U2 Cover the Pogues’ “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah”
It’s the latest offering from an upcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album
U2 has paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan with a cover of his Pogues classic "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah." In introducing the new track on their upcoming tribute album 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan, which drops on November 13 via Rubyworks, Bono's Edge penned a statement reflecting on MacGowan's complex persona.
The Edge noted that MacGowan, a figure full of contradictions, embodied both precision in what he valued and a reckless abandon in other aspects. He likened MacGowan's performance style to that of a storyteller, a blend of wildness and old-Ireland inflections that ran deep in Irish culture. The Edge pointed out that MacGowan's "crooked grin" and "wildness" were not mere disguises but rather signals of his place within a lineage that stretched from traditional pub storytellers to the punk scene.
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