ST601287@BROWNVM.BITNET (Mark Hessman) (02/11/90)
OK.... this is a request for information :
If there's anybody out there who likes the Pogues and wants to
tell me a bit about them, I'd much appreciate it. I've heard some
interesting things about them, and was wondering -- is their style
more influenced by the Irish-traditional-folk sound of Terry Woods
or by the punk influences of Shane McGowan or anybody else? I
had previously believed that they were mostly punk up until recently,
but then I heard a cover of "Pair of Brown Eyes," which is a Shane
song, and off one of the first albums, too... and it's quite
traditional -- an Irish ballad sort of thing. Very very good.
So there may be more substance to this band than I had previously thought.
-- Mark