# Pogues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogues/572325>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 23, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogues/572325 "2011-02-23T06:31:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogues/572325/21 "2011-02-26T20:27:03Z")

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> [@devilsknew](#):
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> I think you are mistaking me with some uptight, corporate, fascist, Dub Irish Pub. The Irish Pub I went to was quite a bohemian place with some classic performances. Wish I would have went down there and bootlegged some performances..

You are lucky then. Thing is, even some Irish or Irish-descended people can have dubious to bad taste. Lots of Irish-American acquaintances swear by Black 47. I saw them on a visit to N.Y. and . . . nah, it’s just not-super-talented Oirish Paddy-shtick and a bunch of drunk frat boys and wizened old rummies.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogues/572325/22 "2011-02-26T20:44:49Z")

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> [@Huerta88](#):
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> You are lucky then. Thing is, even some Irish or Irish-descended people can have dubious to bad taste. Lots of Irish-American acquaintances swear by Black 47. I saw them on a visit to N.Y. and . . . nah, it’s just not-super-talented Oirish Paddy-shtick and a bunch of drunk frat boys and wizened old rummies.

Hey I’ll defend Black ‘47, I don’t like all their songs but they have some that hold their own against Pogues’ best. For example, [40 Shades Of Blue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkaNDgBBtU) retools the air of the Sally Gardens in an interesting way, works as a companion piece to the Pogues’ Thousands Are Sailing. Larry Kirwan’s voice takes some getting used to though.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogues/572325/23 "2011-02-26T20:54:33Z")

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They’re not very well known - one of those bands always \*just \*on the verge of making it big - and, yeah, I went to high school with some of these guys, but all that aside, I think [The Tossers](http://www.thetossers.com/) are pretty good, music wise, and within the Celtic Punk genre.

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