Rainy Night in Soho

**Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:36 pm**

Hi can anyone tell me which version of A Rainy Night in Soho is on the Very Best of the Pogues - is it the 1986 original or the 1991 remix?

**Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:07 am**

The remix. And the same version is on the Best Of the Pogues album as well.

**Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:40 am**

The original finally makes its cd debut on the RSL re-issue.

**Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:32 pm**

the most gorgeous lyrics shane has ever wrote, even me old man likes it he loves the pogues, i love the chrous in it as well. does every1 else agree that this could well be apart from fairytale of new york the pogues best song

**Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:49 pm**

lifesafairytale wrote:the most gorgeous lyrics shane has ever wrote, even me old man likes it he loves the pogues, i love the chrous in it as well. does every1 else agree that this could well be apart from fairytale of new york the pogues best song

I tend to listen to it even more than Fairytale. It definitely is a toss up.

**Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:40 pm**

lifesafairytale wrote:the most gorgeous lyrics shane has ever wrote, even me old man likes it he loves the pogues, i love the chrous in it as well. does every1 else agree that this could well be apart from fairytale of new york the pogues best song

it doesnt have a chorus, does it?

**Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:32 pm**

this is repeated twice in the song, i guess it could be the chorus

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams

**Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:39 pm**

paddys pistol wrote:this is repeated twice in the song, i guess it could be the chorus

That seems more a repeated coda than a chorus. But then what do I know aobut the structure of song lyrics?

**Sun Dec 25, 2005 2:09 am**

Certainly once of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.

Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams

:wink:

**Sun Dec 25, 2005 2:22 am**

Why do songs have to have a chorus ?
The Old Main Drag doesnt have one either

**Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:44 am**

tears in my eyes almost every time

**Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:05 am**

choruses are for everyone to sing along to!

**Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:44 am**

Guest wrote:Why do songs have to have a chorus ?
The Old Main Drag doesnt have one either

They definitly do not need to. I don't think any "expert" would claim that a chorus is a needed factor to call a piece a song. I've always enjoyed "story" songs that don't include choruses like "She's Leaving Home" or "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" BUT I will take a good song you can really geat into and drink to that has a great chorus any day over those others. Lots of artists (my opinion) make a living off of songs that have horrible verses and wonderful -genius- choruses: John Mellencamp, some of Springsteen's stuff a few of Paul Simon's songs too (A FEW). Of course there are other songs that are not "story" songs that have recurring lines or verses but not real choruses "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" being one that comes to mind.

**Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:05 pm**

lifesafairytale wrote:the most gorgeous lyrics shane has ever wrote, even me old man likes it he loves the pogues, i love the chrous in it as well. does every1 else agree that this could well be apart from fairytale of new york the pogues best song

Well...question is if everyone else agrees...no, not everyone, as I know at least one human being who disagrees :-)

**Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:19 pm**

we know, waiting for herb and pogue mahone are really exile on mainstreet and the white album in disguise, and shane is just the pogues' version of syd barrett.

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