its actually a great song, but quite sad, cause on one hand he's kinda saying the band is over & also by this time he had also lost the potency in his voice, from here his voice is sprawling, never potent again in the way of mid - late 1980's
Dude this guy was kicked out of the band like 3 times how much of a drunk do you have to be to get kicked out of a band by a bunch of irish people lol.
@Scott9740 The Scottish are stereotypically racist as a whole unlike the English who have various ethnic groups living in England.
An example of this would be your comments inwhich you haven't been able to justify your racist remarks nor have you been able to make a constructive argument.
@peacefrog1916 How does "We're not the only ones who hate them" justify your hate towards us? this is what i mean about Scots, they're uneducated fools that just jump on the band wagon.
@peacefrog1916 I'm half English and I hate what most English have done to the Irish and Scots..... It disgusts me...
But obviously you can't hate the regular people who don't want anything to do with all the bullshit and jsut want to live a normal life.
Living in the USA now gives you this luxury of seeign everyones flaws. the whole UK is totally fucked up. You are all idiots! hahaa. Comeon people, stop the bullshit, lets have a drink and talk about the FUTURE.
@Scott9740 Until you can provide evidence to back up your claims then i'm afraid that's utter bullshit.
You still haven't addressed the fact that Scot's are racists, i've witnessed first hand your racism and if you browse through the comments on this video then thats proof enough, and nobody likes racists do they?
@skidquo I want to point out that "Racist" is a VERY VERY VERY loosely used term these days.
There is a big difference in being xenophobic and being racist. Not saying that this is the case here. But is it really wrong for a native people to want their land to be THEIR LAND?
@chiprommel I don't use the term racist loosely because some Scot's hate the English for being English, not foreigners in general.
Those problems don't exist anymore, at least not to my knowledge and the younger generation of people aren't aware of what happened in the past, but instead just decide to jump on the band wagon.
An example of this would be the discussion i had with somebody on the previous page who wrote "scotland are far better liked than the english put it that way! everybody
@chiprommel hates you cunts!" inwhich they haven't stated why they dislike the English or made a constructive argument against us.
Ive been to Scotland myself and talked to Scottish people and they did talk down to me and have insulted me so i have witnessed first hand their hatred.
I've also got an English friend whos been living in Scotland for 7 years and he's told me that people up there are racist towards him so it's not something i've just made up.I didn't contribute towards the
@chiprommel problems that existed in the past so why am i being attacked for it? i can't help where i'm born and i don't have any hatred for the Scot's at all.
So can you please tell me what've done in order for them to inflict this hatred upon me?
@skidquo Nothing m8. You've done nothing wrong. I told you I don't hate the Scots or the Irish... I would like to like them and become friends with them all for fucks sake! But like you said.... There is alot of hatred getting thrown back and forth. I guess it's what makes the world go round, huh?
I would personally like all of Europe to respect one another, doesn't mean I like the EURO! But we are outnumbered and being invaded by tons of immigrants. We HAVE to get along now!
@chiprommel Oh, i just noticed another user below called rockst4rFTW being racist for no apparent reason, i quote "Fuck english.. irish and scots ftw :)".
@SKIDQUO THAT COMMENT YOU MADE JUST SUMS UP ENGLISH PEOPLE THEY THINK EVERY COUNTRY LIKES THEM WHEN ACTUALLY THEY ALL THINK UR CUNTS! SCOTLAND IS A COUNTRY THAT IS LOVED AROUND THE WORLD FACT!
@Scott9740 I never said every country likes the English infact there are many countries that dislike us but Scotland certainly isn't liked worldwide, you must've pulled that fact out your arse.
Your comment is ironic because you think Scotland is liked globally when it isn't, you're all just a bunch of racists and i should know, i've been up there.
@skidquo Who the fuck gives a shit if you're Scottish, Irish, English or Welsh or whatever. I love all of you but I hate when you're slagging each other off. What's the fucking point? Enjoy the music and shut up.
@NathalieVicious I have no problem with the Scots/Irish/Welsh i'm just sick of them hating on the English for things that happened hundreds of years ago especially when they have no idea what they're talking about.
