The Pogues ... who's got music?

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The Pogues ... who's got music?

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So who knows where I can get some sheet music for playing anything by the Pogues. I'm a new whistler and listening to the CDs over and over again is one possibility but there are some things my inexperienced ears just can't hear!
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I transcribed Spider's whistle solo from 'Fairytale of New York' to practice writing ABC notation a while back:

X: 1
T: Fairytale of New York
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: D
%%MIDI program 73
|d>ef|edd/2e/2|fed|B3|a>ba|fdd/2e/2|fga|e3|
a>ba|fdd/2e/2|fed|B3|Adf|afd|efe|d3|
a>ba|fdd/2e/2|fed|ede|fed|BGG|ABc|d2f|
a>ba|fdd/2e/2|fed|B3|Adf|afd|efe|d3||

Paste this into the <A HREF="http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html">ABC Convert-A-Matic</A> to render it to standard music notation or MIDI.
Spider plays a C whistle as often as a D in his recordings with The Pogues, so bear that in mind when trying to play along with the CDs.

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Is there a lot of whistling on their CDs or just a little? If a lot, what's a good CD to start with?
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blackhawk wrote:Is there a lot of whistling on their CDs or just a little? If a lot, what's a good CD to start with?
There's quite a bit of whistle playing on all their CDs, but the whistle is almost exclusively used as an accompaniment instrument, and rarely takes the lead.
Shane MacGowan's voice is one of those that you either love or hate, so you might be wise to listen to some demo tracks before you spend your money on any of their CDs. ;)
Shane MacGowan's musical roots were in the punk genre with his old band 'The Nipple Erectors', so that might give you some idea of what to expect. :lol:
Amazon.com carries most of their CDs and provide several sound samples.
Their 1984 debut 'Red Roses For Me' is as good a place to start collecting as any if you decide to start.
It contains the tracks 'Streams of Whiskey', 'Greenland Whale Fisheries', 'Waxie's Dargle', and 'Kitty', which are some of my personal favorites.
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I'm partial to Pogue Mahone, a 1995 CD.

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Personally, I'm a fan of Rum, Sodomy, & the Lash. I also recommend The Very Best of The Pogues
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Duckrasta wrote:Personally, I'm a fan of Rum, Sodomy, & the Lash.
Thank you for sharing that, but isn't that 'thread drift'? :lol: :lol: :lol:

And to any Gailic speakers, I don't think PhilO was being personal when he said 'Pogue Mahone'!

There is a decent 'best of' CD, 'Essential', which may be a good beginners' point.

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There's a music book available entitled "The Best Of The Pogues." I think I got it several years ago from Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan (they have a huge mail-order dept). This book has, among others, Fairytale of New York, Irish Rover, Dirty Old Town and, my personal favourite, Rain Street. I also just picked up a used copy of the "Hell's Ditch" CD for FOUR bucks. It pays to lead a clean life.
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Thanks everyone, I'm going to try and locate that book. Cheers!
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[Thread revival. - Mod]

Hi guys, i know this is an old one but im fairly new to reading music. I can read music but in this format that raindog had posted, im a little confused.

|d>ef|edd/2e/2|fed|B3|a>ba|fdd/2e/2|fga|e3|

I would like to know what > symbol means and also what /2e/2 means and also B3 means

If someone could explain it that would be great, cheers.
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As the post suggested, you could be better off converting from abc to staff notation, if you are more confident reading that.

Failing that, https://abcnotation.com/ will give the ins and outs of abc notation.
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Love the Pogues and our troop plays heaps of their songs. You'll find that most of their songs are covers, so it's easy to find whistle tabs or ABCs for most of them unless you want to play exactly like Spider. Martin Darvis (I think that's right) has helped me with Body of an American and Navigator and we've just started playing Waxie's Dargle at Pogues speed with me whistling and singing (gulp). Rarely at the same time. Hah
Hit me up if you can't find any tabs online.

PS just noticed how old this thread was. Yeesh. Hopefully it's still relevant.
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