The Pogues

[Captain Scarlet]

the pogues

do like this song tho

[ontheedge]

DJkillaqueen quess you were joking

[Sue]

ontheedge Wrote:

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> DJkillaqueen quess you were joking

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I think she didn't know the words of the song and didn't realise it was a direct quote.

[SeanMacGabhann]

You don't have to like the pogues

You don't have to like the song

But you cant help but know the words, surely be to jaysus. There are two year old children and 90 year old grandparents who know the words

And even if you don't, the chances are, on a thread about the pogues, an arbitrary sequence of words containing faggot is likely to not be a random offensive use of the word. So getting all offended is just.... Gaaahhh

[Sue]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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, the chances are, on a

> thread about the pogues, an arbitrary sequence of

> words containing faggot is likely to not be a

> random offensive use of the word.

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:)):)):))

[hibbs]

(tu). I couldn't agree with you more SM

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> You don't have to like the pogues

>

> You don't have to like the song

>

> But you cant help but know the words, surely be to

> jaysus. There are two year old children and 90

> year old grandparents who know the words

>

> And even if you don't, the chances are, on a

> thread about the pogues, an arbitrary sequence of

> words containing faggot is likely to not be a

> random offensive use of the word. So getting all

> offended is just.... Gaaahhh

[Mick Mac]

Sue Wrote:

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> I've only seen The Pogues once, I think it must

> have been quite soon after they started out, and

> they were f***ing brilliant. What energy.

>

Their version of Gentleman Soldier still makes me

> laugh every time I hear it :))

"

It's of a gentleman soldier as a sentry he did stand

He saluted a fair maiden, by a waiving of his hand

So then he boldly kissed her and he passed it off as a joke

He drilled her up in the sentry boxwrapped up in a soldier's cloke

[Sue]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Sue wrote:

>

>

> Their version of Gentleman Soldier still makes me

> > laugh every time I hear it :))

>

> "

>

> It's of a gentleman soldier as a sentry he did

> stand

>

> He saluted a fair maiden, by a waiving of his

> hand

>

> So then he boldly kissed her and he passed it off

> as a joke

>

> He drilled her up in the sentry boxwrapped up in a

> soldier's cloke

>

>

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It's not so much the words which make me laugh - he doesn't change the traditional words used in other versions much, if at all - it's the way he does the two voices, especially the woman's - "Oh come my gentleman soldier, and won't you marry me", for example, in a high pitched squeal.

[flapjackdavey]

Thanks and praises

Thanks to Jesus

I bet on the Bottle of Smoke

I went to Hell

And to the races

To bet on the Bottle of Smoke

The day being clear

The sky being bright

He came up on the left

Like a streak of light

Like a drunken f**k

On a Saturday night

Up came the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty f*****g five to one

My gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

Stewards inquiries

Swift and fiery

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Inquisitions and suppositions

I had the Bottle of Smoke

F**k the stewards

A trip to Lourdes

Might give the old f*****s

The power of sight

Screaming springers and stoppers

And call out coppers

But the money still gleams in my hand like a light

Bookies cursing

Cars reversing

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Glasses steaming

Vessels bursting

I had the Bottle of Smoke

Slip a fifty to the wife

And for each brat a crisp new five

To give me a break on a Saturday night

When I had the Bottle of Smoke

Priests and maidens

Drunk as pagans

They had the Bottle of Smoke

Sins forgiven and celebrations

They had the Bottle of Smoke

F**k the Yanks

And drink their wives

The moon is clear

The sky is bright

I'm happy as the horses shite

Up came the Bottle of Smoke

:)-D

[giggirl]

Thank you for that FJD - The Bottle of Smoke has raised a smile or two on this otherwise grim day. In the same vein, I give you the Body of an American.

The cadillac stood by the house

And the yanks they were within

And the tinker boys they hissed advice

'Hot-wire her with a pin'

We turned and shook as we had a look

In the room where the dead men lay

So big Jim Dwyer made his last trip

To the home where his father's laid

Fifteen minutes later

We had our first taste of whiskey

There was uncles giving lectures

On ancient Irish history

The men all started telling jokes

And the women they got frisky

At five o'clock in the evening

Every bastard there was piskey

Fare thee well going away

There's nothing left to say

Farewell to New York City boys

To Boston and PA

He took them out

With a well-aimed clout

He was often heard to say

I'm a free born man of the USA

He fought the champ in Pittsburgh

And he slashed him to the ground

He took on Tiny Tartanella

And it only went one round

He never had no time for reds

For drink or dice or whores

And he never threw a fight

Unless the fight was right

So they sent him to the war

Fare the well gone away

There's nothing left to say

With a slainte Joe and Erin go

My love's in Amerikay

The calling of the rosary

Spanish winde from far away

I'm a free born man of the USA

This morning on the harbour

When I said goodbye to you

I remember how I swore

That I'd come back to you one day

And as the sunset came to meet

The evening on the hill

I told you I'd always love

I always did and I always will

Fare thee well gone away

There's nothing left to say

'cept to say adieu

To your eyes as blue

As the water in the bay

And to big Jim Dwyer

The man of wire

Who was often heard to say

I'm a free born man of the USA

[Ms_Lilith]

I went along, they were brilliant :))

 

[Tarot]

Classic gold.

[camberwell70]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> Don't want to be a downer on the thread but I do

> object strongly to the use of the word 'faggot'.

> It's not funny.

A wind-up?

[Jah Lush]

No, unfortunately she was serious. But she took the insult (faggot) seriously out of context. If you're gay, it is not a nice word to have flung at you at all and I'm sure that's what DJKQ meant.

[camberwell70]

That's fair enough, it aint a nice word...out of context.

[Ms_Lilith]

According to the wikipedia entry Fairytale of New York Mitch Benn commented that "faggot" was Irish and Liverpudlian slang for a lazy person, and was unrelated to the derogatory term for homosexuals.

So is this derogatory term, also used in that context in Liverpool and Ireland to mean lazy person?

[Captain Scarlet]

Ms_Lilith Wrote:

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> According to the wikipedia entry Fairytale of New

> York Mitch Benn commented that "faggot" was Irish

> and Liverpudlian slang for a lazy person, and was

> unrelated to the derogatory term for homosexuals.

>

>

> So is this derogatory term, also used in that

> context in Liverpool and Ireland to mean lazy

> person?

Could never understand the slang term "faggot" which is used In America to insult Homosexual men?

But In Uk Is a tasty word for a Meat dish!...MMMMMMMMMMM faggots for dinner yum!

[Tarot]

Faggots are a country word for a bundle of fire kindle.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

That's the point Tarot, homosexuals were used to start burning at the stake extravaganzas - before the main attraction, eg, a witch or a cardinal.

I've never been a fan of the Pogues since arsehole sang with Van Morrison and changed the lyrics of G.L.O.R.I.A

[Sue]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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>

> I've never been a fan of the Pogues since arsehole

> sang with Van Morrison and changed the lyrics of

> G.L.O.R.I.A

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I didn't know that!

What did he change them to?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Anagram of last three initials!