@skidquo Be careful what you say.It sounds like your speaking from a place of ignorance. 80 years is not that long ago and the troubles in the north were only resolved 5 years ago.So be quite.
@MrAzdaz Do you mean quiet? Why should i be quiet when there's an idiot Scot posting things like "England can go fuck themselves". Why am i getting grief for things happened 80 years ago? The whole nation isn't responsible for the troubles are they?
I've been to Scotland and witnessed their hostility towards the English, i also have a mate who has lived up there for almost 10 years and even he says they're sometimes racist towards him, but what has he done?
@skidquo I'm right in saying that Scots are idiots that don't know what they're talking about because they're the ones posting idiotic, racist comments without justifying it, he is not only insulting the whole of England but the whole of Wales too.
You call me ignorant, but do you not think it’s ignorant to tell the whole of England and Wales to go fuck themselves?
@skidquo On a side note, saying "im scottish and i love the irish england and wales can go fuck themselves!" on a Pogues video is rather foolish considering the Pogues are actually from England which makes you wonder what kind of people are commenting on these videos.
@skidquo If you knew your history then you would know the answer to that.Go read it.You,ll probably find it fascinating and informative.I dont know too much about the Scottish English thing.I do know that atrocities were committed on both side.But the English were the first to invade and commence the cycle of atrocity.Also it's a fairly well known fact that the English are hated almost the world over as a race.It might have something to do with almost a millenium of rape and plunder.
@MrAzdaz "Be sensitive to the people who were affected by it." So i should stand by while they're racist towards me, and the whole of Wales? At what point did the OP even justify his racism? he didn't, the idiot just got jolly off a Pogues video then posted some jibberish not even considering for a moment that the band itself is English.
@skidquo The band are at least two parts Irish although they were formed in London they definitely are no an English band.If anything they represent the Irish ex pats in England and abroad.Clearly their music is a continuation and evolution of traditional Irish music.I agree with you that nobody really has the right to hurl abuse at you just because you are English.But they have every right to feel that way. Just not act it out unpovoked i guess.
@skidquo This cycle of conquest and domination affected a quater of the worlds land mass.So that might explain the proliferation of hate across the globe.When you murder and rape that many people you tend to make enemies.I believe it's called Karma.The fact that you have inhereted that legacy means one thing.Learn about it and be sensitive to the people who were affected by it.Blair got the ball rolling in relation to Ireland when he formally apologised a couple of years ago.
@jodanphil lol yes it does my entire familys irish and were all drunks its a stereotype thats just always gonna be true and more importantly it sounds like hes drunk and it sounds terrible and if he isnt drunk well them damn he cant sing to save his life
he is loaded while singing this song and who cares? i still love it and i think it sounds even better with him drunk. but if you listen to most of their other stuff he sounds much clearer and articulate. he has never denied being drunk during the recording of this (and other) songs
Fan of The Pogues? Check out their friends Greenland Whalefishers from Norway (est. 1994)! Critics today says Greenland Whalefishers has taken the heritage from The Pogues and developed it into something different and their own. Punk fanzines all over the world describes Greenland Whalefishers as The Pogues on speed or The Pogues turned up to eleven on attitude, speed and sound. Google for Greenland Whalefishers website for more info, videos and lyrics!!!
It's always been my favourite mahone's song. Pogues rock and always have. Seen them live in Adelaide, Australia, in late 1990's and it was the best concert I've ever been to. Lines of jiggers! It was brilliant!
wow Kathmandu my city. love pogues forever. the thing that makes him so great is he is great with words but still u get the sense that its sincere not like most of the poet wannabe singers, pretentious wankers.
I'm afraid its not about almeria, perhaps you may be thinking of Fiesta? Sayonara was written in Thailand, it's about a girl Shane met whilst there in the early days of the Pogues, circa 1985. Listen to the lyric and then it makes more sense, yankees with cash trying to take her to bed by flashing money at her, the lyric " Now motherfucker kiss the ground" is a smarting riposte to their advances.
