Isn't it about time for another Pogues thread?

One summer evening drunk to hell
I stood there nearly lifeless
An old man in the corner sang
Where the water lilies grow
And on the jukebox johnny sang
About a thing called love
And it’s how are you kid and what’s your name
And how would you bloody know?
In blood and death ’neath a screaming sky
I lay down on the ground
And the arms and legs of other men
Were scattered all around
Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed
Then prayed and bled some more
And the only thing that I could see
Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me
But when we got back, labeled parts one to three
There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me

And a rovin’ a rovin’ a rovin’ I’ll go
For a pair of brown eyes

I looked at him he looked at me
All I could do was hate him
While ray and philomena sang
Of my elusive dream
I saw the streams, the rolling hills
Where his brown eyes were waiting
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
That waited once for me
So drunk to hell I left the place
Sometimes crawling sometimes walking
A hungry sound came across the breeze
So I gave the walls a talking
And I heard the sounds of long ago
From the old canal
And the birds were whistling in the trees
Where the wind was gently laughing

And a rovin’ a rovin’ a rovin’ I’ll go
For a pair of brown eyes

Yeah, praise me 'afore ah'm dead, ya cunts!
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House of Pain was better

also more authentic

Classic : Shouting "FAR AWAY!!!" at odd points during the gig. Not just the Pogues gig, any gig after for the next three months at least (to lots of head turning)

"Twenty fuckin' five to one
My gamblin' days are done
I bet on a horse called A Bottle of Smoke
And my horse won!"

You know what? It is time for another Pogues thread. Someone should start one. I would but I'm swamped at the moment.

You know what? St Patrick's Day's tomorrow. Why doesn't someone start one then?

Capital idea. See you on Wednesday.

wait a second. shane macgowan is getting back together with the pogues?? holy holy!

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/04-10/07.shtml#story4

haha "Elvis Costello mysteriously silent on new Pogues rereleases. In unrelated news, his ex-wife is back in the band."

Also they did chuck out Shane McGowan because he was drinking himself to death, so maybe they're reuniting due to it being 13 years later, and he's not dead.

That said, he is still steadily getting there, and a horrific Behan-like cult of destruction has arisen around him - the link to the live album review on that page mentions people fighting over his vomit-stained towels. I'd probably not go to see them for that reason (also we're the last stop on the tour, reducing the chances that they'll actually get here!)