Celebrating St Patrick's Day? Don't do it with the Pogues

[James]

I hate seeing great bands like the Pogues lumped in with junk like the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly.

I'm reminded of comedian John Mulaney's frustration with people who group "Scarface" in with The Godfather -- to which he replies "Oh, yeah? Well my favorite foods are lobster...and Skittles!"

hey, you can't have steak every night! DKMs are a good cheeseburger-Pogues are Filet Mignon.

OK, i'll bite. Flogging Molly are... ?

all off, unfortunately. Chef's having trouble. Can I interest you in the wine list?

[Low D]

all off, unfortunately. Chef's having trouble. Can I interest you in the wine list?

I'll have a bottle of Planxty, '74 if you've got it.

[Eckhard]

I hate seeing great bands like the Pogues lumped in with junk like the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly.

I'm reminded of comedian John Mulaney's frustration with people who group "Scarface" in with The Godfather -- to which he replies "Oh, yeah? Well my favorite foods are lobster...and Skittles!"

hey, you can't have steak every night! DKMs are a good cheeseburger-Pogues are Filet Mignon.

I do not even dare to ask what Mr. Clarke's Perfect would be?

[old barney greyheron]

That jorno is an arsehole...and I love the Saint Jimmy Day idea!

[philipchevron]

That jorno is an arsehole...and I love the Saint Jimmy Day idea!

Good, that settles it. We shall celebrate St James Cagney Day once a year. Sometime in March. Near the Ides but not quite. 17th works for me.

[old barney greyheron]

Yay! It's a date!

[Mike from Boston]

My hope is that the Pogues will renew their East Coast US Tour in 2011. In honor of Jimmy Cagney, this tour will feature an acoustic stage, where Shane and Mr. Chevron will sing selections from the George M. Cohan songbook, in honor of one of Mr. Cagney's best known roles. There will be the ever present speculation of what Shane is drinking while doing this, to the uninformed they will guess wine or whiskey, those in the know will realize it is grapefruit juice, which is , of course the official drink of Cagney Day.

[philipchevron]

My hope is that the Pogues will renew their East Coast US Tour in 2011. In honor of Jimmy Cagney, this tour will feature an acoustic stage, where Shane and Mr. Chevron will sing selections from the George M. Cohan songbook, in honor of one of Mr. Cagney's best known roles. There will be the ever present speculation of what Shane is drinking while doing this, to the uninformed they will guess wine or whiskey, those in the know will realize it is grapefruit juice, which is , of course the official drink of Cagney Day.

One of the many small pleasures which amount to the Mad Men viewing experience is waiting to hear which telling piece of music plays under the end credits. Currently watching Season 3 on DVD and was amazed to discover George M Cohan singing "Over There" in the episode in which Grandpa Gene dies. This is some serious arcane shit as Cohan did not actually record that number, or indeed any of his most famous songs. I believe the Over There/Yankee Doodle Boy/Give My Regards to Broadway medley the TV show used may come from a war bonds radio broadcast or Lamb's Club roast or suchlike which, though it has been made available over the years in various semi-legal forms, is not exactly common knowledge.