@c0zix I think he is even BETTER when he is drunk! Cheers to a great poet, this is what children should be listening to, not some pop shit but to SHANE MACGOWAN!
@lfcmerr And you are a person who overreacts and can't think of a more creative insult than "idiot." It was a joke, not meant to be taken seriously. Chill.
read a recent article in some rag that said at his height of debauchery shane would down 3 bottles of whiskey a day. so yes, he was most likely drunk here
I like how the pogues do the style of alot of world music, like fiesta which sounds mexican or this one which sounds oriental lol but i preffer their normal stuff but its all great non the less!
This was written in the Hell's Ditch album, when a lot of their work was based on their year (or so) on the middle east, hence the reference to mekong whiskey and Hong Kong Flu
The Pogues i love them. This number Sayonara is rare as hell i heard this years ago , had the album it was on.Lost the tape and could never find this track until it was played one night on Talk Sport so i rang the station they told me what it was called and here i am! Found it at long last.
It was when i was looking for it. I had gone through a number of albums until i had seen this and learned of Hells Ditch. Still at long last i have it.
I am working on a backing track at present to be hopeful that i can play this live. Does anyone know if there is a backing track already out there some place?
Lyrics are easy to find; but basically I think it's about a whore in Asia, probably with from the POV of a GI or an American. "Go on Yankee break my heart" Mekong Whiskey, Hong Kong Flu, "Got new papers in a Bordello" etc...
Ok, its time for sayonara So long yankee break my heart Now theres nothing left but sorrow Even the best friends they must part I walked into the nearest bar I sat and gazed across the sea I wandered lonely on the beach The waves just whispered misery She had a red red scarf Around her neck Her eyes were green Her hair was black Ooh she gave me mekong whiskey Ooh she gave me hong kong flu Ooh she gave me mekong whiskey Put me on a breeze to katmandu som-yat-zu, som-yat-zu
shut the fuck up and enjoy the song :D
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Im not Irish, British or Something Else in that big Island, but i like very much this Band.
SpyTheSpy 3 months ago
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SpyTheSpy 3 months ago
Alcohol will never kill that man!
ardig32 4 months ago 2
Ok.
MrAzdaz 5 months ago
shane's voice is the sexiest thing ever
TheGhettoMuffin 5 months ago
its actually a great song, but quite sad, cause on one hand he's kinda saying the band is over & also by this time he had also lost the potency in his voice, from here his voice is sprawling, never potent again in the way of mid - late 1980's
100milnic 6 months ago
he is greth because he is drunk.BEST
asatanaa 6 months ago
shane with boardsorts.
SKEMP72 7 months ago
Lets love live. Shane, Cheers.
damidb747 7 months ago
Dude this guy was kicked out of the band like 3 times how much of a drunk do you have to be to get kicked out of a band by a bunch of irish people lol.
adalstan 7 months ago
@adalstan Most of the band are English.
peacefrog1916 7 months ago
Shane is best.I met him for three month a go.Grüsse ihn jetzt ihn aus Deutschland
tsslev 9 months ago
fuckin love the intro.....and the rest of the song
Gasten400 9 months ago
So motherfuckers kiss the ground....Brilliant!
NickeP86 9 months ago
haha this reminds me of Aneka's 'Japanese Boy', anyone else see the similarity in the rhythm?
rmckim 9 months ago
POZDROWIENIA:)
hearse76 9 months ago
i never forget being 18 and drunk off my ass wondering the streets listening to the pogues in my headphones singing along .
urion43 10 months ago 15
@urion43 When you sing the pogues when your drunk people just dont understand your actually hitting the right notes ;)
shanepealow44 1 month ago 2
ラフカデイオ ハーン を 冥界から 呼び戻せ
akastalin 10 months ago
LOVE this song.Right to the HEART! Feels like butterflys in my stomic!
666Pea666 11 months ago
The man with the magic liver
Burncourtable 11 months ago 26
im albanian and everytime i chill with The Pogues. i turn to Irish , how great is that !!!! drunk drunk heeey :)
ZemerBaruti 1 year ago
touche, seen him in concert 8 times a true genius,
pejcon 1 year ago
Fuck english.. irish and scots ftw :)
rockst4rFTW 1 year ago 2
Its hard Not to hate the brits when you see armoured vehicles and armed soldiers driving past you every day
dedred2469 1 year ago
People are people, governments devide. Fucking great song
STFCstoneroses 1 year ago
@STFCstoneroses What is the song about?
hanshotfirst1138 1 year ago
@hanshotfirst1138 lol STD's
theman1819 2 months ago
shane is not great anymore! XD he can't even sing... to much drugs xD
nostradamuzz666 1 year ago
I've lived in Scotland all my life and I've never encountered any true racism.
Duncaan161 1 year ago
Amurica's better than all of you!
/sarcasm
railroadwino 1 year ago
@Scott9740 The Scottish are stereotypically racist as a whole unlike the English who have various ethnic groups living in England.
An example of this would be your comments inwhich you haven't been able to justify your racist remarks nor have you been able to make a constructive argument.
skidquo 1 year ago
@skidquo Racist against who? The English? Can you really blame us? We're not the only ones who hate them.
peacefrog1916 1 year ago
@peacefrog1916 How does "We're not the only ones who hate them" justify your hate towards us? this is what i mean about Scots, they're uneducated fools that just jump on the band wagon.
skidquo 1 year ago
@peacefrog1916 I'm half English and I hate what most English have done to the Irish and Scots..... It disgusts me...
But obviously you can't hate the regular people who don't want anything to do with all the bullshit and jsut want to live a normal life.
Living in the USA now gives you this luxury of seeign everyones flaws. the whole UK is totally fucked up. You are all idiots! hahaa. Comeon people, stop the bullshit, lets have a drink and talk about the FUTURE.
chiprommel 1 year ago
@chiprommel Well said!!
LBjim 1 year ago
@skidquo english are racist aswell u fucking mongo! everywear u go there is racism that is a awful arguement fucking tit
Scott9740 1 year ago
@skidquo scotland are far better liked than the english put it that way! everybody hates you cunts!
Scott9740 1 year ago
@Scott9740 Until you can provide evidence to back up your claims then i'm afraid that's utter bullshit.
You still haven't addressed the fact that Scot's are racists, i've witnessed first hand your racism and if you browse through the comments on this video then thats proof enough, and nobody likes racists do they?
skidquo 1 year ago
@skidquo I want to point out that "Racist" is a VERY VERY VERY loosely used term these days.
There is a big difference in being xenophobic and being racist. Not saying that this is the case here. But is it really wrong for a native people to want their land to be THEIR LAND?
Just curious as to what you think about that.
chiprommel 1 year ago
@chiprommel I don't use the term racist loosely because some Scot's hate the English for being English, not foreigners in general.
Those problems don't exist anymore, at least not to my knowledge and the younger generation of people aren't aware of what happened in the past, but instead just decide to jump on the band wagon.
An example of this would be the discussion i had with somebody on the previous page who wrote "scotland are far better liked than the english put it that way! everybody
skidquo 1 year ago
@chiprommel hates you cunts!" inwhich they haven't stated why they dislike the English or made a constructive argument against us.
Ive been to Scotland myself and talked to Scottish people and they did talk down to me and have insulted me so i have witnessed first hand their hatred.
I've also got an English friend whos been living in Scotland for 7 years and he's told me that people up there are racist towards him so it's not something i've just made up.I didn't contribute towards the
skidquo 1 year ago
@chiprommel problems that existed in the past so why am i being attacked for it? i can't help where i'm born and i don't have any hatred for the Scot's at all.
So can you please tell me what've done in order for them to inflict this hatred upon me?
skidquo 1 year ago
@skidquo Nothing m8. You've done nothing wrong. I told you I don't hate the Scots or the Irish... I would like to like them and become friends with them all for fucks sake! But like you said.... There is alot of hatred getting thrown back and forth. I guess it's what makes the world go round, huh?
