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A Pair of Brown Eyes. " A Pair of Brown Eyes " is a single by The Pogues, released on 18 March 1985. [1] The single was their first to make the UK Top 100, peaking at Number 72. [2] It featured on the band's second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, and was composed by Pogues front man Shane MacGowan. Its melody is loosely based on that of “ Wild ...
Rum Sodomy & the Lash is the second studio album by the London-based, Irish folk punk band the Pogues, released on 5 August 1985. [ 2] The album reached number 13 on the UK charts. The track "A Pair of Brown Eyes", based on an older Irish tune, reached number 72 on the UK singles chart. "The Old Main Drag" later appeared on the soundtrack to ...
One song features lyrics by Case with music originally written by Lightnin' Hopkins. The album closes with a cover of Shane Macgowan's "Pair of Brown Eyes", originally performed by MacGowan's band The Pogues. The song "I Shook His Hand" was originally performed live in a harder-rocking version with the Plimsouls.
Fairytale of New York. " Fairytale of New York " is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk -style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male ...
"A Pair of Brown Eyes" MacGowan Rum Sodomy & the Lash: 4:54 1985 [3] "The Parting Glass" Traditional Single 2:14 1985 [3] "Planxty Noel Hill" Finer Poguetry in Motion: 3:12 1986 Instrumental [7] "Pont Mirabeau" Finer Pogue Mahone: 3:31 1996 Partially adapted from the poem of the same name by Guillaume Apollinaire [2] [10] "Poor Paddy" Traditional
Typically, we're used to seeing blue or brown eyes—eyes that are all one color. Hazel eyes spice it up with their mix of hues and flecks of colors. The moderate melanin content in hazel eyes ...
Various. The Pogues chronology. Pogue Mahone. (1996) The Very Best of the Pogues. (2001) Streams of Whiskey: Live in Leysin, Switzerland 1991. (2002) The Very Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in April 2001.
Sally MacLennane. " Sally MacLennane " was a single released by The Pogues in 1985. It was the second single by the band to make the UK Top 100, reaching number 54. The song was composed by Shane MacGowan and featured on the band's second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash.