Class conflict dominates Outer Banks. The Pogues and the Kooks are in an intense rivalry, which frames much of the tension in ...
Stirring stuff. The Pogues, "Dirty Old Town" (1985) As modern-day interpreters of socially-minded British folk and folklore, the Pogues had no rival. What's most fascinating about their country ...
Producer Elvis Costello took particular delight in The Pogues' trashing of Ewan MacColl's Dirty Old Town - he had never forgiven MacColl for falling asleep at one of his shows during his own folk ...