"Shane MacGowan opened doors. He introduced Irish culture and his own unique writing ability and voice and style that opened up a mix of Irish music plus rock plus punk, his whole unique persona transformed into song that enlightened the world." MacGowandied peacefully...
This rambunctious anthem is one of the best examples of Shane MacGowan’s ability to punk up Irish folk. Written by MacGowan as the title track of the Pogues’ third album, it addresses death, drowning, and maybe even some of Ireland’s politics. “This land was always ours/it was the...
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Shane MacGowan, longtime frontman for The Pogues, died Nov. 30, 2023 at the age of 65. The musician had been hospitalized earlier in the year with viral encephalitis, but the official cause of death was listed as pneumonia. The Pogues recorded five albums with MacGowan beginning in 1984, ...
By 1990 the Pogues were moving away from their Irish roots and toward a more mainstream modern rock sound. Their last album with Shane MacGowan sidestepped into other areas as well, like the slow-build lounge jazz of "Summer in Siam." ...
By 1990 the Pogues were moving away from their Irish roots and toward a more mainstream modern rock sound. Their last album with Shane MacGowan sidestepped into other areas as well, like the slow-build lounge jazz of "Summer in Siam." ...
Behind every great Irish song is a songwriter who has captured the essence of Irish life, history, and culture. In this section, we explore the work of legendary songwriters like Shane MacGowan, whose gritty, poetic lyrics brought a new edge to Irish music, and Turlough O’Carolan, the 17t...
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by listening to popular Irish songs from Thin Lizzy, The Dubliners and U2. Add these to your St. Patrick's Day song playlist.
“Fairytale of New York” was written in 1985, this much is certain. Inside the band, though, there are several disputed origins for the song. Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan insisted the song spawned from a bet with their then-producer Elvis Costello that the band could not write a hit Ch...
it also gets a new lease of life around St Patrick’s Day. It’s not easy to recreate the contrasting vocals of Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan from the original. Irish singer Christy Moore solved the problem by turning the song into a solo and he’s been copied by hundreds of perfor...