RIP Shane, a unique talent. Hope they have Guinness in heaven

@shanedjoy8954

6 ай бұрын

He loved a Dublin Guinness. Met him a couple of times down Camden Town, a boozer just down from McDonald’s used to sell it. All from Park Royal now…

@silentfisher67

6 ай бұрын

And wiskey in the jar

@mylenemarti5983

6 ай бұрын

A pint of the black and a shot of J.

@JustaSideOrderOfLove

6 ай бұрын

YOU BET THEY DO! ❤ 😊

@ElizabethPeters-qr2kz

6 ай бұрын

It wouldn't be heaven without Guinness!

Rest in peace, sir. Thank you for giving us this song 🙏

@DanCoffee

6 ай бұрын

Wasn't written by him, though.

@aydencaldwell2472

6 ай бұрын

@@DanCoffeehe didn’t say it was… he sang it though

@foxyboiiyt3332

6 ай бұрын

They as in the band brought this amazing song to a much larger audience

@DanCoffee

6 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Old_Town @@Kevo9t9

@remylc6594

6 ай бұрын

another popular voice, who made this song worldwide known, who passed away R.I.P

I've been crying all day. The Pogues music literally altered the course of my life, sent me on a journey that saw me taking up mandolin and learning traditional Irish music, inspiring me to move to Cork City, Ireland for a spell, to learn more about my ancestral homeland. None of that would have happened without Shane's brilliant music. RIP Shane.

@StLProgressive

6 ай бұрын

I started listening to traditional Irish music and loving my heritage because of them too. I haven’t made it over there yet, unfortunately. So sad about the news today. 😓💚🙏🏻

@geraldmcmahon4118

6 ай бұрын

Same with me - played the accordion again from my youth 😢

@NikoHL

6 ай бұрын

Welcome home Angela 🍻

@patriciaoneill8053

6 ай бұрын

Good luck hope all goes well 💚

@patriciaoneill8053

6 ай бұрын

Hope all goes well for you ❤

Mum passed away recently and this was played at her wake. Everyone was singing along. Rip mum rip Shane x

@chanyphilly8266

5 ай бұрын

May your mum rest in peace mate x

@SezrahSylvan

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss ❤

@isakimyonok345

11 күн бұрын

May your mum rest in peace, God has an angel back in heaven! xx

This song will resonated in the worlds dirty old towns forever. Thanks Shane , you did bloody well .

@cryptolights6879

6 ай бұрын

So so true! He is immortal.

@birgitbey6336

6 ай бұрын

​@@cryptolights6879öiököooo

@rosabilly

6 ай бұрын

True. for me it is Dresden 1993.

@dcrash_

6 ай бұрын

God damn right

@lesliedixon9225

5 ай бұрын

My favorite Pogues song

I am a 49 year old french person. When I was a teenager I was a fan of The Pogues. When I started making my own money by working during holiday periods, Rhum, Sodomy and the Lash was one of the very first CD I ever bought. Rest in peace Shane.

@ericclemson5263

6 ай бұрын

For me, it was one of my first cassettes! And still one of my favourites.

@rosabilly

6 ай бұрын

47 year old German. My first boyfriend played this song for me in 1992, in Dresden, former East Germany. Then it was a dirty old town. And I felt the change in my body, in my town and in the world. RIP Shane.

@nicolasmarchal804

6 ай бұрын

Je suis vosgiens et j habite en irlande et cette chanson m a fait rever Avant d etre ici.... Merci macgowan

@walcibiade1635

6 ай бұрын

Les ravages de l'alcool...

@mylenemarti5983

6 ай бұрын

​@@walcibiade1635 so what ...

This song was played at my grandads funeral last week 😢 you are so loved and truly missed. RIP my beautiful grandad ❤❤❤

@leetushingham5277

Ай бұрын

Bless you mate

@user-yv7ie8ee2b

Ай бұрын

@@leetushingham5277 thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@leetushingham5277

Ай бұрын

Your very welcome chin up mate 👍

Someone who’s voice made you extra proud to be Irish🍀RIP Shane🍀

@ianjenkins5389

6 ай бұрын

Unlike that certain gentleman who is your country's boss man.

@jeabphuket

3 ай бұрын

Not bad coming from London eh!!!!

A true Irish man that sang songs with heart. RIP 💚

@patrickfarrell5092

6 ай бұрын

I believe he was English.

