The Medusa Fora

What songs would you like to hear the Pogues cover? I would like to hear the following:

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield (sung by Philip)
This Magic Moment - the Drifters (Shane)
Far, far away - Wilco - (Shane)

Any Rammstein song would do

something by the Sex Pistols or something by Danzig

AllBusiness37 wrote:something by the Sex Pistols or something by Danzig

On the blanket by Christy Moore, or the Moving Hearts, can't remember.

Faithful Departed by some band called The Radiators.

And Neil Young's Hey, Hey, My, My -- the grungey version!

Not all that much in favor of Pogues doing covers, but I do like the idea of the boys doing a couple of Dylan covers.

I would love to hear The Pogues' version of some Mary Robbins songs. I am thinking of something fast like "Kansas City", "Prairie Fire", or "Master's Call".

Or I'd like to hear the Pogued-up version of "The Big Rock Candy Mountain".

anything from Counting Crows, (one of my favorite bands)

Think Mr. Jones would be a great listen.

AllBusiness37 wrote:... or something by Danzig

Interesting suggestion. when I was in High school in the late 80s I was a Pogues fanatic and one of my best friends was similarly obsessed with Danzig. That would be an interesting blend.

Eric V wrote:Not all that much in favor of Pogues doing covers, but I do like the idea of the boys doing a couple of Dylan covers.

I'd certainly prefer original material, but I love to hear different interpretations of songs, and the Pogues track record for covers is incredible. They did record Dylan's "When the Ship Comes In."

There'd be a certain irony in the Pogues releasing a cover of "Always On My Mind", wouldn't there? And actually it could be pretty good.

I'd like to hear them do Springsteen's "American Land". But then again that sounds like a Pogues song anyway.

Danzig certainly isn't an "appropriate" artist for the Pogues to cover, but as long as we're playing "What if...?", I think it would be a neat idea. I mean, it's already clear that the band is quite capable of producing "evil"-sounding music. Think "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go," "Turkish Song of the Damned," and "Hell's Ditch," and Shane certainly has a way with words that leans more toward the grit of this reality. The riff from "Twist of Cain" played on a cittern or the chorus from "Mother" bolstered by an accordion: It could be intense!

I would just like to say that my last post in this link was made after two large high octane ales. The next day I have now had three high octane ales, and though I had some other ideas in my head about good covers, I have no idea what they might have been except.... Death of a Clown by the Kinks. That would be absolutely tits! Really, I am wondering how the Pogues viewed the Kinks.

Eric V wrote:I would just like to say that my last post in this link was made after two large high octane ales. The next day I have now had three high octane ales, and though I had some other ideas in my head about good covers, I have no idea what they might have been except.... Death of a Clown by the Kinks. That would be absolutely tits! Really, I am wondering how the Pogues viewed the Kinks.

So with 2 High octane ALes you weren't really into it but with 3 high octane ales you had a bunch of great ideas but forgot most of them? Sounds like 2 and a half is your number.

Reminds me of something I heard about Jim Koch, the founder of the Bosten Beer company mad maker of Sam Adams. I guy who worked there told me that Jim carries a breathylizer with him everywhere he goes because he believes that life is best lived at "point 6." Meaning he liked to always be at .6% alcohol and felt he did his best work that way.

kmurray105 wrote:They did record Dylan's "When the Ship Comes In."

They did, but i must say i'm still partial to the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem version (from that Bob Dylan tribute concert back in the early 90s).

Me, i'd like to hear 'em do Straight to Hell by the Clash. I mean, they've done it with Joe Strummer, but i've only heard a crappy-sounding bootleg, I"d like to hear it done proper. And i bet Shane could do a great job on the lyric. Others i'd like to hear are Sympathy for the Devil by the Stones, Phycho Killer by the Talking Heads, and something from Concrete Blonde, maybe Bloodletting?

Or is that all too obvious? Like a Virgin, then, for my outside choice. I can just hear Shane doing those "oooh"s...