The Pogues - "Summer In Siam"
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale of New York"
Katie Melua and The Pogues - "Fairytale of New York"
THE POGUES - "Rainy Night In Soho"
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The Pogues - "Hell's Ditch"
Shane Macgowan & Nick Cave - "What a Wonderful World"
Shane McGowan & The Popes - "Irish Rover"
The Pogues With The Dubliners - "The Irish Rover"
The Pogues - "Dirty Old Town" - (live)
Sinead O'Connor & Shane MacGowan - Haunted - (ZANG 65)
Shane McGowan (Cruachan) - "Spancil Hill"
Christy Moore & Shane MacGowan (Pogues) - "Spancil HILL"
The Pogues - "Fiesta"
The Pogues - "If I Should Fall from Grace with God"
The Pogues and The Band - "Waltzing Mathilda"
Tom Waits - "Waltzing Matilda" - (live 1977)
The Pogues - "White City"
The Pogues - "London Girl"
The Pogues - "Dark Streets of London"
The Pogues - "Greenland Whale Fisheries"
The Pogues - "Down All The Days"
The Pogues - "Bastard Landlord"
The Pogues - "The Broad Majestic Shannon"
The Pogues - "Thousands Are Sailing"
The Pogues - "Rain Street"
The Pogues - "Sally Maclennane"
Shane Macgowan & The Popes - "Paddy Public Enemy No. 1"
Christy Moore & Shane MacGowan(pogues) - "Spancil HILL"
«The Pogues
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| The Pogues | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Pogue Mahone |
| Origin | Kings Cross, London, England |
| Genre(s) | Irish rock Folk punk Celtic punk Celtic fusion |
| Years active | 1982–1996 2001–present |
| Website | www.pogues.com |
| Members | |
| Shane MacGowan James Fearnley Spider Stacy Jeremy 'Jem' Finer Andrew Ranken Phil Chevron Terry Woods Darryl Hunt | |
| Former members | |
| Cait O'Riordan Joe Strummer Jamie Clarke Dave Coulter James McNally | |
Their politically-tinged music was influenced by The Clash,[2] yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin, accordion, and others. In the later incarnations of the band, after the departure of Shane MacGowan, rock instruments such as the electric guitar would become more prominent. The first of The Pogues' albums, Red Roses for Me, borrows much from the punk tradition of MacGowan's previous band The Nipple Erectors (later dubbed "The Nips").
The Pogues were founded in King's Cross,[3] a district of North London, in 1982 as Pogue Mahone—pogue mahone being the Anglicisation of the Irish póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse".[4]
The band specialised in Irish folk music, often playing with the energy of the punk rock scene in which several of the members had their roots.
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[edit] Band history
The roots of The Pogues were formed when MacGowan (vocals), Peter "Spider" Stacy (tin whistle), and Jem Finer (banjo) were together in an occasional band called The Millwall Chainsaws in the late 1970s after MacGowan and Stacy met in the toilets at a Ramones gig at The Roundhouse in 1977.[5] MacGowan was already with The Nips, though when they broke up in 1980 he concentrated a bit more on the still unstructured Millwall Chainsaws, who changed their name to The New Republicans. During this period MacGowan and Finer auditioned unsuccessfully for a license to busk at Covent Garden.[6] In 1982 James Fearnley (accordion) joined MacGowen, Stacy, and Finer, calling the band Pogue Mahone. The new group played their first gig at The Pindar Of Wakefield on 4 October 1982.[7]They later added Cait O'Riordan (bass) and Andrew Ranken (drums). The band played London pubs and clubs,[8] and released a single, "Dark Streets of London,"[9] on their own, self-named label, gaining a small reputation—especially for their live performances. They came to the attention of the media and Stiff Records when they opened for The Clash on their 1984 tour.[1] Shortening their name to "The Pogues" (partly due to BBC censorship following complaints from Gaelic speakers in Scotland) they released their first album Red Roses for Me on Stiff that October.
The band gained more attention when the UK Channel 4's influential music show The Tube made a video of their version of "Waxie's Dargle" for the show. The performance—featuring Spider Stacy repeatedly smashing himself over the head with a beer tray (in the manner of Bob Blackman's infamous "Mule Train/Mule Tray")—became a favourite with the viewers, but Stiff refused to release it as a single, feeling it was too late for it to help Red Roses for Me (in fact their record label, Stiff, was by then in deep financial trouble). Nevertheless, it remained a favourite request for the show for many years.
