The Pogues-Bottle Of Smoke

[mut085]

Twenty FUCKIN Five to One!

[mut085]

Great song. Love the Pogues.

[Morthund]

best song EVER apart from all the other ones

[fedorafree]

F the yanks and drink their wives ...

Came up ... looked like a streak of light ...

Drunken f on a Saturday night ...

bottle of smoke ,,,

20 f-n 5 to 1 me gambling days are done ...

bet on a horse called bottle of smoke and my horse won.

[hangsambo12]

@fedorafree Censoring the pogues is not cool.

[Tweeder3550]

Thanks to praizes thanks to Jesus I bet on a Bottle of Smoke

I went to hell and to the races to bet on a Bottle of Smoke

Da day was clear the sun was bright

He came up the middle like a streak of light'n

Like a drunken f*ck on a Sat'rday night to bet on a Bottle of Smoke

20 f*ckn 5 to 1 me gamblin days are done

I bet on a horse called a Bottle of Smoke and my horse won....:) (Drop Mic) BOOM!

[pricklyphlox]

I just punched a leprechaun . Signed, A YANK

[harkeill]

Fuck the yanks! Always was my favourite line in the whole song!

[boomhauer15]

@harkeill yanks as in americans as a whole or yanks as in yankees? i.e. everyone but the southern U.S.? cuz if you meant northerners or something i'd agree. and if you meant us all, including the south, i'd have to fight you. and then we'd have a drink. then i'd beat ur ass again. and repeat.

[tottletrottle]

@boomhauer15

The people of Ireland ALL Americans are called '' Yanks''. And if you don't like this fact come to Ireland and I'll kick a lung outta you.

[Petox20x]

@harkeill I was born and raised in New York, I'm wearing a Yankees baseball cap right now. So fuck you too. But I do love this song!

[goldalan121]

come on you basterds!!!!!

[19111ellyc]

@goldalan121 Reminds me of The Young Ones, when Vivyan ( Ade Edmonston ) always yelled that! Sounds just like him.

[moistie]

Thanks and praises, thanks to Jesus I had the Bottle of Smoke I went to hell and to the races I had the Bottle of Smoke The day be clear, the sky be bright He came up on the left like a streak of light Like a drunken fuck on a Saturday night Up came the Bottle of Smoke Twenty fuckin five to one, me gamblin' days are done I bet on a horse name o' Bottle of Smoke and my horse won Awesome lyrics.

[doctorwintercold]

...I TELL YA aaaAAaaaAaAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAHHHhH­HH !!!!!!

[Optics06]

20 fuckin 5 to 1

[SiLatics56]

TWENTY FUCKING FIVE TO ONE MY GAMBLING DAYS ARE DONE, I BET ON A HORSE CALLED A BOTTLE OF SMOKE AND MY HORSE WON!! HA!

[oldskoolsample]

Why can't the pikies that live above me play this instead of the chart-topping R&B; Crapital Radio play list; Hear-in-every-deparment-store; Sky tv Cannel shi*hop crap that they blare out on a weekend cos they've nowhere else to go...Why?

[GeoWing2]

Had to listen to this for the derby.

[Venckman]

It drags a little. They need to speed it up a little. :)

[parkfc4life]

Thanks and praises 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 fuck On a Saturday night Up came the Bottle of Smoke Twenty fucking five to one My gambling days are done I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke And my horse won

[imfishead]

"My horse won!"

[Quader150]

A statue of that picture in the video should be erected :)

[brewnut1]

Makes me want to go the track. Almost as much as "GGF" by Rancid.

But i think i Love the Pogues more.

[alilubran]

Hahah, you have to be Irish and pissed and Shane to sing it, simples! Tis why its unique ;)

[SlabOfHeineken]

Pure Class

[Donryall]

3 people didn't bet on a bottle of smoke.

[SlabOfHeineken]

20 Fuckin 5 to 1 me gamblin days are done, Ibet ona horse called bottle a smoke and my horse won

[beamerball666]

Does anyone acctually know the words without looking at them other than bottle o'smoke?

[SteeleCurtain411]

@beamerball666

Irish people do ;)

[teflon72]

@beamerball666 This is my favorite fast Pogues song and I sing along to it, but I defy anybody to get through the piece at 0:36 in, namely the line "Screaming springers and stoppers and call out the coppers". I was born and raised in Dublin, but even I can't speak that fast!

