Pogues in top form

One thing first: Anyone who believes that having to strutting again over Shane MacGowan allegedly disastrous state, just believe me: He is accommodated in these two evenings live recording in a great shape that he so did not have more than 20 years (!) , That is a fact!
Anyone reasonably covers the band's history and has followed their work, who knows in what a pitiful state partially Shane sometimes stepped on the stage, shook or fell. That this has also left lasting consequences is undisputed. His shaky transition is due today but rather more hip and leg fractures, as excessive alcohol or drug consumption. And he has always taken during the concerts so-called breaks. This is mainly due to the incredible quality of the band and its individual protagonists. Whether Spider Stacey, Phillip Chevron, Terry Woods or Andrew Ranken - they all have done well as composers and performers produced in the past and this is also provided in the live performances prove. It is this diversity of creativity has always been something different from the Pogues many other bands of their time.
And this is now very easy to observe in the form of high really wonderful DVD / CD and marvel at. Women over 50 have not lost their fun even after 30 years. And who takes a look into the euphoric audience, the will not have escaped, how many really young people have mixed under. That's amazing enough for a band that has released no official album more in 17 years. The last album full original cast is even 21 years back.
So it can only be connected to the musical and vocal quality that this phenomenon "Pogues" still too young people into the concerts and drives to sweating.

So for me, "The Pogues in Paris - 30th Anniversary Concert at the Olympia" more than just a nostalgic look back at 30 years of band history, but also a proof that real musical quality never ages and is always up to date. That's very comforting in a time of fast produced goods up to the absolute arbitrariness. Any the Pogues never wanted to be - and Shane MacGowan certainly not. THAT'S REAL PUNK !!!