I would personally like all of Europe to respect one another, doesn't mean I like the EURO! But we are outnumbered and being invaded by tons of immigrants. We HAVE to get along now!
Hail Europa!
chiprommel 11 months ago
@chiprommel thats right, from France
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@chiprommel Oh, i just noticed another user below called rockst4rFTW being racist for no apparent reason, i quote "Fuck english.. irish and scots ftw :)".
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@SKIDQUO THAT COMMENT YOU MADE JUST SUMS UP ENGLISH PEOPLE THEY THINK EVERY COUNTRY LIKES THEM WHEN ACTUALLY THEY ALL THINK UR CUNTS! SCOTLAND IS A COUNTRY THAT IS LOVED AROUND THE WORLD FACT!
Scott9740 1 year ago
@Scott9740 I never said every country likes the English infact there are many countries that dislike us but Scotland certainly isn't liked worldwide, you must've pulled that fact out your arse.
Your comment is ironic because you think Scotland is liked globally when it isn't, you're all just a bunch of racists and i should know, i've been up there.
skidquo 1 year ago
ENGLISH ARE CUNTS!
Scott9740 1 year ago
i`m of irish parentage but born in london,and i absolutely love the pogues,seen them 8 times live whatever nationality ENJOY THE MUSIC
pejcon 1 year ago
im scottish and i love the irish england and wales can go fuck themselves!
Scott9740 1 year ago 4
@Scott9740 i'm part scottish irish and english and to be fair people holding old grudes like you piss me off
funkwolf1 1 year ago
@Scott9740 Silly Scots, nobody likes you.
skidquo 1 year ago
@skidquo Who the fuck gives a shit if you're Scottish, Irish, English or Welsh or whatever. I love all of you but I hate when you're slagging each other off. What's the fucking point? Enjoy the music and shut up.
NathalieVicious 1 year ago
@NathalieVicious I have no problem with the Scots/Irish/Welsh i'm just sick of them hating on the English for things that happened hundreds of years ago especially when they have no idea what they're talking about.
skidquo 1 year ago
@skidquo Be careful what you say.It sounds like your speaking from a place of ignorance. 80 years is not that long ago and the troubles in the north were only resolved 5 years ago.So be quite.
MrAzdaz 5 months ago
@MrAzdaz Do you mean quiet? Why should i be quiet when there's an idiot Scot posting things like "England can go fuck themselves". Why am i getting grief for things happened 80 years ago? The whole nation isn't responsible for the troubles are they?
I've been to Scotland and witnessed their hostility towards the English, i also have a mate who has lived up there for almost 10 years and even he says they're sometimes racist towards him, but what has he done?
skidquo 5 months ago
@skidquo I'm right in saying that Scots are idiots that don't know what they're talking about because they're the ones posting idiotic, racist comments without justifying it, he is not only insulting the whole of England but the whole of Wales too.
You call me ignorant, but do you not think it’s ignorant to tell the whole of England and Wales to go fuck themselves?
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@skidquo On a side note, saying "im scottish and i love the irish england and wales can go fuck themselves!" on a Pogues video is rather foolish considering the Pogues are actually from England which makes you wonder what kind of people are commenting on these videos.
skidquo 5 months ago
@skidquo If you knew your history then you would know the answer to that.Go read it.You,ll probably find it fascinating and informative.I dont know too much about the Scottish English thing.I do know that atrocities were committed on both side.But the English were the first to invade and commence the cycle of atrocity.Also it's a fairly well known fact that the English are hated almost the world over as a race.It might have something to do with almost a millenium of rape and plunder.
MrAzdaz 5 months ago
@MrAzdaz "Be sensitive to the people who were affected by it." So i should stand by while they're racist towards me, and the whole of Wales? At what point did the OP even justify his racism? he didn't, the idiot just got jolly off a Pogues video then posted some jibberish not even considering for a moment that the band itself is English.
Pure idiocy.
skidquo 5 months ago
@skidquo The band are at least two parts Irish although they were formed in London they definitely are no an English band.If anything they represent the Irish ex pats in England and abroad.Clearly their music is a continuation and evolution of traditional Irish music.I agree with you that nobody really has the right to hurl abuse at you just because you are English.But they have every right to feel that way. Just not act it out unpovoked i guess.
