Shane MacGowan - “Leaving of Liverpool”
Shane MacGowan - “Leaving of Liverpool”
Has there ever been a better lyricist than the late Shane MacGowan? On St. Patrick's Day, LitHub's Ed Simon pays tribute to Ireland's punk poet.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Shane MacGowan on stage at Brixton Academy in London on St. Patrick’s Day 1987.
Photo by Peter Still
Fairytale of New York' played at Shane MacGowan's funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8lvnSmISc
#ThePogues #ShaneMacGowan #Fairytale #Music
You know the guy who plays Donk in Corocdile Dundee?
Is he just Shane MacGowan?
#OnThisDay in 1957, #ShaneMacGowan, British-Irish punk rock musician (Pogues - "Fairytale of New York", "Red Roses For Me"), born in Pembury, Kent, England (d. 2023).
#RIP
Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of the Pogues, was born on 25 December 1957 in Pembury, Kent. His father was from Dublin and his mother was from Tipperary.
In memory Shane MacGowan
December 25, 1957 - November 30, 2023
The Pogues singing 'Dirty Old Town' drunk in a pub
Hozier Brings Christmas Vibes to ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Emotional Performance and Changed Lyrics to ‘Fairytale of New York’
#Variety #News #FairytaleofNewYork #Hozier #SaturdayNightLive #ShaneMacGowan
Aw, this is a very cute video! Thanks to @Homestead for sharing!
https://mastodon.scot/@Homestead/113661652002583010
I love Fairytale of New York, but always felt a bit uncomfortable with the homophobic slur. Very grateful to Grace Petrie for providing a version with an alternative line: https://youtu.be/cBwqjwB6Skk?si=rcPO0LyxSgxiglQI
(also the pandemic-era video is very nostalgic in all the right ways)
Ted Tocks Covers
Fairytale of New York
Originally posted on December 18, 2023
Remembering Shane MacGowan!
“I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So, Happy Christmas
I love you, baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true”
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #alandoyle #billybragg #caitoriordan #christymoore #doloreskeane #edsheeran #florenceandthemachine #jasonkelce #jefftweedy #JemFiner #jonbonjovi#kirstymaccoll #puddlespityparty #ronankeating
"Cram as much pleasure as you can into life, and rail against the pain that you have to suffer as a result."
Remembering Shane MacGowan who died today 30th November 2023
#ShaneMacGowan #photooftheday #music #photography
Andrew Catlin
One year ago today
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
The Pogues - "A Rainy Night In Soho"
(Album: "Poguetry in Motion" - 1986)
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell
I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song?
To all those little girls and boys
Sometimes I'd wake up in the morning
The ginger lady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I'd hear you talking in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
#NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan:
What a Wonderful World
Bruce Springsteen praises Shane MacGowan: 'Unmatched'
https://youtu.be/Sy5jJF0tfug
#BruceSpringsteen #shanemacgowan
‘Modi – Three Days On The Wing Of Madness’ Review: Punk Rock Lives In Johnny Depp’s Riotous Celebration Of Artistic Excess – San Sebastian
#Festivals #News #Reviews #AlPacino #AntoniaDesplat #HunterSThompson #JackKerouac #JeffBeck #JohnnyDepp #LuisaRanieri #ModiThreeDaysOnTheWingOfMadness #Review #RiccardoScarmaccio #SanSebastianFilmFestival #ShaneMacGowan #StephenGraham
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#louder
“Shane had dropped an enormous amount of acid. Mark E. Smith was out of his mind on amphetamines. I was literally one day out of rehab.” Nick Cave recalls his “disastrous” first meeting with his dear friend and “angel” Shane MacGowan
https://www.loudersound.com/news/nick-cave-shane-macgowan-first-meeting
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Sticking with the #folk theme, here's #Nico - I'll Keep it with mine (which is a Bob Dylan song)
https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=TcnYkf5nm14
And I'm not big on #ThePogues - at least, I haven't checked them out much - but I feel #ShaneMacGowan needs a mention.
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
https://invidious.perennialte.ch/watch?v=s11BuatTuXk
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