OT: RIP - Shane MacGowan - Pour a Sip

[Clonamery]

11/30/2023 3:00am Dublin time - age 65.

 

[Pape]

Love the Pogues music... Stuff they did with Ronnie Drew & the Chieftans is crazy good, and well worth a listen... Sad news to hear... Coming up threes there, Shaney boy...

RIP Shane

 

[irishfanatic]

He was quite the character, a sad loss certainly.

 

[yukon cornelius]

in a Boston sports forum, there's gotta be more than a couple Pogues fans.....


the world lost Shane today......I am amazed he made it to 2023, but still sad he's gone.....


guy was one of the all-time greats, imho

 

[sb1]

It was Christmas eve babe... in the drunk tank... an old man said to me "Won't see another one..."

One of the GOATs of Christmas carols.

 

[yukon cornelius]

It was Christmas eve babe... in the drunk tank... an old man said to me "Won't see another one..."

One of the GOATs of Christmas carols.

that is THE GOAT imho

 

[Boomer B]

Great songwriter. Was listening to Dirty Old Town the other day, and Rainy Night in Soho is one of the great ballads

 

[Clonamery]

Yeah I did an RIP in the PUB. So many classics whether covers, duets, etc. He had gotten out of the hospital a few days ago. Very sad.

 

[yukon cornelius]

Yeah I did an RIP in the PUB. So many classics whether covers, duets, etc. He had gotten out of the hospital a few days ago. Very sad.

i have enough trouble keeping track of this one forum haha

 

[Boomer B]

Fantastic songwriter. If you haven’t heard A Rainy Night in Soho do yourself a favour and have a listen

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

RIP. Also a big part of a classic Wire scene

 

[Pape]

One of my favorite Pogues songs...

 

[Huckleberry1]

It was Christmas eve babe... in the drunk tank... an old man said to me "Won't see another one..."

One of the GOATs of Christmas carols.

My favorite Christmas carol.

 

[Huckleberry1]

He was in really bad shape, this came as no surprise.

 

[yukon cornelius]

He was in really bad shape, this came as no surprise.

you could have said this 20 years ago, though......amazed he made it to '23, and happy that it seems he found some peace in the last decade plus

 

[Boomer B]

It was Christmas eve babe... in the drunk tank... an old man said to me "Won't see another one..."

One of the GOATs of Christmas carols.

“I could have been someone
Well so could anyone"

Gotta be one of the most vicious lines in a song, especially one about a couple at Christmas.

But he doesn’t leave it there. He follows with the hope of redemption. Such a great lyric.

“You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you”

 

[Patjew]

One of a kind, and will be missed. But him making it to 65... he went WAY over the over/under.

 

[captain stone]

I saw the Pogues only once, at the Orpheum Theater downtown, maybe 1988 give or take a year... I don't remember a whole lot of the concert; not too shocking when considering we were getting hammered at Friar Tuck's around the corner then baked on our stroll to the theater before it even started...
I do remember that they played all their songs loudly, not many ballads, and that Shane appeared to be in, as Brady once called it, a lubricated state of mind: I could understand barely a word he sang/spoke, except for This one's for Mrs Thatcher...

Suaimhneas siorai, Shane... There probably won't be anyone quite like you again.

 

[irishfanatic]

Sinéad and Shane this year and amazingly to me, it is nearly 6 years since Dolores O'Riordan's passing.
A lot of talent sadly gone in person but their music will always be with us thankfully.

 

[patman12]

RIP, Shane. The music world has lost a true gem.