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Thread #172910 Message #4192836
Posted By: PHJim
03-Dec-23 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Pogues member Shane MacGowan (1957-2023)
Subject: RE: Obit: Shane MacGowan (1957-2023) of the Pogues
Some musings from Roddy Doyle"
-Sad about Shane McGowan, isn’t it? -Did yeh ever see the Pogues? -No. Yourself? -Years an’ years ago. In the SFX Centre. D’you remember the SFX Centre? -I do, yeah. There used to be great gigs there – after the bingo. -I don’t know if the Pogues were on after the fuckin’ bingo, but anyway – I was goin’ in and this fella in front of me says there was a rumour goin’ round tha’ Shane was goin’ to die onstage tha’ night. -Wha’!? -Swear to God. Must be nearly forty years ago. They were half-expectin’ him die. -Cos of his lifestyle? -Yeah. -An’ he only died yesterday. -Gas, isn’t it? -Fair fuckin’ play to him. -There’s hope for us all. Those Pogues songs, but – they get better as we get older, don’t they? -Better an’ better. -Rainy Night in Soho. -Fuckin’ hell, what a song. -An’ his voice is perfect in it. -Perfect. -Look what I got on me way here. -A packet of fags? You gave them up fuckin’ years ago. -I’m back on them – just for tonight. For Shane. -An’ chasers with the pints. -The Shane McGowan diet. -Bang on. The man was a fuckin’ genius.