Who's seen the Pogues back in the day?

[philipchevron]

Two tours have been mentioned here, called "Brother Wouldn't Look At An Egg" and "Nobody Tells Me Anything". The first was inspired by Myles Na gCopaleen. What about the second? Is it from The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy? It reminds me James Forsyte's moan.

Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything was a common moan - without a doubt the commonest - within both band and crew around that time as the dissemination of information became erratic and apparently random. We made a joke about it, but in many ways it foreshadowed our decline.

[MacRua]

Pity, it was a chance to attract my mum, who is great Saga fan, to Pogues...

[shipbuilder]

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Oh yes - the Scunthorpe show is etched on my heart.

[skla]

I first saw them at the Ritz (now Webster Hall) in New York City in 1986 - actually got dragged out of the show by my boyfriend at the time who was not pleased with the whole mosh atmosphere. He had never heard of them and then saw the error of his ways years later. Still a great show. Saw them again at the pier with Mojo and the Femmes in 89 or 90...what a line up, huh? Drinking beer out of a paperbag and slamming to the Pogues...sigh. And then I moved to California so I only just saw them in 2006 at the Wiltern. It was odd not being with the crazy dancing folks for the first time at a Pogues show. But I am older now, don't want to break a hip (ha)

The Pogues are one of the best bands I have ever seen live and they have not lost a step. Would that I was on the East coast and could see them more. .....Ah well.

[Eric V]

The Pogues are one of the best bands I have ever seen live and they have not lost a step. Would that I was on the East coast and could see them more. .....Ah well.

Good story skla. Funny how we can be transported back to the mid-to-late 80s through music. Not that they were the best of times for anyone, but just the same that was my time to be in my early 20s. Unfortunately I spent most of the 80s in high school and then immediately in the army. But I did catch on with IISFFGWG. Unfortunately I never caught them live until 2006. And then again this March in NYC. I know they don't want to be a regular circuit touring act, but I do like the idea of going to a Pogues show -- for me -- as a birthday present to myself -- every March. And I don't care if it is in the UK, or Ireland, or the East Coast or the West Coast. And if it were in Australia (TDH in March) then I'd go there too and visit me good friend F.

[KAO]

Unexpectedly loved them as they opened in support of U2 during Joshua Tree Tour:29-Nov-87 Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA 43 min. without Philip Chevron, Joe Strummer on guitar.

For a second I was outraged: Why is that man trying to sing with a pint and a lit cigarette. Nearly embarrassed for my heritage and U2, it then occured to me, that this was the real thing; free of pretense, free of fear, there was so much deeper than it appeared. I grinned with joy and a tear welled up:

' If I should fall from grace with god, Where no doctor can relieve me. If I'm buried 'neath the sod, But the angels won't receive me, Let me go...Where the rivers all run dry.'

[philipchevron]

Unexpectedly loved them as they opened in support of U2 during Joshua Tree Tour:29-Nov-87 Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA 43 min. without Philip Chevron, Joe Strummer on guitar.

For a second I was outraged: Why is that man trying to sing with a pint and a lit cigarette. Nearly embarrassed for my heritage and U2, it then occured to me, that this was the real thing; free of pretense, free of fear, there was so much deeper than it appeared. I grinned with joy and a tear welled up:

' If I should fall from grace with god, Where no doctor can relieve me. If I'm buried 'neath the sod, But the angels won't receive me, Let me go...Where the rivers all run dry.'

Um.....................I was on the U2 at MSG show in fact, and it was in September 1987, I'm almost certain. It wasn't one of our better shows, but it appears to have done us a lot of good.

One person who was not a convert was Herbie Hancock who, uninvited, collared me backstage and told me "your band has no soul, man". Tosser.

[FAY]

My first Pogues show, too.

November 29, 1987 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
The Irish Rover, Streams Of Whiskey, Medley, The Body Of An American, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Lullaby Of London, Dirty Old Town, Turkish Song Of The Damned, South Australia, The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn, Dark Streets Of London, Sally MacLennane.

Herbie's got no craic.

[Clash Cadillac]

One person who was not a convert was Herbie Hancock who, uninvited, collared me backstage and told me "your band has no soul, man". Tosser.

If I owned any Herbie Hancock LP's I would burn them....

[Guest]

Unexpectedly loved them as they opened in support of U2 during Joshua Tree Tour:29-Nov-87 Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA 43 min. without Philip Chevron, Joe Strummer on guitar.

