Hating The Pogues: An Appreciation of The Pogues

I used to hate The Pogues. There’s only two reasons why you would hate The Pogues. Firstly, you’ve not really ever listened to any of their music – beyond Fairytale Of New York (aka “that Christmas song”), Dirty Old Town (aka “that I met my love song!”) and The Irish Rover (aka “that Irish Rover Song”). Secondly, and this is really an either/or situatio…