The Pogues - The Old Main Drag

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ย. 2024

ความคิดเห็น •

  • @starlodear2987
    @starlodear2987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It does.

    • @boneytony5041
      @boneytony5041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the world goes round, so I'll go round

    • @davidmclintock7581
      @davidmclintock7581 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Pogues would be proud of that line

    • @patricklink8527
      @patricklink8527 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A road like a f*****-up face . Indeed, you are correct. There is no better song for that movie. Nice job of scoring it. Gus Van Zandt is a genius. He is to film what The Pogues R2 music.

    • @makavelli187dy
      @makavelli187dy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah I've been on it for last six months and still never made it 50 yards in any direction.Still trying tho.

  • @martavarela757
    @martavarela757 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    That was pure McGowan. He could mix the most sordid with the most tender. No other song moves me like this one does.

  • @johnpetry5321
    @johnpetry5321 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Shawn MacGowan, farewell to a true poet and madman. Thanks for sharing some time with us.

    • @beckiesorg5066
      @beckiesorg5066 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amen!

    • @davidmoore9153
      @davidmoore9153 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well said there will never be another phone had the pleasure of see in in action afew times over the years in Glasgow rip my friend

  • @GubbGaming
    @GubbGaming ปีที่แล้ว +57

    This is the absolute essence of Shanes writing. How to capture the soul and spirit of the era, the people, well... of everything. Rest easy Shane! ❤️

    • @kurthauenstein7149
      @kurthauenstein7149 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The most McGowan song he ever wrote I.M.O.

    • @kurthauenstein7149
      @kurthauenstein7149 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Popular? NO
      Amazing, gritty and real??
      Oh Yeah!

    • @michaeldunney
      @michaeldunney 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pure genius. Taking the depths of human misery and raising it to the level of Art. His finest hour.
      The last 'old main drag' is delivered devoid of emotion, flat, dead pan.
      Shane is off the Scale.
      Ireland's finest.

    • @michaeldunney
      @michaeldunney 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He makes 'The Streets of London' sound like a Butlins romp.
      Social realism to match James Joyce, but knocked out in about 10 mins.

  • @dnek1644
    @dnek1644 10 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    My Own Private Idaho brought me here!!
    R.I.P. River Phoenix

    • @joeo1725
      @joeo1725 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +dnek1 same here exactly. that film though with scruffy river phoenix made me realise how u didnt used to have to be air brushed picture perfect back then to be considered a handsome star.

    • @DoctorPretorious616
      @DoctorPretorious616 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just got back from a free screening of "My Own Private Idaho" at the Main Street Landing Theater in Burlington, VT. HAVE A NICE DAY.

    • @reaganwiles_art
      @reaganwiles_art 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Listen to Chris Connelly --The Early Nighters, elegy for River

  • @brendanoconnor6920
    @brendanoconnor6920 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Few song writers can see in the darkness and describe it so vividly as McGowan.

  • @SteKelly-jd8iu
    @SteKelly-jd8iu ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Rest in peace Shane. Thank you for the music and words

  • @truthandthewholetruth2436
    @truthandthewholetruth2436 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    RIP Shane this song is sad yet so beautiful.

  • @brandonross400
    @brandonross400 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    One of the greatest songwriters and renderers of the past 50 years whose work will be remembered long after we're all gone.

    • @marilenetala3050
      @marilenetala3050 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nobody does song like this these days and will never forever. I love love Shanes ' s wonderful wonderful and sweet voice. R.I.P. dear Shane. !!!!!!! 🎶🎶

  • @robertlanier3053
    @robertlanier3053 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My Private Idaho is what introduced me to The Pogues with this song. R.I.P. River Phoenix😢

  • @andresarce4918
    @andresarce4918 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    It was a nice surprise to hear this song at the end of My own private Idaho.

    • @J8T369
      @J8T369 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      is it dated? I saw it at the theaters years ago.