@pmc237

6 ай бұрын

​@@patrickfarrell5092only by birth

@tonymaurice4157

6 ай бұрын

R.I.P God bless. Legend!!

@sineadcoombs1045

6 ай бұрын

@@patrickfarrell5092English by birth, Irish by blood. Both parents were Irish.

@marmc358

6 ай бұрын

@@patrickfarrell5092 Shane was born in England, the son of Irish immigrants.

30.11.23 Tonight I wil get some whisky, play your records, sing aloud, cry with joy, and get drunk in your honor. Thanks for all the poetry and music, Shane. Rest in peace

@silentfisher67

6 ай бұрын

A pare of brown eyes❤

@TheSuperKozak

6 ай бұрын

I already started with two or three....

@laurarogers6438

6 ай бұрын

Sláinte! I'm the same and I'm sure we certainly won't be alone tonight in saluting this legend.

@patrickkish2931

6 ай бұрын

I start at 10:00 this morning😢

@corneliakonschake1027

5 ай бұрын

Trink einen für mich mit, ich bin weg davon

This song makes me cry. All the lives lived, the aspirations, the romances, and the mundane everyday doldrum - all of it lived out in forgotten and neglected corners of the world... it all rings clear in my mind when this song plays. God bless.

@41corsair

2 ай бұрын

Nicely stated couldn’t agree more you must have an Irish soul

@Honda-wf6qj

Ай бұрын

Aye....

@jamesmason8436

Ай бұрын

​@@41corsairthis is an English folk song about an English city, Salford.

I named one of my guinea pigs Pogue Mahone, for reasons good; had to have him put to sleep yesterday. Id sing this song while holding him, sang it for him one last time yesterday. Pogue, hope wherever you are in the hereafter you meet up with Shane McGowan and he can sing it to you in my place!!! A great song.

@R_Arizona

19 күн бұрын

Sorry to hear that. I have to put my dog down tomorrow. It sux.

@suecollins1991

15 күн бұрын

​@R_Arizona sorry for you, losing a good pet is never easy.

Not many factories left anymore. I worked in some as a young man. It was deafening, brutal and dirty for the most part, but there always seemed to be one or two pretty young girls about to notice. One winter's late afternoon day I got up the nerve to ask a certain girl if I could walk her home. It was getting dark by then. Somewhere along the way she took my hand and held it until we got to her door. Nothing ever came of it, but holding that sweet girl's hand, whose life was no better than mine, was one of the greatest thrills of my long life. This song reminded me of it.

@gerardwhite2689

3 жыл бұрын

I worked in factories all my stinking brutal places with hard work and harder men they suck the life out of you then cast you out your youth and hopes gone forever fuck them forever

@vampmode9132

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you brother

@cilliankenny9706

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you all

@gerardwhite2689

3 жыл бұрын

I worked in factories in Coventry as a young man your right they were dirty smelly brutal places you had to grow up quickly or get stomped on I saw it all accidents fights there was no such thing as health and safety you took your chance and you carried if you didn't you got no money at the end of the week when your wages were paid in cash we all queud up like robots waited for your weekly wage

@deanwindridge896

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful story

My mom sang this to me almost every night growing up. RIP Shane

@ianjordan5532

5 ай бұрын

That's brilliant 👏🏼

"May the wind that blows from haunted graves Never bring you misery May the angels bright Watch you tonight And keep you while you sleep

RIP, a punk a poet and an Irishman 💔🕊

This song is about my grandad's hometown, Salford, and it's meant a lot to me over the years. Shane made it his own. We've lost a beautiful poet. May his rest in peace.

@CESR-

6 ай бұрын

Am pretty sure it's a song about Glasgow, but it's irrelevant RIP Shane 😢🍀

@MaileyMcAslan

6 ай бұрын

Salford 👍 Rest now, Shane and thank you ❤

@abraxasjinx5207

6 ай бұрын

I didn't know that it was a cover. It's one of my favorite Pogues songs.

@MaileyMcAslan

6 ай бұрын

@@abraxasjinx5207 i didn’t know it was a cover either!

@jean-pierrebernigaud8130

6 ай бұрын

Nous avons tous notre dirty old town… Thanks dear Shane

I gave up the booze 6 months ago, but I'll be raising a zero alcohol Guinness for Shane tonight. This is my boys favourite song. They always ask me to play it. They're 2 & 3 and are currently bopping around my living room to it. RIP 🕊 you were a legend!

@user-sf5ww9ez9r

6 ай бұрын

Fair play for giving up the alcohol pal

@johncollins4402

6 ай бұрын

Keep sober buddy.nearly 2 years sober myself now.i know it's not easy.good luck.

@brendansheerin8980

6 ай бұрын

The zero alcohol Guinness is brilliant

@kristofermontgomerie144

6 ай бұрын

Any tips brother? Cocaine addict here, and fucking hate it and myself.

@johncollins4402

6 ай бұрын

@@kristofermontgomerie144 it will change so much.Quiting.For me it was,stop lying to myself.Takung responsibility for every moment from now.But you stop hating yourself.

and another one sign I'm old,,,shane gone, I'm 74,, one of the best songs I've ever heard 😢😢😢😢

This mans voice brings out emotions I didn't know I had. RIP Shane.

RIP Shane MacGowan (December 25, 1957 - November 30, 2023), aged 65 You will be remembered as a legend.

Sometimes, during a family meal my father was taking his harmonica and me my guitar ... he has been gone since 2017 and every time I listen to this song , my throat tightens and tears come ... Life is only memories ...

@fightingforcatalonia

2 жыл бұрын

Cherish these memories. Beautiful scottish highlands

@augustusgurtler4388

2 жыл бұрын

a fraction of life is memories. The ratio of old to new grows larger with every day. I remember my 70 year old grandmother scanning the obituaries... which she had stopped by her death at 99 still sharp as a tack, she just didn't know anyone outside family anymore. I am sorry for your loss .

@gerardorodas1854

2 жыл бұрын

greetings from Mexico, we thank the brave Irish that fought and died with us defending my country against American invasion.

@leewilliam9767

2 жыл бұрын

I feel for you my dad looked like the legend lol and it always gets me merry Christmas

@beno2662

2 жыл бұрын

“Life is only memories” well said my friend🤝

I"m french, but really, i"m so, so , so sad.... ...RIP Shane , now you are an angel in paradise ! Long live Ireland as free as you always wanted!

I was Punk,Gothic,Skinhead in the 80s but on every party we played this song. Farwell i will never forget you. R.I.P.

Počivao u miru i svjetlost vječna neka ti svjetli! Hvala za pjesme kojima si uljepšao svijet! 🇭🇷

Just a highly talented unique Singer, they dont make them like him anymore. RIP Shayne ♥

@RustyNail-gv2by

6 ай бұрын

Definitely, and sounded like where he came from. Rare breed.

A Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Singer, Rebel, and all round man of his convictions .......... God Bless you mate

I'm a Dutchman and a big fan Shane, will never forget him, he turned things upside down during his concerts. RIP.

My grandfather was born and raised in Salford before shipping off to France at the age of 17 to fight in the second world war. After being captured by the Germans twice and escaping twice he was hidden by the French and Belgian resistance for more than 4 years, at great expense to themselves. The town he was hiding in was eventually liberated and he was sent back home to Salford. Maybe being back home was too much for him after the war but he moved to Australia shortly after and raised a family over here. He passed away last year at the ripe old age of 98. I can't hear the opening harmonica of this song without immediately tearing up thinking about him.

@danmcgrath7129

2 жыл бұрын

God Love 'em.

@davemustabstain7093

2 жыл бұрын

May he rest in peace.

@golem3080

2 жыл бұрын

nice story Mark, my grandpa was in Wehrmacht and he also loved Pogues, he died almost 30 years ago but I guess no one likes to hear his side of the story

@TheLoxapac

2 жыл бұрын

@@golem3080 i would like to hear it. My gand dad was in th the first foreign cavalry regiment , 5th armored div, 1st free french army, from 1942 to 46', and he had a lot of respect for german soldiers. May we never be at war again.

@gui18bif

2 жыл бұрын

And now the people he fought for want to delete old towns and replace them with globo-topias.

This song means so much to me, more than I could ever confide or express. When I was a young man with a full-head of hair and a straight spine i would pick up my girlfriend after she worked her shift as a bartender at a local bar in Old Town, Alexandria, VA. This was back around 1984. On those torpid, steaming-hot summer nights, i would lean up against the red-brick wall while I waited for her and let the still-warm bricks warm my back and whistle this song. Oh, to be 24 again, with life strung out ahead of me like an endless highway, mom and dad there to confide in if things went askew and Tina, my precious bartender/ballerinia waiting for me after work.

@mimlo7534

7 жыл бұрын

You're a poet!!

@CaesarInVa

7 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, but I doubt if Tina or anyone else shares your opinion! Still, thank you all the same.

@711stevieray

7 жыл бұрын

lived in dc, van doren st, area as which spoke of you did....many a great times, & fun Music nights back in the day, was there bout the same time, & there is only 1, old-town Alexandria....was there I was.....good post,...:)

@CaesarInVa

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. Looks like I'll be seeing OT again, sooner than I expected when I wrote that comment. My wife and I are going back to visit family for Xmas and I think I'm going to stay there (my wife's company transferred her down to Houston two years ago and I've been out of work ever since so I figure if I'm going to be unemployed, it ought to be someplace where I can find work). Really looking forward to drinking a beer at Murphy's, or a bowl of Seafood Stew in the Fish Market. Winter in Old Town, friggin awesome!!!

@zenhaelcero8481

7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant memory. What ever happened to you and Tina? I have to know.

J'ai 51a et je viens aussi d'une Dirty Old Town d'un bassin industriel "John Cockerill" en Belgique... J'étais ado dans les 80s et heureux d'avoir vécu ces années avec tous ces artistes comme The Pogues ! Ce 02 Décembre 2023... R.I.P Shane 🕊️

In the eighties as a poor student I bought the Pogues album "If I should fall from grace with God" purely based on seeing the album cover in a shop, reasoning that with all the musical instruments used it must be good value for money. And it was! I have been a big fan of The Pogues ever since

RIP Shane MacGowan, and thanks for all of the wonderful music.

Who gives a shit about looks or teeth when you can evoke this emotion and sing with such beauty

@richardmorrison9928

5 жыл бұрын

His teeth are great now ... who cares most underated poet i can think of his lyrics are unreal on some songs

@juliamhandley271

5 жыл бұрын

I think he s fucking great Bad teeth and all xx

@leahwhite5910

4 жыл бұрын

I wish the fella would look after himself better

@rocky7173

3 жыл бұрын

So right love from IRELAND🍀🍀🍀🍀🙋

@galleran2640

3 жыл бұрын

i hear thet song every day when i drive to work

Rest in Paradise Shane. An enlightening human to say the least. Great talent.

I'm having a Guinness in Shane's memory!! R.i.p. A celtic punk legend. You are missed. Rest easy my friend!!

One of the most beautiful songs ever. Love from Sweden.

@rael1999

6 ай бұрын

Written by Ewan MacColl and it's about his home town Salford, Lancashire in 1949.

As much as I love The Pogues, one of my greatest fears is to be bitten by Shane MacGowan.

@Mike_oxlong213

8 жыл бұрын

haha

@lucypotato5019

8 жыл бұрын

He does? post a pix please! I love him & 1 of my wishes is that he would get the balls to get his teeth fixed!

@ljp1942

8 жыл бұрын

He certainly has bad teeth.

@ljp1942

8 жыл бұрын

He certainly has bad teeth.

@jimmitchell7518

8 жыл бұрын

+Johnny Black not any more. all gone.

Many tears will be shed for you Shane. Thank you for sharing your beautiful mind and lyrics with us

Merci pour tout ces bons moments à vous écouter que du bonheur 💓 Rip Shane

Definitely shedding some tears today. I feel like I grew up with Shane and the Pogues during my college years. Making beer every week and getting fluthered listening to the Pogues with friends. Saw them at the Wiltern in LA when Joe Strummer stood in for him. I finally got a chance to see him in San Francisco many years later. He didn't disappoint. May his soul rest peacefully.

@RustyNail-gv2by

6 ай бұрын

Amazing mate! Hold those memories, I'm jealous!

@WeeleyTube

6 ай бұрын

That's such a cool story Strummer standing in and then and Shane at a later date? Imagine something like that today, impossible, they don't do it for the fans like that anymore.

@kevinruggiero8773

6 ай бұрын

I’m a grown ass 45 year old man and cried like a baby listening to this song. Found them in the early 90s. RIP brother. This is music!

Shane did think about fixing his teeth. None other than Julie Andrews contacted him and told him NOT to do it. She had her teeth done, and it changed her singing voice. The mouth has its own acoustics. Pogue mahone!

