Irish Chicken
Sunday, October 28th, 2007The Pogues play traditional Irish music but somehow became the darlings of the mid-80’s punk scene – despite the acoustic instrumentation, penny whistle and accordion. I don’t know much about them, except that the first time I saw them was an appearance on Saturday Night Live and it looked to me like they were extremely drunk – it was a very impressive performance – their huge band crammed together on the tight SNL stage, cranking out fast-tempo Irish grooves while doing their best to remain standing. Joe Strummer from the Clash also played with the Pogues and I think there is a wild Irish “London Calling” somewhere out there.