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Haunted performed by Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor (199?)
Composed by Shane MacGowan
From: Ireland
Mood: Irish duet rock
Recommended by mattypenny [profile] on Wednesday 2nd March 2005

A rock-y love song. Shane in good voice - maybe the last time he has been in such good voice, I dunno. The voices go together brilliantly.

Its a nice contrast with 'Fairytale of New York'. Sample lyric 'you were so cool you could have put out Vietnam'

It was originally recorded with original Pogues bass player Cait O'Riordan (forgive the spelling - I'm crap at Irish names) which I heard at the time but not since - it was on the soundtrack to Sid and Nancy

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03 Mar 05 ·tonyharte: How right you are Matt - tis a mighty fine nugget from 10 years ago. Should've been top 5 - instead of the lower reaches of the chart (if anybody cares these days). The voice of an angel meets devilish genius in a smokey tap room near Wardour St.

Sunlight and pathos in equal measures.

03 Mar 05 ·mattypenny: Many Thanks for the comment Tony.

I dunno how many people would feel the same way, but I really love some of the songs that Sinead O'Connor has been involved with, although I'm not as keen on all of her own stuff.

The collaborations I've paticularly enjoyed:

Marxman - Ship Ahoy
Damien dempsey - Negative Vibes
Something by Jah Wobble I forget the name of
Terry Hall and Sinead - All Kinds of Everything

I'll type some of these up as recommendations when I get the chance

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