@stevemann3080

4 жыл бұрын

100 % CORRECT 👍👍

@melcody5253

4 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, Joe Strummer from the The Clash (like there's another Joe Strummer!) had the same issue with his teeth. He had them fixed and couldn't get the same sound, I believe he had them "fixed" back

@JACKnJESUS

4 жыл бұрын

@@melcody5253 Makes sense. To put it into stereo terms...your mouth is the "room". Change the room...change the sound.

@moominpic

3 жыл бұрын

@jollytunes I think he had to. The bone was crumbling.

@MrRekarbenots

3 жыл бұрын

i had alcohol/heroin neglected teeth. not crooked but became gnarly early. had all of my teeth extracted at 35. it changed my voice for the better. I used to have an awkward, half-a-note-off, semi-deep voice that just rankled. now it's quite full and rich, but only with my dentures out. with them in it sounds worse than before.

A poet from his heart and to the bone. It's a painful loss for us, but I hope you can feel our love from the other side❤️😢❤️

R.i.p.Shane.Hvala za sve pjesme lijepa Irska muzika.Blagoslov božji neka te prati .Croatia.

Absolute legend rip Shane your voice will sing forever

Just had this song in my dads funeral because he loved this song so much it means so much to me this song does

@DarkAngel-qy9oi

3 жыл бұрын

Lashy YT sorry for your loss...hugs

@lois4911

3 жыл бұрын

i had in my dads too mate.... brings back so many memories. R.I.P dad x

@tomnevo4526

3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@ginger1531

3 жыл бұрын

Rest in paradise🙏🙏

@deanwindridge896

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you all

Memories of my trip to Ireland when I was 15. A Frenchman who loved the Pogues. RIP Shane

RIP You absolute legend. Christmas will never be the same knowing the man who sang the single greatest Christmas song is no longer with us.

RIP Shane MacGowan. One of the very few who weve lost to have made me shed a tear 🍀

I always felt this was about my dirty ol'town of Belfast... but I'm sure many people feel it's about their home towns. Rest in Peace Shane, ye'beautiful ol'poet ye.

@joffc567

6 ай бұрын

It’s written about Salford

Meny good nights in your company god bless you will ❤

I just heard and immediately came to see him sing this masterpiece. His voice will last forever!

Memories of this.... stationed in Belfast as British soldier, and dating a Catholic girl who lived in Holywood. This would always be on the jukebox in the Seaside Tavern and we'd sit inside listening, drinking, cuddling whilst the mayhem of Belfast went on outside a few miles away in the wind and rain. I associate Belfast with this song. Great memories.

@NosajKnows

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it lol

@gerryguinn3175

Жыл бұрын

Free the monk

@jimmyjazz1570

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha been there mate with a prot from Black Mountain Way ... My Grandfather was from Cork City, did his bit in 14 - 18, stayed on as the Army of Occupation in Germany till the early 20's, came home saw what a load of BS the Civil war and Free State created, including acts by his younger brothers , kissed his Ma Goodbye ' and moved to London 2 RGJ - S & B

@SlurpyDave254

Жыл бұрын

Actually a song about Salford, gtr Manchester

@michaeltaylor6782

11 ай бұрын

What has this song got to do with ireland? It's about salford.

What's marvelous about this song and the Pogues is that they could rise up to sublime quality out of misery and the mundane.

RIP Shane and thank you for your music!

Their intro to this auld tune is the reason I picked up a harmonica, and can now pay the mortgage with a tune. RIP Shane, thanks for spreading joy.

RIP Shane, one of the heroes of my youth, forever in my pantheon and in my heart and immortal through the art you have given us. Love from Italy.

I remember finding a Pogues CD in a car park when i was a kid. I took it home and cleaned it and this was one of the songs on it. Never thought I'd be able to find it again, but here it is.

@TheGrrson

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it.

@heavnnnsent

2 жыл бұрын

Synchronicity! My mom used to say everything happens for a reason but at the time I was pretty skeptical about that

@fabiomorando459

11 ай бұрын

😊

@tonybrown8006

11 ай бұрын

This is a great album.

You will always bring tears in my eyes with your songs - tears of full love and happiness! RIP, a Giant!

