Sydney 11 April 2012

[foxtrotoscar]

Sydney show was fantastic - it's gonna take an awful lot to top for gig of the year! Hope the warm reception and sold-out shows are enough to encourage a return visit. I may have missed one or two, but the setlist is below.

Streams of Whiskey
If I Should Fall From Grace
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Greenland Whale Fisheries
A Pair of Brown Eyes
Tuesday Morning
Kitty
Sunny Side of the Street
Repeal of the Licensing Laws
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Body of an American
Boys of the County Hell
Dirty Old Town
Bottle of Smoke
Sickbed

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Sally MacLennane
Rainy Night in Soho
The Irish Rover

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Poor Paddy
Fiesta

The only one you left out was "Thousands"....so he's the setlist [again] in full >>

Streams of Whiskey
If I Should Fall From Grace
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Greenland Whale Fisheries
A Pair of Brown Eyes
Tuesday Morning
Kitty
Sunny Side of the Street
Repeal of the Licensing Laws
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Body of an American
Boys of the County Hell
Thousands Are Sailing
Dirty Old Town
Bottle of Smoke
Sickbed of Cuchulainn
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Sally MacLennane
Rainy Night in Soho
The Irish Rover
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Poor Paddy
Fiesta

[Norbertu]

Great show, enjoyed it very much.
Only disappointment was that 'Fairytale Of New York' was missing.
Does anybody know why they didn't play it?

[Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh]

Great show, enjoyed it very much.
Only disappointment was that 'Fairytale Of New York' was missing.
Does anybody know why they didn't play it?

Well who was going to sing the bloody thing? Christ Rachel Olding from the Sydney Morning Herald? Will you buggers have a think about these things?

The Sydney show should have been professionally filmed, there's no doubt about it. A world class performance from a world class band. And they knew it. But now it turns out that the bloody frogs are filming it in Paris. What a waste!

I especially liked PC's rendition of Thousands are sailing - especially the part about Behan dancing up and down the street. A very subtle touch indeed, I'm sure Shane would have loved it.

My only regret is that I washed my clothes after they were wet from sweat. I've never experienced anything like it before. All those ales and whiskeys ironically turned into perspiration at a Pogues gig.

One more thing. I doubt they will be back to Australia again. At least in that sort of line-up. I think we should all be satisfied with what we got and go off to our beds in merriment.

[Heather]

Great show, enjoyed it very much.
Only disappointment was that 'Fairytale Of New York' was missing.
Does anybody know why they didn't play it?

Probably because it's not Christmas.

[norbertu]

Heather, could be, could be . . ..
Mind you they played 'Tuesday morning" and also "Sunny Side of the Street".
But it was a Wednesday evening between 9PM and 11PM and it rained a little.

[norbertu]

Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh, I am sure lots of Aussie girls would have liked to help Shane out.
Maybe also Kimbra, she seems to do good duets .

So you are the guy who was in front of me who kept rubbing his sweaty body against mine while trying to squash my toes

[tbaldwin]

Anyone remember who the girl was singing "Fairytale of New York" at DeeWhy, Sydney, 1990 (on both nights) ?

[Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh]

Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh, I am sure lots of Aussie girls would have liked to help Shane out.
Maybe also Kimbra, she seems to do good duets .

So you are the guy who was in front of me who kept rubbing his sweaty body against mine while trying to squash my toes

That cannot be me. I was well behaved and was instructed under the laws of law and order. So you were the brown eyed girl who kept rubbing against me?

[norbertu]

Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh, I am sure lots of Aussie girls would have liked to help Shane out.
Maybe also Kimbra, she seems to do good duets .

So you are the guy who was in front of me who kept rubbing his sweaty body against mine while trying to squash my toes

That cannot be me. I was well behaved and was instructed under the laws of law and order. So you were the brown eyed girl who kept rubbing against me?

brown eyed yes, girl no.

[Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh]

Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh, I am sure lots of Aussie girls would have liked to help Shane out.
Maybe also Kimbra, she seems to do good duets .

So you are the guy who was in front of me who kept rubbing his sweaty body against mine while trying to squash my toes

That cannot be me. I was well behaved and was instructed under the laws of law and order. So you were the brown eyed girl who kept rubbing against me?

brown eyed yes, girl no.

