Shane Macgowan singing a ballad in a pub
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Short clip taken from a bbc documentary (1997) about Shane Macgowan. Shane is filmed while drinking in a pub, when suddenly, he starts singing. The lady singing the same song as Shane, is Therese Macgowan, Shane's mother...
He never hurt no one but himself, and brought nice music with sould. Nice soul
RIP Shane. Your heart of gold spilled in unmatched song and will continue to cover us in the warmth of the grandest spring afternoon until we join you in that great eternal dance.
Beautiful words, "thee eternal dance"
What a nice touch, having his Mum singing it too, brings a tear to the eye
The mans a genius, completely pissed but can still knock a mean tune out
He delivers music from his soul. Alcohol can't invade the soul of Shane.
+Zach Martin As much as I like the guy, and as talented as he is, this is exactly the same as you see and hear in any small british pub late at night; an extremely drunk fool singing badly
+w0bbl3r Polite request: can you please try to be more of a passive aggressive inflammatory troll.
Much appreciated.
he´s not a simple drunk men , hes the former singer of the pogues so shut the fuck up.
If you think Shane is foolish..why are your here..maybe im the fool..from where im sitting i see genius...Peace! and Love!
he is a raving piss head but ask anyone world wide who the voice of irish music is if it aint ronie its shane...aint forgot luke either ....
He was a gift to the world.
TIme and again interviewers are struck by Shane's intellect and lyricism, even when he's three sheets to the wind.
100 percent genuine gentleman drove him around London many times lovely bloke .
Does he still go to the Boogaloo bar?
Arfabiscuit your an ass hat, bloke(;
Sometimes people ask me why I love my sweet Erin so much... they think it's for her landscapes... no, it's not... in so many countries and mine, a drunken man enters a pub, starts singing a ballad, and the people around will shout on him to tell him to shut up and leave... in my emerald island, people ask the crowd to shut up and listen, then the crowd start singin' with him... that's all the difference... Ireland 'not a country... it's an everlasting burning soul !
God bless Ireland, the Mother Country
It is, that difference, I agree. Yet there is so much more. A single man's intellect in solitude with drinks thought illuminates masses . If only we had time to think without drink .🍀our history is older than the world at large knows , our resource , its people world wide known.Emeralds last forever.
Our beautiful country unfortunately is changing 😭😢😢😢😢
Erin??
That's a soup brand for feck sake ya Gobshite 🤦
Sadly a lot of those that left Ireland chose to forget what it meant to be Irish or as was the case, they never knew as the real Irish are still here.
Exactly 💖
u can exactly feel in his voice how much this song means to him . he's truly a unique singer . amazing .
this kinda of songs never die .
he's out lived what people have thought. .live forever shane
Live a long time in our hearts
Shane McGowan the Patron Saint of Fuckups, peace and long life to you brother.
Shane's mama loves him and that is all that matters .. after hearing his mama , no wonder Shane's soul is deep and wonderful ...
RIP big man. Such a heart.
Shane single-handedly revived Irish music from the dead. Bands like Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys simply would exist if it wasn't for the Pogues.
absolutely lovely. i would have killed to been in that pub at that moment!
i dont care what anyone says that guy can write a song never mind sing one
He can write a song, or at least have an idea how he wants his song to sound, but, as you can hear (?), he obviously can't sing
@@ElvarMasson He really could, granted his ability decreased since the early 90s but listen to a Pair of Brown Eyes or his rendition of Nick Cave's Lucy and he kills them
@@ElvarMasson Listen to any of the best Pogues albums and you'll see the man could sing and a had a fierce talent for singing
concars1234 - I've heard him "sing", it's not good. Unique, but not good
@@ElvarMasson Eh fair enough I thiink he's good though
When it comes to lyrics he's an absolute genius ... and when he sings it he keeps the passion and knowledge of the song.
Id sooner listen to his 'imperfect' drunk tones ... than lose the passion in his words to some pre pubescent pop star .... or a same old same old ... aged singer. Neil Diamond for instance great songs great voice but not unique people like george harrison sound exactly the same. No one like shane out there in the world.
My fave singer
Writing & singing even the one song, " A pair of brown eyes", secures his place in music history. If you listen to it...timeless. Yes, he has feet of clay & a body which will turn to dust! Any immortals out there want to keep throwing stones at his glass house?
Thank you, Flatland, and thanks to Shane and his mum.
A FLAWED GENIUS - THAT TILL MY DYING DAY I WILL LOVE - RIP KITTY
But what on earth is this song called?
There's beauty in the darkness. There is a beauty in the drunken slime....it is a REAL gift to feel these songs in their immediate moments and Shane is FINE, he's OK!! A million times better then a lot of you'll ever see!!! The music is ALL!!
