Top singles from the past…
16 April 2020
Band: THE POGUES
Single: YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
B-side: The Limerick Rake
the American CD featured a steamy version
of The Stones’ ‘Honky Tonk Women’
Released: 1988
Score: It peaked at #43 in the UK
Album: Peace And Love
Here’s the original clip…
THE POGUES: Facebook
Top singles from the past…
18 March 2020
Band: The Pogues
Single: A Pair Of Brown Eyes
B-side: Whiskey You’re The Devil
Released: 18 March 1985 – 35 years ago
Album: Rum Sodomy & the Lash
The band’s second LP – #13 on the UK Album Charts
Score: The single only reached #72 on the UK charts, but
got lots of critical praise, rightly so, over the years – NME
ranked the song #9 on its 1985 list of tracks of the year
Original clip…
THE POGUES: Facebook
Reveries for the laziest day of the week…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all my loyal followers…
R.I.P. Kirsty MacColl
Bottoms up…
The Pogues were already following
streams of whiskey since 1984…
I am going, I am going
Any which way the wind may be blowing
I am going, I am going
Where streams of whiskey are flowing…
Remarkable live moments…
Band: The Pogues
Song: Dirty Old Down
Album: Rum Sodomy & The Lash – 1985
Where & when: L’Olympia in Paris, France – 2012
Note: The original ‘Dirty Old Town‘ song was written in 1949 by Ewan MacColl
Here’s the original song by Ewan MacColl…
Glorious drunk poetry from ‘Streams Of Whiskey‘ by THE POGUES …
On their ‘RED ROSES FOR ME’ LP (1984)
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THE POGUES: Facebook
The best of the past…
Every week Turn Up The Volume! travels to the past to reactivate
25 Killer Crackers and 3 Top Albums per year/per week. Here’s: 1988.
The 25 Killer Crackers
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The 3 Top Albums
– ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’ by THE POGUES –
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– ‘Bummed‘ by HAPPY MONDAYS –
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– ‘Green’ by R.E.M. –
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The best of the past…
Every week Turn Up The Volume! jumps into the past! Relive 25 Killer Crackers
and 3 Top Albums per year/per week. Here’s the year of George Orwell: 1984
The 25 Killer Crackers
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The 3 Top Albums
– ‘Ocean Rain‘ by ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN –
Listen here…
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– ‘Red Roses For Me‘ by THE POGUES –
Listen here…
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– ‘From Her To Eternity‘ by NICK CAVE –
Listen here…
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Clips that have a lasting impact on Turn Up The Volume’s eyes and ears…
Shane MacGowan at its moonstruck best
Unreal romanticism at its very best
And that piano play is just awesome…
When it’s summer in Siam
And the moon is full of rainbows
When it’s summer in Siam
Though we go through many changes
When it’s summer in Siam
Then all I really know is that I truly am
In the summer in Siam
In the summer in Siam
In the summer in Siam
When it’s summer in Siam
And the moon is full of rainbows
When it’s summer in Siam
When we go through many changes
When it’s summer in Siam
Then all I really know is that I truly am
SUMMER IN SIAM – single from their 1990 album HELL’S DITCH
