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Here Comes Everybody
- The Story of the Pogues
- Narrated by: James Fearnley
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
October 1982: ABC, Culture Club, Shalamar and Survivor dominate the top twenty when the Pogues barrel out from the backstreets of King's Cross, a furious, pioneering mix of punk energy, traditional melodies and the powerfully poetic songwriting of Shane MacGowan.
Reviled by traditionalists for their frequently fast, often riotous interpretations of Irish folk songs, the Pogues rose from the sweaty chaos of backroom gigs in Camden pubs to world tours with the likes of Elvis Costello, U2 and Bob Dylan and had huge commercial success with everyone's favourite Christmas song, 'Fairytale of New York'.
Yet the exuberance of their live performances coupled with relentless touring spiralled into years of hard drinking and excess which eventually took their toll - most famously on Shane but also on the rest of the band - causing them to part ways seven years later.
Here their story is told with beauty, lyricism and great candour by James Fearnley, founding member and accordion player. He brings to life the youthful friendships, the bust-ups, the amazing gigs, the terrible gigs, the fantastic highs and the dramatic lows in a hugely compelling, humorous, moving and honest account of life in one of our most treasured and original bands.
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- Colum Ritchie
- 26-04-17
brillant story, poorly read most of the time
Would you listen to Here Comes Everybody again? Why?
doubt I'd listen to it again, James is not a natural reader, taking away from the enjoyment
Who was your favorite character and why?
Shane, its the only reason I bought this, wanting to know how the Pogues came about and Shane is the character which without, the Pogues would never be.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
not a natural interesting reader, poorly read, especially when a great story
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Pogue Mahone, what else
Any additional comments?
I'm not one to usually write reviews.
However in this case, I'll make an exception.
Based on other reviews, I expected the reading to be mediocre and they were right.
When James reads, he tends to be slow and you'd think it was the first time reading the book as you get the feeling he's just reading it as he finds it.
Until he gets to the parts where he's imitating Shane etc, these become very fluent and just about keep me interested in listening to the story.
I am however enjoying hearing how the Pogues became the Pogues, from the early days of the Nips, just a shame the reading could have been much more fluent which would make the overall rating 100%, only falls down on James's spoken words :(
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- SinS&T
- 15-01-23
Heartbreaking humanity
I did find the stilted delivery difficult at times but the story of The Pogues family had all the ups and downs of all family life and this was well worth every minute of listening. Thanks for sharing James.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-12-23
Just grand
I thoroughly enjoyed this well written and hugely entertaining book, it takes you on a musical journey with the highs and lows of being in an important. ground breaking band, I was waiting for th,t music in the early eighties and the Pogues went out into the world and made it. The reading by James Fearnley is perfect.
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- Mark Smith
- 01-03-18
very good
Really enjoyed the book. Great to get an insider view of the Pogues. The narration is really clear and easy to follow.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-01-24
Wonderful Stuff
Sad, beautiful, and pulls no punches. Reads like the best Pogues songs, and there's no finer tribute than that.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-12-18
An in depth history of an excellent band.
As i have all The Pogues alnums and saw them in their heyday of the '80s it was all the more enjoyable to hear the inside story of this troubled band.
James Fearnley, comes across as uncomfortable at public reading and in his sometimes staccato voice this becomes obvious.
I can say though that this was in no way detrimental to my enjoyment of the book, i'm guessing that the author made ample use of a thesaurus during the writing of the book, this only served to give the images and stories related by the author a greater strength in depth.
Overall a wonderful book and definitely a must for any fan of The Pogues, or anyone just wanting to hear a good well written book.
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- P Gee
- 25-09-21
good - but needs to be updated
Great about the early years.
The book finishes in 1991, what about the reformation etc?
Sometimes stilled reading
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- J. Sutton
- 24-01-19
Superb
Once you get past the author's stop start reading style this is a wonderful story. His impressions are superb. This is frank, self deprecating and very enjoyable. Finished too early but always leave your audience wanting more.
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- JXxx
- 08-09-24
Outstanding!
Enjoyed this so much I listened to it twice. Fascinating insight behind the scenes of one of my favourite bands. Thank you James! Great mimic too :)
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- N. Walsh
- 06-04-22
A Wonderful Memoir
This is an audio book I will go back to again and again.
I first saw the band in McGonagles, Dublin in '85 and was a fan ever since.
I really enjoyed the writing and reading of a great story and I'm happy that James fulfilled his ambition to write and have a book published. No better man to tell the tale.
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