The Pogues - Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone
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Free Music Review: This is just for the Pogues fan but not worth the money for anybody else
Hit: 3 Stars
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.
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. 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.
Free Music Review: For hardcore fans and completists only
Hit: 3 Stars
I've been a fan of The Pogues since "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash", which I still own on vinyl. After a first listening of this set I am mildly disappointed. 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.
Free Music Review: For the ultimate fan
Hit: 5 Stars
This has everything the ultimate Pogues fan could want (and even some stuff he or she does not). Not for the part-time Pogues fan.
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.
Free Music Review: Irish Eyes are Slamming through Hell's Ditch
Hit: 5 Stars
Say Pogue Mahone then get ready to fight. This 5 CD collection blasts a new cap into the Boys from County Hell. 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.Free Music Review: Incredible Stuff
Hit: 5 Stars
Wow. This is way more than I was expecting. 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