Shane MacGowan

StefB

Not unexpected following recent updates, but very sad nonetheless - https://news.sky.com/story/the-pogues-star-shane-macgowan-best-known-for-christmas-hit-fairytale-of-new-york-dies-at-65-13008760

Kittyfrisk

I knew he had been very ill again recently following bouts of pneumonia & encephalitis.
A renegade one off that lived life on his own terms. RIP.

mrkb

Wow, I loved the Pogues when I was 16-18 - saw them live once and had a great time. RIP Shane.

distressed

strumjoughlamps

Very sad big fan, I even really like this..



Taking into account his lifestyle 65 ain't too bad, and pretty much all those years on his own terms...kudos

Dominic

Will be strange hearing 'Fairytale of NY' in a week or two 
best Xmas song by miles

mrkb

Dominic said:

Will be strange hearing 'Fairytale of NY' in a week or two 
best Xmas song by miles

Was hoping it will get back to Xmas no1, but will probably be the idiots singing about sausage rolls again.

JEM

mrkb said:

Was hoping it will get back to Xmas no1, but will probably be the idiots singing about sausage rolls again.

Fortunately I believe they've decided to give it a miss this year.

mo6020

"Fare thee well, gone away, there's nothing left to say,
But say adieu to your eyes as blue as the water in the bay"

scrumhalf

I have a memory of him working behind the counter at Vinyl Solution in Hanway Street. If it wasn't him, then someone else must have been to the same dentist.

RIP, Shane O'Hooligan. 

axisus

Although I can't say I was a fan, Fairytale of New York will always be my fave Xmas song - unlike all the 'fun' ones it has real heart and soul.

Elvis_Penberthy

Had the privilege to enjoy a back gig libation with a very personable Shane and the band during 2nd album tour. He was on a pint of Guinness and dry white wine spritzer (with cider) - in the one glass of course.
Many couldn't see past this characterised image and too be fair he didn't exactly play by the rules.
He is however, undoubtedly one of the best songwriters these Islands has produced. RIP Shane.

TheMarlin

Sad news

Devil#20

FINY is the only commercially produced Christmas song I like. The rest are crap. 

Leisceoir

This is my favourite song of his, The Song With No Name. Have you ever seen lyrics that describe Regret so well as this?

Long years ago I fell in love

With a lady proud and fair

So passionate were she and I

We made fire in the air

I loved her more than life itself

She loved me just the same

And it broke my heart

To think we'd part if she ended the affair

But I was brutal, I was ignorant

I was cruel I was brash

I never gave a damn about

The beauty that I smashed

No sadist I, but I took delight

In making my Love cry

Now I'd pray for a single kiss from her

To be lashed and crucified

And now I feel this lady fair

Can never more be mine

Long gone are night in my lonely bed

All suffering and crying

And though I fear that through this life

She'll only call me friend

Til I'm dead and buried in my grave

My Love will never end

guitarmangler

Rip. 

ICBM

Damn... for a while it seemed that he was going to go on like Keith Richards. It's a miracle he got this far, to be honest.

He did leave us with some very fine music though.

RIP

Creed_Clicks

The James Fearnley book is worth a read. RIP Shane.

Fledermaus

I saw the Pogues in Leicester (I think) many years ago…what a riot! He was as drunk as a skunk!

But ….. what a song smith…. RIP Shane

stufisher

My 38 years of enjoying The Pogues started here:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-pogues/1985/university-of-strathclyde-glasgow-scotland-3bcc9074.html

Delivered to us on Christmas Day ... taken from us on St Andrew's Day.

Suaimhneas síoraí.

rze99

Fact fans - Paul Weller produced his first demos and the single by THE NIPS, (previously known by the name of the Nipple Erectors).

He was mad on The Jam and was a fixture at their early London dates.

https://twitter.com/RichardBalls/status/1226581737767145481