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I saw the Pogues open for Los Lobos in L.A. years ago and it was such a fun strange combination. The gangster types in the audience to see Los Lobos didn't know what to make of Shane. They just stood there stunned. LOL! May he rest in peace! Thanks for the great music.
1 posted on 11/30/2023 5:16:56 AM PST by stylecouncilor
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Until this obit, I’ve never heard of the group or their music. I’ll look them up on YT. RIP anyway.


2 posted on 11/30/2023 5:47:27 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Stunned he even made it to 65.

RIP.

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKURhqmSLmM


3 posted on 11/30/2023 5:49:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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RIP Shane.

McGowan in his much younger days. It's quite a miracle he even made it to 30 let alone 65.


4 posted on 11/30/2023 5:50:49 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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I loved several of his songs.


9 posted on 11/30/2023 6:20:19 AM PST by windcliff
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Saw The Pogues in Notthingham, England long ago. Shane would sing a couple songs while desperately holding onto the microphone stand so he wouldn't topple over. He's disappear from stage for a bit, then come back out to sing. This was repeated throughout the show.

The cover of Dirty Old Town is my fave.

RIP, you enjoyable sot.

14 posted on 11/30/2023 6:42:49 AM PST by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Jesus rides beside me, He never buys any smokes)
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This song makes me think of the J6ers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYqWtIm0zI


16 posted on 11/30/2023 6:58:09 AM PST by wrcase
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One of my favorites. https://youtu.be/ndO72ZlR4uc?si=8rqKJDl05Vwb9FYf


17 posted on 11/30/2023 7:10:13 AM PST by BudgieRamone (Everybody loves a bonk on the head)
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Very sad...the man lived a rough life, but his lyrics were brilliant and even without the music, stand alone as tremendous poetry I would compare to even W.B. Yeats.

His voice was anything but conventional, but had a coarse, rough masculine quality to it, which balanced nicely when paired with a polished female vocalist.

Shane MacGowan with Sinead O'Connor - Haunted

Shane MacGowan & Máire Brennan - You're The One

RIP Shane..

18 posted on 11/30/2023 7:19:44 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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His Danny Boy is great.

RIP.


20 posted on 11/30/2023 8:31:23 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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There's no pain, there's no more sorrow

They're all gone, gone in the years, babe

21 posted on 11/30/2023 8:38:40 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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I was at the Fleadh music festival in 2000 (?) where Shane MacGowan & the Popes were one of the bands on the bill. Their set was delayed by 35-40 minutes due to Shane being MIA for all of the usual reasons, I'm sure, but they ended up putting on a good show once Shane found his way to the stage. RIP.
24 posted on 11/30/2023 9:47:18 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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Dude was an amazing talent. One of my favorites.

I hope he’s raising a pint with Kirsty about now.


25 posted on 11/30/2023 10:07:52 AM PST by Augie
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