MrAzdaz 5 months ago
@skidquo This cycle of conquest and domination affected a quater of the worlds land mass.So that might explain the proliferation of hate across the globe.When you murder and rape that many people you tend to make enemies.I believe it's called Karma.The fact that you have inhereted that legacy means one thing.Learn about it and be sensitive to the people who were affected by it.Blair got the ball rolling in relation to Ireland when he formally apologised a couple of years ago.
MrAzdaz 5 months ago
man, so Irish
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song brings a smile to my face
hackney44 1 year ago
I wandered drunken down the beach, she had a red red scarf around her neck!!!
her eye's were green her eyes were black!!!! love t'all!!!
sande086 1 year ago
specially talking bout shane macGowan wht means drunk to you folks?
germannoiseunion 1 year ago
yea not digging this at all like i get it there irish so hes prbly drunk when hes singing this but it just sounds retarded like dude come on
drvonfrie 1 year ago
@drvonfrie Your an ass. Just becuase someone is Irish does not mean they are drunks.
jodanphil 1 year ago
@jodanphil lol yes it does my entire familys irish and were all drunks its a stereotype thats just always gonna be true and more importantly it sounds like hes drunk and it sounds terrible and if he isnt drunk well them damn he cant sing to save his life
drvonfrie 1 year ago
@drvonfrie
he is loaded while singing this song and who cares? i still love it and i think it sounds even better with him drunk. but if you listen to most of their other stuff he sounds much clearer and articulate. he has never denied being drunk during the recording of this (and other) songs
RolandBrice 1 year ago
Goodbye! ;)
nottulfr27 1 year ago
Ok, time for sayonara!!
uknothabizz3 1 year ago
he's piss yourself, fall on your face, fuck a fat chick drunk. LOL, essentially he's typical Shane.
esoxexpress 1 year ago
yes he is great!!!! even if he is drunk
1HRDW 1 year ago
oh, ya, great! amazing!!!
1HRDW 1 year ago
Shane piss drunk...awesome...
DwayneRydell 1 year ago
A very moving song, It has a great beat..
patriciamattwood 1 year ago
Viva The Pogues!
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Fan of The Pogues? Check out their friends Greenland Whalefishers from Norway (est. 1994)! Critics today says Greenland Whalefishers has taken the heritage from The Pogues and developed it into something different and their own. Punk fanzines all over the world describes Greenland Whalefishers as The Pogues on speed or The Pogues turned up to eleven on attitude, speed and sound. Google for Greenland Whalefishers website for more info, videos and lyrics!!!
bergenrock 1 year ago
The Pogues are good. Shane's voice is amazing, inebriated or not....
Easily one of the best songs about doin it with a prostitute from Indochina
Pretty funny, too
"So motherfucker kiss the ground!!!"
twentynothing 1 year ago
this song is he so catchy!
MrMUGS94 1 year ago
The Pouges are the best!! I love how the singer slurs out the words
thejokerxxyx 1 year ago
If u like that kind of music listen PADDY AND THE RATS! it's very good too:)
Picaro94 1 year ago
It's always been my favourite mahone's song. Pogues rock and always have. Seen them live in Adelaide, Australia, in late 1990's and it was the best concert I've ever been to. Lines of jiggers! It was brilliant!
woodsypleb 1 year ago
wow Kathmandu my city. love pogues forever. the thing that makes him so great is he is great with words but still u get the sense that its sincere not like most of the poet wannabe singers, pretentious wankers.
HARKE90 1 year ago 3
summer of 86-loopy laura its sponge
motormadhead13 1 year ago
It's music like this that makes me proud of my Irish roots. God I fucking love the Pogues
forgedeath 1 year ago
So motherfucker kiss the ground!
Nozo1986 1 year ago 10
what a tune
dazzy8 1 year ago
thought that was hi last name
squrrielful 1 year ago
This song is amazing!
yatters2174 2 years ago 3
IT.s TURNED iNTO ONE OF MY FAVORiTE POGUES TUNES...SECOND TO '...GRACE FROM GOD'
LOVE IT!!!!!
