NYC night 1 (March 16)

[Maija]

People come to this board to talk about the Pogues, not to be subjected to your somewhat ignorant and (excuse me) dopey Euro Anti-American B.S.

I think we heard eeh read you the first time. Feel free to join in on a discussion, for instance in one of the threads in the General forum instead of being the first one to actually belt out BS.

[CraigBatty]

...I think we heard eeh read you the first time. Feel free to join in on a discussion, for instance in one of the threads in the General forum instead of being the first one to actually belt out BS.

[radioclash]

Anyone else catch it when someone shouted out "GABRIELLE!!"

Shane's response (slurred and barely incomprehensible):

"That's the wrong band glarghahrh...."

Then he started singing the opening guitar chords to "Gabrielle"...

"DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH - DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH...."

Then a sharp blast of his wheezing laugh...

[sheva]

Will's CDs are available from several sites, including the almighty Amazon.com. For a recording most like a live set, I recommend his limited edition EP, which was recorded in the hallway of Southern Records of London: untitled (Latitude series.) It is available from Southern in Europe.

Thanks, Esther. My big plan had been to buy a CD the last night, only to find he wasn't opening Sunday. I checked out Southern's site today and knew I wanted that "untitled" one, but couldn't see a link to purchase it, only the first CD. But I will keep trying!

[sheva]

Anyone else catch it when someone shouted out "GABRIELLE!!"

Shane's response (slurred and barely incomprehensible):

"That's the wrong band glarghahrh...."

Then he started singing the opening guitar chords to "Gabrielle"...

"DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH - DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH...."

Then a sharp blast of his wheezing laugh...

YES!! I thought I also heard him say before he started singing the chords - "I COULD sing it..."

Good catch there radio!

[-nate-]

Anyone else catch it when someone shouted out "GABRIELLE!!"

Shane's response (slurred and barely incomprehensible):

"That's the wrong band glarghahrh...."

Then he started singing the opening guitar chords to "Gabrielle"...

"DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH - DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH...."

Then a sharp blast of his wheezing laugh...

That's a great story! Thanks for sharing it. These little anecdotes are what keep me coming back to the board.

Re: Mr. Chevron's Comment:

The Pogues' music (live and recorded) is inherently political so to tell one of the band members, essentially, to shut up because his politics don't taste so sweet when they're divorced from instrumental backup is ludicrous. That is, don't you think that if the Pogues were releasing new material they would be writing songs critical of contemporary politics - just as they have before? It has certainly been the case with some of Mr. Chevron's other recent work - see the update of "Television Screen" with the Radiators (Plan 9)

Nate

[radioclash]

I should also note that there was a guy backstage after the show with "Gabrielle" tattooed on his neck.

You a member here?

[Esther]

Sheva,
You are welcome! I ought to have said that Will's untitled CD can be purchased through Southern Records Europe, which has its own website: http://www.southern.net/southern/catalog/WILEW (as opposed to southern.com for the US.) A limited edition of 1000, hard to come by in the States.

[sheva]

That's the site I checked, Esther, but couldn't find a link to buy Latitudes.

[DaveM]

Anyone else catch it when someone shouted out "GABRIELLE!!"

Shane's response (slurred and barely incomprehensible):

"That's the wrong band glarghahrh...."

Then he started singing the opening guitar chords to "Gabrielle"...

"DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH - DUH NUH NUH - NUH NUH...."

Then a sharp blast of his wheezing laugh...

hahah radioclash! That was my friend Hal and I! We were yelling out for Gabrielle and So Pissed Off every night. When we got briefly awknowledged it made the evening that much better!

[Esther]

Sheva,
Are you sure you tried southern.NET? The link in my previous post takes you to Will's catalog. Scroll down to the end to his untitled EP and there is a little red rectangle that says 'Buy!' The next screen has an 'Add to basket.' It should work. I ordered several from them, although it was some time ago.

[orrok61]

Thanks Clash,I was wondering since the show what he said to crack himself up like that!!

[Pittman]

im just psyched shane wore my scarf for the whole show!

Was that a Celtic FC scarf?