Pogues and Waterboys

**Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:55 pm**

Phil --to completely change the suject-- what do the Pogues think of the Waterboys? Especially the Fisherman's Blues album.

**Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:00 pm**

Achilleus1022 wrote:Phil --to completely change the suject-- what do the Pogues think of the Waterboys? Especially the Fisherman's Blues album.

Sorry, can't help you there, as I've never heard a Waterboys album all through. We hung out with them briefly in 1985 in Kerry and they seemed like nice boys.

**Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:07 pm**

Should you ever get a hankering to, don't listen to any of them besides the aforementioned one.

**Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:09 pm**

I think 85 was before Mike Scott got into Irish music so perhaps the Pogues were an influence on him.

Anyway, Fisherman's Blues is a great album and I suggst you give it a listen sometime.

**Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:43 pm**

kmurray105 wrote:I think 85 was before Mike Scott got into Irish music so perhaps the Pogues were an influence on him.

Anyway, Fisherman's Blues is a great album and I suggst you give it a listen sometime.

Well. he had Steve Wickham in the band then, so I suspect they were well into their Irish phase.

**Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:00 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
kmurray105 wrote:I think 85 was before Mike Scott got into Irish music so perhaps the Pogues were an influence on him.

Anyway, Fisherman's Blues is a great album and I suggst you give it a listen sometime.

Well. he had Steve Wickham in the band then, so I suspect they were well into their Irish phase.

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The recording sessions for the album were lengthy and produced a great deal of music. The sessions began at Windmill Lane Studio in Dublin and lasted from January through March of 1986. An additional session took place that December in San Francisco. From March to August of 1987 The Waterboys were recording in Windmill Lane again. Scott moved to Galway and another year passed as the band recorded at Spiddal House, where Scott was living. The entire second side of the original record is made up of recordings from this 1988 session. The album was released that October (see 1988 in music). Scott describes the process; "We started recording our fourth album in early '86 and completed it 100 songs and 2 years later"[
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**Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:51 am**

Steve Wickham is still in the band ! Go and see them, they are absolutely a great live band ! New album to be released early 2007 followed by an extensive UK/Ireland/European tour; first dates announced on their website: http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com

**Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:11 pm**

Not being Phil I'll still throw in a couple of cents of mine. I am very fond of several of the Waterboys albums, but after the band turned into some sort of weird Mike Scott solo, I'm not that keen on them. The last few albums were also downright boring. I mean it was always the band of Mike Scott, but now he is wearing different hats at the same time; both his own little hat (which btw reads 'Thank you God') and his Waterboys-hat at the same time.

I'd still go and see them live again, though. They even visited my little village a couple of years ago - I was nearly hypnotised by watching the fiddler

Mind you, there's not that much going on here - I'd even go and see Robbie Williams just to go to a concert again...

**Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:02 am**

Achilleus1022 wrote:Should you ever get a hankering to, don't listen to any of them besides the aforementioned one.

That's an ignorant statement. Have you even listened to any of the waterboy's other songs or albums?

**Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:39 am**

seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:That's an ignorant statement. Have you even listened to any of the waterboy's other songs or albums?

I have two compilations from a while ago because I didn't know enough about them to know which way to go... one is on tape! (so old) of '81-90 "best of" and I like it a lot... and then on CD "the secret life of the waterboys '81-85" which I don't really like too much.

What do you recommend? Thanks.

**Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:21 pm**

wasn't sharon shannon in the waterboys? they couldn't have been all bad with her squeezboxin' away! i must admit the only songs i know are "fisherman's blues" and "red army blues" and i love 'em both.

**Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:05 pm**

Low D wrote:wasn't sharon shannon in the waterboys? they couldn't have been all bad with her squeezboxin' away! i must admit the only songs i know are "fisherman's blues" and "red army blues" and i love 'em both.

I was sat next to her on a plane to Ireland once.
Sharon Shannon was with The Waterboys for a while and plays on the excellent "Room To Roam" album- the most trad Irish sounding music they made. It contains my favourite Waterboys track: A Man Is In Love/Kaliope House.
For a great live recording of the band at their peak, I recommend The Live Adventures Of The Waterboys- Steve Wickham is on fantastic form throughout.

**Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:57 pm**

Yes.. Steve wickham is a wee gem. I'm lucky enough to be living near him and have seen him play locally with many other musicians doing everything from Mozart to trad to AC/DC. He does a mean "Whole Lotta Rosie" on the fiddle. Mike Scott was asked in an interview recently, why the Waterboys broke up. He said "Steve left .. No Steve.. No Waterboys"

**Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:55 pm**

seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:
Achilleus1022 wrote:Should you ever get a hankering to, don't listen to any of them besides the aforementioned one.
That's an ignorant statement. Have you even listened to any of the waterboy's other songs or albums?

Yes, and they suck. The disparity between This Is The Sea / Fisherman's Blues / Roam To Roam, and the later Waterboys stuff, is even bigger than the disparity between the Shane/Pogues and the Shane-less Pogues.

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:12 pm**

I love the Waterboys. I took out their "This is the sea" re-mastered from a "free cd box" when I was working at EMI in Milan, listened to it and fell in love with a couple songs. A really good cover of Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing" (different from the one on "Fisherman's Blues"). Funny thing, I didn't listen to that cd I had taken until I heard the song "Fisherman's Blues" on the movie "Waking Ned" and became curious to find more about them.

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