In Honour of Shane MacGowan.



Rest in Peace Shane MacGowan.

Watch Fairytale in New York by the Pogues here: https://youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8?si=IQS9u60PudVQqkK8
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46 thoughts on “In Honour of Shane MacGowan.”

  1. Honestly one of the best lyricists using language to it’s beauty n ugly a pirate of poetry. You skipped the actual best lyrics “I coulda been someone/ well so could anyone”
    His lyrics can go through historic or pop culture references to love n death to the plight of Irish people or just any people and yeah have a hopefulness to them. His death is easier to handle with his songs.

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  2. As much as I love Fairytale. Listen to A Rainy night in Soho, my favorite Pogues song, the man was a poetic genius. Listen to Haunted his duet Sinead O'Connor with another brilliant irish artist gone too soon. I get goosebumps everytime i hear either of those 2 songs.
    RIP Shane

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  3. As good as the Darkness song is, it will never be a "Fairy-tale of New York" but a ruddy good Christmas song in modern terms which shows no sign of being beaten any time soon. So well done! I always appreciate "Don't let the bells end" and not just for childish reasons

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  4. This song is one of the very few that makes you want to cry but dance with joy at the same time…. what i respected about Shane was that he always without fail wore his heart on his sleeve……I could have be someone, well so could anyone…..what a timeless lyric, so simple but so poiniant.

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  5. Don't honor the dead!!.They sleeping in death!¡Honour the living!!!!.Shane McGowan was a tortured soul.Not one person to truly help him!!.He had a disease!!!!!.Give me a break!!!!.The Irish people are truly brain dead!!!.Listen to the priest calling Shane McGowan an exemplary Christian drinks themselves to the grave??.??.To all the good people of Ireland please get this religious tripe out of your Country.What good are they doing for the Country of Ireland?????.SLEEP WELL SHANE McGOWAN.YOUR COUNTRY FAILED YOU INCLUDING THIS DEMONIC RELIGION CALLED CATHOLOCISM.😢😢😢😢

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  6. There something honest and humble about the Pogues. Magnificent live too. Rainy night in soho, just simple but magnificent. Shane could really plant a the scene of a short story in your head and move you. Thousands are sailing, stirring and simplistic yet so moving and as deep as the ocean he sings to us about. Wonderful. Stay Free! x

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