Every time I drive to my hometown I sing this. I hated where I grew up. But it will always be my dirty old town🤍

@Wil_Liam1

Ай бұрын

I do the same thing every time I travel back "home"..

Had an half hour chat with shane in 1995 at window rock, belgium, I will never forget this

Anyone whoever grew up poor, working and in love. Dirty old town. Merry Christmas. 2017

@ShanOakley

4 жыл бұрын

grew up poor and ate the best peanut butte and jam sandwiches

@crystalcull1373

4 жыл бұрын

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2019 YAYYYYY

@crystalcull1373

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShanOakley i am today Happy n warm n safe though lol

@tirsahingalls2776

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Still poor. Still working. Married and have a beutiful daughter.

@RatsburyRaven74

3 жыл бұрын

Right there with you brother...

RIP ! Une pensée de terre Celte, sur le sol de France, la Bretagne ne t'oubliera pas Shane ! Vive l'Irlande et la musique Celtique !

So sorry to only have discovered Shane after his passing. Rest in Eternal Peace...love Dirty old Town.

First time I heard from the Poques was that they would warm up for Bob Dylan in the Greek theatre, Berkely, CA, 1989. For some reason they had lost all their instruments. They borrowed what they could and started playing. Unforgettable! Their art remains wonderful after all those years! What a giants.

@colingallagher4848

Жыл бұрын

I graduated from high school in 1989. I think someone said they had a great old time and the great old time they had before the show led to instruments being lost. But they found others and played anyway.

@alwaysfourfun1671

Жыл бұрын

@Fire TV So nice to hear about the "compassion" between our heroes.

@Pauly421

11 ай бұрын

They were probably totally wasted and lost them lol.

Rest in peace to a legend. thanks for lovely music, Shane.

This song always gives me chills. R.I.P, you fine Irish trabadour! We will never see his like again.

He and Kirsty are together again and I'm in tears.

Chanson mémorable ❤️ Quand j'entends cette chanson Un sourire me vient aux lèvres Le temps de l'insouciance Le temps du bien-être Un temps, vieux temps

@LadyBird791

5 ай бұрын

Oh que oui 😢

@michaelkael9006

5 ай бұрын

pas facile de pas etre nostalgique...en effet.

I feel drunk just listening to The Pogues ... Amazing.

@alexandrecaron5485

6 жыл бұрын

This song tastes like Jameson.

@onedropmtg6038

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve never listened to them sober so i wouldnt know.

@ramonarellano4988

5 жыл бұрын

Murshed Choudhury , actually I have drank a lot of beer tonight, lol.

@unnamed_Art

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@pedroreis3969

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

Repose en paix Shane! Dans les souvenirs que j’ai de ma vie en Irlande il y a toujours tes chansons en arrière plan. Je trinque à ta mémoire et à l’Irlande ce pays de musiciens et de poètes.

The perfect singer for this song no one can sing it like you did Shane... Rest in peace Man and may the Pints, and Whiskey poor eternally for you in Heaven. Rock and Roll never Forgets.

Shane has a voice like a freight train, pure raw talent, amazing.

RIP, Shane. May the angels meet you. 👼 Condolences to his wife, sister, dad, and fellow bandmates.

This was a staple at my teen culchie discos. R.I.P Shane, a true Irish legend. Your music never did and never will let us forget to be proud of who we are. We will never forget you ☘️🇮🇪

@nialldoherty5570

6 ай бұрын

We're not culchies just because we're not from the pale and don't forget it, people like us built the world.

My BEST live music memory was seeing the Pogues @ LaZona Rosa, circa 2005 in Austin Texas. #1, Period. The scheduled beginning of the show started with the announcement that they had just located Shane in Dallas (175 miles away) and were getting him on the next flight. He took the stage two hours late with a pint glass full of red wine. “Hello San Francisco!” He then called Davy Crockett a cross dresser. Drunk as a skunk, spilling wine all over his shirt, he put on the best performance I've ever witnessed. We watched him stagger to the drum set to beat the cymbals in perfect time, then stagger back to the leed microphone 🎤. You wondered if he would make it in time. He did, and whaled. Kinda like watching a boxer who was a bloody mess but couldn’t be stopped for 13 rounds. I remember seeing very sober musicians, taking themselves very seriously shortly after. No comparison. He was the artist. He only needed to open a vein, and let it bleed.

@nevadak3424

6 ай бұрын

Best drunken story ever mate!!

