Nara, are you a Dead @ 17 reader?

'Fraid not. In fact, I'm not entirely sure what that is. There are huge gaps in even my passing familiarity with pop culture (unusual upbringing, long story), which is one of the reasons I've shied away from posting here so far - you lot seem so damn up on, well, everything.

The Happy Mondays "Hallelujah" is a different song from the Leonard Cohen one, though.

Is it really? In that case, it couldn't have been them because that was definitely Cohen's song I remember. And the more I think about it, the more I go back to feeling that it was MacGowan doing it. I mean, the bastard made me weep (he often does but that time it was special, particulary since it was the first time I'd seen/heard The Pogues)! My brain doesn't normally get confuzzled about things to which I have such a strong emotional reaction.

Grrrr!

I only have a passing acquaintance with the Pogues.

See, rationally I can understand that The Pogues just aren't everyone's cup of tea. On a less rational level, however... What the hell's wrong with you??! (joking. Mostly)

Is it really?

Yes. The lyrics don't seem to be anywhere online, but it doesn't sound anything like the Cohen one. The Happy Mondays song is used to good effect in the film 24 Hour Party People.

(And most of us don't know everything, except for Hec and Jon, who use their powers for good. Me, I'm good from about 1982-1998, and a lot of everything before and after is mushy mush.)

The lyrics don't seem to be anywhere online, but it doesn't sound anything like the Cohen one.

I just stumbled upon a mention of the Happy Mondays' "Hallelujah" while looking for that elusive Pogues cover I remembered and glommed onto it as a possible explanation for why I couldn't find a trace of the latter. I've probably never even heard it - is it any good?

Me, I'm good from about 1982-1998, and a lot of everything before and after is mushy mush.

Well, that's still a lot more than I can say. I was pretty sketchy on who The Smiths were until a few years ago (I can almost hear the horrified gasps).

I was pretty sketchy on who The Smiths were until a few years ago (I can almost hear the horrified gasps).

I won't gasp. I think I may have been the same way, and I'm sure I'm guilty of more grievous oversights.

you lot seem so damn up on, well, everything.

Only as a group, Nara. It's more like, everybody's damn up on something.

I was pretty sketchy on who The Smiths were until a few years ago (I can almost hear the horrified gasps).

Only if you take the gasps to mean "I'm not alone! I thought I was the only one! Sister!"

(it is sister, right?)

Wait, there are three of us?

Whew.

Sister it is.

And Whew! indeed. It's nice not be alone in ignorance. Although I suppose it's also nice not to be alone in wisdom.

I'm not entirely sure what that is. There are huge gaps in even my passing familiarity with pop culture

Naw, Dead @ 17 is a comic book on a teensy little press so not too many peeps probably know it. I took a stab in the dark as Nara is a character in the comic :)

Naw, Dead @ 17 is a comic book on a teensy little press so not too many peeps probably know it. I took a stab in the dark as Nara is a character in the comic :)

Is that at all related to the very short-lived MTV show (I think it was called Dead @ 17), that, among other things, was Reese Witherspoon's first gig?