philipchevron wrote:RICHB wrote:jsmith200 wrote:Phil, after giving this considerable thought, here are some suggestions as to resolving the current impasse.
1. Go ahead with the Oz tour. However, on the return leg, push Cashman out of the window. We all know Shane's failure to come up with a memorable tune in the last 20 or so years can directly be attributed to having that loser on the ticket. If anyone is in any doubt, check out the Youtube clip from the Henry Rollins program.
2. Give Spider his marching orders. It's a mystery to me how he's survived in the company of real musicians all these years and I think you guys have carried him for long enough.
3. Give Shane an ultimatum - write a decent song for the first time since 1988 - or sayonara. The joke's worn rather thin all these years and he's only really been dragging you guys down all these years.
4. Hire a new frontman. The Emerald Isle is full of reasonable singers who are struggling to make a living given the current downturn. I'm sure they'd only be too happy to be given a chance. What about guest spots? I can see Christy coming on for Fairytale/Brown eyes for example.
5. Er, that's it.
Whats Spider done wrong? He's a fine whistle player?
Everyone in the Pogues is a fine musician. I'm not about to engage with this topic at the moment but I will say that I rate Spider more highly as a player than he probably rates himself. Any old fool can play the tin whistle, few can play it with the expression of Spider Stacy. Steve Lillywhite knows this too.
Ive always been impressed by the way the band have 'carried' him through 'Repeal of the Licensing Laws' ha ha ha Damn fine whislte playing (as Agent Cooper would say)
What about show in Perth? 
