Face it: The Pogues are better than U2, anyday

Argue all you want about how much of douchebag Bono is, his lame songs will never compare to the majestic sounds of The Pogues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBLqp-s__o

P.S. Billy Corgan sucks.

So named because "Wetbrain and the Codependents" wouldn't fit on a marquee...

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

:)

I used to love U2 in the Boy days, when they had more political commentary.

Flogging Molly- Seven Deadly Sins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzyhA-lrqM

Or does he?...

Also Flogging Molly, and the Dropkick Murphys! :D

Another jaded person who's bitter their favorite band couldn't hold it together as long as U2

Sounds like a band only the too-cool-for-everbody-else hipsters like.

Definitely not. They're about the partyingest party band you just happened to never heard of. Youtube them. They're great.

I LOVES me some Pogues....

I have nothing against U2, but I just realized that I own none of their albums. I have all The Pogues records, so I guess I must agree with you.

Plus I got to see the Pogues play with Joe Strummer, which I hope will be the one memory I retain if I am ever stricken with memory loss. I achieved musical nirvana that night.

Granted, I've seen The Pogues multiple times and The Mescalero's once. But Joe and Spider onstage together? Man, I think I would have passed out.

I think we all defied the laws of gravity for a good 5 seconds. The Pogues played the opening part of London Calling...and then about 30 seconds in Joe walked out and joined them. It. Was. Awesome. Then they played the rest of the night together.

What a lucky audience. :)

I am soooooooo jealous right now.

It was really a special night. I wish you all could have been there, too. It said "With Joe Strummer" on the ticket, but I didn't really believe it until it happened. It was in San Francisco in 92 or 93, I think.

I still haven't seen the Pogues... I hope some day that I will!

I don't really think the two bands are all that comparable, but in terms of soul, The Pogues have it in spades. One thing I have never understood, as a fan of Irish music, is why The Pogues aren't more celebrated in terms of modern Irish music - is it perhaps they were too raucous for the traditional crowd? I find that MacGowan's lyrics really show a side of Irish life not documented in most other traditional Irish music. Sure, there's songs about being drunk, but selling yourself as a prostitute in London because you have no other way to support yourself?

Bands like Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, while fun, are pale imitations of The Pogues.

and why isn't Rory Gallagher more popular?

Their sound and soul is definite, in your face authentic. It's a pureness that you don't hear very often.