Shane Macgowan's Popes - Across the Broad Atlantic
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Artist: Shane Macgowan's PopesEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2002-02-26
Music Label: Eagle Records
Soundtracks:
- If I should Fall From Grace With God
- Rock & Roll Paddy
- Nancy Whiskey
- A Rainy Night in Soho
- Poor Paddy Works on the Railway
- The Broad Majestic Shannon
- Popes' Instrumental - My Ballyvourney Love / The Limpin' General / Bag of Chips
- Dirty Old Town
- Mother Mo Chroi
- Body of an American
- Granuaille
- More Pricks Than Kicks
- Aisling
- A Pair of Brown Eyes
- Streams of Whiskey
- Lonesome Highway
- Angel of Death
- Sickbed of Cuchulainn
- The Irish Rover
- Fairytale of New York
Music reviews of Across the Broad Atlantic
Music Review: One has to make allowances, but the reward is great...
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm 63 years old, a lover of Irish music since the Clancy Brothers' heyday 45 years ago. By rights I should not be a fan of Mr. MacGowan, but nearly 20 years ago I heard the Pogue's LP "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" and I fell in love with the group's drunken energy. MacGowan was the heart of the Pogues, and on this live CD with his follow-up band "The Popes" he reprises some Pogue hits which hold up well to the originals. I have a general rule about listening to music: if the song has lyrics, I want to hear each word, enunciated distinctly. If you aren't going to sing the words intelligibly, just do an instrumental version, damn it. Well, I have broken that rule for a few songs in foreign languages, notably Hawaiian music, and I break it for Shane MacGowan. I probably only understand 60 percent of the words he sings, shouts or mumbles, yet I forgive him because of the great energy and love for the act of performing he exhibits. I also don't normally appreciate being in a concert where the artist is drunk or stoned: I saw Leonard Cohen many years ago give a concert at Princeton University in a trance, and the late Tim Buckley appear while impaired as well, and even Gordon Lightfoot seemingly drunk on stage in Albuquerque. I don't know for sure if Shane is really drunk, or just likes to pretend he is, but he is convincing. If you already know some of the traditional songs Shane offers, then not catching every single word is a minor problem. On the ones you never heard before, you have to be willing to do some repeat listening and to fill in the lyrical gaps yourself. This is a good price for a fine hour of fun with a very strange man who just happens to somehow get you to love him in spite of yourself.
Description of Across the Broad Atlantic
Shane MacGowan first came to prominence as the frontman and principal songwriter of The Pogues writing huge international hits such as Fairytale Of New York and The Irish Rover. After splitting from the band in 1991 he reappeared with a new band, The Popes, who released their debut album The Snake in 1995. He remains an iconic figure in Irish music.During the tour to support the release of their album, Shane and The Popes played the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15, 1995. The show combines tracks from the Snake album such as Nancy Whiskey, Donegal Express and Bring Down The Lamp with Pogues classics such as If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Streams Of Whiskey, A Pair Of Brown Eyes and The Irish Rover along with a rousing version of the Hippy Hippy Shake that's so good they have to play it twice!Alternative Rock CDs
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