EBABE90611 2 years ago
Bebcek789
I'm afraid its not about almeria, perhaps you may be thinking of Fiesta? Sayonara was written in Thailand, it's about a girl Shane met whilst there in the early days of the Pogues, circa 1985. Listen to the lyric and then it makes more sense, yankees with cash trying to take her to bed by flashing money at her, the lyric " Now motherfucker kiss the ground" is a smarting riposte to their advances.
EdgarAllensHoe 2 years ago 7
music dont get much better than this
xrobbievx 2 years ago 97
@xrobbievx it doesnt get any better
thejokerxxyx 1 year ago
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xrobbievx 1 year ago
@xrobbievx sure don't :)
chompachangas 5 months ago
my fav pogues tune amazing i think
daco420 2 years ago 7
Well; sober up then Yank!
DERRYIRELAND 2 years ago
Would be better if he wasnt fucking wasted out of his mind lol! good music tho
PsychoAxeSlinger 2 years ago 4
it is what it is.
Bossk14 2 years ago 2
Shane is great even if his drunk!
c0zix 2 years ago 53
@c0zix yeah shane for the king :)
techdeckprostefan 1 year ago
@c0zix Even if?
EvilLurker121 1 year ago
@c0zix I think he is even BETTER when he is drunk! Cheers to a great poet, this is what children should be listening to, not some pop shit but to SHANE MACGOWAN!
chelseafc1590 1 year ago 3
@c0zix He's great BECAUSE he's drunk.
UncleFizzmo 9 months ago 2
@UncleFizzmo ermmmm no. hes great because hes great.
dawson668 8 months ago
@dawson668 It was a joke. Chill.
UncleFizzmo 7 months ago
@UncleFizzmo Your an idiot!!!!!
lfcmerr 7 months ago
@lfcmerr And you are a person who overreacts and can't think of a more creative insult than "idiot." It was a joke, not meant to be taken seriously. Chill.
UncleFizzmo 7 months ago
@c0zix and he's always drunk!
Mumsilius 7 months ago
Masn this is great!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like cowboys music!!!!
AuronpeacemakerG 2 years ago
shane, you are the best...
69bloodmoney 2 years ago 10
hong kong flu
Chiel1466 2 years ago 3
read a recent article in some rag that said at his height of debauchery shane would down 3 bottles of whiskey a day. so yes, he was most likely drunk here
DwnAszPunk 2 years ago
DAS MELHORES BANDAS DE SEMPRE
LEONEL2848 2 years ago 2
I like how the pogues do the style of alot of world music, like fiesta which sounds mexican or this one which sounds oriental lol but i preffer their normal stuff but its all great non the less!
dirtyjew1974 2 years ago 9
spanish I thought
poolpig 2 years ago
Yea I like that about them as well, but I think Fiesta is more spain than mexico...cheers!
AKfromUSA 2 years ago
Yes, it's all about Spain. Actually singing about town called Almeria, where a lot of Brits going for hollidays.
bebcek789 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure that's Fiesta you're thiniking of.
This was written in the Hell's Ditch album, when a lot of their work was based on their year (or so) on the middle east, hence the reference to mekong whiskey and Hong Kong Flu
petercrouch67 2 years ago 2
By middle east I meant far east. doh.
petercrouch67 2 years ago 2
yeah i agree . 'Sketches of Spain' has a lot of ska blended in and 'London Girl' is basically a zydeco song.
rclarked 2 years ago
great song!!!
Knieper69 2 years ago 3
great song!!!
Knieper69 2 years ago
o.k. time for sayonara...... shane you are the best ever....
sonnengeflecht43 2 years ago 5
awesome as always
gillywonka007 2 years ago
da best!..cheers :)
MrJbee77 2 years ago 2
WAT DO YA MEAN BY -3
EilisMal 2 years ago
cheers from germany!-great song!!!
