Shane MacGowan

[XELA]

does anyone else love him more than beer ?

i do

****in ledgend

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Well, Google didn't fail me...think I'll probably vote BEER!

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Are you seriously asking that question here? About this guy?

It's a tough decision, but I think I vote NO! The Pogues were kinda cool, but their music could cease to exist and I could still live a quite fulfilling life. I can't say the same for beer.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Shane is a lyrical genius. Saw him with the popes and with the pogues. Never thought I'd see a reunited pogues. The Shane MacGowan DVD should've had subtitles though...a man with no teeth and drunk is difficult to comprehend.

 

[Vermicous]

I am a bit of a fan.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

I am a bit of a fan.

Gee the av didnt give it away at all. :rockin:

 

[Brewtopia]

God bless Shane MacGowan!

 

[XELA]

yes! MacGowan is a lyrical genius with a great voice! and he does it all smashed out his face! gotta love him

when he lost his frount teeth it didnt make his voice any worse, and i can tell what hes singin..

cant beat him when it comes to music

LONG LIVE SHANE MACGOWAN!!!

oh yea... "the pouges were kinda kool"

WHAT???

 

[BootYtRappeR]

why does this guy always look like chit in all his pictures?

 

[todd_k]

Who the hell is this guy? Do they call him Snaggletooth?

 

[Fiery Sword]

He always looks like chit because he is always chitfaced. I saw Pogues+MacGowan in Worcester a number of years back and I can't think of another performer who performed so drunk. He drank almost an entire fifth on stage, was using the mic stand to hold himself up and it was completely and totally impossible to understand a word he said - not because of his accent, either, because of his blood alcohol level. That being said, it was still a kick aZZ show.

 

[the_bird]

He looks like a sh!tfaced hobbit who's been in one (or twenty) too many bar fights.

 

[olllllo]

I admit I'm a fan but I thought that this was funny.


Seperated at birth?
Shane

Sean

BTW: Pogues are touring again with Shane. A friend saw them in Vegas and was all raves.

Ahmadinejad

 

[Caplan]

Shane's a fantastic lyricist - 'Old Main Drag' and 'The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn' stick in my head all the time.

He had a great voice too -'Gentlemen Soldier' is a classic folk song from earlier times but all the funnier for his 'punch and judy' style delivery of the main characters!
He's not looking good though at the moment......

 

[XELA]

he looks like **** cuz he spent his life drinkin and takin drugs

ill be glad to send anyone some of his music over msn if anyone wants it

 

[Geordiepete]

He was on The Jonathan Ross show last christmas over here in the UK. Drinking a half glass of neat Vodka while being interviewed. For anyone that doesn't know who he is he wrote 'Fairytale of Newyork' I think everyones heard that,

It's normally played to death at xmas

All his other songs are about drinking and fighting

:rockin:

 

[Geordiepete]

Here's a clip


http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/player/0,,1634107-4202206-WMLO,00.html

 

[Ivan Lendl]

Hell yeah he rules!...Although I think if you asked him the same question H'ed say that He loves beer (or whiskey) more than himself...

 

[Toilet Rocker]

And if anyone has heard him interviewed or seen his docu-DVD, you know he has the most classic laugh.

 

[SwAMi75]

Here's a clip


http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/player/0,,1634107-4202206-WMLO,00.html

LOL :cross:

 

[kenmc]

Shane is pure class, an absolute genius lyricist. Writes beautiful, haunting songs. The Pogues put on a class act, despite the fact that Shaneo can barely stand. Some folk get pissed off cos he comes on stage drunk, occasionally vomits on himself or others, blabbers incoherently etc etc. But he never ever forgets a single lyric. And to be fair, the stumbling, bumbling, barfing is part of the act - if you can't accept him for who he is and what he does, then don't go to see him.

"Thousands are sailing","A pair of brown eyes", "Sally Maclenane", "Dirty Old Town", "Rain Street" and of course "Fairytale of New York" are all some of my favourite songs ever.

Don't judge the book by it's cover - listen to it first.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

The pogues are touring again...got my March NYC tix. woooo!

 

[Desert_Sky]

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=omzQMyvuZJE[/ame]

 

[Whelk]

I love the Pogues, totally awesome band.

 

[dibby33]

"Merry Christmas my arse, I pray God it's your last..."

classic.

 

[Erbium:YAG]

I saw him at the first Guinness Fleadh Festival on Randall's Island in New York. He was so drunk at that show, he couldn't even stand up. He was lying on the stage through most of the show. No one could understand a damn word he was saying, if they were even words. I can't say I really cared for his performance that much; but Black 47 was a completely different story. Now those guys can rock! I'm not even Irish and I loved their stuff.

 

[Brewpastor]

He's still alive? I thought he would have died of alcohol poisoning or tooth decay ages ago.

 

[kenmc]

thanks for the youtube link - loads of class vids there....
thats me sorted for the night so!

 

[Ivan Lendl]

He's still alive? I thought he would have died of alcohol poisoning or tooth decay ages ago.

LMAO! (((((drunk: ))))) Shane McGowan approved emoticon)

 

[Toilet Rocker]

I saw him at the first Guinness Fleadh Festival on Randall's Island in New York. He was so drunk at that show, he couldn't even stand up. He was lying on the stage through most of the show. No one could understand a damn word he was saying, if they were even words. I can't say I really cared for his performance that much; but Black 47 was a completely different story. Now those guys can rock! I'm not even Irish and I loved their stuff.

Wasn't that a killer day? Plus with Christy Moore on the bill...fantastic! Nothing like heading uptown to catch the bus over though...:fro: