Obit: R.I.P. Phil Chevron (Oct 13)

Subject: RE: Obit: R.I.P. Phil Chevron (Oct 13)
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 11 Mar 14 - 12:23 PM

Thanks to whichever elf moved my post to this thread but I must explain that I didn't realize that Philip had passed 'til today and my post above is not meant to correct anyone.

IMO his "Thousands Are Sailing" rivals anything in Shane's stellar body of work. RIP

Subject: RE: Obit: Philip Chevron
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 11 Mar 14 - 11:48 AM

Here is the actual obit.

Subject: Obit: Philip Chevron
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 11 Mar 14 - 11:41 AM

I just learned of the Pogue's guitarist passing on the Pogues/Gateway Drug thread and figured he surely deserves mention on these pages. A belated RIP.
Guardian obit here

Subject: RE: R.I.P. Phil Chevron
From: GUEST,Banjiman
Date: 08 Oct 13 - 04:55 PM

I'm so sorry grumpy.

Thank you so much for the correction.

Subject: RE: R.I.P. Phil Chevron
From: GUEST,grumpy
Date: 08 Oct 13 - 02:51 PM

A great man and a great musician! He'll be hugely missed.

Just for the record, it's Shane MacGowan, not 'McGowan'.

Subject: RE: R.I.P. Phil Chevron
From: GUEST,Banjiman
Date: 08 Oct 13 - 12:41 PM

Who would have guessed that Shane McGowan would outlast him?

Quite shocked actually.

Subject: RE: R.I.P. Phil Chevron
From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe
Date: 08 Oct 13 - 12:15 PM

This graveyard hides a million secrets,
And the trees know more than they can tell.
The ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt you,
In heaven and in hell.

Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy man,
And livin' in the shadows, in the shadows of a gunman.
Rattled like the coppers in your greasy till,
Rattled until time stood still.

Look over your shoulder, hear the school bell ring,
Another day of made-to-measure history.
I don't care if your heroes have wings,
Your terrible beauty has been torn.

Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
As you are now so once were we.
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee.
The girls in the kips proclaim their love for you
When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two.
They cursed you on Sundays and holy days of abstinence,
When you all stayed away.

When you slept there a naked bulb hid your shame,
Your shadows on the wall, they took all the blame.
The Sacred Heart's picture, compassion in his eyes,
Drowned out the river of sighs.

Let the grass grow green over the brewery tonight,
It'll never come between the darkness and the light.
There is no pain that can't be eased,
By the devil's holy water and the rosary beads.

You're a history book I never could write,
Poetry in paralysis, too deep to recite.
Dress yourself, bless yourself, you've won the fight,
We're gonna celebrate the night.

We'll even climb the pillar like you always meant to,
Watch the sun rise over the strand.
Close your eyes and we'll pretend,
It could somehow be the same again.
I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you.
You won't have to gaze at the rain and the stars.
Sleep and dream of chapels and bars,
And whiskey in the jar.

Faithful departed, look what you've started;
An underdog's wounds aren't so easy to mend.
Faithful departed, there's no broken hearted,
And no more tristesse in your world without end.

Subject: RE: R.I.P. Phil Chevron
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Oct 13 - 12:11 PM

Radiators From Space - Song of the Faithful Departed

Subject: R.I.P. Phil Chevron
From: Brakn
Date: 08 Oct 13 - 11:34 AM

Pogues guitarist Phil Chevron passes away following cancer battle,