RIP Shane MacGowan, front man of the Pogues, singer of my favourite Christmas song and ex cloakroom guy at the 100 Club niters.

yea top  man shane,"snakes with eyes of garnett" live is knockout,if that had been sung by a black soul singer in the sixties it would've been magic,but folk and country music is the white mans soul in effect, has anyone here seen johnny depps film about his life titled crock of gold? i ask because near the start he gets the hump with the questions and asks for some northern soul to be put on! obviously the muppet crew dont know what that is ,so he says  motowm to them,guess depster knows what it is then,rip shane 

Hear hear I've been walking around singing Irish Rover for two days. 

Yeah, saw Crock of Gold recently. A good view.   Never knew Shane was front and center at most London Clash and Sex Pistols early gigs - getting his ear bitten by Jane Crockford (Mo-dettes bassist) whilst dancing together!

Been walking around singing 'And a roving, a roving, a roving I'll go...' all week.   (Pair of Brown Eyes - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash).

RIP Shane.

Edited December 7, 20231 yr by Dave2

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