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Rip Shane MacGowan

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By *inkyguyUK OP   Man
over a year ago

worcester

Pubs and bars will close without his great buying power. RIP

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By *ourtney CocksWoman
over a year ago

Cardiff

No way really! I loved his music rip

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By *mworthit156Man
over a year ago

South Glos_Bristol

Guess we know what Xmas no.1 will (should) be...

Rest in Pogues

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

oh no. I did here he had been ill awhile ago

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Great songs, proper character and what an entertainer..

His version of Waltzing Matilda is emotionally haunting..

Thank Shane, Rip fella..

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

I bought ‘If I should fall from the grace of God’ in 1988 for that one song. Now it’s in my top ten albums of all time.

Will raise a glass later to Shane RIP

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
over a year ago

Next Door

Rip Shane

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He lived life in a version of the fast lane

shane

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By *hrobbermanMan
over a year ago

Lanarkshire

"A Pair of Brown Eyes" from Rum, Sodomy and the Lash is one of the finest things that any band has ever recorded.

The Late, Late Show will never be the same.

Bye bye Shane.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The greatest poet of my generation.

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By *inkyguyUK OP   Man
over a year ago

worcester

Not his work, but when I hear Carter USM Prince in a paupers grace I always thought of Shane and his drinking:

In a bar Johnny drinks

Johnny drinks Johnnie Walker

Till he runs up a bill he can't pay

He's drinking to the memory

Of a prince in a pauper's grave

And it's go Johnny go

Where the bruises don't show

In the church yard where the nervous get wrecked

And turn off your wireless

For two minutes of silence

Cough up and pay your respects

And go to the park

Where vicars and tarts

Prey for their tormented souls

By the American graffiti

From Elephant and Castle

In Ford Capri Orange

And Volkswagen yellow and gold

Johnny drinks, Johnny drinks,

Johnny drinks Johnnie Walker

Till he runs up a bill

The Pope couldn't pay

Cockles his muscles alive alive 'o

Smashes his bottles of unholy water

And it's go Johnny, go Johnny go, go, go

Back to the churchyard

Where day out and day in

Those original sinners

Are religiously praying

And where there was muck

There's a brass band that's playing

Playing to the memory

Of a prince in a pauper's grave

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Guess we know what Xmas no.1 will (should) be...

Rest in Pogues"

Can we play his song now?

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By *mworthit156Man
over a year ago

South Glos_Bristol


"Guess we know what Xmas no.1 will (should) be...

Rest in Pogues

Can we play his song now? "

Normally I'd say not until tomorrow but on this occasion

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

I wonder what will win over more now…a supposedly banned song or a song from someone who’s just passed away.

K

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By *inkyguyUK OP   Man
over a year ago

worcester


"I wonder what will win over more now…a supposedly banned song or a song from someone who’s just passed away.

K

"
well there is two versions of fairy tale of New York now one with the slang for gay people used in the 80s and one without so you could get both this year

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there


"I wonder what will win over more now…a supposedly banned song or a song from someone who’s just passed away.

K

well there is two versions of fairy tale of New York now one with the slang for gay people used in the 80s and one without so you could get both this year "

They'll play both versions!!!

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Guess we know what Xmas no.1 will (should) be...

Rest in Pogues"

I was going to say all bets are off for Xmas no.1 now!!!!

I’ve been to a pouges gig.. fantastic!!!

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By *exicolaMan
over a year ago

West Lothian


""A Pair of Brown Eyes" from Rum, Sodomy and the Lash is one of the finest things that any band has ever recorded.

The Late, Late Show will never be the same.

Bye bye Shane."

Came on to say similar.

The perfect song. RIP Shane McGowan you legend.

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By *apybarasCouple
over a year ago

High Lighthouse!

I'm surprised he lasted this long to be honest!

Loved him and the Pogues for years, seen them a couple of times in the late 80s.

For me Rainy Night in Soho, but everything he did was gold.

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
over a year ago

A den in the Glen


""A Pair of Brown Eyes" from Rum, Sodomy and the Lash is one of the finest things that any band has ever recorded.

The Late, Late Show will never be the same.

Bye bye Shane."

100% agree with the song. Loved it.

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By *ickdasterdly51Man
over a year ago

Lingfield

I saw some pics of him the other day and he looked very ill so sadly this is no suprise. The only suprise for me was that he actually made it to 65.

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames

Met him a few times when I was in university in Dublin. He was in a fairly shocking state even then, and I’m stunned to look back to those times and realise that he was barely 30 at the time.

No idea how he lasted another 35 years, but had the pleasure of seeing him perform many times … Dublin, London, New York

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By *aith SkynbyrdWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere else

Sad news.

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames


"Great songs, proper character and what an entertainer..

His version of Waltzing Matilda is emotionally haunting..

Thank Shane, Rip fella.."

That’s a song I have heard performed by many singers, and his version was out on its own.

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