The Medusa Fora

That's real good news about Matt.Thanks for the bulletin fizzer!

New album on March 4th! And a finalized version of "Requiem for a Dying Song" on their MySpace.

they are playing Manchester Accad in June this year

GunsOfBrixton29 wrote:New album on March 4th! And a finalized version of "Requiem for a Dying Song" on their MySpace.

Flogging Molly hasn't released a really consistent album since Swagger. I'm not the biggest fan of FM, I find Dave King annoying and his lack of giving credit where credit is due (i.e. The Pogues) really gets under my skin. I hope their new album is decent, but I'm sure no matter how many albums FM releases, they will never capture the brilliance of the first three Pogues albums. Just my opinion.

Iain

I don't like the new album. Sounds too much the same

Mick Molloy wrote:I don't like the new album. Sounds too much the same

That is one of the many reasons why FM is not in the same class as The Pogues. Listen to the first couple of songs of Drunken Lullabies, I can't tell them apart, just lazy songwriting.

Iain

pogues24: But I´m afraid that´s the biggest mistake about FM - I´m not as huge fan of them as of the Pogues, but they play different music. Honestly, if so many people forced me to thank some band in every other interview (and journalists do annoy FM with that very frequently), I´d get pissed no matter how good the band is.

Besides, FM plays different music. It may seem similar, but it´s got more american sound, very different from first three Pogues albums, and it lacks complexity of later Pogues albums.

I think it´s a little bit like if you wanted to "force" some, let´s say death metal band, to give praise to Metallica - for people outside the genre, it´s the same music...but actually it´s very different.

I used to dislike Dave King, but then I learnt about his political stance and I started to like him much more

But honestly, if I like someone/thing in Molly, it sure is Bridget

And to matter of FM songwriting...I like it - when I heard them live, it didn´t matter some songs were similar, honestly. I mean, we can´t have second Pogues, because the Pogues were so unique and so skilled, it´s beyond my belief, sometimes. And all my three most favourite songwriters/lyricists of 20th century were in the Pogues.

I think where FM get a little...difficult to say - I mean something like they don´t evolve much; the Pogues had very interesting evolution, from good pub music, they slowly added complexity, and it all blended together wonderfully. That´s very difficult to achieve.

Pyro wrote:pogues24: But I´m afraid that´s the biggest mistake about FM - I´m not as huge fan of them as of the Pogues, but they play different music. Honestly, if so many people forced me to thank some band in every other interview (and journalists do annoy FM with that very frequently), I´d get pissed no matter how good the band is.

Besides, FM plays different music. It may seem similar, but it´s got more american sound, very different from first three Pogues albums, and it lacks complexity of later Pogues albums.

I think it´s a little bit like if you wanted to "force" some, let´s say death metal band, to give praise to Metallica - for people outside the genre, it´s the same music...but actually it´s very different.

I used to dislike Dave King, but then I learnt about his political stance and I started to like him much more

But honestly, if I like someone/thing in Molly, it sure is Bridget

Pyro, I haven't seen you post on here in awhile, hope all is well. I agree with you in hindsight, but even Spider Stacy pointed out that FM tries to distance themselves from The Pogues, even though most of their songs sound like a Pogues song. But, apples and oranges in the long fun, on this topic.

Iain

Indeed, I´m good. The whistle eats more and more time though - I´ll be a whistle junkie in few months And I´ll be buying a set of Uilleann pipes...poor neighbors

I agree that FM tries to distance themselves from the Pogues often too much...on the other hand, I believe it´s sort of countermeasure against all those people, who force them to say how much they are based on Pogues music

In my opinion, that´s the situation, where you are forced to some extreme, and so you take the opposite extreme stance.

Pyro wrote:...And I´ll be buying a set of Uilleann pipes...

Let me know how you get on. You can buy a starter kit for a bit cheaper until you need to upgrade. I have been threatning to get some for years. I will too one day. Bugger the neighbours.

pogues24 wrote:

GunsOfBrixton29 wrote:New album on March 4th! And a finalized version of "Requiem for a Dying Song" on their MySpace.

Flogging Molly hasn't released a really consistent album since Swagger. I'm not the biggest fan of FM, I find Dave King annoying and his lack of giving credit where credit is due (i.e. The Pogues) really gets under my skin. I hope their new album is decent, but I'm sure no matter how many albums FM releases, they will never capture the brilliance of the first three Pogues albums. Just my opinion.

Iain

Drunken Lullabies is their best album, IMO. And you have to give them credit, all of their songs are their own, save for the few jigs they incorporate like in "Salty Dog."

"I'm inspired by bands like The Dubliners and The Pogues," says King, who checked out a Pogues' reunion show on a 2001 holiday trip back to Ireland.

- http://www.xtaster.co.uk/public/content ... aspx?id=76[/i]

they are now playing 5 dates in the UK in June this year.

Mark_Wafc wrote:they are now playing 5 dates in the UK in June this year.

Excellent news!

That means I'll get a chance to see the Murphys, Tossers, AND Flogging Molly this year!

idlebagger wrote:

Mark_Wafc wrote:they are now playing 5 dates in the UK in June this year.

Excellent news!

That means I'll get a chance to see the Murphys, Tossers, AND Flogging Molly this year!

Enjoy! I love the Tossers best of the bunch. They always pay homage to our Pogues.

pogues24 wrote: they will never capture the brilliance of the first three Pogues albums.

but really, who could?