What do you assign to Mordor?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Lindale

My, Gollum the Great sure has sparked a lot of replies...

That usually occurs when a poster infers that a large number of folks on the forum lack honor.

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

As long as you don't try to tell me that they are the heirs apparent to The Pogues.

I don't think any one band can be rightly acclaimed Pogue-apparent. There are several Poguelets who have touched on their style: Dropkick Murphys represent the wild side, The Waterboys the more lyric (at least on Fisherman's Blues and Room to Roam), and etc., but the band's style variations are too manifold. Unfortunately, what made the Pogues great is what also led to their demise, or at least to the loss of Shane MacGowan's teeth.

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

I don't think any one band can be rightly acclaimed Pogue-apparent.

Certainly not. While I will continue to maintain that The Pogues are inimitable, there are a few bands whch approximate aspects of their style or spirit even more closely than Dropkick Murphys: Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos, The Tossers, and Filthy Thieving Bastards (I'm thinking of this song in particular). Even Flogging Molly seems more Pogue-like to me than the Dropkicks. I'm not familiar with The Waterboys, though. I should take a gander at them on youtube.

[Diane C]

The so-called Credit Crunch

[Lalaith]

Hey, can't you just see Merry and Pippin kicking their heels up to "Sally Maclennane"?

As for this bizarre debate about rock...well music is just music. There´s fantastic stuff to be found in every genre. And dreadful stuff. My personal mordor music would range from classical like Boulez (nails down a blackboard) MoR like Celine Dion and (sorry guys) quite a lot of metal which I just don't dig.
But surely it's a question of taste, not honour.