seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65
The Irish singer-songwriter, whose hits include Fairytale of New York, was unwell for some time.
www.bbc.co.uk
RIP Shane MacGowan
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
sad to say, I must be on me way. RIP
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Oh dear, BBC just announced Shane MacGowan has died at age of 65. RIP Shane.
Guess what this years Christmas No. one will be?
Guess what this years Christmas No. one will be?
Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65
The Irish singer-songwriter, whose hits include Fairytale of New York, was unwell for some time.
www.bbc.co.uk
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
One of the least surprising celebrity deaths you'll ever see but still sad to see. He was a genuinely unique talent and character.
JimW
支那暗杀团
Posted this in celebrity death thread, truly great poet:
The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks
There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks
You sang me a song as pure as the breeze
Blowing up the road to Glenaveigh
I sat for a while at the cross at Finnoe
Where young lovers would meet when the flowers were in bloom
Heard the men coming home from the fair at Shinrone
Their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go
Take my hand, and dry your tears babe
Take my hand, forget your fears babe
There's no pain, there's no more sorrow
They're all gone, gone in the years babe
The last time I saw you was down at the Greeks
There was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks
You sang me a song as pure as the breeze
Blowing up the road to Glenaveigh
I sat for a while at the cross at Finnoe
Where young lovers would meet when the flowers were in bloom
Heard the men coming home from the fair at Shinrone
Their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go
Take my hand, and dry your tears babe
Take my hand, forget your fears babe
There's no pain, there's no more sorrow
They're all gone, gone in the years babe
skyscraper101
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Thread already
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
Buy me beer and whiskey, 'cause I'm going far away.
PTK
Paul Kegan
Which song is this? That is a great lyric.
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
The Sickbed of Cuchulain
McCormack and Richard Tauber are singing by the bed
There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands
When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne
And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone
Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid
And you decked some fucking black shirt who was cursing all the Yids
At the sick bed of Cúchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
But the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair, whoa!
Well, in the Euston Tavern you screamed it was your shout
But they wouldn't give you service so you kicked the windows out
They took you out into the street, kicked you in the brains
So you walked back in through a bolted door and did it all again
At the sick bed of Cúchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair, hey
You remember that foul evening when you heard the banshees howl
There was lazy drunken bastards singing Billy in the bowl
They took you up to midnight mass and left you in the lurch
So, you dropped a button in the plate and spewed up in the church
Now you'll sing a song of liberty for blacks and paks and jocks
And they'll take you from this dump you're in and stick you in a box
Then they'll take you to Cloughprior and shove you in the ground
But you'll stick your head back out and shout "We'll have another round"
At the graveside of Cúchulainn we'll kneel around and pray
And God is in his Heaven and Billy's down by the bay (yah!)
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
As others have said - not surprising. The last pic of him in his hospital bed reminded me of my dad when he was under palliative care and they'd withdrawn food so it was obvious he was being released to die at home.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
If I should fall from grace with God
Where no doctor can relieve me
If I'm buried in the sod
But the angels won't receive me
Let me go, boys, let me go, boys
Let me go down in the mud, where the rivers all run dry
Where no doctor can relieve me
If I'm buried in the sod
But the angels won't receive me
Let me go, boys, let me go, boys
Let me go down in the mud, where the rivers all run dry
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Ah bugger
Knew it was coming but still. Cheers for the music and the entertainment, Shane x
Knew it was coming but still. Cheers for the music and the entertainment, Shane x
Whagwan
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First tune I put on when I heard the news. RIP Shane
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Ah, fuck. Go well fella.
skyscraper101
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No better time to post this I guess.
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
Not unexpected, but sad all the same.
Saw the Pogues several times over the years, always a good night.
I also bumped into him once at Brixton Academy (I think it was when I saw The Damned and The Ramones).
Well, it would be more accurate to say he bumped into me - literally - drink had been taken on both sides and I thought we were both going down but I managed to get a hand to his chest and give him a shove. We both remained upright, we clinked (plastic) glasses and went on our way.
Saw the Pogues several times over the years, always a good night.
I also bumped into him once at Brixton Academy (I think it was when I saw The Damned and The Ramones).
Well, it would be more accurate to say he bumped into me - literally - drink had been taken on both sides and I thought we were both going down but I managed to get a hand to his chest and give him a shove. We both remained upright, we clinked (plastic) glasses and went on our way.
