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

1. Life Live – Thin Lizzy
2. Gold: Greatest Hits – Abba
3. Live After Death – Iron Maiden
4. Reign in Blood – Slayer
5. Elvis 75 – Good Rockin' Tonight – Elvis Presley (4 Disc Box Set)

Chad's Top 5 Desert Island Discs

1. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie
2. Peter Gabriel (Scratch) – Peter Gabriel
3. Fear of Music – Talking Heads
4. The White Album – The Beatles
5. ???

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)

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