RIP Shane MacGowan

[krtek a houby]

From the Bowman show - "these songs sounded like standards, like they were seventy-five years old. . ."

Particularly love the sound and production on Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. The next album is acclaimed to be the best, but there's a little bit too much polish on it for me. Still adore it but there's something extra special about the second release.

 

[editor]

I played Fairytale of New York as my last song when I was DJing on Friday and totally teared up.

 

[circleline]

Had an all staff work catch-up meeting today. Notice on the door of the meeting room: contents may trigger..etc..
First Post on the screen was an 'ice-breaker' about Christmas songs, and a single photo of Shane in front of a rainy window.
Impossible to validate but, as second generation Irish, Shane gave a lot of people (a lot of..) reasons to celebrate.
Triggered.

 

[Aladdin]

 

[Aladdin]

 

[ska invita]

....

 

[hitmouse]

Went to an event last night where they played Fairytale of New York as the night was closing, then after it finished a handful of people burst into a rendition of Dirty Old Town on their own. Obv the latter isn't actually Shane's song, but a lot of people, me included, were introduced through his version and almost certainly wouldn't know it otherwise.

 

[hitmouse]

Oh, and someone read a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah, but that's a different person for a different thread really.

 

[story]

Went to an event last night where they played Fairytale of New York as the night was closing, then after it finished a handful of people burst into a rendition of Dirty Old Town on their own. Obv the latter isn't actually Shane's song, but a lot of people, me included, were introduced through his version and almost certainly wouldn't know it otherwise.

It’s likely to be one of the few they know the words to too.
It doesn’t matter, it’s anyway a way to honour remember and lament the man.

 

[story]

Here is one bard honouring the other








He changes the line

We may never find out what it means
to
And now we’ll never know what it means

 

[spitfire]

Here is one bard honouring the other








He changes the line

We may never find out what it means
to
And now we’ll never know what it means

Well that was quite beautiful, thanks story.

 

[hitmouse]

It’s likely to be one of the few they know the words to too.
It doesn’t matter, it’s anyway a way to honour remember and lament the man.

And tbf, this was in... not actual Salford, but in Greater Manchester, so a lot more geographically appropriate than most Pogues songs.

 

[A380]

Right wing twat shows they are a twat… now taken down apparently.

 

[Aladdin]

Just wanted to post this clip from Shane's funeral mass.
Lisa O Neill and Glan Hamsard singing "Fairytale of New York" and Viktoria and others dancing around Shane's coffin.

He got an amazing send off. His sister had everyone in tears..clearly has the same gift of writing that Shane had...telling of their childhood in Ireland and then the UK and holidays back in Irrland.

 

[story]

God can’t you just imagine Shane laughing his guttering laugh and showing his disaster teeth all the way up to the ears when this was going on. And crying too. Not afraid of his own sentimental side was he.

 

[story]

This is lovely, I think,
A potted history of his life, in (an edited version of) his own words

Shane MacGowan: My family values

The musician talks on his childhood in an IRA safe house, learning religion and hedonism at his auntie's knee, being put on the kitchen table to sing and why he was jealous of his sister

www.theguardian.com

 

[story]

Some photos here, taken at the opening of his art show last year.

The Eternal Buzz and the Crock of Gold | 12 October - 5 November 2022

Dubbed by Januszczak as the ‘Jackson Pollock of the biro’, this survey, which has been curated by the artist’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke, is drawn from a body of work that has never been shown in public before. Executed in a variety of media, predominantly coloured felt tip and biro,...

andipagallery.com

The rip in his left earlobe is a relic of this incident :





In the photos of the opening, he’s wearing wraparound shades, holding a glass of champagne, wearing a large cross and beautiful electric blue suit. He looks calm and happy.

But you can see that slit in his earlobe, his hands look like he’s got Dupyutren’s contracture, his ankles are strapped together so his feet don’t fall off the footplate. He was never afraid of carrying his story openly. In his words, his deeds, his behaviour, all honest and all open. His body also tells the honest story.

 

[story]

You can also see his art on that link to the gallery.

 

[Wilf]

View attachment 403608

Right wing twat shows they are a twat… now taken down apparently.

Can't work that out, is it an attempt at humour by the twat, or the twat being astonishingly stupid (and a twat)?

 

[story]

Can't work that out, is it an attempt at humour by the twat, or the twat being astonishingly stupid (and a twat)?

Either way, also trying to garner support from someone or anyone by calling someone out for being dreadful and disrespectful.

ie using Shane’s funeral and the widespread feelings of loss and celebration of the man as currency for his own venal means.

 

[Wilf]

Just wanted to post this clip from Shane's funeral mass.
Lisa O Neill and Glan Hamsard singing "Fairytale of New York" and Viktoria and others dancing around Shane's coffin.

He got an amazing send off. His sister had everyone in tears..clearly has the same gift of writing that Shane had...telling of their childhood in Ireland and then the UK and holidays back in Irrland.

Hadn't heard Lisa O'Neil before this week. She's got a fantastic voice.

 

[rich!]

Can't work that out, is it an attempt at humour by the twat, or the twat being astonishingly stupid (and a twat)?

he's got a total track record of being astonishingly stupid and a twat.

See also the Lozza Fox attempt to use the Pogues in his pathetic culture wars earlier in this thread.

tl;dr: fash are venal shites as usual.

 

[Aladdin]

Just felt the need to post this..
Very very beautiful rendition of Haunted..at Shane's funeral mass.

 

[8ball]

View attachment 403608

Right wing twat shows they are a twat… now taken down apparently.

I'm still astonished that it's actually real.

 

[hitmouse]

I'm still astonished that it's actually real.

I'm not actually convinced that it is real, but hard to prove one way or another now.

 

[Petcha]

Great article..

Victoria Mary Clarke on her husband Shane MacGowan: ‘He gave up heroin and our connection deepened’

The couple spent more than 40 years together until his death last month. She talks about the excess and addiction, splits and reunions, and the powerful love that bound them together

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sweet FA]

Hadn't heard Lisa O'Neil before this week. She's got a fantastic voice.

She's amazing. One of my favourite things about this year. Still not managed to catch her live but hopefully the stars will align next year.

 

[Wilf]

She's amazing. One of my favourite things about this year. Still not managed to catch her live but hopefully the stars will align next year.

I looked her up on the back of hearing her belting out Fairy Tale of NY. From what I aaw, she's nothing like that normally, though really distinctive.

 

[Boru]

Lisa has covered 'Lullaby of London' on her album 'Heard a long gone song' a few years ago..

 

[surreybrowncap]