[SlabOfHeineken]

@teflon72

That part is impossible man. How in the name of fuck does he do it drunk. I couldnt do it sober if me life depended on it

[SlabOfHeineken]

@beamerball666

Im Irish but it can be hard with Shane with this song particularly. A lot of the song is tricky especially the latter half of the second verse but when you do hear the words it makes it that more amazing :)

[RichardOliverWY]

yes

[chipleader14]

@beamerball666

twenty fucking five to one my gambling days are done i bet on a horse called the bottle of smoke and my horse won

[Deguello23]

@beamerball666 I do! My favorite being:

'The day grew clear, the sky grew bright, he came up on the left like a streaking light, like a drunken fuck on a saturday night, and I had the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty-fucking-five-to-one,

Me gambling days are done!

I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke and my horse won!'

Brilliant stuff.

[HolyRomanEMperor90]

@beamerball666 I know "fuck".

[ecnalubma696969]

@beamerball666 Skibbity dibbity dibbitydibbitydibbitydibbitydi­bbitydibbitydibbitydibbitydibb­itydibbity.....

[Ukdk1234]

@beamerball666 Twenty fuckin' five to one!

[boomhauer15]

@beamerball666 i do

[carnevil09]

@beamerball666 what words?

[hanshotfirst1138]

I've always loved that "YEAAAAAAAAH!" at 1:39. This song captures the sheer elation of a moment of pure happiness where everything else stands still.Great stuff.

[IrishRebel0808]

3 people shit their pants at how amazing this song is and hit the dislike out of spite.

[wolfmega321]

Fuck i always forget about this song

[strepsil08]

This song makes me want to get drunk and put all my money on a horse.

[chealy349]

Great song, great group

[tttttonzzzzz]

20 f..ckin 5 to one

[MrSteamboatWillie]

I agree with Ronnie Drew, Shane is not just a great singer but a marvelous poet

[moleman9000]

which album is this from?

[SteeleCurtain411]

@moleman9000

If i should fall from grace with god i think

[EvilLurker121]

@SteeleCurtain411 Yep

[reallybigdicks]

what

[lamerbill]

srry im kinda new to the pogues so can anyone recommend some songs that are similar to this one? I can see that a lot of their songs are quite slow, and i dont really like those

[SteeleCurtain411]

@lamerbill

The Irish Rover

Sickbed Of Cuchulainn

Billy's Bones

Streams Of Whiskey

If I should fall from grace with god.

[lamerbill]

@SteeleCurtain411

i know all of them except billy's bones

and they made a shitload of songs, anymore?

[SteeleCurtain411]

@lamerbill

Waxie's Dargle

Poor Paddy

Gentleman Soldier

fiesta

[lamerbill]

@SteeleCurtain411

absolutely love waxie's dargle

many thanks dude :D

[SteeleCurtain411]

@lamerbill

No problem

[lamerbill]

fuck yeah :)

[JohnnyWankerHead]

this is my ringtone

[alexanderwotl]

'Fuck the yanks and drink their wives' Yeah!!! :))

[JamesG777]

love this song, remember as a kid this being the first Pogues i heard of my dads album, love it

[welshperson123]

got this cd :)

im the onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnly one out of my friends who listened to them!

[closecombat4]

COME OUT YOU BASTAAARDS!! Haha gotta love Shane McGowan.

[SuperDsweeney]

@closecombat4 The line is " go on ya bastard ", referring to the horse. Obviously.

[tdottim]

The 3 fuckers who voted this thumbs down need a good punch in the face.

[alexanderwotl]

@tdottim They were yanks

[stukfuist]

C'mon you bastards!!! Just love this song. Hard for me to stay in my chair with this kind of music.

[meatza10]

In need an Ale

[mrplowable]

@meatza10 LOL, yeah, kids in Canada are legal to drink at what age again? 12 ?

Makes sense, since you people are the drunk step children of France and America.

Canadians learn how to drink before they learn how to speak, write and most of all, think for themselves. You've proven that over the last 3 weeks.

Canadians also run to their little friends for help against the big bad American trolls online and then those friends leave you high and dry to fight for them, alone :)

They lost, you lose

[meatza10]

@mrplowable LOL stupid idiot clueless and moronic. No wonder the US is in the state it is. Go away fag troll

[eerawb]

....and my horse won.

[irishmusicfan52]

20fuckin5 to 1 me gamblin days are done,bet on a horse called The Bottle of Smoke and my horse won

[Nozo1986]

Like a drunken f*ck on saturday night!

