Sad news, Shane MacGowan of the Pogues died today!! Really liked his music. Saw the Pogues once live some 30+ years ago, guy drank a least a bottle of whiskey during the show. May he rest in peace!!
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RIP Shane MacGowan
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Rest in peace.
There's no pain, there's no more sorrow
They're all gone, gone in the years, babe
They're all gone, gone in the years, babe
Too bad. He seemed to finally be pulling his life back together. RIP.
They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
Got on a lucky one…RIP! A treasure.
He was a poet, like the real poets were in times when we weren’t as cynical and superficial. The honesty came through in everything he did. Amazing he lived to 65, and we can be glad of that.
Wow, I had not heard. Thanks for posting, Rudy. I wish I had seen the Pogues live. A miracle that he made it that far. His life style for a very long time made Keith Richard seem like the president of the temperance league.
But I agree, a true treasure. A true artist and an orignal. May you rest in peace, Shane.
But I agree, a true treasure. A true artist and an orignal. May you rest in peace, Shane.
Life is a bottle of smoke.
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I saw them twice in Germany, probably late 80's.
This is a very good point.
That would have been a great time to see them, I suspect!
I saw them twice in Germany, probably late 80's.
You know those songs you can listen to over and over and never get sick of them? Fairytale of New York and If I should Fall from Grace with God are two of mine. Fantastic stuff.
I saw them twice in Germany, probably late 80's.
Well this sucks!
65 is still pretty young though. Even though these guys live a reckless life you still don't expect it. I felt stunned when I heard Steve Riley from LA Guns died late Oct of this year around a similar age (67).
It's kinda sad because I feel as though a lot of older bands a magic that few if any newer bands have been able to recapture.
65 is still pretty young though. Even though these guys live a reckless life you still don't expect it. I felt stunned when I heard Steve Riley from LA Guns died late Oct of this year around a similar age (67).
It's kinda sad because I feel as though a lot of older bands a magic that few if any newer bands have been able to recapture.
And Keef will live to 110!
lol yep. Amazing stuff really.
cool that Summer in Siam is on that list. one if my favs, but I do not think many folks feel that way
I have been following the news coverage of MacGowan's death, and I am disliking the emphasis on Fairytale of New York. As great a song as that is, I personally have heard it too often. My fault not Shane's! And Shane was about so much more than that one song.
I am sure others on B&B more familiar with Irish punk than I am can correct me, but to me part of the greatness of Shane and the Pogues was that they seemed to create a niche and then fill it.
I am sure others on B&B more familiar with Irish punk than I am can correct me, but to me part of the greatness of Shane and the Pogues was that they seemed to create a niche and then fill it.
RIP
So sad - he really new how to make music!
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