March 15 2007 - at Roseland

[dagman]

Last night's show (Thursday, March 15th) at the Roseland Ballroom in New York was an insane blast of Poguish goodness! Shane was in a wheelchair for the entire set, but that did not stop him from singing his effin' hear out, as he always does. The band was spot on and New York is really where they belong! Thanks to the Pogues and Shane. What a night.

[philipchevron]

Phil, can you find out what make cittern & mandolin Terry is currently playing? They look like a different kind from last year. thanks.

Yeah, I noticed that new cittern too. That thing was sweet looking (practically wafer thin body), but I don't know...maybe it was just where I was standing, but it didn't sound as rich as the old one to me. (But way better than that Deeriner Crossfire banjo Jem was using in the late '90s).

Terry is still playing the Paul Hathaway custom-mades he has used for several years, as far as I can tell. He also recently bought a vintage Gibson mandolin which I think he's been using too. But I'll double check.

[Eamo]

Pity I couldn't get tickets for the Paddys day show. Anyone selling any?

Please forgive me for introducing the scalpers, but you might get them cheap from this Bollix! (hey, that's his name, I'm just sayin')

Link

[philipchevron]

You started with Repeal?

We're not sure we're crazy about the idea actually. It may move tonight.

[NoNayNever]

Boys, thanks for the great show. I truely enjoyed it more than I can explain. Highlights were "Sickbed of Cuchulainn" and "Thousands are Sailing".

I walked out of that show drunk to hell, bleeding from the head, covered in sweat and booze. I couldn't have been happier.

By the way, anybody who headbutted a short guy during "Turkish Song of the Damned", I wanted to say thanks. I'm going to have a really great scar to remember the occasion with. You saved me alot of money on buying a tshirt as a memento. And its a great story to tell, too. I wouldn't have wanted to get headbutted to any other song.

Happy St. Pat's, lads! Thanks for a great night!

[ohAonghusa]

It was Shane alone who had penned the brilliant songs

That's not true.

[Nethyr]

Thanks to all the lads for a brilliant show. I have been a Pogues fan for ages but never had the opportunity to make it out to a show. Last night's wasn't a let down in any way.

Special thanks to Shane for toughing out the injuries and giving us an excellent show, and to the nice person who handed me my glasses after they got knocked in the pit, mangled frame in one hand, lens in the other.

By the way, for any interested here's the playlist as it was actually written last night, shorthand and typos and all (got my copy right here):


Repeal
Streams
Fall
Broad Majestic
Turkish
Brown Eyes
Boys
White City
Ned
Tuesday
Kitty
Sayonara
Sunnyside
Body
Lullaby
Thousands
D.O.T
Bot of smoke
Sick bed

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Sally
Rainy night
Irish Rover

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Star
Poor paddy
Auld traingle
Fiesta

[blownspeakers]

Here are my first few videos (some short clips, some a little longer):

streams of whiskey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqCzGj3Los

the broad majestic shannon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WaIi5hjb08

a pair of brown eyes -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZfaNGvGC3w

i have a few more short ones for youtube, and will work on getting the bigger ones up somewhere else (youtube doesn't take files more than 100 megs - and obviously distorts the ones that are under that anyway).

apologies, they're really shaky because i was getting thrown around in the front. and on that note i would also like to say that i appreciated the concern several guys showed me (being a small-ish, young-looking girl in a rowdy pit)... but you might wanna ask someone if they need to be "watched out for" before loudly asking people to watch out for them, in front of the person you're talking about. i've been to about 75 shows in the last four years, in the pit for most of them, and i know what it's like to be tossed around! even though i appreciate the sentiment, asking if i have a guy around to protect me, and then asking the guys around me to protect me, is a little condescending in my opinion, especially after i've been holding my own in the pit for half an hour already, and everyone's obviously watching out for each other. nothing wrong with keeping your eye on me when it gets rowdy, but don't do it in a way that makes me feel like a little kid. i would venture to say there were plenty of guys who were in much more need of assistance than i was.

although i did enjoy the "welcome to a pogues show" comment because i got the chance to yell back "IT'S NOT MY FIRST POGUES SHOW"

okay...sorry, just needed to get that off my chest.

[philipchevron]

Thanks to all the lads for a brilliant show. I have been a Pogues fan for ages but never had the opportunity to make it out to a show. Last night's wasn't a let down in any way.

Special thanks to Shane for toughing out the injuries and giving us an excellent show, and to the nice person who handed me my glasses after they got knocked in the pit, mangled frame in one hand, lens in the other.