[ecnalubma696969]

A bottle of smoke is a bottle of proper Irish whiskey, whose barley had been properly roasted over peat smoke.

[squrrielful]

fuck you keeny

[aimee0607]

come you bastard ....!!!!!!!!

[meatza10]

Ahhhhhhhhh drunk with a pint in hand. Lifes good. But Im getting tired. Till tomorrow

[prolo67]

so full of energy

and yes it´s one of the most powerful songs of the pogues.

[wordupassholes]

Ireland rules

[eerawb]

@wordupassholes

Erin Go Bragh

[swingbeeper]

Shane is one of the greatest and most underrated lyricists of modern times.

He deserves to be listed amoung the greats.

" Cmon you bastaards!!!"

: ) : ) : )

[ScurvyOaks]

"F* the stewards;

A trip to Lourdes

Would give the old f*ers

The power of sight."

Pure genius.

[missxiola]

@swingbeeper It's "go on you bastard" aimed at the horse. often misquoted.

[whatsupfamousface]

LOVE the scream in the middle ;-)

[germannoiseunion]

listen to the text and thou willest understan ;D

ITS A HORSE'S NAME....

i bet on a bottle of smoke....

[kvitekristus]

what is a bottle of smoke really? great song thou....

[swingbeeper]

@kvitekristus

A bottle of smoke is a bottle of smoke filled with crack fumes. ( possibly weed)

Shane is a hedonist

' The Road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom' - ( William Blake )

Shane is the High King in the palace of wisdom....

[hangsambo12]

twenty fuckin five to one, my gambling days are done!

[Certex]

FUCKING BRILLIANT. GENIUS.

[Malevolantgoat]

The pogues have ruined music for me.

Nothing can compare.

[emlix1]

fuck the stewards

a trip to lourdes

might give the old fuckers the power of sight

springers and stoppers and call out the coppers, the money still gleams in my hand like a light.

what price genius?

[andylimn]

Bookies cursing, cars reversing - such a great image.

[swampgravy]

Umm, err, I am an American. (a North American, that is.) I live in Wisconsin.

However:

"He came up on the left Like a streak of light..."

As the band did, no? A gift for us all.

Sputter as it may, there is still a bit of

tallow over here. Joyce could hardly see

near his curtain, after all. Pogues then, now, always.

[proskamark]

im happy as the horses shite!!!

[alexanderwotl]

Fuck yeeeeee!!!!!!!! fuck the yanks and drink their wives!!!

[choosicles]

.......fuk ye enlish........

[trampinhobo]

Shane is English you silly person

[kennethh70]

@trampinhobo shane is anlo irish, his bloodline so to speak is irish he was born in england and raised in both countries on and off. A plastic paddy if you like. pease.

[Vancat]

Ireland and music...

[Vancat]

I really enjoy...thanks!!!

[Vancat]

I'm from Finland, but I never feel that it is my homeland...feel that Irish is my homeland...

Cheers....!!!

[cuculainn1970]

Join Us!

[Vancat]

If y husband feels like me...I will do it...

[DikkSteini]

Ireland.

[Vancat]

Sry...I enjoy Irish music and I was meaning Ireland...

[EddyRainbow]

I cant even sing this and thats without a drink so how the fuck did Shane do it Pissed. Answers please lol Saw Shane at the Echo Arena on 15th July it was brilliant.

[Vancat]

Whis I was there... :)

[lukeclews]

He's been doing it for years though, thats my guess

[cfhdude]

@EddyRainbow innate talent i'd say....SALUUD dude!!

[bostongreatone]

This is my fav Pogues song and trust me....I'm a huge Pogues fan and I love a whole bunch of their songs!

[castaway780]

Love how you can hear how excited Shane is to say fuck about a million times in this song. He was never a prude but he didn't need to over use the word. And then he wrote this and was like...fuck it.

[Nhurm]

wha ? fuck is just a word dearie...

[retiredsecurity]

''Go on, you bastard!''

[sillywizz1]

20 fucking 5 to 1.... pogue mahone you bastards

[johnnylondis]

póg mo thóin :P

[Aishiya1]

Love this song!

[Swampier]

Fuck the stewards, a trip to Lourdes would give the old fuckers the power of sight

[HighlandViking]

FUCK YEAH!! Loves this tune! Makes me wanna drink and break things!!! 20 fuckin 5 to one!!! Yeeeeeeeeoooo!

