The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65663   Message #1083906
Posted By: C-flat
01-Jan-04 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: BBC TV Hogmanay - Rusby etc
Subject: RE: BBC TV Hogmanay - Rusby etc
I did switch over to Jools Holland and watched Shane MacGowan. I have never understood what the appeal of MacGowan is though. There have been other artists that, while they couldn't be called singers, manage to inject enough style or character into a performance to make it special but he just sat, wooden-faced singing appallingly from an auto-cue that he could barely read (completely pissed), before stumbling back to his seat.
I'm sure that there are many devotees of his here who will argue that he is a great poet/writer and I wouldn't disagree, but in my opinion he is a lousy performer.
C-flat (reaching for the tin hat)