The Pogues - 1985 - Rum Sodomy and the Lash

Artist....: The Pogues

Title.....: Rum Sodomy and the Lash

Rel. Date.: 1985

Type/Genre: Alternative

Size......: 61mb

Format....: mp3

Bitrate...: 160





1. Sickbed Of Cuchulainn

2. Old Main Drag

3. Wild Cats Of Kilkenny

4. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

5. Pair Of Brown Eyes

6. Sally MacLennane

7. Dirty Old Town

8. Jesse James

9. Navigator

10. Billy's Bones

11. Gentleman Soldier

12. Band Played Waltzing Matilda





One sad irony of Shane MacGowan's life is that by the time he was accepted into the pantheon of Irish poets, he'd already passed his peak. Back in 1985, he was reviled by his compatriots as a corrupter of the noble folk tradition--however, MacGowan knew that any tradition which valued Val Doonican as one of its upholders needed corrupting. All of which might help exlain just why Rum, Sodomy And The Lash was so important. Harder to put into words though, is its brilliance. Put simply, it beggars belief that MacGowan was getting drunk in order to spin tales as heartrending as "The Old Main Drag" and "A Pair Of Brown Eyes"--surely the lyrical equivalent of drinking ten pints to improve your driving. Yet it worked: allied to his colleagues' poignant accompaniments and Elvis Costello's masterful production, the result was an album that irrevocably transformed Irish folk.