By the way, for any interested here's the playlist as it was actually written last night, shorthand and typos and all (got my copy right here):


Repeal
Streams
Fall
Broad Majestic
Turkish
Brown Eyes
Boys
White City
Ned
Tuesday
Kitty
Sayonara
Sunnyside
Body
Lullaby
Thousands
D.O.T
Bot of smoke
Sick bed

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Sally
Rainy night
Irish Rover

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Star
Poor paddy
Auld traingle
Fiesta

"Irish Rover"??

Oh, must be "Dog"

[Behan]

Repeal
Streams
Fall <----------------- see?
Broad Majestic
Turkish
Brown Eyes
Boys
White City
Ned
Tuesday
Kitty
Sayonara
Sunnyside
Body
Lullaby
Thousands
D.O.T
Bot of smoke
Sick bed

--------------
Sally
Rainy night
Irish Rover

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Star
Poor paddy
Auld traingle
Fiesta

I see the problem already - Shane read "Fall" on the song-list in Boston and he did just that, not realising that it was IISFFGWG.

[blownspeakers]

Haha - that's what happens when you rely too heavily on the setlist! (Along with, you know, introducing the same song multiple times.)

Two more youtube vids -

Sick bed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HbNtKs8wR8 - not one of my finest recording jobs

Sally Mac - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dibrqIM-Os8

Longer ones (Thousands & Soho) coming later.

[McCutcheon]

ohAonghusa

You are right. I was wrong. Still drunk and all that. No excuse.

[Behan]

the videos came out okay, Blownspeakers. I certainly understand being in a crowd like that and trying to get a straight shot. It's not easy. Was that a cell phone video?

[jjordan370]

Phil was fabulous on Thousands Are Sailing. It brought a tear to my eye.

[Zuzana]

Fan's review:

The Pogues @ Roseland Ballroom: Shane Lives!
March 16, 2007
Musicsnobbery.com

Talk about toughing it out for your fans. The Pogues took the stage tonight ... all of them.

Shane MacGowan hurt his foot in Boston, and was forced to cancel Wednesday night performance at Roseland. When Phil Chevron posted a statement on their fan operated website stating that all systems were go, I knew it was going to be a wild night.

For this night, I got a photo pass to document the experience, so I saw first hand Shane being hoisted onto the stage in his wheelchair and wheeled out by an assistant who can only be described as an Irish version of trailer trash. He looked a little tired, but he gave a sly smile to the crowd who was already a 100% pumped. True to form, he had a big bottle of whiskey by his side for his first song, "Streams Of Whiskey". The man's like Rasputin, you can't stop him. He managed to belt out all the screams and yulps all while being seated and probably in some discomfort.

Here's the setlist:

Repeal of the Licensing Laws
Streams Of Whiskey
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Turkish Song Of The Damned
A Pair of Brown Eyes
Boys From the County Hell
White City
Young Ned Of The Hill
Tuesday Morning
Kitty
Sayonara
Sunnyside of The Street
Body of an American
Lullaby of London
Thousands Are Sailing
Dirty Old Town
Bottle of Smoke
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
Encore: Sally MacLennane
Rainy Night in Soho
The Irish Rover
The Star Of County Down
Poor Paddy
The Auld Triangle
Fiesta
When I saw The Pogues last year, I came away thinking the performance was just about perfect. It felt like the band never disbanded and continued on playing. Add to that the experience of going to the show, it's similar to seeing the Grateful Dead. You see all these characters and people from all walks of life. Yes, it gets a nutty in the crowd.

I just like looking at the people who attend these shows. You have every Irish stereotype except Irish bare-knuckle fighter and leprechauns. I did see a wicked fistfight break-out, leaving both parties bloodied, but they didn't have a handle-bar mustache and a bowler hat. The crowd looked like a casting call for The Departed. I overheard some chick on her phone -- "Myyy-key, wear duh fahk ahhhh you." I saw a drunk lady doing the traditional Irish step dance, alongside a bald woman in a leather jacket. My favorite sight was when I was in the photo area and I see this old man, maybe in his 60s, minding his own business, being smashed against people in front of the moss pit and against the rail. The old man stood his ground. Hats off to you.

As for myself, I watched the rest of the show in the balcony. I didn't have the energy to be downstairs. When I eventually went down to the floor towards the end of the show, it smelled beyond belief -- like that musty, beer soaked pot smell mixed with sweat. Nasty shit.

Hey, it's part of the experience. Hopefully, if you haven't seen them yet, this reunion tour of sorts will come back around next year, making it a tradition. I interviewed Terry Woods and the band is a having great time coming together for a few months. You can read part one of that interview here.

Finally, big congrats to my man Langhorne Slim for opening up the show. It was his largest audience to date and he gave his most energetic performance that I've seen. The Holloways were suppose to open on Tuesday and on Saturday, St. Patty's Day, the Tossers take the stage.