16-01-2015, 07:15
ok....
a "pogue mahone" is Gaelic for "kiss my ass"....
the Pogues were staunch Catholics, and as such despised the English and have done ever since barbarian Oliver Cromwell went over there and slaughtered thousands of them in the 1600s...
its strange how barbarians become heroes isnt it...
Cromwell has long been regarded as a hero in the UK, the same as Custer was in the US...history now paints a realistic picture of both.
the Pogues knew that if they made it, it would be in the UK...the name was their little 'dig' at the British with the attitude..."ok,we've got your money, now you can kiss my ass", the Mahone was dropped around the time they recorded their first album to not allienate the UK'ers before they 'took their money'...
everyone in the UK knew what Pogue Mahone meant, they took it as simply being the Irish humour aimed the BBC and other 'institutions' in the UK and regarded their attitude as being confrontational in a tongue-in-cheek style like Sex Pistols...
but, McGowan and Co werent foolin'!...
the last laugh was on the Brits...LMAO
a "pogue mahone" is Gaelic for "kiss my ass"....
the Pogues were staunch Catholics, and as such despised the English and have done ever since barbarian Oliver Cromwell went over there and slaughtered thousands of them in the 1600s...
its strange how barbarians become heroes isnt it...
Cromwell has long been regarded as a hero in the UK, the same as Custer was in the US...history now paints a realistic picture of both.
the Pogues knew that if they made it, it would be in the UK...the name was their little 'dig' at the British with the attitude..."ok,we've got your money, now you can kiss my ass", the Mahone was dropped around the time they recorded their first album to not allienate the UK'ers before they 'took their money'...
everyone in the UK knew what Pogue Mahone meant, they took it as simply being the Irish humour aimed the BBC and other 'institutions' in the UK and regarded their attitude as being confrontational in a tongue-in-cheek style like Sex Pistols...
but, McGowan and Co werent foolin'!...
the last laugh was on the Brits...LMAO
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.