Well these days it's all the same to me. I was leaping about and (probably giving everyone the shits). Now it's 11:04 and I'm off to to the pub. Thank Christ I'm not in that state of miserable state of Victoria. I can go down to the local have a few drinks without having to worry about being fashionable. I apologise for stepping on your toes I really do, but as Behan (probably) says, "there's nothing I can do!

[philipchevron]

Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh, I am sure lots of Aussie girls would have liked to help Shane out.
Maybe also Kimbra, she seems to do good duets .

So you are the guy who was in front of me who kept rubbing his sweaty body against mine while trying to squash my toes

That cannot be me. I was well behaved and was instructed under the laws of law and order. So you were the brown eyed girl who kept rubbing against me?

brown eyed yes, girl no.

Well these days it's all the same to me. I was leaping about and (probably giving everyone the shits). Now it's 11:04 and I'm off to to the pub. Thank Christ I'm not in that state of miserable state of Victoria. I can go down to the local have a few drinks without having to worry about being fashionable. I apologise for stepping on your toes I really do, but as Behan (probably) says, "there's nothing I can do!

You take the rough with the smooth (and also the rough) in the Pogues' moshpit. The stories I could tell from the stageside view! [I don't intend to, all your sordid little secrets are safe with me]

[norbertu]

You take the rough with the smooth (and also the rough) in the Pogues' moshpit. The stories I could tell from the stageside view! [I don't intend to, all your sordid little secrets are safe with me]

Yes, in Sydney there was a girl throwing all sorts of thing on to the stage, There was at least a handbag. I wonder if she also threw any other garments onto the stage. Guess that happens a lot.
BTW, did the owner eventually claim his wooden leg?

[norbertu]

brown eyed yes, girl no.

Well these days it's all the same to me. I was leaping about and (probably giving everyone the shits). Now it's 11:04 and I'm off to to the pub. Thank Christ I'm not in that state of miserable state of Victoria. I can go down to the local have a few drinks without having to worry about being fashionable. I apologise for stepping on your toes I really do, but as Behan (probably) says, "there's nothing I can do!

Well, even these days girls and boys are not the same to me!
Don't worry about my toes, they don't hurt (much) anymore. The doctor says they will heal eventually.

[philipchevron]

You take the rough with the smooth (and also the rough) in the Pogues' moshpit. The stories I could tell from the stageside view! [I don't intend to, all your sordid little secrets are safe with me]

Yes, in Sydney there was a girl throwing all sorts of thing on to the stage, There was at least a handbag. I wonder if she also threw any other garments onto the stage. Guess that happens a lot.
BTW, did the owner eventually claim his wooden leg?

The prosthetic limb was indeed reunited with its rightful, if somewhat sheepish owner. Reluctantly, I might add, as the roadies were already measuring it for its very own props flightcase.

Personally, I was surprised to find out it was real. I had believed it to be a witty variation of the "I'm cured! Look at me, I'm throwing away my crutches!" thing that happens in Pogues moshpits from time to time.

Nether garments are seldom hurled in our direction, though Terry Woods gets a few from time to time that once contained ample matronly bosoms.

[Fol-diddle-dee-ahhh]

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You take the rough with the smooth (and also the rough) in the Pogues' moshpit. The stories I could tell from the stageside view! [I don't intend to, all your sordid little secrets are safe with me] [/quote]

Christ that was me. I shouldv'e been bashed, there's no doubt about it. The thing is though I wasn't intoxicate to any too large degree. I think that was reflected in my soft and rough approach. It was a Shakeperian balance of hot and "cold" emotions and all that means is I have followed along what might well be the preferred bands approach. That is, not to be known as some ramshackle operation who perform for those inebriated and simply as "entertainers". By the same token neither should they be considered as 'yesterdays classic hits', filled, no doubt, with sorrow and misery. If I could not satisfactorily go along with this rollercoaster of some sorts, or christ knos what it is - for it is unique - then I am truly sorry. Happy ANZAC day, I'm off to re-read Robert Rhodes James account. And what a performance, I might add.