Phil Chevron (guitar) joined the group soon after, then with the aid of punk and New Wave forefather Elvis Costello they recorded the follow up, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, in 1985. The album title is a famous comment falsely attributed to Winston Churchill who was supposedly describing the "true" traditions of the British Royal Navy.[10] The album cover featured The Raft of the Medusa, with the faces of the characters in Théodore Géricault's painting replaced with those of the band members. The album shows the band moving away from covers to original material. Shane MacGowan came into his own as a songwriter with this disc, offering up poetic story-telling, such as "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn" and "The Old Main Drag", as well as definitive interpretations of Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town" and Eric Bogle's "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (this had previously been covered by Shane's fellow punk contemporaries The Skids in 1981).
The band failed to take advantage of the momentum created by the strong artistic and commercial success of their second album. They first refused to record another album (offering up the four-track EP Poguetry in Motion instead); O'Riordan married Costello and left the band, to be replaced by bassist Darryl Hunt; and they added a multi-instrumentalist in Terry Woods, formerly of Steeleye Span. Looming over the band at this period (as throughout their entire career) was the increasingly erratic behaviour of their vocalist and principal songwriter, Shane MacGowan. Their record label, Stiff Records, went bankrupt soon after the 1987 release of the single "The Irish Rover" (with the Dubliners).
[edit] Success and breakup
The band remained stable enough to record If I Should Fall from Grace with God in 1988 (with its Christmas hit duet with Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York", which was voted "the best Christmas song ever" in VH1 UK polls in 2004) and 1989's Peace and Love.[11] The band was at the peak of its commercial success, with both albums making the top 5 in the UK (numbers 3 and 5 respectively), but MacGowan was increasingly unreliable. He failed to turn up for the opening dates of their 1988 tour of America, and prevented the band from promoting their next album, Hell's Ditch, so in 1991 the band sacked him.[12] Vocal duties were for a time handled by Joe Strummer, before Stacy finally took over permanently. After Strummer's departure, the remaining seven Pogues recorded Waiting for Herb, which contained the band's third and final top twenty single, "Tuesday Morning", which became their best-selling single internationally. Terry Woods and James Fearnley then left the band and were replaced by David Coulter and James McNally respectively. Within months of their departures, ill health forced Phil Chevron to leave the band; he was replaced by his former guitar technician, Jamie Clarke. This line up recorded the band's seventh (and final) studio album, Pogue Mahone. The album was a commercial failure, and, following Jem Finer's decision to leave the band in 1996, the remaining members decided it was time to call it quits.[edit] Post-breakup
After the Pogues' break-up, the three remaining long-term members (Spider Stacy, Andrew Ranken and Darryl Hunt) started a new band called The Wisemen. The band played mainly new Stacy-penned tracks, though Darryl Hunt also contributed songs, and the band's live set included a few Pogues songs. First Ranken then Hunt left the band, the latter going on to become singer/songwriter in an indie band called Bish, whose self-titled debut album was released in 2001. Ranken has gone on to play with a number of other bands, including hKippers, The Municipal Waterboard and, most recently, The Mysterious Wheels. In addition to The Wisemen (later renamed The Vendettas), Spider Stacy continued to write and record music with various bands, including a short stint with "Spider Stacy's Pogue Mahone", with Stacy fronting Pogues tribute band, Boys from the County Hell. Shane MacGowan founded Shane MacGowan and The Popes in 1992. His autobiography A Drink With Shane MacGowan, co-written with his journalist girlfriend Victoria Mary Clarke, was released in 2001. Jem Finer went into experimental music, playing a big part in a project known as "Longplayer", a piece of music designed to play continuously for 1,000 years without repeating itself. In 2005, Finer released the album Bum Steer with DB Bob (as DM Bob and Country Jem). James Fearnley moved to the United States shortly before leaving the Pogues. Philip Chevron reformed his former band The Radiators. Terry Woods formed The Bucks with Ron Kavana, releasing the album Dancin' To The Ceili Band in 1994. Later, he formed The Woods Band, releasing the album Music From The Four Corners of Hell in 2002.[edit] Reunion
Shane MacGowan wrote a blog for The Guardian website in 2006, detailing his thoughts on the current tour.[13]
Guitarist Phil Chevron has stated there were no plans to record new music or release a new album. Chevron said that one way to keep enjoying what they were doing was to avoid making a new album, although he did say that there still is a possibility in the future for new music, but certainly not in the near future. Terry Woods has commented that MacGowan has been writing, and most of it sounds good. However on the pages of The Pogues message board, Chevron revealed that The Pogues are preparing a box set of unreleased tracks for release in June 2008.
