The Pogues - NW3

[HotelHorla]

Probably the greatest pogues-song, period.

[zorestro]

so so awesome. shane :D

[DonaldHop]

Another great song from the Pogues ..... Shane's singing was awesome back then and the band excellent.

[ManniGee]

One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard

[Nozo1986]

lyrics? somewere?

[cfcolly]

this is a great great song. quickly becoming one of my favourite pogues songs

[gristlethrob777]

@cfcolly probably the greatest pogues song almost never released.

[SuperDsweeney]

@gristlethrob777 That accolad, for me, would have to go to " The Ballinalee ". A stunning instrumental from Shane that show's how well the band could play by that time. Christ only knows how it din't make the " Grace..." album. Any other producer but that cunt Lillywhite, who by his own admission had no idea how to record a tin whistle, would have plumped for this. Imagine this on the heels of " Fairytale..." ? If only .

[mansderk]

god i wish shane hadnt fucked himself up so badly... hes a fucking genius

[MrRoebert]

maybe thats just the reason, when being a genius, you realize most things,and so you cant handle reality that good,which equals that you start to use some type drug, for this example booze

[Beerlejuice]

@MrRoebert I know exactly what you mean.

[KiltedHorseman]

Ya know mates this song jus put me in better spirits. Is very good tune an I like it very much!

[Jabtied269]

Awesome... pure awesome! Seems as if the Pogues can rock yer world without even trying.

[brigham78]

the best pogues songs wer releaed on the snake go shane

[bbcd]

Those were actually released by Shane MacGowan and the Popes.

[cfcolly]

thats the popes, still great tho

[brigham78]

wow, read my message again!!! Most of the songs on the snake were originaly pogues songs...dont ever question my knowledge on the mighty macgowan lol

[brigham78]

altho this song which later became mother ma chroi (check spelling) was on the crock of gold!!!!

[rebelcounty77]

@cfcolly as noted.its a pogues song.the sound of the band and his voice(clear)indicate its long before the popes.

[TOBERT001]

This track is pure gold.

It's worth getting the new Pogues' box set, worth every penny.

Well done Phil for putting it together.

[AllBusiness37]

"NW3" is probably the best Pogues song never released. Shane wrote it sometime between the summer and fall of 1987, just missing the recording of If I Should Fall from Grace with God, and this demo is from October of that year. The band tried to include it on subsequent albums, but it never quite seemed to fit. Shane's song "Mother Mo Chroi" from The Crock of Gold is merely a reworking of "NW3".

[gristlethrob777]

couldn't agree more. should have been on at least one of their releases. it was actually on a bootleg "live from sweden" before macgowan remade it as "mother mo chroi."

[Tullamore1989]

sorry,but what "mothe mo chroi" means?

[hersey77]

this sounds like mother mo chroi, the first verse and the melody

[SwindonByf]

Yeah the melody is exactly the same and the first verse is mighty similar, I guess Shane thought the melody was too good to be left unreleased :)

[theivanivan]

If I'm not mistaken, the last two verses are pretty much the same...

[brigham78]

@SwindonByf hey..do you know where I can get a print of that photo of the pogues???? with cait bighting shanes shoulder?

[royalrooter000001]

new box set! gonna get soon, comes out june 17 in usa. thanks for the sneak peek.