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In a BBC radio documentary about “Dirty Old Town”, Professor Ben Harker (author of Class Act: The Cultural and Political Life of Ewan MacColl, 2007, Pluto Press) explains that although MacColl later claimed the song was written as an interlude "to cover an awkward scene change", studying the script of the play Landscape with Chimneys ...
The Pogues, "Dirty Old Town" (1985) Ewan MacColl wrote "Dirty Old Town" as a tribute to his hometown of Salford, Lancashire, back in 1949. The Dubliners popularized the tune 20 years later, but ...
The Pogues are an English or Anglo-Irish [a] Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, [1] by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. [2] Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation by James Joyce of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse"—the band fused Irish traditional music with punk rock influences.
Niall James Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. [6] He has an older brother, Greg, who was born in 1987. [7] His parents, Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher (née Nolan), [8] divorced when he was five years old, so he and his brother lived with their mother for a year.
The Pogues, “Dirty Old Town” (1985) As modern-day interpreters of socially-minded British folk and folklore, the Pogues had no rival. What’s most fascinating about their country-esque cover ...
The Pogues performing in Munich in 2011. From left to right: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. The Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band the Pogues have recorded songs for seven studio albums as well as one extended play (EP), twenty singles, and various other projects.
The remastered disc added six bonus tracks, including the entirety of the Poguetry in Motion EP and the B-sides to "Dirty Old Town" – "A Pistol for Paddy Garcia" on seven-inch and "The Parting Glass" on twelve-inch singles. The reissue included liner notes by David Quantick and a poem about the Pogues by Tom Waits. [21]
The Very Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in April 2001. Track listing. Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl ) "The ... "The Old Main Drag ...