"I'm not an alcoholic." - Shane MacGowan.
Shane carries the irish words, music, poetry, like a torch, His poetry and songs will inspire future irish generations.
He’s English
What an alcoholic he was!
Nicely done, Shane-o. Even in a pub you can bring the house down. The only problem is every time I see this clip I'm reduced to tears.
I’m younger than Shane, but somehow I always say “What a sweet boy” when I see a clip like this. He was a gift to music.
This is such a lovely video. Thank you a lot.
Brilliant ! No more of a human than Shane ....
Shane's songs brought me back from a lot of dark places. RIP and god bless you sir😢
Same here I listen to Shane any time that Dark cloud descends. His songs are pure Gold to me. Like today just one of them days. Walking down the River Liffey I put on If i should fall from grace of god and so many more. Instantly the black clouds disappear. Not in are lifetime will see another Shane. His songs always take me to better places.👏💯🙏
Love Shane love and respect from South Wales 🏴🇮🇪 😄
the ballad is "kitty"
he sung it in the 1984 album "red roses for me"
I Always go back to this .A proper lock in RIP to them both.
i wouldn't say i know shane well at all, but i had a few sessions with him in a couple of camden pubs. he's a vgery engaging character who's suffered so much at the hands of those who seek to eulogise him. he knows he cannot live up to the almost messianic praise heaped upon him and finds it very difficult to be what anyone wants him to. like i said, i doubt he'd remember me at all, but he really is the most shyest of men with the rarest of talents.
i wish people would just let the bloke be.
Im irish, and its just what ya do after a few pints someone starts singin you shut up and give respect to the person singin and the people who want to hear it until you've been and seen the atmosphere an Irish song creates in a situation like that no matter how drunk the man is once he can remember the words and hold a note it brightens up the place and its just what us irish like to do, bring a bita trad to a glum situation and when its shane macgowen you want to hear it!
He´s singing through his nose...what a great character, a living legend!
A warrior poet: Eternally fighting himself, and losing every time. Poor, hapless bloke. Thanks for the music.
As usual, excellent. He just conjures up magic every time he gives us a song. Met the man a good few times, no bullshit about him. One of the most genuine sons of Éire you could ever have the pleasure of meeting. PS: Lord have mercy on his late mother Therese MacGowan... She was a huge influence musically in her son...
His voice is stirring. I've been known to listen to the three albums I have (red roses, grace and rum) back to back on repeat. Driving music, snarling lyrics. Wonderful.
Now he's no singer in the usual "tuneful, high quality voice" use of it - but when it comes to raw grit, fire, passion and all the rest of it - that man has it in bucketfuls! :D
i love how as soon as he starts singing everyone hushes up, as if it was jesus himself singing
Jesus would possibly also shut up to listen to Shane
God bless Shane, real singer, poet, musician!
Rest or go rabid in the afterlife me boyo. You brought joy to us all on the dance floor. Awed by your presence.
Good man! Saw him in Shinrone, Co.Tipp 20 years ago. That concert blew me away.
Rest In Peace, Shane. 😔
I'm watching this year's rip mrs McGowan
shut up Kevin cant you see how lucky you are to be there with this amazing talent
Every syllable's inflection has that clever Irish and emotional pull.
Cheers!!!! Shane thx for the drinks many yrs ago! Still dig ya!
Back in the early 90's I worked a gig at Ally pally in London, it was a Morrisey show and Kirsty MacColl was the support. Shane was invited to join her and do "Fairytale of New York". It was epic! He got lost backstage and nobody could find him and he was (of course) three sheets to the wind. I placed an extra mic on a straight stand on the stage which Shane stumbled up to and leant on and being a pump-action stand it promptly collapsed on him! Kirsty gave him a hand to get it at the right height and the song continued on its way. Meanwhile someone on the PA crew (I think he was American and wasn't familiar with the wonder that is a pissed Shane MacGowan) caused a bit of a kerfuffle side of stage and yelled.."Get security there's a fucking drunk maniac on stage"...and got really shirty. Took a few of us to explain Shane to him, lol!
The drunkest I never was lol. Love you forever Shane ♥️♥️♥️
Track 13, last track called "Kitty". Shane nor anyone in the Pogues wrote that song however. You can find it by simply CZcamsing "Kitty - the Pogues".
Rest in Peace my man.
I don't know what it is about Shane that gets to me, what it is that reaches my very soul. He's a complete state, a shambles, he can't sing very well, but when he does, my eyes fill up, for there is a beauty somewhere in the cacophony of sound that issues forth. Someone else on here said that, "When he sings, the angels listen" and I don't think that's far off the mark. Long live his work, long live Shane Macgowan, a true legend in his own lifetime, a singing enigma wrapped up in a conundrum.