For a second I was outraged: Why is that man trying to sing with a pint and a lit cigarette. Nearly embarrassed for my heritage and U2, it then occured to me, that this was the real thing; free of pretense, free of fear, there was so much deeper than it appeared. I grinned with joy and a tear welled up:

' If I should fall from grace with god, Where no doctor can relieve me. If I'm buried 'neath the sod, But the angels won't receive me, Let me go...Where the rivers all run dry.'

Um.....................I was on the U2 at MSG show in fact, and it was in September 1987, I'm almost certain. It wasn't one of our better shows, but it appears to have done us a lot of good.

One person who was not a convert was Herbie Hancock who, uninvited, collared me backstage and told me "your band has no soul, man". Tosser.

Thank you Phillip for setting that record straight. Serves me right relying on the Internet for my background info.

Mr Hancock has no feel for his own musical genres; must be why he had to lash out at someonelse's band.

Wanted to ask you how you could have missed that event. So pleased you were present. Was Mr. Stummer in tow for that show tho? Had my resource gotten that part right?

Much appreciated-

[philipchevron]

Unexpectedly loved them as they opened in support of U2 during Joshua Tree Tour:29-Nov-87 Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA 43 min. without Philip Chevron, Joe Strummer on guitar.

For a second I was outraged: Why is that man trying to sing with a pint and a lit cigarette. Nearly embarrassed for my heritage and U2, it then occured to me, that this was the real thing; free of pretense, free of fear, there was so much deeper than it appeared. I grinned with joy and a tear welled up:

' If I should fall from grace with god, Where no doctor can relieve me. If I'm buried 'neath the sod, But the angels won't receive me, Let me go...Where the rivers all run dry.'

Um.....................I was on the U2 at MSG show in fact, and it was in September 1987, I'm almost certain. It wasn't one of our better shows, but it appears to have done us a lot of good.

One person who was not a convert was Herbie Hancock who, uninvited, collared me backstage and told me "your band has no soul, man". Tosser.

Thank you Phillip for setting that record straight. Serves me right relying on the Internet for my background info.

Mr Hancock has no feel for his own musical genres; must be why he had to lash out at someonelse's band.

Wanted to ask you how you could have missed that event. So pleased you were present. Was Mr. Stummer in tow for that show tho? Had my resource gotten that part right?

Much appreciated-

Joe replaced me as guitarist for about 3 weeks near the end of 1987, yes, while I was in the hospital. Seems like the date may be right but not the venue. The reason I remember MSG so vividly is that I had the most ridiculously unpleasant blazing row with Frank Murray that day about infringing the Dress Code in some way or other (this from a man who considered blue jeans, loafers and a blue blazer a good look for a Pogues manager) which meant that, instead of resting on the afternoon of an important show, I was forced to traipse around 7th Avenue looking for a last-minute suit, ending up with a hideous item which, though several sizes too big and made of polyester, at least did not infringe the Dress Code. I never wore it again and it ended up for a while in a display case in the Hot Press Irish Music Hall Of Fame exhibition, along with the typed story of "My Madison Square Garden Suit", written in faux fond-reminiscence by myself. I never got either back when that enterprise failed, so I can only assume the suit finally found a suitable final resting place in a landfill dump near Dublin. The typed sheet is in the National Library, I hear.#

[FAY]

My mistake...

It was September 29, 1987 - Madison Square Garden

I've got my ticket stub in my hand.

[skla]

Very jealous - I went to see U2 that tour and got tickets at the meadowlands - had to sit through Lone Justice rather than the Pogues. The injustice of it all!

Herbie's an idiot. I mean, I hated Rockit on it's own dubious merits - but what a nasty thing to say to someone backstage.

[FAY]

Hate to split hairs but Lone Justice/U2 at the Meadowlands, NJ was April 1985.

(I was at that show, too.)

[skla]

Split away, but ... I saw U2 at Nassau Col in 85 with Lone Justice, and they also opened for U2 in the Meadowlands on the 87 tour . Believe me, I was pissed. Have the stub right here as I am typing - Wed May 13th 1987, 8:00 PM, John Scher presents U2, Lone Justice Meadowlands Arena, lower section, section 12, row 10, seat 2. (I just recently found a bunch of my old ticket stubs, so I can finally put dates to some of my concert experiences. sadly a lot were thrown out)

Can you believe that tickets were just $16.50 back in the day?