[Music] Shane Macgowan - still alive

CheeseRolls

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• Dec 14, 2019

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NSC RTE Late late show last night ran a Shane Macgowan special. Absolutely fantastic tribute to the great man.

Warning there is some fantastic music, but if you are tuning in just for Fairytale of New York, yes they play it right at the end, but Macgowan and Philomena Begg, then completely screw it up.

You need to download the RTE Player to be able to watch this. However the show is easy to find and no issues streaming for me. The show is about 90 minutes long with the entre second half dedicated to Macgowan.

 

Psychobilly freakout

HellBilly

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• Dec 14, 2019

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Shane in his punk/garage/trash phase...

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Is it PotG?

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• Nov 15, 2023

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The legend remains in intensive care, all the very best wishes to him.

https://news.sky.com/story/shane-ma...frontman-is-pictured-in-hospital-bed-13008745

 

Perfidious Albion

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• Nov 16, 2023

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Sorry to read of his serious illness… He was the antithesis of a band singer … He looked bad , did not really have a voice but there was was something about The Pogues that I really liked.. I hope he recovers.

 

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Swegulls

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• Nov 16, 2023

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Oh no, sad, sad news. He’s one of my all time favourites. All the best to him.

 

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• Nov 16, 2023

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Perfidious Albion said:

Sorry to read of his serious illness… He was the antithesis of a band singer … He looked bad , did not really have a voice but there was was something about The Pogues that I really liked.. I hope he recovers.

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He wrote some wonderful songs

 

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• Nov 16, 2023

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Perfidious Albion said:

Sorry to read of his serious illness… He was the antithesis of a band singer … He looked bad , did not really have a voice but there was was something about The Pogues that I really liked.. I hope he recovers.

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One of the best concerts I ever went to - at the Top Rank in the mid 80s. So energetic.

 

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Swegulls

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• Nov 16, 2023

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Saw them a cople of weeks before they split. He was in a mess at the time. Then it seems like he recoverd and was on the right track again. New teeths, I love this!

”The new teeth have, however, already expanded his diet. The dentist added: “There was a moving moment when someone gave Shane an apple to eat … something he hadn’t done in 20 years.”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...-macgowan-a-wreck-reborn-new-teeth-tv-special

 

Pinkie Brown

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• Nov 16, 2023

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A charismatic talent that tbh, nobody should really aspire too given his health issues. I remember The Pogues performing on the same bill with The Libertines at Hyde Park some years back. Two bands with lead singers that made me wonder, how TF are these two still alive? Hopefully Shane pulls through. An Irish icon. Even if he was born in Tunbridge Wells!

I watched an excellent bio pic of him a couple of years back, simply entitled 'Shane.' Well worth a watch.

 

CheeseRolls

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• Nov 16, 2023

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Legend that he is, Shane has been living on borrowed time for many years. His partner is also a complete chancer and it seems there is always a drama leading up to Christmas, to see if she can squeeze a few more royalties out of Fairytale of New York.

By the way I don't begrudge him any of it and will be gutted when he does finally pop his clogs. Many happy memories of seeing the Pogues live and his later work with the Popes is I think very underated.

 

The Clamp

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• Nov 16, 2023

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I don’t think he has ever seen himself as an addict. Just a Hell raiser with a glint in his eye. Thus he never sought the help he so desperately needed.

I think it’d take a bit more than his wife’s suggestion of meditation videos and some green food.

However, I imagine he’s more enjoyable to watch onstage than he is to live with.

Sadly, I should think the damage he has done to himself is irreversible.

 

Eric Potts

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• Nov 16, 2023

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The Clamp said:

I don’t think he has ever seen himself as an addict. Just a Hell raiser with a glint in his eye. Thus he never sought the help he so desperately needed.

I think it’d take a bit more than his wife’s suggestion of meditation videos and some green food.

However, I imagine he’s more enjoyable to watch onstage than he is to live with.

Sadly, I should think the damage he has done to himself is irreversible.

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I've seen one or two of his performances with The Pogues that weren't too enjoyable. Joe Strummer took over from him for a while .

 

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• Nov 16, 2023

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CheeseRolls said:

Legend that he is, Shane has been living on borrowed time for many years. His partner is also a complete chancer and it seems there is always a drama leading up to Christmas, to see if she can squeeze a few more royalties out of Fairytale of New York.

By the way I don't begrudge him any of it and will be gutted when he does finally pop his clogs. Many happy memories of seeing the Pogues live and his later work with the Popes is I think very underated.

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Wouldnt have thought it needed any squeezing. Its on in every shop you go in from the first week of November!