The Medusa Fora

Guest-Frame wrote:I was in the back of the Mezzanine and I could not hear much of the accordion. It made them sound more like the Dubliners than the Pogues. I saw James was having issues a couple times that night. Was it just where I was, or was the accordion pretty low all night?

Good show . I just sounded different without the accordion sound.

The accordian was the quietest of all the instruments. I could even hear it at some points, but it was always lower than all of the stringed instruments, even in songs where it was the lead. I was standing right behind the mixing desk on the floor.
Also, Spiders whistle was always loud. Louder than Phil's vocals on 1000s, for instance. (can you tell I'm a sound engineer)

Terrific show otherwise.

Here's a video I took of Lullaby of London. Hope it posts alright...

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Guest wrote:What was the song they sang both shows before their actual opening song? Someone said the Clash but didn't know what song. Just curious

It was "Straight to Hell", by The Clash, off the "Combat Rock" album. The Pogues have been playing it before their show in memory, of the late Joe Strummer.

the Pogues did it better than MIA...speaking of her, i find it funny how her entire success is because she wrote about 5-6 lines to rap over Straight to Hell.