[thepaisleydragon]

Hell YEAH!! Whooop!!!

[thepaisleydragon]

Like a drunken F*ck on a Saturday night!!

[lukeclews]

Thankyou for posting this SteeleCurtain411

[straythestrange]

This whole album was the soundtrack to my childhood. From when I was 2 till I was 7 my mom only played this and the Dusk Till Dawn soundtrack whenever we put music on in the car. Living in a small town, we drove everywhere.

[timmy9x2]

mcgowan you masterpiece....best ever classic song you genius...........

[firstwickedangel]

im happy as a horses shite, yeeehaa.

[Rumahuqu]

like a drunken fuck on a saturday night, yeeeehaa

[jim1649]

gallop you bastards lol

[billybooooboooo]

best lyrics in any song ever. Fucking get in !

[dynoweaf]

absolutely genius stuff.....cant beat it!

never will!

ROCKIN

[moonwalffle]

Gambling.....25 to fuckin 1 ....thats pretty good odds....however doesnt mean you will win...thats gambling.....

Love the song and have danced stupidly to it.....Lovew the Pogues

[jim1649]

it is but 20 fuckin 5 to 1 is better lol

[BrenGun1971]

I'm as happy as the horse's shite!!!

THE GREATEST LINE EVER!!!

[JonasSalk]

That's not the line.

[SteeleCurtain411]

Ya,it's "Happy as a horse in shite"

[SuperDsweeney]

@SteeleCurtain411 The line is actually " I'm happy as the horse's shite ".

[Thx1138d]

@JonasSalk

What is the line?

[thepaisleydragon]

"Came up on the left like a streak of light, like a drunk'en fuck on saturday night!" is my favorite in this one. Love the whole song though. Cheers

[pitabreadpita]

25 to fucking 1 my gamberling days have died and gone... i bet on a bottle of smoke whooo hooooo

[Swampier]

Priests and maidens

Drunk as Pagans

They had the Bottle of Smoke

Sins forgiven and celebrations

They had the Bottle of Smoke.

[pitabreadpita]

Fuck 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

[pitabreadpita]

Fuck the stewards

A trip to Lourdes

Might give the old fuckers

The power of sight

Screaming springers and stoppers

And call out coppers

But the money still

gleams in my hand like

a light

[pitabreadpita]

Twenty fucking five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called

the Bottle of Smoke

And my horse won

[chiarosol]

ohhh this man turns me on.. shane macgowan forever.. yes, the horrid teeth too!!

[IGotDot]

A trip to lourdes might give the old fuckers the power of sight - genious

[bhoys1916]

Priests and maidens drunk as pagans,- fucking class,Shane is a genius, best songwriter i have ever heard

[lukeclews]

this is amazing

[Georgefuckinbush]

Fukn rooks, up the IRISH, you just found this pece

[rakookoo1]

Awsumm! :D

[handycam13]

Jasus Shane is the man!!!

[BarnacleEd]

Twenty FUCKING five to one! Now me gambling days are done...

[SteeleCurtain411]

I bet on a horse called The Bottle Of Smoke and my horse won!

[SteeleCurtain411]

Yay!

Over 1000 views!

Thanks chaps and chapesses!

[PastryMagician420]

haha I love this song. The first time I heard it the only words I could figure out were Bottle of smoke and fuck. lmao.

[KillAllCops]

COME ON YOU BASTARD!!

[DarylMARCclifford]

Fucking amazing, makes me wana get my ass to the bookies!!!

[CaptainDiscount]

this song goes well with dancing and guinness lol

[connaught2008]

Bookies cursing

Cars reversing

I had the bottle of smoke!!!!!

[SteeleCurtain411]

Slip a fifty to the wife and for each brat a bright new five then gimme a break on the saturday night when i had the Bottle Of Smoke!

[connaught2008]

Fuck the yanks

And drink their wives

The moon is clear

The sky is bright

Im happy as the horses shite

Up came the bottle of smoke

[SteeleCurtain411]

Glasses steamin' vessels burstin' I had the Bottle Of Smoke!!!

[connaught2008]

Twenty fucking five to one

Me gambling days are done

I bet on a horse called the bottle of smoke

And my horse won

[SteeleCurtain411]

Steward's inquiries swift and fire i had the bottle of smoke,inquisitions and suppositions i had the bottle of the smoke ;)

[horsthoff]

Yeah, I agree, there is a compelling power in this song.