The Medusa Fora

The NME Awards Nominations are now open to vote. Me and a few others have voted for The Pogues in a few catergories. Namely Best Live Band, and their Christmas tour as Best Live event. The NME needs a boot up the arse, and The Pogues are leagues above some of the indie chart rubbish out there at the moment.

http://www.nme.com/awardsvote

It only takes three minutes of your time, get voting.

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bump this, get The Pogues an award.

gimmedanger wrote:bump this, get The Pogues an award.

I'm not sure the regulars pose a huge threat to the skinny-jeaned-awful-haircutted majority at NME.com who are repeatedly voting for Florence and the Machine.

Smerker wrote:

gimmedanger wrote:bump this, get The Pogues an award.

I'm not sure the regulars pose a huge threat to the skinny-jeaned-awful-haircutted majority at NME.com who are repeatedly voting for Florence and the Machine.

Not strictly true, The Pogues had a relatively large piece in the latest NME, with other bands giving views on "Fairytale.."

gimmedanger wrote:

Smerker wrote:

gimmedanger wrote:bump this, get The Pogues an award.

I'm not sure the regulars pose a huge threat to the skinny-jeaned-awful-haircutted majority at NME.com who are repeatedly voting for Florence and the Machine.

Not strictly true, The Pogues had a relatively large piece in the latest NME, with other bands giving views on "Fairytale.."

No kidding? It must be fifteen years or more since I last looked at the NME.

NME'S TOP 20 GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONGS EVER

NUMBER 1.

Fairytale of New York
The Pogues ft Kirsty Maccoll

"I love fairytale.. It's an amazing song - the two voices are two complete contrasts and it works so well."
Ellie Goulding

"All my family are Irish, and it was always playing when I was a kid on Christmas, and I like the banter in it. It reminds
me of my family, a drunken Irish family. Even though it is bawdy, I think it's become the classic that is is because
people can relate to it when people are getting lairy and drunk, especially husbands and wives arguing. It's a great one
to sing along to, although we definately wouldn't try to cover it, We'd need accordions for a start!"
Laura-Mary Carter, Blood Red Shoes


"I remember it being on a lot in my house when I was growing up because it's such an amazing tune. I wouldn't rule out The XX doing a Christmas song at some point, and this song is a pretty good model of how to do it. Never say never..."
Oliver Sim, The XX

gimmedanger wrote:NME'S TOP 20 GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONGS EVER

NUMBER 1.

Fairytale of New York
The Pogues ft Kirsty Maccoll

"I love fairytale.. It's an amazing song - the two voices are two complete contrasts and it works so well."
Ellie Goulding

"All my family are Irish, and it was always playing when I was a kid on Christmas, and I like the banter in it. It reminds
me of my family, a drunken Irish family. Even though it is bawdy, I think it's become the classic that is is because
people can relate to it when people are getting lairy and drunk, especially husbands and wives arguing. It's a great one
to sing along to, although we definately wouldn't try to cover it, We'd need accordions for a start!"
Laura-Mary Carter, Blood Red Shoes
"I remember it being on a lot in my house when I was growing up because it's such an amazing tune. I wouldn't rule out The XX doing a Christmas song at some point, and this song is a pretty good model of how to do it. Never say never..."
Oliver Sim, The XX

OK, so now I'm obliged to confess I have no idea who these people are. I'm still catching up with Memphis Minnie.

continued...

[Plays tin whistle]

About 12 years ago, me and my wife were in Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and this song came over the PA.
It was about dec 16th and it was just perfect - it made me realise why it is actually such a good song.
It's got real power and grandeur to it, definitely. It had a very long and complicated genesis;
it was about two years in the making almost, because it went through various permutations.
If memory serves me correctly, Marcia Finer, Jem's wife, suggested that he should write a tune
about a warring couple. He did, and I think Marcia said "well actually, that's not that good"
so he turned the idea over to Shane, and over the course of 2 years came up with different things lyrically.
Him and Jem were working on the music too. I think Shane gave it the New York setting, we were watching
Once upon a time in America all the time, on a loop in the bus. Parts of the music were kind of a steal of
Ennio Morricone's score. It was going to be a duet with Shane and Cait [ex bass player] but
Cait left to marry Elvis Costello. We were stuck for a singer, and Steve Lillywhite, the producer
took it home and got his wife Kirsty[Maccoll] to sing on it. It was perfect: Kirsty could sing on anything
and improve it by 100 percent. I am so proud of this song.
Spider Stacy, The Pogues

Okay so now that I've spent the best part of twenty minutes reading and typing out that full page article, my point to your man Smerker is that these skinny jean wearing awful haircut sporting indie types obviously still care about The Pogues, and are aware of what they do. So go on, give it the voting thing a bash. Don't be such a grinch.

gimmedanger wrote:"...We'd need accordions for a start!"
Laura-Mary Carter, Blood Red Shoes

One accordion is always enough. In any circumstances whatever.

Even I have stopped reading the NME. I did actually follow the link and started voting, but sort of lost the will halfway through. I think my vote for The Pogues should've been registered though.

gimmedanger wrote:Okay so now that I've spent the best part of twenty minutes reading and typing out that full page article, my point to your man Smerker is that these skinny jean wearing awful haircut sporting indie types obviously still care about The Pogues, and are aware of what they do. So go on, give it the voting thing a bash. Don't be such a grinch.

I like the effort you put in. Voted.

Thanks, near three hundrer people have viewed this thread already, we're bound to get some sort of result!

gimmedanger wrote:Okay so now that I've spent the best part of twenty minutes reading and typing out that full page article, my point to your man Smerker is that these skinny jean wearing awful haircut sporting indie types obviously still care about The Pogues, and are aware of what they do. So go on, give it the voting thing a bash. Don't be such a grinch.

I am half offended! I am wearing skinny jeans and have a pretty awful haircut (in that it is not cut at the moment) but do not read NME! Where do I stand...

the point of this post however, what was the award The Pogues won a couple of years ago? Some Lifetime thingy if I remember correctly...