Fairytale of New York is still ranked among my favorite songs ever.

I'm from near Dublin and Shane & Victoria have been sort-of-regular guests at my mother's house for as long as I can remember. Shane is unintelligible even in one-on-one conversation. His accent has nothing to do with it.

Listen to enough Punk and/or enough Irish accents and it's a fair bit easier. Also The Pogues were big at a time when people still bought CDs and cassettes, and those had liner notes with the lyrics in 'em.

Love that Irish punk's voice.

Was that the comment about them being the only good band of the 80's?

How can anyone tell whether his lyrics are good or bad? He's completely unintelligible and has been for decades.

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I really want to know what you are smoking cause that is some really strong shit to spout such shit idiotic takes

i have the best rap playlists you shoul look thru

I like that story about how he wrote Fairytale of New York as a bet with Elvis Costello to show he was a better songwriter

I know he didn’t write The Irish Rover. My comment stands alone; I believe he’s an amazing songwriter. I should have been more specific.

One way is to simply ask friends or communities what they are listening to, join a music discord server like this one where people are sharing what they listen to all the time https://discord.gg/qWTkebg7

Don’t disagree, but this song is attributed to J.M. Crofts in 1937.

I'm 51, so I'm oldstyle, therefore I would suggest looking for radio stations that play the type of music you like, if you want to find more of the same kind.

If you really want to expand beyond the genre(s) you currently listen to, another thing could be to look for "best of"-lists in different genres, to see if there's something in there you like.

Who are your 5 artists? Maybe check to see if any of them have side projects or collabs with other artists outside their genre. Might be a rabbit hole to new music from familiar artists that opens up a new appreciation for them

Love the Pogues, Dubliners and this song. Shane MacGowan is an amazing songwriter.

Problem is when you hit the bottom of the rabbit hole and find out about the dangerous, contagious and extreme ways in the deep.

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Happy St. Paddy's Day

I can relate. I know the entire catalogs of Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Radiohead, Sigur Ros and a few others, and apart from that my music knowledge is basically limited to the 200 most popular classic rock songs.

I enjoy it so I stick with it. Don't tell yourself you're "boring" and try to change because of that; just do what you enjoy.

I know this is much easier said than done, but try picking up an instrument! I find that music I like to listen to and music I like to play are totally different, but they end up bleeding together.

I find some gems at the end of a lot of B horror movies of tubitv.

I like to find a random song on YouTube and let it take me away through the suggestions. If I hate a suggestion, I either hit the back button and look at another, or just go with the flow. One song leads to another, one artist leads to another. Do this without logging in so there's not a stupid algorithm.

I go to the genre I’m interested in and look for new releases. I listen to the list of new music to find songs and artists I like. It’s fun to explore new music in all genres. It also made me realize that some generations believe good music ended after… Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Lynard Skynard, The Eagles, etc. I’m a Gen X and I’m ashamed of people my age who completely limit their music selections to bands like these. I like finding new artists and honestly, I’m so sick of some of the bands of that era that I could happily never listen to them again.

Don’t worry about not memorizing lyrics. Some of us just have a harder time noticing and remembering lyrics than others, because other parts of the music jump out to us more instead.

You don’t need to memorize lyrics to love a song!