The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (33 1/3)
by Jeffrey T. Roesgen
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Author: Jeffrey T. RoesgenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09
ISBN: 0826429165
Number of pages: 117
Publisher: Continuum
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- ISBN13: 9780826429162
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (33 1/3)
Book Review: More Analysis, Less Story Please
Summary: 3 Stars
The 33 1/3 series has taken on the classic Pogues album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash by Jeffery T. Roesgen. There have been many different approaches in this series-some that are traditional critical discussions others are more artistic. For example, Joe Pernice wrote a very entertaining novella about The Smith's album Meat Is Murder. Colin Meloy, of the Decembrists, wrote a compelling personal memoir about The Replacements' seminal album Let It Be. Roesgen tried to combine the two styles by writing a short story using historical references form sources of the painting used as the cover art about a disastrous sea voyage to Africa that ended in cannibalism and tragedy. I found myself skipping the narrative and reading the discussions of the songs from the album that were referenced by a number of sources and gave a lot of insight into the conception of the album. I think it would have been better id the author had focused on that and left the story of the ship, The Medusa out of it completely.
Summary of The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (33 1/3)
To absorb Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is to be taken on a wild voyage with a cast of downtrodden revolutionaries. Despite this notion, the epic themes of the Pogues' second full length record have been overlooked by both critics and biographers in favor of two things: the band's penchant for combining Celtic folk with punk rhythms ("the sound") and the excesses of Shane MacGowan ("the creator"). Instead of reiterating these aspects, this book discusses, in the form of a sea-faring narrative, the record's articulation of what it is found to be magnificently trodden. Through epic imagery gracing the cover of the album and reverberating throughout the lyrics, Roesgen's book shows that what the Pogues created is far more than pub-room music created by drunken men wallowing in Irish nostalgia and pining for something subversive.Rock Books
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