The Pogues - If I Should Fall (Country Version)

[SlyFox70100]

who else needs a beer? I ;pve american folk music and the Confederacy. Strong support from Canada!

[hughdillon]

Reminds me of the song they did with Steve Earle "Johnny Come Lately" from "Copperhead Road". When did this come out?

[ruderevival]

this sounds pretty irish and not country to me

[justjokingjacks]

"This land was always ours It belongs to us and them Not to any of the others"

But Shane McGowan said tho: "People are talking about immigration, ..Fucking borders are just such a pain in the fucking arse." Shane sounds like a hypocrite to me

[randymullen511]

@justjokingjacks Total conjecture on my part, but I'd say he's referring to a country being forcibly ruled by a foreign state; not the immigration of foreign individuals.

[brvsrrbn]

Lot of "punks" still unwilling to admit they are listening to country. Just enjoy!

[crowleysridgegirl]

it's not fast enough.

[bo12hughes]

I don't need a lecture. This milder version is not brilliant as the punk version. Call me old fashioned.

[TheWhiskeyRamblers]

Ok, everyone, here's how it goes, Irish/Scottish people came over here, brought their music, met with Africans, blended, and made old time music. Old time turned into Bluegrass around the 40's because of Bill Monroe (I'm not going to argue with dumb shit people getting hung up on details.) Bluegrass met with western, making country. Then everything met in Tennessee(Memphis before Nashville was the spot) and became Rock and Roll.

Spot fighting about dumb shit. Google tells you lots of things.

[MrSudbury12000]

@TheWhiskeyRamblers essentially you are correct, but where is "here"?

[LadyJenocide]

bluegrass > country.

[splash2882]

There isn't a bluegrass band in the US that couldn't learn from The Pogues. I love bluegrass (hate country music). These guys are unreal!!!

[nycrackhead]

Better than diabetes. I guess.

[scottishartist1292]

is there a way to get this from iTunes? Is it under another name?

[MrSudbury12000]

@scottishartist1292 I found it on Napster, dont even know if Napster is still around....

[cobfucious]

I GOT A SPARE BANJO IF YOU RUN OUT PERRICKAN

[sillybananaz]

The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans is German Americans , so why does every fucking american think there 2000 percent irish? going to new york for st paddys day was a bad idea full of americans who were probably german or 1/1000 irish crushing people. You know when there plastic because they base all there irish roots on how much they can drink. fuck off

[wicaco]

@sillybananaz Uh, ethnic groups in the United States don't have an even distribution. There is a lot of Irish descent in the Northeast, which, yes, includes New York City. The German presence is a lot heavier in the Midwest - Germans had farming skills and enough money to settle in the middle of the country while many of the Irish came poor and had to work menial labor jobs in cities close to where they arrived.

[sillybananaz]

@wicaco when i went new york black people looked like the dominant race or italians and to be honest many irish have spanish roots in them but they dont run around singing i love spain wahoo, and start listening to all their music in which they dont understand.

[wicaco]

@sillybananaz Okay, just because there's a lot of African and Italian Americans doesn't mean there aren't a lot of Irish, too. Generally the Irish live in the suburbs and the middle and working class neighborhoods of the cities. Also, what on earth are you talking about, Irish having Spanish roots? If you mean the Spanish Armada thing, that's a myth and even if true, it doesn't count for much. If you mean since paleolithic times, that's long before "Spanish culture" existed to be proud of.

[sillybananaz]

@wicaco look you say irish but yes of course you will have some full irish people , but there ancestors merged into US society they are completly and utterly american , just because you have an irish second name doesnt mean you can run around telling everyone your full blown irish and start listening to irish music then think you can drink alot. Mate to be honest irih take the piss out of you lot refer to you as yanks and call you plastic paddys.

[wicaco]

@sillybananaz I'm not Irish, I'm Irish American. You can't tell me I'm "completely American" because there is no one American society - The culture I was raised in is different from the culture of my Italian American, African American, and Chinese American neighbors. At the same time, I know I'm different from "Irish" - "Irish American" is its own distinct culture. It's just that, since we live in the United States, we don't have to add "American" to the end because anyone with a brain gets it.

[wicaco]

@sillybananaz Furthermore, what the Irish living in Ireland think of our identification is not very important considering that out of 80 million people of Irish heritage in the world, only 4 million of them live in Ireland... They're the minority. The minority that has benefitted a lot from the funding of its foreign relatives. Also, sadly, you don't have the right to tell anyone what music they can or can't listen to, nor what they can or can't be proud of.

[xiane1111]

@sillybananaz It's one day. Stay home or get over it. Drinking on St Patricks is like drinking on New Years or going on a date on St Valentines, its for amateurs - so don't expect it to be great unless you go out of your way to find something great. Generic drinking, like generic romance, is boring. Surprise.

[sillybananaz]

@xiane1111 your from a US your probably one of the trolls who's probably a ninth irish , shut your fucking mouth i dont do generic drinking i get fucking hammered and thats got nothing to do with it , the point is americans ruined the festival for the irish.

[mickthemonkey]

Fuck, that's good.

[hanshotfirst1138]

What exactly is this song about?

