# Do the Pogues belong in the R&R Hall of Fame?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 13, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-pogues-belong-in-the-r-r-hall-of-fame/403944 "2007-05-13T18:27:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-pogues-belong-in-the-r-r-hall-of-fame/403944/41 "2007-05-14T11:59:12Z")

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[QUOTE=EJsGirl]  
Apparently, Costello took lots of takes and stitched together the “best” bits. Shane in particular didn’t like that style- he much preferred just having the band play the damned song! 😃  
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The problem could have been getting Shane to go through the **whole** song without getting lost, stumbling on the words, or going out for a drink half way through (or maybe all three).

I saw him on TV (Jools Holland _Hootenanny_, a News Years Eve music show), and it was pretty sad - a mumbling drunk with nothing to offer except memories of what used to be. ☹

_He could have been someone_

Si

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-pogues-belong-in-the-r-r-hall-of-fame/403944/42 "2007-05-14T12:08:20Z")

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Maybe they’re waiting for him to see a dentist before they nominate him. Good gawd, what a hideous mouthful of hell that guy is sporting.

I saw that documentary. It is very sad indeed.

I think they’ll be inducted eventually. Far less important or talented bands have made it.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-pogues-belong-in-the-r-r-hall-of-fame/403944/43 "2007-05-14T13:46:52Z")

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The way it works is that if the nominating committee like you then you are nominated until you get in, if they don’t nominate you you never get in.

The same critics just nominate the same bands until they get in. In 2006 Black Sabbath made it on their 8th try, Lynyrd Skynyrd on their 7th, the Sex Pistols on their 5th. Other nominees included 5th timers the Stooges, J.Geils Band, Chic, Cat Stevens, and the Sir Douglas Quintet .

Still never nominated are Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Alice Cooper, Duran Duran.

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**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-pogues-belong-in-the-r-r-hall-of-fame/403944/44 "2007-05-14T16:43:24Z")

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[QUOTE=don’t ask]  
Still never nominated are Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Alice Cooper, Duran Duran.  
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Didn’t VH make it in this year? I’m almost certain they did, and only Michael Anthony showed up…

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