Episode 10: Just Kidding, Lars

Two listener questions take us an entire episode to answer... first, we compare Shane MacGowan of the Pogues to Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly of the Dubliners. Then follows a ridiculously long discussion of our top five(ish) desert island discs. References for this episode Leaving of Liverpool - The Dubliners — Ronnie Drew on lead vocals The Town I Loved So Well (Live) - The Dubliners — Luke Kelly on lead vocals Dirty Old Town (Live) - The Dubliners — Luke Kelly on lead vocals Rocky Road to Dublin (Live) - The Dubliners — Luke accidentally repeats the 'Mullingar' verse and reacts humourously Monto (Live) - The Dubliners Dirty Old Town - Christy Moore and Shane MacGowan Huey Lewis performs with Thin Lizzy Interview with Chris Hayes of Huey Lewis & the News — Suburban Underground New Religion - Duran Duran Patrick's Top 5 Desert Island Discs Life Live - Thin Lizzy Gold: Greatest Hits - Abba Live After Death - Iron Maiden Reign in Blood - Slayer Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley (4 Disc Box Set) Chad's Top 5 Desert Island Discs Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie Peter Gabriel (Scratch) - Peter Gabriel Fear of Music - Talking Heads The White Album - The Beatles ??? More References Cold Sweat (Live) - Thin Lizzy Human Strain - Slayer George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr talk about Elvis's later period (from the Beatles Anthology) Bruce Dickinson and his opinion(s) on synthesizers in heavy metal The Rocker - Thin Lizzy (Eric Bell guitar solo) Still in Love With You - Thin Lizzy (John Sykes guitar solo) My Sharona - The Knack (Berton Averre guitar solo) Life During Wartime - Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison keyboard solo) Girlfriend is Better - Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads (original 1984 theatrical mix) (Jerry Harrison keyboard solo) Join us in IRELAND this Fall Ireland 2019 - Are you in? Ireland tour pricing and itinerary (PDF) Sign up for the Ireland tour online Show dates Blaggards.com Facebook Bandsintown Follow us Facebook Twitter Instagram Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, leave a comment on Patreon, or tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.