    • @scottielambert9312
      @scottielambert9312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Made the movie for me

    • @crystalbluewire3339
      @crystalbluewire3339 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great song. B 52s.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was it? I must have seen the film just before I borrowed and taped this CD from a friend of a friend and listened to it almost obsessively, especially this song. (Me and my friend and his friend and two others later got to see the Pogues live in LA. A dammed highlight of my life.) "I've been spat on, and shat on, and raped and abused" --- this line never goes out of my head

    • @johnflynn5044
      @johnflynn5044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And not surprising considering the films theme and these lyrics.. Main drag being heroine

  • @JOJO22858
    @JOJO22858 13 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    One of my all-time favorite Irish dirges. It was also the end credit song for the
    fantastic 1991 film "My Own Private Idaho" starring the late, great River
    Phoenix.

  • @lulugu3
    @lulugu3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Back in the 60s, my dad often had to run away from home. in the 80s, he had to see a therapist, and one of the issues he dealt with was ridding the sorrow he felt when listening to this song. I don't know the details of what happened to him, but this song paints a depressingly insightful picture.

    • @dadankarambolo6412
      @dadankarambolo6412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that make this song so beautiful

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah. Things like this have happened to many of us in some ways or another, including me. But for me it was my father, at "home," before I could legally escape. Jesus. The f ing coppers made me stay there and keep taking it when I tried to run away. And many things like this never really heal, physically or inwardly. It was my mom's side that was Irish. After I got out he beat her too.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      But yeah, this song can be therapy. And it can make some of us bawl like babies. I tried talking about this during the beginning of MeToo and people said that "MeToo" is a women's movement, period. So what about males it's happened to?, I asked. One person said "then start your own movement." As if anyone would give a dam. I'm proud of the MeToo women but can't say Me Too.

    • @jcmore7971
      @jcmore7971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Shit.. that is is frickin sad...sorry for your dad. I feel hollow right now really 😔

    • @josephdunne2446
      @josephdunne2446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Male prostitution, addiction and police brutality to name but a few

  • @delphineblackburn9228
    @delphineblackburn9228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    why the man is one of greatest poets of his time

  • @suecondon1685
    @suecondon1685 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah Shane, I'm glad I existed in the world for the same 65 years as you. RIP you wonderful lyricist ❤

  • @KH-cz7pr
    @KH-cz7pr ปีที่แล้ว +12

    RIP Shane MacGowan. The songs will live on!

  • @michaeldunney
    @michaeldunney 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the greatest full stop.
    Shane plummeting the depths of human misery, deprivation, humiliation and despair. And turning it into High Art. How, you may ask. A combination of an exclusive formal English education, and an inclusive informal Irish one. Bottled.
    The uilleann pipes, as directed by Shane, and his rendition of the final Old Main Drag, are....
    You had to live, Shane, and you had to die, and you suffered in between. We're all the richer and the poorer for it. Thank you.

    • @michaeldunney
      @michaeldunney 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An atheist talking to a dead man.

  • @johnpetry5321
    @johnpetry5321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This song, Mary Gauthier's "Drag Queens In Limousines", and Tom Waits, in general, all take me back to a time long passed.

  • @feelthewyrd
    @feelthewyrd ปีที่แล้ว +4

    just opened the christmas bottle of port early so me and my woman can raise a glass to shane macgowan. I am 65 and was lucky enough to be at some great gigs. The pogues were always a great memory. My fondest and most fun music with my mates, after and before the bar..... but this is the first time i have ever shed a tear at the passing of someone i didnt have the pleasure and experience to know. But i danced and sang your music and still do shane macgowan. i am not irish but heres to ya!

    • @ArchStantonify
      @ArchStantonify 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you're a real one my man
      You are Irish enough and I'm Irish enough to say that.

  • @joshjuanfifarek7382
    @joshjuanfifarek7382 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Arguably definitely one of his very best songs he wrote. Absolutely amazing

  • @Theodre_Verany
    @Theodre_Verany 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Shane was such an incredible songwriter, he is irreplacable

  • @sarahdean6441
    @sarahdean6441 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A genius wordsmith. Rest in Peace with the angels Shane.

  • @janegoldsmith5376
    @janegoldsmith5376 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    RIP Shane MacGowan. This song tears me to pieces.