The band has received mixed reviews of its recent performances. Reviewing a March 2008 concert, The Washington Post described MacGowan as "puffy and paunchy," but said the singer "still has a banshee wail to beat Howard Dean's, and the singer's abrasive growl is all a band this marvelous needs to give its amphetamine-spiked take on Irish folk a focal point." The reviewer continued: "The set started off shaky, MacGowan singing of `goin' where streams of whiskey are flowin,' and looking like he'd arrived there already. He grew more lucid and powerful as the evening gathered steam, through two hours and 26 songs, mostly from the Pogues' first three (and best) albums." [14]
[edit] Current members
- Shane MacGowan: 1982–1991, 2001–present; vocals, guitar, banjo, bodhrán
- Spider Stacy: 1982–1996, 2001–present; vocals, tin whistle
- Philip Chevron: 1985–1994, 2001–present; guitar
- James Fearnley: 1982–1993, 2001–present; accordion, mandolin, piano, guitar
- Terry Woods: 1986–1994, 2001–present; mandolin, cittern, concertina, guitar
- Jem Finer: 1982–1996, 2001–present; banjo, mandola, saxophone, hurdy-gurdy, guitar
- Andrew Ranken: 1982–1996, 2001–present; drums, percussion
- Darryl Hunt: 1986–1996, 2001–present; bass guitar
- Ella Finer (regular guest) 2005– (Vocals on Fairytale of New York)
- James Walbourne (Temp replaced for Philip Chevron during his recovery from cancer) 2007
[edit] Former members
- Cait O'Riordan: 1982–1986, 2004; bass
- Joe Strummer: 1991 (also replaced an ailing Phil Chevron for a U.S. tour in 1987); vocals, guitar
- Jamie Clarke: 1993–1996; guitar, vocals
- Dave Coulter: 1993–1996; mandolin, ukulele, percussion
- James McNally: 1993–1996; accordian, whistles, percussion
[edit] Discography
[edit] Fairytale of New York
[edit] Albums
- Red Roses for Me (1984): #89 UK
- Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985): #13 UK
- If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988): #3 UK, #88 US
- Peace and Love (1989): #5 UK
- Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (EP, 1990): #43 UK
- Hell's Ditch (1990) #12 UK
- Waiting for Herb (1993): #20 UK
- Pogue Mahone (1996)
[edit] Live Albums
- Streams of Whiskey: Live in Leysin, Switzerland 1991 (2002)
- The Ultimate Collection including Live at the Brixton Academy 2001 (2005): #15 UK
[edit] Compilation Albums
- The Best of The Pogues (1991): #11 UK
- The Rest of The Best (1992)
- The Very Best Of The Pogues (2001): #18 UK
- Dirty Old Town: The Platinum Collection (Budget CD) (2005)
- Just Look Them Straight In The Eye and Say....POGUE MAHONE!! (Anthology/Box Set of rare and unreleased tracks) (2008)
[edit] Video
- The Pogues: Live at The Town & Country Club St Patricks Day 1988 VHS 1988
- POGUEVISION" Music Video Collection - VHS 1991
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
| U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Club Play | U.K. Singles | Irish Singles Chart | |||
| 1984 | "Dark Streets of London" | - | - | - | - | Red Roses for Me |
| "Boys from the County Hell" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1985 | "A Pair of Brown Eyes" | - | - | 71 | - | Rum, Sodomy and the Lash |
| "Sally MacLennane" | - | - | 51 | - | ||
| "Dirty Old Town" | - | - | 62 | 27 | ||
| 1986 | Poguetry in Motion (EP) | - | - | 29 | 11 | - |
| "Haunted" | - | - | 42 | 7 | Sid and Nancy Soundtrack | |
| 1987 | "Irish Rover" (Featuring The Dubliners) | - | - | 8 | 1 | - |
| "Fairytale of New York" (Featuring Kirsty MacColl) | - | - | 2 | 1 | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | |
| 1988 | "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" | - | - | 58 | 4 | |
| "Fiesta" | - | - | 24 | 11 | ||