@rawski2586

3 ай бұрын

yeh great story

Thank you, Shane, for the amazing work you left & for all the good times spent listening to you. God speed!

Rest in peace Shane lad...Being born in a mill town in Lancashire (now greater Manchester for some reason) I can relate to this song so much. Wonderful version by Shane and the lads. Gods Speed.

@leeclarke2317

6 ай бұрын

I’m a Lancashire lad. Born in Oldham.

@angelamcdermott7605

6 ай бұрын

​@@leeclarke2317Same, a Lancashire Lass, born and bred in Oldham.

I heard this song in Dublin during St Patrick's Day this year. It was played in literally every pub and I falled in love with it. 💚🍀🇮🇪 I'm very sad to read in the comment section that the singer of this great song died some months before. R. I. P 😢

God bless you and thank you for your music, max

Just heard about Shane's passing. RIP, sir. Thank you for the great music.

One of the most beautiful song ever created.

@burntoak9377

3 жыл бұрын

Written by Ewan MacColl about his hometown Salford, Lancashire. The original Ewan MacColl lyrics are "Salford wind" not "smoky wind".

Who'd have thought that an irish bagpipe and a fiddle would go so well together... i grew up in a dirty old town. What a beautiful song!

Love this. It could be about any town during the deindustrialisation of the late 70s to early 90s and those of us who grew up in that era. Pure genius.

Happy St. Paddy's day from Italy, I love you all! We're gonna make it

@rocky7173

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New year 2021 Love from IRELAND🍀🍀🍀🍀🙋

@dicko55

8 ай бұрын

Why, it's an English song

J' ai toujours les larmes quand j' écoute cette chanson. Merci Shane RIP😢👃🍺🍻🇮🇪🥃🥃

I met Shane in NYC in 1998. He was one of the real ones. God rest his gentle soul. My heart breaks today. Much love, mate.

Proper old school pub tune 👌 rest in peace with a pint of love 💚

I grew up in Halifax, Yorkshire. We used to go into Manchester alot. Always thought it was a dirty old town, never went to Salford but couldn't imagine it's any cleaner than Manchester. I love it though it's history. The north has a proud industrial Hertiage that drove the industrial revolution. You gotta be proud of these dirty places that changed the course of human history.

@glennsouthan9091

4 жыл бұрын

From brighouse myself

@rinobisesto3705

3 жыл бұрын

Salford was even worst than Manchester. In the early 70s, when I used to go there every summer from Southern Italy for some strange case of destiny, every single wall was totally smoked, red bricks were black, iron bridges ruined, many factories just abandoned. Empty spaces everywhere walking to Old Trafford from the Precinct, through Ordsall and the docks area. Just beautiful to me: I fell in love with Salford and Manchester. And United of course. Now I'm almost 60, the twin cities changed a lot, and I still love them. Dirty old town...

@jackwhiteley1348

2 жыл бұрын

@@rinobisesto3705 SAlFORD! ❤️

Thanks for the unforgettable hours of wild fun and communal spirit that your music and writing brought to me.

Repose en paix Shane et merci pour toutes ces belles chansons... on vous aime 😢😢😢

RIP to a beautiful soul who bought joy to others with his grt songs, a true Irish singer.😇

My mom & me loved this song! It’s so reflective of hard times.I always thought it was about a mining or factory town. Then we moved to a place in Australia & it suited there also, so many dead end towns full of red dust & smog. This song is a true masterpiece!

@waynerooney08

9 ай бұрын

its about my city salford the gas works wall is around the corner from my house so is the canal

Your music and lyrics kept me going through the good times and bad..Thanks Shane

Now that is class harmonica playing,we will miss shane,but never forget those beautiful musicians who worked with Shane to bring out those fabulous songs .. big love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤👌

Pogues at their best, fantastic band in their day.

Brand new fan right here. These guys are amazing.

@jdishner

6 жыл бұрын

bia one of the all time greats

@user-ky6vw5up9m

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Pogues World

He got me through so much heartache and loneliness in my twenties. So strange. I have been listening to the Pogues for the last few weeks now and before that it had been over a decade and now I find out today he has passed on to the other side...Long live Shane..

Thanks forever, Shane. Your song gives us a window back to a less horrible world.

Rest In Peace Shane.Hope you are singing this song in heaven ❤❤