The Pogues ... worth seeing ?

Fallen Buckshot

so the pogues are on tour early next year and i love most of their old stuff .. how do they stand up these days ?

Nichololas

Fallen Buckshot wrote: »

. how do they stand up these days ?

I think McGowan keeps it to a minimum.

ShawnRaven

Mate of mine saw them about two or three years ago, said he had a hell of a night.
Not exactly my scene, but i always judge an artist on it's crowd reaction that what i think of the music, so if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me.

seanybiker

me mother and father seen em a while back. They said they enjoyed it but mainly because shane was falling around the stage and mixing up some of the words. Personally i wouldnt bother spending me money on seen em

GhostInTheRuins

I was thinking this exact same thing yesterday. I wouldn't mind seeing them to be honest but I've heard some fairly bad things (About shane obviously)

Fallen Buckshot

eh yeah but if ya watch some of their live stuff on youtube from the 80's hes mixin up chorus and bumbling about so meh tats par for the course ?

stovelid

Sit in a deck chair outside CopperFace Jacks and stick some Pogues on your iPod. That way you see hear Pogues and see people blearily staggering about for free.

mountainyman

McGowan was always drunk on stage but now it would be depressing to see him. I was in a pub in Islington a while ago I went over to shake his hand. He was sound and he shook my hand but he'd pissed himself.

Fallen Buckshot

maybe he took "gettin pissed" literaly :eek:

GhostInTheRuins

Fallen Buckshot wrote: »

eh yeah but if ya watch some of their live stuff on youtube from the 80's hes mixin up chorus and bumbling about so meh tats par for the course ?

That's not exactly what I meant.

This is a story I was told by a friend, (Can't prove if it's true or not, just have to take her word for it) Anyway, she went to see them a few years ago, shane was in a wheelchair and was pushed onto the stage. All seemed normal, he was obviously hammered but sure you'd be shocked if he wasn't. They managed to make it through one or two songs well enough, but things turned sour when shane got sick all over himself and passed out. He was wheeled off stage and the crowd were told it was time to go home, show's over.

Casinoking

Last year was a dreadful performance, the year before was pretty good but from what I've seen of them over the years that was a once-off I think. MacGowan will be locked, and 90% of the audience will be off their faces so unless you intend to do likewise I'd give it a miss. The band are tight enough though, so at least you'll know what tune they're playing even if you can't make out the lyrics. All in all a very messy night out though. Not for the easily offended.

Fallen Buckshot

Well this will be in the states (Atlanta) so maybe he will behave ? lmao:D