Yeah, and people say it's the lyrics but it isn't just he Lyrics. It's what he gives to it with his heart, not just his voice box.
i sit in awe of your maturity
Filmed in The Kiwi Bar, Nenagh Tipperary.
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@LemmingsReign the tune is called Kitty and can be found on "Red Roses for Me."
No1 can deny him as possibly the best song writer ever
...one of the...remember J.S.Bach wrote Songs as well...Brahms, Lennon/McCartney, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Frank Black, Greg Saige, Chris Bailey, R. Davis, Bowie, Gordon Gang ...with all those mentioned he shares being the Top3. /...) As a Singer as well... wish I could find the one Version again him singing The parting glass, hardly remembering the lyrics, but with a true heart. Are there people who sing “better”...? probably... but more sincere? probably not.
brilliant bloke xx
I love this footage so much. In the middle of gauching out he just hits them all with a beautiful song
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The man was an amazing drunkard, though, I would never use this as a standard to follow... but considering his inebriation at this stage, he performed this song exceptionally well. And with love, and character too. Without backing music...
i wish we had pubs like this over here in austria!!!
Shane MacGowan.... I could listen to him sing all day and all the days of my life.
One of the greatest singer,songwriters of our generation. Please check out Shane Macgowan or the Pogues before Shane goes away
mc'gowan is IRISH , he has NEVER EVER ...... EVER .... Called or professed himself an english man ...... and is PROUD of his irish heritage , AND WE ARE PROUD OF HIM!!!
I'm from derry and i miss those days you talk about. I remeber them so fondly.
buddy was drunker than all of ireland and still sang
God bless you Shane 🙂
So MOVING and GREAT !!!
Sad,that Shane,is"reduced" to his "drinking-problem",even if it's obvious ...
Thanx for sharing this !!!
A unique character
shane lives for ever, he is the greatest. I never heart a better one.
Super video-sequence from him
I remember this programme. There was a point where Shane was stumbling around in a corridor (inevitably under the influence of pints of Cinzano) with a mate and slurred..."Where's the fokking pub" and stumbled through the door into the ladies toilet. Legend!
The Pogues, as good as they were musically, would have been nothing without Shane. He was the perfect bloke in the perfect place at the perfect time. A whole new generation heard that music and loved it, and Shane was what made us listen. Post-punk angry youth finding expression in Irish folk music, who'd have thought that would happen?
Soooo cool to watch this video again!! I watched it on tv in the UK a few years ago before i moved back to Sweden. The woman with the dark hair and red top sitting beside him in the pub is a friend of mine that used to live in Nenagh. I went to visit her just after this was filmed and saw some photos of Shane etc that she had taken. Brings back awesome memories:). Btw, it's not Shane's Mrs..
Anybody else feel like they were sitting at the end of the bar with a jug in a trance like state?
Since 1985 at Battersea Park free gig, my first time. Ive seen the pogues wi Joe Strummer. Last gig, Thetford Forest,2014. Liverpool Feis also , the last time
Beautiful
Fantastic work from the man himself!
God bless you Shane, you're a champion.
The fact Shane is still alive proves that God does indeed bless him.
legend
I just started learning about him. I love listening and learning from different cultures. I hope Shane is doing good. I will keep learning. Always try to have and open heart and mind.
God bless shane
Bless you mate.
Shane MacGowan, given 6months to live, 10 years ago.
I freakin' love Shane MacGowan. Absolute original.
Go On Our Gentleman Shane 🎉👍💯%🎤
i know its hard to understand, im 18 and from dublin but i do understand why this is good, youve got to live at the heart of it all...
Shane was real, there isnt much of that left these days. RIP mucker X
Myself, you, and Anthony Bourdain sitting together for a drink is something I will attempt to achieve until my dying days.
God bless you Shane
thanks for the information
Shane MacGowan, God bless ya mate.
Saw him live in 2012 with the rest of the Pogues. He looked really well then. He slurred a lot while just taking. Spider translated for him to the members of the audience who couldn’t get what he was saying. I remember he said “so where’s you rather be? Here or watching Metallica?”
beautiful, totally beautiful. 'nuff said. God love you Shane :)
that was very touching, the feeling was real and true.
Wonderful
Brilliant - the man is a cursed genius.
so beautiful
a million years of musical tradition stuffed into one man
no wonder he drinks
I am not an alcoholic but a true alcoholic.
The song is Kitty, the last track on "Red Roses For Me"
poignant : a man of beauty is love for ever