    • @marksitter7834
      @marksitter7834 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel the same.

  • @alias4607
    @alias4607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Something to slowdance to when you have no-one to slowdance with.

  • @signed_Bewildered
    @signed_Bewildered 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing tune, They don't write songs like this these days.

  • @poorpaddy7803
    @poorpaddy7803 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of his masterpieces... one among many

  • @PearseMcdonnell
    @PearseMcdonnell ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Shane McGowan thankyou . The old main drag is a song of degration and sadnesss. what can I say pretty near a masterpiece

  • @annecaro.3956
    @annecaro.3956 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    he is so king hearted : dispite harshness never a word of hate, but hope always

  • @misophoneofficial5283
    @misophoneofficial5283 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a perfect song. To these ears at least. What perfect imperfection.

  • @noddyholder79
    @noddyholder79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Never fails to send a shiver down the spine

  • @morganrock1
    @morganrock1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the few songs ever that almost made me cry.

  • @emer67
    @emer67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    London's violence has increased so much in recent years that this beautiful song's story is almost quaint.

  • @AllanMorgan-oi3sy
    @AllanMorgan-oi3sy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Absolutely genius lyrics so powerful rip Shane

  • @patricklink8527
    @patricklink8527 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes that is a good quote and was a perfect song choice for that movie.

  • @colinkehoe5985
    @colinkehoe5985 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I brought myself here because I've been a fan of the Pogues for over 15 years and fancied listening to some of their music.
    I met Shane when I was younger and he bought me a can of beer on the train and sat with me and my friends even though Victoria(a lot of you will have to Google her) and another woman that was with then sat in different seats. He took out a bottle of gin from his bag and drank and chatted away to us until we got to where we were going.
    His relationship with alcohol is a shame but he is a very down to earth man who would talk to anyone and has a great sense of humour.
    Only writing this because I don't understand this new craze of "blah,blah,blah" brought me here.
    What is the point of that? Noone cares to be honest

    • @theliamofella
      @theliamofella 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would love to meet Shane, I don't believe in idols but he is my favourite personality

    • @christopherlantz6442
      @christopherlantz6442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love that story. He's always struck me as a very pained, very kind person. Generally, I don't get the "____ brought me here" thing, either. (I was just thinking today how irritated I was that most comments on Violent Femmes' "Good Feeling" are "Some awful TV show brought me here.") I mean, I really, really love My Own Private Idaho, and this song is a beautiful interjection at the end... But I'm not going to proudly announce that the only reason I'm listening to a song is I saw it in a movie.

    • @DanielFranc35
      @DanielFranc35 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theliamofella that is a good old contradiction

    • @theliamofella
      @theliamofella 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dean, I’m not sure that admiring someone’s personality and idolising somebody is the same but I probably do idolise the fella if I’m honest

    • @michaeldyer5978
      @michaeldyer5978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Closest I came to meeting Shane was in Hollywood at a club he was playing at in the early 90’s. He stumbled, but didn’t fall, after stepping on my heel. I thought he was going to kick my ass, but he turned back around. I was terrified. Wish I could meet him at a pub and buy him a pint.

  • @nottavictim5
    @nottavictim5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If you grew up in NYC in the 60s and 70s you knew The Drag. We called it The 40 Deuce. It was 53d Street too.

  • @carolfuller3562
    @carolfuller3562 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ive loved The pogues since this album,scooter rallies in the 80s brill timesxxxxx

  • @colinwilson4609
    @colinwilson4609 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It doesn't need a comment. It's already perfect.

  • @hankbellamy
    @hankbellamy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ah such inspiration i love the pogues so much always will be my favourite band

  • @SiLeNtLyFaMoUs80sSynth
    @SiLeNtLyFaMoUs80sSynth ปีที่แล้ว +6

    RIP Shane an absolute legend 🇮🇪

  • @herbohorse92
    @herbohorse92 13 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    this is an absolute tune. one of my favourite pogues songs.

  • @AlexMakhno
    @AlexMakhno 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For me, one of the best Pogue´s songs

  • @rossmorebaz
    @rossmorebaz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this song is for everyone who had it hard and struggled to survive growing up..

