"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...
One of the band's most political songs, "Streets of Sorrow"/"Birmingham Six" is divided into two parts, with multi-instrumentalist Terry Woods singing the mournful opening (which he wrote) before Shane MacGowan takes over for the swinging finale. 6. "Streams of Whiskey" (FromRed Roses for...
One of the band's most political songs, "Streets of Sorrow"/"Birmingham Six" is divided into two parts, with multi-instrumentalist Terry Woods singing the mournful opening (which he wrote) before Shane MacGowan takes over for the swinging finale. 6. "Streams of Whiskey" (FromRed Roses for...
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, ...
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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...
According to Pogues’ lead singer Shane MacGowan, the group’s hit Christmas song “Fairytale of New York” came about from a bet with Elvis Costello that the band could never pull off a successful holiday hit. You lost that one, Elvis. ...
Baby, it’s cold inside the drunk tank from which Shane MacGowan shares his Christmas memories of slightly better times, when he still had a woman around to call him a “cheap lousy f***t” (among the other lines that vex would-be cover artists). Recording it proved tricky: the inten...