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17 March 2006

Quick Pogues concert report For those who are going later on this weekend.[More:]

OMG. That was amazing.

The first song they played was "Streams of Whiskey" and they did two encores. I don't remember the rest of the line-up, but they did play a lot of songs off of the "If I Fall From Grace..." album. When they played "Fairytale of New York" (because really, would they NOT?) I was crying as I sang along because I thought of poor Kristy McColl. I was in the middle and somewhat crushed between people, so I couldn't jig very much but I did bounch and hop and shake my tailfeather.

I have to get the rest of the CDs now so I can learn the lyrics to the other songs they played that I don't know yet. My friend who went with me (and went to both the Atlantic City and Boston shows) knew all the lyrics and was singing her heart out.

The sound mix in the theater was awesome. The band sounded amazing. You could hear the tin whistle cavorting under the guitars and lyrics just fine. How in the hell does Shane McGowan sing so well without teeth? He was pretty drunk and unintelligible between songs, which was so cool.

Drinks at the Nokia are insanely expensive. I paid $19 for a Captain and Coke for my friend and a Jamesons and water for me. Get your buzz on before the show, seriously. Coat check is $3. Once you get in, you can't leave but they do have a very small cattle-pen for the smokers upstairs. And then people started smoking during the concert. Hell, even McGowan was smoking on stage. At one point, he had a green and white scarf around his shoulders. What does that mean?

The opening acts were pretty fucking cool, too. I'm a new fan of The Slackers now, mostly because they all wore swing-era type suits on stage and I have a fetish for men in suits. The trombone player isn't conventionally hot, but when they did this cover song about Cupid shooting an arrow (wtf is that song?) he instantly turned hot. The first act was just this guy with a banjo who looked to be in his twenties, but when he sang turned into a 40-year old black man.

My feet are killing me. I had no voice by the end of the concert.

I had a fucking awesome time.
Excellent.

When did they go on?
posted by Divine_Wino 17 March | 09:35
The first act went on at 8 pm and The Pogues went on around 10 pm and played for two hours.

If you can make it, I highly suggest seeing the first two acts because they were really good.
posted by TrishaLynn 17 March | 09:38
If it's the same two acts, that is... I just read in on the Slackers site that they're not playing tonight's show. That's a shame, in my opinion.
posted by TrishaLynn 17 March | 09:40
Sounds like you had a great time. Just got my tix in the mail today. Me and me mate are gonna start drinking around 5 on Sunday. Hopefully we'll remember to go.
You're more than welcome to join us at any time, Wino.
posted by Hellbient 17 March | 10:54
oh, and trishalynn, do you mean Sam Cooke's "Cupid"?
posted by Hellbient 17 March | 10:58
hellbient: Yes! They did that song, and it was amazing! The Slackers are a rock-steady group, but I heard a bit of ska in there and oh man. I have to get their CDs now.
posted by TrishaLynn 17 March | 12:04
Hellbient,
I'd like that, but I'ma check and see with the lady first. It's kinda a date for us.
posted by Divine_Wino 17 March | 12:06
The Slackers do great stuff. Cupid
posted by flopsy 17 March | 12:25
flopsy: THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! *skanks with you*
posted by TrishaLynn 17 March | 13:53
*slidles up to flopsy* You got more?
posted by TrishaLynn 17 March | 13:58
uh-huh
posted by flopsy 17 March | 16:01
that's cool, wino. it is most certainly not a date for me...
posted by Hellbient 17 March | 17:50
sounds like a cool gig - i cant be sure from your description but the scarf around his shoulders was probably a celtic f.c one, i've been at lots of his concerts and he's often had one on. it doesnt mean much, he either supports the club, or is using it as a general "hooray i'm irish" thing, or both. If you haven't got it i'd recommend 'rum, sodomy, and the lash' as their second best album.
posted by kev23f 17 March | 18:27
older men/younger women: the rant || Weren't you just saying

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