[SEAPanel]

This is from the Straight to Hell soundtrack, I'm pretty sure they recorded it specially for Alex Cox.

[BarFlySupreme]

This is awesome... I love it

[brandonmcmahan]

This isn't country OR bluegrass. It's an acoustic version of the Pogues punk-traditional Irish fusion music. If anything it sounds more like Zydeco than anything else. It's not bluegrass, and it's DEFINITELY not country.

[Texas3Step]

@brandonmcmahan Right, right, right! Especially on the Zydeco observation. Two thumbs up to ya.

[MrMetalica11]

bluegrass is what happens when an irish man changes irish whiskey for borboun lol

[woodyfurball]

is blue grass country?

[tjmacjee]

Bluegrass IS country music

Could you make it a Gibson please, and tune it do open D

[ravenwing613]

@tjmacjee Except for a few key things. Bluegrass is usually composed of acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, and upright bass. To make it country, you have to add overproduction, Nashville, and... uh... Toby Keith. Yeah. I think that's a good distinction.

[hanshotfirst1138]

@ravenwing613 Some of the more traditional country I've heard tends to be pretty raw rather than overproduced.

[ravenwing613]

@hanshotfirst1138 That was an over generalization and was pretty wrong of me to say. There ARE good country artists, it's just that I have this vendetta against most of the mainstream Taylor Swift-type garbage.

[Leodhais]

You can always understand what he says. Takes you a couple of days practice. Or drinking. Pretty much the same though:)))

[IndieWalrus]

I'm Cumbrian born & raised but my family is Irish, I've always been able to understand what Shane is singing about! Always loved the Pogues :D my favorite band of all time!

[Leodhais]

Lucky you)) I'm just Russian - and I made a mistake in a previous post: I meant - "I CAN'T always understand", but I there're lyrics available online fortunately. Love Pogues and the lot of Irish folk music!

[Sitcommer]

Wow, you can actually understand what Shane is saying.

[hanshotfirst1138]

@Sitcommer You usually can when he isn't smashed and slurring the words. Mostly ;).

[joemaximus]

Curious, where did you originally get this version? I only know the cut from the album.

[wisard734]

i think this verion's from the movie "straight to hell".

[ramblingbloke]

Great version! I do prefer the album version, though. But this one is very different and really good to listen to. I like his singing on this one.

[JacobDeadman]

as shouthern punk rocker of irish celtic decent i perefer the regular version but this is good

[JacobDeadman]

conuntry is ifluence hevily by celtic folk music.

[DERRYIRELAND]

Love it, sounds like listening to it in mono instead of stereo?

[jondawg83]

I only discovered this version (same as "early version") about six months ago. Being from the southern US and of Irish ancestry, it's like a wet dream. Makes me drink too damn much!!

[cmac1223]

where in the South u from?

[jondawg83]

Was born in Ga and live in SC. Where are you from?

[assways]

@jondawg83 that comment was just awesome haha :D !

[EvilLurker121]

@jondawg83 Not kiddin this is great



[MotesTV]

@jondawg83 I been blastin the Pogues on both sides the Arkansas River, from Arkansas County to Jefferson County to Lincoln. This is goin' on a cd.

[AtlasTravis]

Holy crap! This is amazing! Charlie Mac is even singing backup.

[Perrickan]

Next person to refer to bluegrass as country music gets a banjo up their arse.

[lancecoutts26]

hahahaha

[sidwasinnocent79]

@Perrickan THANK YOU!!! fuck redneck country bs, bluegrass is musical spirit of the plains. learn the difference, people.

[hanshotfirst1138]

@Perrickan What do you call it?

[harmonairbass]

@Perrickan Too right!!! lol Arse, is that a Newfoundland term?

[gabornadele]

@Perrickan Country muic sucks big time!! Shit kicking music, yee-haw.

[MED1951]

you know a song is great when it gets played across different genres and still sounds amazing, LET ME GO BOYS!!!

[LordKurr666]

Love this version. Thanks for posting.

[dirtyjew1974]

bluegrass came from celtic folk music with the moving of irish descendents into the hills of the south, so in a way it is country since the origion of bluegrass is celtic folk!

[irishguitarist91]

nope, still sounds Irish. It's got country elements, but still sounds very irish. by the way, this is an original country type of version, it's not like the pop country crap we have out today.

[grapefruitm00n]

When I was in Ireland in 1990, I was surprised how much country music I heard. Street bands, mostly but I was still surprised. I suppose since there were a great number of Irish settlers in the American midwest, that played a role in influencing country music. I love this version

[Aristurtle89]

Exactly, if you listen to Woodie Guthrie/The Carter Family etc. (proper country music) you'll find a strong Irish influence

[grapefruitm00n]

I will have to check that out...I haven't heard much by them, but I do like some bluegrass.

[flubbernutz69]

WoW. The violin sure make the song sound different. I like. :)

[poolpig]

Yee Haw!

[PogueMahoneCoG]

Wierdly superb !

[rebelcounty77]

this came off the straight to hell soundtrack,which,i think,was out before if i should fall the album.have it on tape still.but no tape player.lol

[sando11]

quite brilliant, wasnt expecting to be up to much. thanks for uploading

[HaulAwayJoe]

Interesting version.