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The Pogues — Dirty Old Town
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piapogue
Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 17:23
 
Love this. I learned this song from the Pogues, then went to Ireland and sang along in a pub to this version. Great memory!

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 17:20
 
This always makes me smile and remember the happy carefree days when I first discovered it...and I'm happy to hear it here!

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 27, 2012 - 09:04
 
English. Dirty. Painful. These guys need mouthwash and professional dentistry. Otherwise...they're great!

onelittlemoose
(Mooseville, Canada)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 15:40
 
 Proclivities wrote:

 I told my boss that very phrase the other day... didn't work out so well.  The persistent problem of existence. 
 
Pffft! Almost choked on my beer. You're funny. 

vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 03:28
 
To early for this over here...

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 19:14
 
 RoelantSiekman wrote:
I am not drunk enough, yet..
 
 I told my boss that very phrase the other day... didn't work out so well.  The persistent problem of existence. 

RoelantSiekman
(Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 05:31
 
I am not drunk enough, yet..

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 18:58
 
Good song (did Rod Stewart do a version of this back in the 60's?), but a GREAT cd/album title—especially in view of the classic album cover!


Mozart
(Salzburg)
Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 00:22
 
 fredriley wrote:

Quite. Other than the Pogues, the only time I hear this song 'sung' is by loud pissants in pubs or staggering home. Which is fine if you're pissed (note for those across the Pond: pissed = drunk in UK English), but tedious and irritating if you're not.

 


UK English is English inn't it? Across the Pond they speak 'merican

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 06:36
 
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:
it's way to early for this shit...need a few drinks first to deal with this...
 
Quite. Other than the Pogues, the only time I hear this song 'sung' is by loud pissants in pubs or staggering home. Which is fine if you're pissed (note for those across the Pond: pissed = drunk in UK English), but tedious and irritating if you're not.


Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 06:33
 
 BBOGDA wrote:
OK.  Sometimes I wonder why RP doesn't play the occasional or even rare hip-hop or rap song.  I realize those generas aren't everyone's cup of tea and also not my favorite, but there are some good songs out there, and I do like to occasionally listen to them.  Some are every bit as good as this song.  Yuk.
 
Now THAT is a very good point. I'd love to hear some good hip-hip and rap here even though I know it would not be liked by many. 

It only needs to be on occasionally. . . and would balance out this piece of shite. 

LongGoneDaddy
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 06:31
 
it's way to early for this shit...need a few drinks first to deal with this...

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 19:42
 
Wonder what Ewan MacColl would have made of the various versions of his Salford rant.

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 19:41
 
Great Music, Great Album!

BBOGDA
Posted: Nov 12, 2011 - 13:54
 
OK.  Sometimes I wonder why RP doesn't play the occasional or even rare hip-hop or rap song.  I realize those generas aren't everyone's cup of tea and also not my favorite, but there are some good songs out there, and I do like to occasionally listen to them.  Some are every bit as good as this song.  Yuk.

woodchuk
(Lunar Lagrange point L1)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 05:24
 
A most excellent album with a most excellent title!



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 05:22
 

I CAN NOT hear this song and not think about the series finale of Rescue Me...



arrgh.




ferwoman
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 00:33
 
Seriously at first I thought this was a Monty Python "I'm a Lumberjack" singalong. {#Lol}

allabout
(Perth Western Australia)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 00:29
 
Let's all sing-a-long, Dirty old town

Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 03:47
 
 daveesh wrote:
interesting song to play on the day whitey bulger is scheduled to get shipped back to boston to face all those charges.
 
{#Lol}

Ole Whitey is now a "guest of the Commonwealth" as an old crusty judge I used to appear before used to say. 


Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 18:30
 
"...give it their best shot & keep on going."  Keith Richards as poster child for that comment.

Captain-Fishy
(more than halfway to paradise)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 06:35
 

...and still knocking it out just last weekend at the London Feis

http://youtu.be/EJo8makTdFA

mad as a fish but still a genius!

daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 06:33
 
interesting song to play on the day whitey bulger is scheduled to get shipped back to boston to face all those charges.

Alexandra
(Hopefully, departing the Gem City VERY soon)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 06:29
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
By     far    my favorite    Pogues song!{#Cheers}
 

{#Cheers}    There is a local band that covers this whenever they play our Irish pub! They do a great job, too.

jchrise
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 14:30
 
Oh God....just realized...THIS must be where The Decemberists got their sound. Gag!


bubink
(Bellevue, Nebraska)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 14:28
 
Kind of a deep cut, but a great one!  I can't get enough of these guys...

tpowers
Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 10:27
 
Saw then last night in Royal Oak.
Probably last time around for the gang. 
Older but same old spirit(s). 

Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 03:14
 
And this song makes his alcoholism and condition seem all the more sad. {#No}

kcar
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 02:53
 
How Shane MacGowan still breathes is beyond me. More power to him for it. 

calypsus_1
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 17:49
 

Shane MacGowan & BP Fallon NYC Oct 29 2005 by bp fallon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpfallon/

Photography by & © Slava Wisey 2005. All rights reserved



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 04:14
 
By     far    my favorite    Pogues song!{#Cheers}

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 12:15
 
Oh, please not this stuff!

greencoffeeman
(tuebingen, germany)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 07:02
 
cool! didnt expect this song at rp!!!

ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 13:16
 
Dirty old frown.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 10:25
 
 fredriley wrote:

Robin Hood was a fawning reactionary lackey of the aristocracy. Now Wat Tyler, there was a true people's radical.
 
What is more - he probably didn't exist, unlike Wat Tyler.

And Fred don't forget to Vote Early, Vote Often on 6th May....!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 10:24
 
 pauleywalnuts wrote:
Clearly, Shane never paid into the record company dental plan...
 
Even if he did, his teeth were probably getting knocked out every few days.


jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 10:23
 
 pauleywalnuts wrote:
Clearly, Shane never paid into the record company dental plan...
 
LOL!

Fairytale of New York is the best Christmas song - RIP Kirsty 

Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 02:22
 
Nice 80s discoveries: Red Hot Chlli Peppers and the Pogues.

pauleywalnuts
(Springfield)
Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 20:24
 
Clearly, Shane never paid into the record company dental plan...

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Mar 06, 2010 - 11:28
 

Shane in 2010?  no change!

joanie
(Baltimore)
Posted: Mar 06, 2010 - 11:20
 
horrible

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 05:58
 
 macadavy wrote:

I don't always agree with the Nottingham jury (they'd have hanged Robin Hood, right?)

 
Robin Hood was a fawning reactionary lackey of the aristocracy. Now Wat Tyler, there was a true people's radical.


fingerpin
(OhiO)
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 05:57
 
 iscoot4peace wrote:
Saw these guys at Bogarts in Cincinnatti  in 1988 three weeks away from graduation from UC.  Oh how we guzzled the Guinness and slippy danced on the beer slick floor!  Awesome show! Great song! 
 
The cavernous Bogarts is still hoppin' in Cincinnati, although sadly 'short Vine' isn't what it used to be. 



macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 23:42
 
 fredriley wrote:

I saw these at this year's Nottingham Splendour Festival and f*ck me, was Shane McGowan rat-arsed. His voice sounded like he'd smoked a packet of Capstan Full Strength before coming on stage, and he was staggering about like a right pissant. It was a bit embarrassing, to be honest - what works in a smoky Irish pub (or maybe not smoky now that there's a ban on) isn't so great in the open air in front of a mostly straight audience. At one point he was led off stage, perhaps to recover, and the guy who replaced him on vocals was pretty damn good. The band itself was very professional.

 
I don't always agree with the Nottingham jury (they'd have hanged Robin Hood, right?)
Now that I realize you've been there and done that I've gained a new respect for your opinions.
(And let's remember it's all just opinions here!)  {#Notworthy}


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 10:24
 
 iscoot4peace wrote:
Saw these guys at Bogarts in Cincinnatti  in 1988 three weeks away from graduation from UC.  Oh how we guzzled the Guinness and slippy danced on the beer slick floor!  Awesome show! Great song! 
 
I saw these at this year's Nottingham Splendour Festival and f*ck me, was Shane McGowan rat-arsed. His voice sounded like he'd smoked a packet of Capstan Full Strength before coming on stage, and he was staggering about like a right pissant. It was a bit embarrassing, to be honest - what works in a smoky Irish pub (or maybe not smoky now that there's a ban on) isn't so great in the open air in front of a mostly straight audience. At one point he was led off stage, perhaps to recover, and the guy who replaced him on vocals was pretty damn good. The band itself was very professional.


Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:27
 
 ChrisL wrote:
cosmiclint wrote:
Love the Pogues, but they need to get a job that offers a dental plan.
 
but if Shane got his teeth fixed, he wouldn't be Shane.  The whole point of the Pogues, and their music was summed up in their original name: 'Kiss my Arse'! (translated from the gaelic).

If you suggested that dental work might be a good idea to Shane or the boys, you'd probably find them more than happy to provide you with some for free! {#Beat}

 
Gentlemen.
It seems the pigs are fuelled and taxiing to the runway preparing for take off.

Unless someone is pulling a clever hoax it would indeed seem that Shane actually fixed his teeth this summer... {#Yell}



iscoot4peace
Posted: Aug 13, 2009 - 12:07
 
Saw these guys at Bogarts in Cincinnatti  in 1988 three weeks away from graduation from UC.  Oh how we guzzled the Guinness and slippy danced on the beer slick floor!  Awesome show! Great song! 

suebee3
Posted: Aug 13, 2009 - 12:02
 
Little House on the Prairie - somewhere in Ireland! {#Yes}

kriskerehona
(Canberra, Australia)
Posted: Jul 12, 2009 - 20:35
 
I need a girl - a dirty old one.


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 10:03
 
I love Shane and the rest of the Pogues, but this version of the song by The Dubliners is my favorite. Slainte mhath! {#Cheers}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCYpgVZ4HrE