Rip Shane Mcgowan

[sandyRoe]

He seems to have been a man who burned the candle at both ends.

[ichkeria]

Yeah most of the Pogues were English or England based. 
Leaving most of that irrelevance aside though, sad news. I saw him in concert many times: including once in 1985 before his singing voice altered drastically 

[douglas9401]

Each to their own, he seemed to have a good time for the most part.

[ynnafymmi]

As Edna St Vincent Millay said,it gave a lovely light.

[Countrylover]

Barry,  I never knew he was born on Christmas Day.  Thanks for that.  

[Barsel]

I'm afraid I don't know his records apart from the Christmas one, but R.I.P.

I wonder if it will be re-released and go to the top of the charts for Christmas.

[Countrylover]

That would be a great tribute Barsel to be the Christmas No 1

[Countrylover]

Barsel.  Look up 'The Pogues' on YouTube.  😃

[ynnafymmi]

Played time and time again at Xmas time Barsel....It was Okay the first seventeen million times....

[Pete65]

Rest easy, Shane.

[barry1010]

Kirsty McColl sadly died December 18, 2000, aged 41.  Maybe Kirsty and Shane will be singing Fairytale together this Christmas Day.

[ichkeria]

Yes I must admit I got rather sick of Fairytale of New York a while back, great song tho it is.

I will indulge myself here by posting one of my favourites:

[JimF]

"I wish I had seen The Pogues Live"

I saw them many times, from the early days to the reunion with Shane about ten years ago when they played "Rum, Sodomy and The Lash" in its entirety. They were never less than brilliant live.

[JimF]

[Karamia]

I saw The Pogues live a couple of times while at uni in mid 80s.

RIP Shane x

[ichkeria]

Funnily enough, Sally MacLennane was the track I played in memoriam after the Shannon ...

I remember in 1988 going to see the Pogues at the Town and Country Club, just after the release of If I Should Fall From Grace With God. Someone had put a case of bottles of Budweiser in my sister's flat and by the time we got the venue via several pubs we were pretty well away. Half of Ireland was on the tube that night, as Ireland had just played England at Twickenham (in a match I believe later remembered as the Chris Oti/Swing Low Sweet Chariot debut. But although the songs were great MacGowan himself was plainly not the vocalist he had been and oddly the highlights were really the late Philip Chevron's Thousands are Sailing, and drummer Andrew Rankin doing the spooky "Worms" at the end ...

However, honestly, to quote Paul Whitehouse, I was very, very drunk at the time and the memory is at best hazy.

[Barmaid]

I really liked the Pogues, they were in their heyday when I was a teen.

That brought back memories, Jim.

[anneasquith]

15.43. So true.