The Medusa Fora

When I told a guy at work that The Pogues were coming to Sweden he said "Ah, that´s the guy with the big ears isn´t it?"

mats wrote:When I told a guy at work that The Pogues were coming to Sweden he said "Ah, that´s the guy with the big ears isn´t it?"

At least he didn´t say "The drunk with no teeth"

You have to educate your working colleuges in some decent music

When I talk of The Pogues to friends I always hear:

...does he still drink that much?

When talking to chicks or my wifes girlfriends:

...he is so ugly!!!!

When I was dating my then-wife, I took her to see Shane & the Popes in Chicago. She was a little hesitant, but I talked her into it. Shane walks out onto the stage with a cup of some kind of pink drink. No problem there, but about half-way through the show, he starts puking up pink stuff all over the stage. Then some roadie somes out, cleans it up with a rag, and tosses the rag into the audience. She turns about as white as a sheet and starts demanding that we leave right then and there. I managed to convince her to stay for the rest of the set, at least, but I missed the encore.

For the rest of the marriage, any time I tried to play a Pogues CD, I heard the comment, "That's the guy who threw up, isn't it?" and the CD would get changed to something else soon after.

Grievous Angel wrote:When I was dating my then-wife, I took her to see Shane & the Popes in Chicago. She was a little hesitant, but I talked her into it. Shane walks out onto the stage with a cup of some kind of pink drink. No problem there, but about half-way through the show, he starts puking up pink stuff all over the stage. Then some roadie somes out, cleans it up with a rag, and tosses the rag into the audience. She turns about as white as a sheet and starts demanding that we leave right then and there. I managed to convince her to stay for the rest of the set, at least, but I missed the encore.

For the rest of the marriage, any time I tried to play a Pogues CD, I heard the comment, "That's the guy who threw up, isn't it?" and the CD would get changed to something else soon after.

Haaha and for how much did it turn up on Ebay?

The rag not the wife of course

I'm lucky to talk to people who even know who he is! A shame more people don't appreciate him truly.

Fyllo wrote:When I talk of The Pogues to friends I always hear:

...does he still drink that much?

When talking to chicks or my wifes girlfriends:

...he is so ugly!!!!

I personally think he's incredibly attractive and so cool because he doesn't seem to give a shit and his voice breaks my heart...and he has something about him that makes us all want to protect him.

my maths teacher called him an ugly old drunk, i forgot to get my assignment(on what's most important too us which obviously would be shane) so my friend brought it to my maths room, and he got it and said 'The pogues!!?? you like the pogues!!!?? Fairytale of newyork was, good, but gee he's an ugly old drunk isn't he?' When he saw the look on my face when he said that he just laughed. Have i already said that???
i got an A though for the assignment.

I was on a training course at work last week and for the introduction we were asked to draw somebody we would like to be stuck in a lift with(seemed pointless but whatever). Anyway I drew a piss poor picture of Shane and everyone knew who it was from the picture. Probably going back to the teeth thing here!!.
ps - i don't think i would really like to be stuck in a lift with Shane, it would probably scare the shit out of me