    • @patttrick
      @patttrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rent boys. never been one

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patttrick not just rent boys. It's for anyone who's been picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls/ beaten and mauled/ shat on and spat on and raped and abused, or the functional equivalent. Women and men and others. There's no "girls" or "boys" left if we manage to survive these kinds of things. Also white and black and brown.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patttrick So yeah Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter. There's no contradiction. Female lives and male lives and queer lives matter. Solidarity, my fellow human beings around the world.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Barry Obama Does Patrick Clayton think he's better than the rest of us? ... because he's "never been one"? ... One what? A rent boy? Someone who's suffered more than they can possibly express or even bear? Let's tear down this sick capitalist racist misogynist society and the staggering inequality that causes so much unspeakable suffering.

  • @teknoprisoners
    @teknoprisoners ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never met you,
    But I bet you,
    We'd have got on like a house,
    On fire, you'd require,
    Nothing but some good craic,
    I lack nothing, nor you,
    And the things that we do,
    Reflect on the world as it turns,
    Meyy Christmas to you,
    Up in heaven adieu,
    This is farewell to you,
    Shane, Legend,
    We'll remember you well,
    And your Fairytale spell.

  • @bleepbleep1961
    @bleepbleep1961 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After catching the closing credits for My Own Private Idaho .... I heard this and needed to find it ..
    ALAS !❤

  • @7691kartel
    @7691kartel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Best lyricist...bar none..

    • @ashrach18
      @ashrach18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No one can convey raw emotion and the story the way Shane does, nobody!!

    • @patriciahalliday8920
      @patriciahalliday8920 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A genius. An a drunk. Perfection.

  • @DonCarlos590
    @DonCarlos590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So happy i found thiz song. Its so easy to relate to. I always felt a comfort from this song, because it's something to relate too. A drug filled/alcohol filled life.

  • @Bailebhoy
    @Bailebhoy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Irelands greatest poet and singer

  • @susanandrew6453
    @susanandrew6453 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Shane MacGowan. Gone today: far too soon. 30 November 2023.

  • @12bigredd
    @12bigredd ปีที่แล้ว

    :) a man that lived in this age but from from another place in time:) now I personally cannot imagine young Shane resting these days:) it was never in his nature:)

  • @ciaranocarroll5435
    @ciaranocarroll5435 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this classic Shane R.I.P.

  • @philipmcmullan2516
    @philipmcmullan2516 ปีที่แล้ว

    An absolute champion of lyrics and emotions,god bless you for your powerful songs ,rip

  • @scoulark
    @scoulark 12 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yes. Regardless. I couldnae hear anyone else doing such a deep and wonderful song like this.

  • @briansward08
    @briansward08 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just grieving at the loss of another Irish giant.

  • @Fioneenacockeen
    @Fioneenacockeen 16 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Perfection...Thank you VERY much for posting.A real gem.

  • @annecaro.3956
    @annecaro.3956 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    so deep from his soul

  • @Lupocide
    @Lupocide 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The only song that can start and finish a genuine Irish Wake ;-)

  • @Survivalist-of-war
    @Survivalist-of-war ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP my brother

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best...forget all that Christmas shite. This is Sean''s masterpiece. God bless you, peace and death in Ireland.

  • @dohertm2
    @dohertm2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    McGowan, 100% legend!

  • @admedhurst6860
    @admedhurst6860 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb! love you Shane RIP XXX

  • @gerardocarroll1158
    @gerardocarroll1158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A beautiful song, grim, but beautiful.

  • @therealisation5500
    @therealisation5500 ปีที่แล้ว

    Used to be my party piece i don't get asked anymore happy trails Shane for the good times

  • @rosalinamoreira4786
    @rosalinamoreira4786 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Quê música tão linda
    Eu adoro todas as músicas deste excelente cantor turco.

