Summer, 2011

**Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:00 am**

Hai folks,

how was it in Stuttgart????????Any surprises???? Did they play "Turkish song..."?? If the band was as good as our Football-Ladies vs. France, than it was an amazing evening.

@ Zagreb: I was checked last year in Münster and they didn´t say a word to my camera...

**Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:52 am**

Hey Folks,

got now my stuff together for the "Bonn-Trip". The tension is raising, my blood is filled up with adrenaline and endorphines - only some beers are missing, but I´ll get to them later. My train leaves at 12:36.
I´m so exciteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedddddddddddd...............

I wish everybody a f.....g brillant time!!!!!!!

Bud

**Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:26 am**

please bring the pogues to portland oregon...I am sure we could fill up the Roseland Theater...I must see the Pogues before I die...I am 60 and times a wasting

**Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:06 am**

Matthew wrote:It ended about 10 o´clock, but like i said before: you never know the time of beginning exactly ´cause of Shanes delay

@Bud: No Turkish Song played, and damn god no Boys from County Hell

But lots lots of all the other great songs!

I´m still totally flashed!

Hey Matthew,

thanks for the info - we (Bonn) were lucky and had the "Boys......."

**Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:02 pm**

Bud Wayzer wrote:
Matthew wrote:It ended about 10 o´clock, but like i said before: you never know the time of beginning exactly ´cause of Shanes delay

@Bud: No Turkish Song played, and damn god no Boys from County Hell

But lots lots of all the other great songs!

I´m still totally flashed!

Hey Matthew,

thanks for the info - we (Bonn) were lucky and had the "Boys......."

Oh c´mon...they played it in Bonn?! Damn...i wished to hear it all the time, called it out loud (Shane answered me, but i couldn´t understand what he said)...ok, however i feel glad for you guys...

Turkish song played as well?

**Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:26 pm**

krampus wrote:
Guest wrote:Hi there,

I was there in Stuttgart yesterday. I am not sure if Shane was drunk or just ill from drinking all the years. Perhaps both drunk and ill. However - compared with some of the recordings on the box set or with some interviews he sang really really clearly, he knew the words, he didn't fall. I was really surprised how well he sang. I would have never expected this. Not just that he is back on stage at all, he is a good singer again. The music was great as I expected it to be but Shane's singing was the cherry on top of a cream cake as we say in Germany, almost Hell's ditch level. Go there and listen - really really impressive. My first Pogues gig ever after having known them for 23 years and it was all worth driving 400 km.

That's great, coz i'll drive 431 bloody kilometers tomorrox

Well, it was actually 912 kilometers because i had to go back home

, but it was worth it. I've been listening for the Pogues almost daily for 20 years now and yesterday the gig was really brilliant. It was the first time i saw them. Shane sang much better than I thought and the whole band was perfect.

**Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:14 pm**

Thanks to everyone who've uploaded footage of the German dates to You Tube. I'm delighted for the fans who've been at the shows because, from what I've seen, the performances have been amazing. The footage has reminded me why The Pogues have been my favourite band for over 25 years; on top form there is no-one I've seen to touch them as a live band.............except maybe The Spice Girls!!

**Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:37 am**

Guest wrote:
Bud Wayzer wrote:
Matthew wrote:It ended about 10 o´clock, but like i said before: you never know the time of beginning exactly ´cause of Shanes delay

@Bud: No Turkish Song played, and damn god no Boys from County Hell

But lots lots of all the other great songs!

I´m still totally flashed!

Hey Matthew,

thanks for the info - we (Bonn) were lucky and had the "Boys......."

Oh c´mon...they played it in Bonn?! Damn...i wished to hear it all the time, called it out loud (Shane answered me, but i couldn´t understand what he said)...ok, however i feel glad for you guys.

Turkish song played as well?

Hey Matthew,
"Turkish song..." wasn´t performed....I´m sorry, I didn´t want to put salt in your wound with the "Boys...."

**Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:07 am**

Hey there,

I found a great article about the "Bonn-Gig"

. Just watch "General-Anzeiger-Bonn/Pogues". There are also some nice pictures.

Best wishes,
Bud

**Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:04 pm**

Look here:

viewtopic.php?f=37&t=11568&p=186990#p186990

**Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:56 pm**

Hello from Germany und sorry for my bad English!
I've seen the Pogues in Amsterdam and in my opinion it was a very intense gig wiht a lot of power, especially by the first two songs. I love it.

But sorry, I can't understand, why everybody say, Shane is/was in great shape...
What is "in great shape" in your opinion??
He is an ill man wiht pathological moves, his voice is fucked up and every two oder three songs, he need a break....
Yes, he ist not fallen down, and he is not so drunk than 1995 in pinkpop festival, of course...

But in great shape?
Look at Iggy Pop, for example, HE is in great shape! :wink:

Best regards!

**Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:17 am**

The Pogues, or at least some members of the band arrived in Zagreb (I saw James and Spider yesterday evening in the news on croatian television) 48 hours before the show. Welcome, and I hope you'll enjoy your stay in the city. See you tomorrow evening.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Funkfuzzi1 · **Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:32 am**

vigo-zg wrote:The Pogues, or at least some members of the band arrived in Zagreb (I saw James and Spider yesterday evening in the news on croatian television) 48 hours before the show. Welcome, and I hope you'll enjoy your stay in the city. See you tomorrow evening.

Any chance watching that croatian news show online??

Enjoy the show!!

**Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:19 am**

Funkfuzzi wrote:Any chance watching that croatian news show online??
Enjoy the show!!

Well, I would not call it a show, this is actually central informative programme (Dnevnik - daily news at 19.30). Here's the link http://www.hrt.hr/?id=enz&tx_ttnews[cat]=119, you can see short piece about Pogues starting at 24:50 and see James and Sipder talking with the journalist in their hotel. Darryl was there too. Since this is actually political programme, news about pop-culture rarely find its place in it. But, like I said two months ago, we like Pogues here in Croatia. Show is, according to my informations, sold out.
Thanks.

**Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:39 am**

Andreas wrote:Hello from Germany und sorry for my bad English!
I've seen the Pogues in Amsterdam and in my opinion it was a very intense gig wiht a lot of power, especially by the first two songs. I love it.

But sorry, I can't understand, why everybody say, Shane is/was in great shape...
What is "in great shape" in your opinion??
He is an ill man wiht pathological moves, his voice is fucked up and every two oder three songs, he need a break....
Yes, he ist not fallen down, and he is not so drunk than 1995 in pinkpop festival, of course...

But in great shape?
Look at Iggy Pop, for example, HE is in great shape!

Best regards!

Hallo Andreas, hello to all the others. Please forgive me, when I answer to Andres in German, but my english is not good enough to explain, what I write in German now:

Hai Andreas,

ich hoffe, Du hattest einen ebenso tollen Abend wie wir in Bonn.
Nun zu Deinen Fragen/Anmerkungen. Viele von uns bezeichnen Shane in (sehr) guter Verfassung, da wir alle noch Erinnerungen an seine Auftritte Ende der 80er/Anfang der 90er haben. Ich erinnere mich an ein Festival (Headliner: Ramones), wo er auf die besoffen auf die Bühne geschlichen kam, bei jedem Lied seinen Einsatz mindestens einmal versaute und bei "Summer in Siam" musste der "Maestro" drei- oder viermal sein Klavier-Intro wiederholen, bis Shane seinen Einstieg endlich auf die Kette kriegte. An das entsetzt-verärgerte Gesicht von Jimmy Fearnley kann ich mich bis heute erinnern - diese Tempo-Selbstzerstörung war einfach nur furchtbar und er war fleissig dabei, sein eigenes Grab zu schaufeln. Umso mehr freut es uns, das der Mann überhaupt noch lebt und in der Lage ist, aufzutreten. Anscheinend hat er seinen Alkoholkosum drastisch reduziert, in Bonn hatte er lediglich zu "Fiesta" ein- oder zweimal aus seiner Weinflasche genippt. Da die Show in Amsterdam ja sehr gut war, wird er sich wohl auch nicht nach dem Auftritt in Bonn die Kante gegeben haben.

Shane sagt von sich selbst, dass er seit dem 14ten Lebensjahr betrunken war, das wären fast 40 Jahre. In diesem Zusammenhang muss man Shane als krank bezeichnen, den Alkoholismus ist eine Krankheit. Dazu kam anscheinend noch ein Schlaganfall (...was für eine Überraschung...) und ob Shane ein vorbildlicher Reha-Patient war, steht wohl in den Sternen. In Bonn war Shane nüchtern, hat nicht einen Einsatz verbockt, war für seine Verhältnisse relativ aktiv auf der Bühne und johlte sogar bei einigen Textpassagen. Als er zu seinen Pausen die Bühne verliess, musste er nicht von jemandem in Empfang genommen werden, der ihn dann zu seinem Platz begleitete. Letztes Jahr in Münster (auch nüchtern!!!) musste ihm noch beim Gehen geholfen werden, was neben seinen Alk- und Drogeneskapaden auch durch seinen Schlaganfall bedingt war. Dieses Mal ging er allein und seine Schritte waren (für seine Verhältnisse) recht kraftvoll. Deswegen bezeichnen wir Shane als in "(sehr) guter Verfassung". Seine Pausen gönne ich ihm von Herzen und Songs wie "Thousands...", "Repeal..."und "Tuesday..." möchte ich auf keine Fall missen. Das sind nur drei Lieder, wo er nicht dabei ist und bei einem Set von 21 Songs ist das eine respektabele Leistung.
Jetzt habe ich aber auch genug gelabert!! :wink:

Viele Grüße,

Bud :lol:

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