In Britain where no one can decide what a modern British sound is, the POGUES have said stuff it and drunk deeply from the tap root of tradition (or something like that) to come up with a modern Irish sound. Their first album of boozy, folky, sometimes political ditties, Red Roses For Me, has just been released here and the second, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (the title is taken from Sir Winston Churchill's description of the navy), will follow.
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Rip It Up, Issue 98, 1 September 1985, Page 43
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80In Britain where no one can decide what a modern British sound is, the POGUES have said stuff it and drunk deeply from the tap root of tradition (or something like that) to come up with a modern Irish sound. Their first album of boozy, folky, sometimes political ditties, Red Roses For Me, has just been released here and the second, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (the title is taken from Sir Winston Churchill's description of the navy), will follow. Rip It Up, Issue 98, 1 September 1985, Page 43
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