| 1989 | "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" | 17 | 36 | 43 | 6 | Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah |
| "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" | - | - | 41 | 8 | Peace and Love | |
| 1990 | "Summer in Siam" | - | - | 64 | 21 | Hell's Ditch |
| "Jack's Heroes" (Featuring The Dubliners) | - | - | 63 | 4 | Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah | |
| 1991 | "Sunny Side of the Street" | 23 | - | - | - | Hell's Ditch |
| "Rainy Night in Soho (Remix)" | - | - | 67 | 24 | Poguetry in Motion | |
| "Fairytale of New York" (Re-Issue) | - | - | 36 | 10 | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | |
| 1992 | "Honky Tonk Woman" | - | - | 56 | - | Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah |
| 1993 | "Tuesday Morning" | 11 | - | 18 | 26 | Waiting for Herb |
| "Once Upon a Time" | - | - | 66 | - | ||
| 2005 | "Fairytale of New York" (Re-Release) | - | - | 3 | 3 | If I Should Fall from Grace with God |
| 2006 | "Fairytale of New York" (Re-entry of re-release) | - | - | 6 | - | |
| 2007 | "Fairytale of New York" (Re-entry on Downloads alone) | - | - | 4 | 3 | |
| 2008 | "Fairytale of New York" (Re-entry on Downloads alone) | - | - | 12 | 8 | |
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Pogues: Biography : Rolling Stone
- ^ allmusic ((( The Pogues > Biography )))
- ^ Music & Nightlife | Music Preview | The Pogues
- ^ BBC - Radio 2 - Documentaries - Pogue Mahone: The Story of the Pogues
- ^ Profile: Shane MacGowan | UK news | The Guardian
- ^ Kirsty MacColl: Connections
- ^ Shane MacGowan
- ^ http://www.shanemacgowan.de/Pogues_Story/Heart.jpg
- ^ http://www.shanemacgowan.de/Pogues_Story/Mahone.jpg
- ^ "Quotes Falsely Attributed". The Churchill Centre. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Fairytale tops VH1 'Christmas song poll' @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
- ^ allmusic ((( The Pogues > Biography )))
- ^ Shane MacGowan. "Shane MacGowan". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ PERFORMING ARTS - washingtonpost.com
- ^ BBC News, 16 December 2004. Pogues track wins Christmas poll. Retrieved 17 November 2005.
- ^ BBC News, 15 December 2005. Fairytale still the festive pick. Retrieved 19 December 2005.
[edit] External links
- The Official Pogues Site
- The Official Shane MacGowan Site
- The Guardian article
- The Pogues: Christmas In Glasgow» in Wikipédia.
"A Rainy Night in Soho
Composição: Shane MacGowan
I've been loving you a long timeDown all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell
I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
But there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the fist time
I never think about the last
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"
Tracção integral no regresso à liderança
Movidos pelo mesmo objectivo, invariavelmente apontados à baliza, Braga e F.C. Porto acabariam por partilhar pouco mais do que relvado e propósitos. O ascendente com que os bracarenses se precaveram para o período inicial dos Dragões – célebre pelos processos que resultam na asfixia do opositor -, numa adaptação da regra que faz do ataque a melhor defesa, teve consequências meramente estatísticas, redundando na conquista de um punhado de pontapés de canto, que em circunstância alguma perturbaram a serenidade de Helton.
Mas o campeão era, sobretudo, uma equipa. Especialmente coesa em todos os gestos e mecanismos, e na assustadora facilidade com que operava transições. Na ordem solidária com que defendia a sua baliza e nos movimentos imparáveis (mesmo os mais subtis) com que cercava a área adversária. Assim e sem surpresa, surgiu o segundo golo, resultado do assédio azul e branco, que apertava os limites do bloqueio e deixava Lisandro a sós com Eduardo, para decidir.
