that or oh thats the one tooth man isnt it?