Hell's Ditch is the fifth full-length album by The Pogues, Released in 1990… Read Full Bio ↴Hell's Ditch is the fifth full-length album by The Pogues, Released in 1990, the album continued the group's slow departure from Irish music, giving more emphasis to rock and straight folk rock, and forsaking their earlier staples of traditional compositions almost entirely.
Several of the songs on the album have Asian themes, in sound or in content, notably "Summer in Siam", "The House of Gods", and "Sayonara", although only the latter has strong elements of a noticeably far-eastern tune. The song "Lorca's Novena" draws on MacGowan's affinity for Spain (particularly Almería, which he discovered years earlier when filming Straight to Hell), and one of its famous poets, Federico García Lorca. The song tells of the poet's murder by Francisco Franco's Nationalist supporters in the Spanish Civil War, and how his body, never having been recovered, was said to have walked away. "The Wake of the Medusa" is a first person narrative inspired by Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa, which appeared on the cover of the band's second album, Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash. The title track "Hell's Ditch" is based largely on the life and writings of French author and playwright Jean Genet, in particular The Miracle of the Rose and Our Lady of the Flowers, and is typically MacGowan in its vulgar description of squalid life in prison.
The album was produced by The Clash's Joe Strummer, who later served as a temporary replacement for MacGowan when the band went on tour.
Several of the songs on the album have Asian themes, in sound or in content, notably "Summer in Siam", "The House of Gods", and "Sayonara", although only the latter has strong elements of a noticeably far-eastern tune. The song "Lorca's Novena" draws on MacGowan's affinity for Spain (particularly Almería, which he discovered years earlier when filming Straight to Hell), and one of its famous poets, Federico García Lorca. The song tells of the poet's murder by Francisco Franco's Nationalist supporters in the Spanish Civil War, and how his body, never having been recovered, was said to have walked away. "The Wake of the Medusa" is a first person narrative inspired by Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa, which appeared on the cover of the band's second album, Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash. The title track "Hell's Ditch" is based largely on the life and writings of French author and playwright Jean Genet, in particular The Miracle of the Rose and Our Lady of the Flowers, and is typically MacGowan in its vulgar description of squalid life in prison.
The album was produced by The Clash's Joe Strummer, who later served as a temporary replacement for MacGowan when the band went on tour.
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Hell's Ditch
The Pogues Lyrics
5 Green Queens and Jean I recall the moment Before it slipped away When 5 green quee…
Hell's Ditch Life's a bitch, then you die Black Hell Hell's ditch, naked …
House Of The Gods Finally found a place they could never reach Sipping Singha …
Lorca's Novena Ignacio lay dying in the sand A single red rose clutched…
Rain Street The church bell rings, an old drunk sings A young girl…
Rainbow Man Life turns Time changes Lost dreams Moon changes Now bush N…
Sayonara OK, it's time for Sayonara So long yankee break my heart Now…
Six To Go O-we-o-o Six to go O-we-o-o Never gonna let go O-we-o-…
Summer In Siam When it's summer in Siam And the moon is full of…
The Ghost Of A Smile You gotta walk that mile honey child You gotta walk that…
The Sunnyside Of The Street Seen the carnival at Rome Had the women, I had the…
The Wake Of The Medusa The guests are stood in silence They stare and drink their…