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Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone

The Pogues - Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone Audio CD

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Band: The Pogues
Title: Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone
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Release Date: 2008-07-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Kerry Polka [#] 2: Rocky Road to Dublin [#] 3: Boys from the Country Hell ["Radio-Friendly" Version] 4: NW3 [#] 5: Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock Are in Carrickmacross [Rehearsal R 6: Do You Believe in Magic? [#] 7: Hot Asphalt [#] 8: Danny Boy [BBC John Peel Show] 9: Maggie May [#] 10: Haunted [From Sid and Nancy] 11: 0The Travelling People [Rehearsal Recording][#] 12: Eve of Destruction [#] 13: My Baby's Gone [Demo Recording][#] 14: North Sea Holes [#] 15: Garbo (Aka in and Out) [From Garbo] 16: Last of McGee [#] 17: Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [Alternate Mix] - Astro-Physicians, , The Pogues, Joe Strummer 18: Young Ned of the Hill [Dub Version] 19: Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness [#] 20: When the Ship Comes In [Demo Recording][#] 21: Waxies Dargle [Live][#] 22: Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#] 23: Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#] 24: Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#] 25: Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording] 26: Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show] 27: Poor Paddy on the Railway [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show] 28: Sea Shanty [Demo Recording][#] 29: Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#] 30: Kitty [Demo Recording][#] 31: Boys from the County Hell [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show] 32: Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go) [De 33: Billy's Bones [BBC Janice Long Show] 34: Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show] 35: Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show] 36: Town That Never Sleeps [#] 37: Something Wild [#] 38: Driving Through the City [#] 39: Rainy Night in Soho [Oboe Version] 40: Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#] 41: Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#] 42: Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#] 43: Navigatoer [Live][#] 44: Aria [#] 45: Good, The Bad & The Ugly [From Straight to Hell] 46: Haunted [Demo Recording][#] 47: Love Theme from Sid and Nancy [#] 48: Junk Theme [From Sid and Nancy] 49: Glued Up and Speeding [From Sid and Nancy] 50: Paris [From Sid and Nancy] 51: Needle for Paddy Garcia [From Sid and Nancy] 52: JB 57 [#] 53: Bowery Snax/Spiked [From Sid and Nancy] 54: Hot Dogs with Everything [From Sid and Nancy] 55: Rince del Emplacada [#] 56: Rake at the Gates of Hell [BBC Janice Long Show] 57: Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show] 58: If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice Long Show] 59: Battle March [Demo Recording][#] 60: Lullaby of London [Demo Recording][#] 61: Shanne Bradley [Demo Recording][#] 62: Streets of Sorrow [Demo Recording][#] 63: Thousands Are Sailing [#] 64: Balinalee [#] 65: Nicaragua Libr� [#] 66: Japan [Live][#] 67: Sally Maclennane [Live] 68: Pair of Brown Eyes [Live] 69: Kitty [Live] 70: Maggie May [Live] 71: Dirty Old Town [Live] 72: Sickbed of Cuchulainn [Live] 73: Fiesta [7" Single Remix] 74: If I Should Fall from Grace with God [12" Single Remix] 75: Johnny Come Lately - Steve Earle, The Pogues 76: Boat Train [Demo Recording][#] 77: Night Train to Lorca [Demo Recording][#] 78: Mistlethrush [#] 79: Got a Lot of Livin' to Do 80: Victoria [#] 81: Murder [Version 1][#] 82: Lust for Vomit [#] 83: Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#] 84: Black Dogs Ditch [#] 85: Aisling [#] 86: Murder [Version 2][#] 87: Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [12" Single Remix] 88: Maidr�n Rua [#] 89: Johnny Come Lately [Live][#] 90: John Was [#] - The Pogues, Sexy Bongo 91: Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things - Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues 92: All the Tears That I Cried - Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues 93: One and Only - Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues 94: Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer] - Astro-Physicians, , The Pogues, Joe Strummer 95: Turkish Song of the Damned [Live] - The Pogues, Joe Strummer 96: London Calling [Live] - The Pogues, Joe Strummer 97: I Fought the Law [Live] - The Pogues, Joe Strummer 98: Girl from the Wadi-Hammamat [Demo Recording][*] 99: Moving to Moldova [Demo Recording][#] 100: Call My Name [#] 101: Sun and the Moon [Demo Recording][#] 102: Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#] 103: Who Said Romance Is Dead? [Demo Recording][#] 104: Sound of the City Night [Demo Recording][#] 105: Four O'Clock in the Morning [Demo Recording][#] 106: Star of the County Down [Live][#] 107: White City [Live][#] 108: Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Rac 109: Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter [Live][#] 110: Goodnight Irene [Live][#][*]

This is just for the Pogues fan but not worth the money for anybody else

Hearing "NW3", the different versions of "Fairytale of New York", the live stuff and the Pogues version of Shane's solo songs like "Aisling", "Victoria" and "Dunigal Express" was worth the money. I was excited to hear this even though a two thirds of it is bad I'm a huge Pogues fan and if I wasn't such a fanatic about their stuff this would of been a total waste of money. On the other hand most of the songs are duds, I mean come on who wants to hear Shane sing "Do you believe in magic" and "Eve of Destruction" all of the time!? I did want to hear them once or twice to see their creative motivation at the time but that is good enough for me. What's really sad was to hear Shane go downhill in the songs especially in "Aisling" he mumbled half of the time because he couldn't keep up with the song, his solo version from "The Snake" album is way better. And as a good little Pogues fan I have the songs from Sid and Nancy and from Straight to Hell so that's another disk I won't listen to.
I just picked out about an CD's worth of studio stuff and a CD worth of live stuff to listen to all of the time and the rest I'll enjoy maybe once a year.

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For hardcore fans and completists only
After a first listening of this set I am mildly disappointed. I've been a fan of The Pogues since "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash", which I still own on vinyl. While the rarities and alternate versions are fine there is a fair amount of filler.

I may change my mind with a second or third listening, but I would recommend this set only for hardcore fans.

If you're new to The Pogues start with their first 5 CDs, preferably the new editions with bonus tracks, then move onto "The Snake" by Shane MacGowan. If you need more come back to this set.

For the ultimate fan
Not for the part-time Pogues fan. This has everything the ultimate Pogues fan could want (and even some stuff he or she does not).

There are some great demo versions of Pogues classics, with Shane sounding almost prepubescent; it's really great to hear how the songs evolved. There are also some great live and previously unreleased material.

The full color booklet is very cool, too. .

Irish Eyes are Slamming through Hell's Ditch
This 5 CD collection blasts a new cap into the Boys from County Hell. Say Pogue Mahone then get ready to fight. From the clunky but drunk spanking of the kerry polka to the lord santy's fairest daughter any pogue fan will attest to sean's genius climbing the banks of sweet melody to the chasm of vengeful death blows. Hot Dogs with Everyting, greenland whale fisheries, billy's bones, night train to lorca refocus pogue fans to this battle triumph. No collection is complete until this box is soaked in your bushmills.

Incredible Stuff
This is way more than I was expecting. Wow. Like many Pogues fans I own all the regular releases as well as some odd ball stuff but the majority of the material on the box set is completely fresh. And outstanding. Having all the "Straight to Hell" and "Sid and Nancy" tracks is fantastic. This will not dissapoint a Pogues fan nor any rock fan for that matter. Buy it and be blown away by one of the truly great bands to ever exist.

Jeremy 7.

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