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The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash Audio CD

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The Pogues Band: The Pogues
Title: Rum Sodomy & the Lash
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Release Date: 2006-09-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Sickbed of Cuchulainn 2: Old Main Drag 3: Wild Cats of Kilkenny 4: I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day 5: Pair of Brown Eyes 6: Sally MacLennane 7: Dirty Old Town 8: Jesse James 9: Navigator 10: Billy's Bones 11: Gentleman Soldier 12: Band Played Waltzing Matilda 13: Pistol for Paddy Garcia [*] 14: London Girl [*] 15: Rainy Night in Soho [*] 16: Body of an American [*] 17: Planxty Noel Hill [*] 18: Parting Glass [*]

Favorite Album!

The songs of the Irish have a lot of tragedy, irony, anger and humor to them. How do you make a great punk album with more than 3 chords? Make it Irish music, Get a roudy singer and speed it up to double time. This is perfectly translated into the songs that Shane MacGowan wrote. His songs deal with the down side of life in story form almost like watching a movie which most songwriters can't do, He also does a better job to songs he didn't write than the original singer does. The band does a perfect job of giving a feeling to the lyrics.
This Album is the last true MacGowan production. The next album "If I Should Fall From Grace Of God" has the rest of the band putting there two cents in and a producer that takes away the bands edge. "Peace and Love" is where he looses interest for many reasons and the band takes over.
My personal opinion this is the one to get if you want to feel the band's energy in it's prime state.

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Wish they did more
Not as good as If I Should Fall from Grace with God, but a strong record all the same. I liked the Pogues, and expanded with all their published music. Shane McGowan is another tribute to the creative power of intoxicants. .


Brilliant
However, after one listen, and then another and then another and then another. I must admit to being a little put off when I first gave a listen to Rum Sodomy as I was expecting something more along the lines of the Dropkick Murhpys than traditional celtic sound. . . . I keep coming back to it. Fantastic sound, lyrics and delivery. Now I am a fan. Alas, like many of my "discoveries" it is a little late.


What can I say?
Shane is a genius and somewhat of a drinker I hear. What can be said about the Pogues? One of the greatest song writing bands in history. I think I'll get a beer.


Nerdy Pirate Off The Port Bow!!
Shortly after producing the Pogues' second effort, Costello stole the heart of Cait O'Riordan, the band's attractive female vocalist. Elvis Costello's influence should not be measured in what he gave to the Pogues, but rather by what he took away. . . and she was never heard from again. A pity, really, beacause her vocal skills would have been nicely placed alongside MacGowan's in the ballads he would sing on later efforts. Not that Kristy MacColl was all that bad, mind you, but O'Riordan was a centerpiece of the group from the beginning. Many a fan gnashed his teeth and hurled expletives into the air the day her departure was announced.

Anyway, it's nice to see the Poguetry In Motion 10" Ep finally available on cd, even if Rainy Night in Soho is only a remix. For a time, "Rum, Sodomy. . . " and "Poguetry. . . " were my favorite releases from the Pogues; that is, til "Should I Fall. . . " came along.


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