Tom Waits about the Pogues

[Zuzana]

It's perfect madness
What the stars are listening to
Sunday March 20, 2005
The Observer
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In the first of an occasional series in which the greatest recording artists reveal their favourite records, Tom Waits writes about his 20 most cherished albums of all time.

8. Rum Sodomy and the Lash by The Pogues (Stiff) 1985

Sometimes when things are real flat, you want to hear something flat, other times you just want to project onto it, something more like.... you might want to hear the Pogues. Because they love the West. They love all those old movies. The thing about Ireland, the idea that you can get into a car and point it towards California and drive it for the next five days is like Euphoria, because in Ireland you just keep going around in circles, those tiny little roads. 'Dirty Old Town', 'The Old Main Drag'. Shane has the gift. I believe him. He knows how to tell a story. They are a roaring, stumbling band. These are the dead end kids for real. Shane's voice conveys so much. They play like soldiers on leave. The songs are epic. It's whimsical and blasphemous, seasick and sacrilegious, wear it out and then get another one.

[Hellbeard]

haha. thats real poetry. got to love that guy

[Tom Wade]

tom about shane


"their singer's got a smile like the south bronx"

[jpdca]

... wear it out and then get another one.

Ha!
Now that, is great advice....I think I may have gone through 3 to 4 copies of this record already....Everytime I see a copy of this LP, I almost feel an immediate urge to buy (especially if it's an original Stiff press with the insert...)

[dublinrambler]

fuckin love tom waits....too bad he hardly ever tours

[Paddy Rolling Clone]

It's perfect madness
What the stars are listening to
Sunday March 20, 2005
The Observer

8. Rum Sodomy and the Lash by The Pogues (Stiff) 1985

Sometimes when things are real flat, you want to hear something flat, other times you just want to project onto it, something more like.... you might want to hear the Pogues. Because they love the West. They love all those old movies. The thing about Ireland, the idea that you can get into a car and point it towards California and drive it for the next five days is like Euphoria, because in Ireland you just keep going around in circles, those tiny little roads. 'Dirty Old Town', 'The Old Main Drag'. Shane has the gift. I believe him. He knows how to tell a story. They are a roaring, stumbling band. These are the dead end kids for real. Shane's voice conveys so much. They play like soldiers on leave. The songs are epic. It's whimsical and blasphemous, seasick and sacrilegious, wear it out and then get another one.

Excellent!

[Pablo]

fuckin love tom waits....too bad he hardly ever tours

i'm with you, love Tom too:) and yeah, pity he's gigging so rarely... and practically no gig videos are available except for Big Time of course...

[Drunken Duncan]

There was a rumour back in the 80's that Tom Waits was going to produce the 3rd Pogues album. Imagine what that would have sounded like? Anyone know any more about this?