Knieper69 2 years ago 2
ol shane Mcgowen,,, a legend in his own time.... ~some of the finest this ol heap of planet has to offer..... ~ cheerzZ
VinSaiN 2 years ago 9
i want to get a tattoo of that picture on my arm.
wisard734 2 years ago
Why's this got -3? Don't know why you'd want a tattoo of that, but I think that -3 is too harsh.
starkey7uk 2 years ago 2
...GREAT SONG....CHEERS
shanemcgowan72 2 years ago 6
Good old times in London, booze and pogues... Greetings from Portugal to Shane
ken73al 2 years ago 9
Grandes recordações
retratosdemim 2 years ago
This was my first pogues album. I was a little kid and my dad played it all the time
ConnDevi88 2 years ago 9
Great song!
steamfitter32 2 years ago 3
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tranzer1 2 years ago
Would Shane ever guess a 28 yo, would be smoking indica in iowa listening to this all the while drinkn weisers?
skabeats9irontreats 2 years ago 5
Go on Yankee break my heart
skabeats9irontreats 2 years ago 2
Holy shit I can't believe I never heard this before.
So motherfucker kiss the ground
iddn 2 years ago 4
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You have to be drunk to apreciate this...
slange!!!!
agnikrock 2 years ago
The Pogues i love them. This number Sayonara is rare as hell i heard this years ago , had the album it was on.Lost the tape and could never find this track until it was played one night on Talk Sport so i rang the station they told me what it was called and here i am! Found it at long last.
yawroc 2 years ago 4
It's not at all rare you can get it on "hells ditch"
francoamerican99 2 years ago
It was when i was looking for it. I had gone through a number of albums until i had seen this and learned of Hells Ditch. Still at long last i have it.
I am working on a backing track at present to be hopeful that i can play this live. Does anyone know if there is a backing track already out there some place?
yawroc 2 years ago
Absolutely beautiful. Pure bloody genius.
Weepyun 2 years ago
cremis!!
raphardcore01 2 years ago
So motherfucker kiss the ground ........LOL
I just love them!
The Pogues 4ever!!
Greetings from C R O A T I A !!
rangoboy 2 years ago 6
only an intelligent person can write lyrics like these. just fuckin awesome!
shanester71 2 years ago 8
Hell's Ditch is the Pogues best album. It definitely paved the way for bands like the Strokes.
decko87 2 years ago 2
After reading it I know the lyrics but when I first time I heard it I was like "Is he drunk?"
wesleyfilms 2 years ago
Shane was noticeably drunk throughout most of the hells ditch album.
PCP2017 2 years ago 3
very cool!!!
inorog16 2 years ago
I'm not english, I like this song but I can't understand every words , can someone tell me what is it talking about ???
DolceVendetta93 3 years ago
i am english and have not a clue, he's irish, but speaks pissed
Markpellican 3 years ago 2
speaks pissed-good saying,did you make that up or is it an English thing.
zn7 3 years ago 3
Lyrics are easy to find; but basically I think it's about a whore in Asia, probably with from the POV of a GI or an American. "Go on Yankee break my heart" Mekong Whiskey, Hong Kong Flu, "Got new papers in a Bordello" etc...
Aleesb 3 years ago
I`m from Norway and understand almoust every words. But I have to say that I have the lyrics.
whereisgud 3 years ago
SkyShaw 2 years ago 4
I got new papers in a bordello
With some luckies and my i.d.
My heart was pounding like a hammer
Thai thai thai thai thai! I am free
She kissed me softly on the lips
She took my hand without a sound
This was our happy ever after
So motherfucker kiss the ground
SkyShaw 2 years ago 5
love the pogues but havent heard that song. bloody brilliant. i'm off to buy the cd
nafcd 2 years ago 5
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Don't buy the CD! Hell's Ditch is the death kneel of the Pogues!
brittlebrit187 2 years ago
i love this fucking song puts me to sleep when im high
allentonderby 3 years ago 5
I like his drunken way to sing a song, or is he drunk? Shane is good
HeineHex 3 years ago 5
When was shane not drunk haha
forgedeath 3 years ago 2