The Medusa Fora

Great show tonight, thanks to all concerned! Thousands was brilliant, and I really loved the "new" ones - very happy to hear Waltzing, although I am particularly fond of Old Main Drag which it replaced. And the brass section seems to get more prominent each time (with a little march added to Fiesta), I hope they keep it for all future "farewell" shows. Pity that Shane is in the dark most of the time but it looked as if he enjoyed himself.

Last night was absolutely brilliant. Shane was on great form and he was pretty much spot on with his lyrics. When Spider and Phillip Chevron took over things almost got better - it was a great performance all round.

The highlight of the night for me was Phil Chevron saying something along the lines of this not necessarily being the last tour but just the "first farewell tour!" God I hope this means that the gang carry on for years to come. The atmosphere in Brixton was amazing and the crowd were fully enthralled despite many I am sure never seing The Pogues before. It was great seeing the guys working at the event even dancing along the side of the venue. It shows how good The Pogues still are as I am sure they are rarely entertained like they were last night very often.

Since 2001 (a reasonably young Pogues fanatic) I have been to at least one Pogues concert a year and for a few of those years Popes concerts on St Patrick's day and a Pogues St Patrick's day gig in NYC in 2007. Every year since then they seem to go up a level. Macgowan for me last night was fantastic - it was great to see him in the form he was in and for him to sing justice to the many great Pongues songs.

See you Wendesday night too!

Thanks for the reports, it sounds so awesome, I'm sat in my flat in Oxfordshire shouting "MELT!" out of my window. People think I'm insane but I don't care, it's for The Pogues! SO excited for tomorrow!

Loffree wrote:Last night was absolutely brilliant.
The highlight of the night for me was Phil Chevron saying something along the lines of this not necessarily being the last tour but just the "first farewell tour!" God I hope this means that the gang carry on for years to come.

Well, they kept on doing "re-union" shows for years so who knows?

Wonderful show last night. Waltzing Matilda was a highlight among highlights.

Anyone have the setlist?

Someone told me that they were late on stage last night. Is this right or was their sense of time affected by fluid intake?

Beisty has forgotten his password wrote:Someone told me that they were late on stage last night. Is this right or was their sense of time affected by fluid intake?

Since you ask, we were two minutes early last night.

Fluid intake it is ,then.

Philip, what was the name of that dance you did during "Metropolis"??

Guest wrote:Philip, what was the name of that dance you did during "Metropolis"??

the Metropolis Dance.

philipchevron wrote:

Guest wrote:Philip, what was the name of that dance you did during "Metropolis"??

the Metropolis Dance.

video anyone?

Have you in the pouges no plans to release some live material from your Christmas play tions?

Clash Cadillac wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

Guest wrote:Philip, what was the name of that dance you did during "Metropolis"??

the Metropolis Dance.

video anyone?

Oh, go on then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9OvrFV5p2g

Check out around 1:58 for some bangin' moves. The rest of my vids are going up as we speak.

Pioneer64 wrote:Wonderful show last night. Waltzing Matilda was a highlight among highlights.

Anyone have the setlist?

1. Streams of Whiskey
2. If I Should Fall From Grace with God
3. The Broad Majestic Shannon
4. Boat Train
5. Pair of Brown Eyes
6. Tuesday Morning
7. Metropolis
8. Lullaby of London
9. Sunnyside of the Street
10. Repeal of the Licensing Laws
11. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
12. Body of an American
13. London Girl
14. Thousands are Sailing
15. Dirty Old Town
16. Bottle of Smoke
17. Sickbed of Cúchulaínn
18. Sally Maclenanne
19. Rainy Night in Soho
20. Irish Rover
21. Poor Paddy
22. Fairytale of New York
23. Fiesta

Poor Paddy! I love The Pogue's rendition.

philipchevron wrote:

Guest wrote:Philip, what was the name of that dance you did during "Metropolis"??

the Metropolis Dance.

Shall we be seeing you on "Strictly Come Dancing" next year with The Metropolis Dance?