Rum Sodomy & the Lash

I absolutely love the Pogues. Shane MacGowan's voice is so gruff and unpolished. It almost gives the feel of some drunkard sitting in the street and singing these songs. I love the blend of Celtic music and punk music that these guys so seemlessly blended together.

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is such a beautiful and heart wrenching song about war, loss, and the real suffering that some Australian soldiers went through. Very poignant this close to Remembrance Day.

I can't hear Dirty Old Town without getting chills. It perfectly describes my hometown, and hits me with waves of nostalgia every time I hear it. Such a beautiful song. There is such a haunting quality to Shane MacGowan's voice which perfectly compliments the dark, dreary, industrial description of the town he is singing about.

Favourite songs: Dirty Old Town, Sally MacLennan, The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn, A Pair of Brown Eyes, Jesse James, I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day, Navigator, The Gentleman Soldier, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Least favourite songs: The Old Main Drag

Easy 5/5

Part of the toxic relationship I have with this website is that the more I know about the albums that are left, I put off listening to ones I’m sure I’ll enjoy. I’ll hear them eventually, since they’re on the list!
(That didn’t stop me from binging “Dirty Old Town” & “Sally MacLennane” this year, even singing the latter at karaoke one time)
But yeah, Rum Sodomy & the Lash. Came not a moment too soon. Never a dull moment. Even the bonus tracks are fire

HL: "Sally MacLennane", "Dirty Old Town", "A Pair of Brown Eyes", "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day", "Wild Cats of Kilkenny", "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", "A Rainy Night in Soho" [bonus]

August 30, 2023 (much later)

The first song was energetic and enjoyable enough, and I liked it more than I thought I would, but then the album kept going. None of it was bad, but certainly not for me, and an eight minute song to top off the album just felt unnecessary. Just not really my genre unless in very small doses.

It just always sounds like Shane MacGowan has written too many words to fit in with the music.

It's an interesting album. I love the storytelling in these kinds of songs. There's also some great tunes in here. Sally MacLennane, what an upbeat toe tapper that one is. I much prefer that kind of thing over the slower songs.

Ps: What a great album cover. Very renaissance.

Yeah not sure about this one, couple to good songs, but comes across a bit like drunk Irish music, not sure if it needs to be on the list. I’m sure others will love it though.

This is my favorite Pogues album, but that’s a safe bet anyway. I mean come on! This album has everything The Pogues are: drinking, death, a proclivity to engage in fisticuffs, swearing, and drinking. Oh did I say “drinking” twice? Well, that sounds about right. By the way, this might just be the best named album of all time. The only gripe I have about this album is that I greatly prefer Woody Guthrie’s “Jesus Christ” to The Pogues’ “Jesse James”. The final track is gutting, and since you've already had your whiskey by the time you get to the end of the album, your ears are just about ready to hear the tragic tale of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Your heart's just about ready for the lazy horns expressing the dull pain of a mangled soldier.

What started out as charming and novel, grated on my nerves by the end. Apparently, I can only handle so much piccolo, fiddle and slurred folk tales.

folkzão da massa

Sally MacLennane is a great song. This album depends on your mood for that Irish folk style. right now this is hitting me on an above average day because it's friday.

Objectively there's nothing wrong with this album but Irish folk punk is just entirely something I don't have interest in. I feel like it would work well in a very specific scene in a movie or something and that's about it.

The title pretty much sums it up. A feast of whisky, penny whistle, folk and punk spirit. A classic example of a band at the peak of their powers.

I honestly can't stand this. It does nothing for me.

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