Thread: Vale Shane MacGowan

To be honest, never heard of him. I know of The Pogues but never had any of their records.

I did wonder if many in Australia knew him.

Look up Fairytale of New York with Kirsty Macoll.
Also worth looking up where the band name came from

Colin

Did a great version of And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda:



Not as big out here as in the UK, but well known on the indy music scene.

Yeah, heard the news on the radio last week but I hadn't heard of him.

Originally Posted by jon3950

Did a great version of And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda:



Not as big out here as in the UK, but well known on the indy music scene.

Downloaded it last night & listened a couple of times today.
Interesting to read the background to the song and the artists that have done covers.
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Wikipedia


Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

I did wonder if many in Australia knew him.

Look up Fairytale of New York with Kirsty Macoll.
Also worth looking up where the band name came from

Colin

Maybe not as well known here as in the UK and Ireland.....but he's been well-enough known to many here, I'm sure.

Interestingly, ABC Classic FM played an instrumental version of Fairytale Of New York this morning and I was struck anew with what a beautiful melody it is. Mind you, I kept hearing that wonderful voice in my head.

John

I saw the Pogues in concert on several occasions and they had a large following here in Australia, had several sold-out concerts at the Palais and in other cities in Australia.

Shane MacGowan was widely and legitimately viewed as a poet.

"Pogues" by the way is the shorter version of "Pogues Mahone", which was their original band name and which the BBC objected to because it means "kiss my arse" in Gaelic.


Edit: the funeral was wild, they were actually dancing in the Cathedral - there's good video of it on Youtube: RTE, the Irish equivalent of the ABC, evidently broadcast it. (Also, I changed "McGowan" to "MacGowan".)

I know the names of very few members of even well known bands.

Speaking of which, Jeffrey Foskett, a member of The Beach Boys, died last week. I’d never heard of him but knew their music,