Terry Woods

Épopée de la lutte pour l'indépendance de l'Irlande au début du siècle. La puissante Angleterre a toujours connu la contestation de la part de sa plus proche colonie, l'Irlande. Pendant 700 ans, les révoltes ont été jugulées. Mais en 1916, une rébellion éclate à Dublin, qui changera le cours de l'histoire. L'artisan de cette révolte, un homme de l'ombre voué à son pays, s'appelait Michael Collins.

'What we did, right, was we broke open the pop market, right? To trad music, right? Irish trad music, yeah? Now what happened after that I don't know...' So confesses toothy, hard-drinkin' Shane McGowan, lead man with punk-folk megastars the Pogues, the band that has taken traditional Irish folk and ramshackle rock to the bright pop lights of Wembley. In this rather haphazard but proud spirit, the documentary, like the Pogues' career itself, continues: the band and the various famous rockers they've jammed with offering opinions and anecdotes in a surprisingly entertaining and often revealing manner. Even if you have absolutely no interest in the music, the vast array of pasty-faced uglies is really quite stunning.

Une bande de voleurs de banque avec un attaché case rempli de billets s'enfoncent dans le désert pour se cacher. Après avoir enterré leur butin, ils arrivent dans une ville surréelle grouillante de cowboys qui boivent des quantités de café.

Thirteen examples of The Pogues unique brand of hellraising folk, ranging from punky takes on traditional Irish songs like 'Dirty Old Town' to the Shane MacGowan penned originals which offered romanticised visions of life viewed through the bottom of a bottle.

A look at the creation of The Pogues' song "Fairytale of New York".