  • @ColdOasisU2
    @ColdOasisU2 13 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    perfetc ...in the style of Dylan, Lou Reed and especially Tom Waits

    • @mysterygirl745
      @mysterygirl745 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nagy Ciprian Mihai Nagy I agree with your comment about Mr Waits. Such a beautiful picture and lyrics- raw, pure and full of emotion as always ☘️🇨🇮💋

  • @roccorino55
    @roccorino55 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    amazing song happy bday ol boy

  • @seankelly9447
    @seankelly9447 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    RIP Shane

  • @supgaw
    @supgaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great picture

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Shane. Timeless

  • @polmaccaba
    @polmaccaba 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the best lyrics that anyone can beg, or drag.
    I was pulled in by the coppers and beaten in..........ahhh the old main drag....

  • @robertkovac9780
    @robertkovac9780 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "If you don't know in Croatia was a fricking war and i was solider 5 year's(1991-1996)..."There is a scar's on my hart and time don't meen nothing....Now i Cry!!!...sorr.4 my English" ...Punkie d'Dog

    • @kennyworth007
      @kennyworth007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OK. Let it out.

    • @crystalbluewire3339
      @crystalbluewire3339 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one defines you.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crystalbluewire3339 Other ppl do define us when we're young. At some point we've got to take that power back and define ourselves. That doesn't take the pain away though.

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robert Kovac: Thanks for opening up online. This song's for all of us who've been permanently scarred by brutal sh*t. The pain will probably never leave me either, but go ahead and cry; it can be therapy. As long as you know that someone else cares, at least. I actually do care about you now, tho i know nothing else about you. If that makes any difference. Hit me up if you want.

  • @666Eva
    @666Eva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "picked up the coppers and kicked in the balls". Best lyrics by a human ever.

  • @elgordineo
    @elgordineo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Shane 🥃

  • @6gingerfish6
    @6gingerfish6 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Blocked from being watched in Ireland? Well that makes perfect sense...

    • @ReciprocalZeugma
      @ReciprocalZeugma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      aha! Unbroken Continuity, TAL32. And fuck censorship obsessed antisex Puritans!

    • @jamess.7427
      @jamess.7427 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Molly Mag Uidhir How so?

    • @TheHobade
      @TheHobade 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Odd...I'm watching / listening to it right now in Dublin 😀 R.I.P. Shane.

  • @uclrichard
    @uclrichard 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    brilliant, brilliant, bravo

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Poetry in motion

  • @johnparrington8606
    @johnparrington8606 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Shane.

  • @eisemanrenyardjake
    @eisemanrenyardjake 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:08-0:32 What an intro; so sad, but so beautiful

  • @brianloughran6190
    @brianloughran6190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OK, I confess - I'm a Brit (apologies to all concerned) and while I love English folk, when I want to go on the lash there is only one song I go to!!! (My Sligo roots come out!!!)

  • @cataleo1
    @cataleo1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey I don't know why but every time I hear these bastards I feel like crying. They were just AWESOME

    • @marksitter7834
      @marksitter7834 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fuck me too. Fucking hell.

  • @jonanjello
    @jonanjello 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of their best!

  • @globalhumanism
    @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you also for posting the lyrics. I once formally rec'd this song to Radio Free Hawaii through a friend who worked there and asked me to rec something. But I heard that many listeners and callers thought it was "I wish I could escape from/ the old man in drag" etc. I had to explain what it was about before they played it again.

  • @polmaccaba
    @polmaccaba 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best song ever that represents the Irish fellas that were on he dragggggg> Having been there i relate to it, so all others go have a bit of sympathy, please> so now i am lying here typing this defence.

  • @TheJohanIII
    @TheJohanIII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great !!!

  • @aoibhin9745
    @aoibhin9745 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song makes me so emotional

  • @irishelk3
    @irishelk3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmm, an experience id rather not have! haha, nice one Shane!

  • @elizabethkilcoyne9220
    @elizabethkilcoyne9220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    suprising to hear this at the end of my own private idaho

  • @jeffdaze8363
    @jeffdaze8363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    HAVE A NICE DAY....

  • @globalhumanism
    @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "I've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused" --- I'm glad that Shane was willing and able to sing this, cause it can and does happen to boys and men too

    • @globalhumanism
      @globalhumanism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      sorry: it sometimes plays in my head this way but I guess it's really "i've been shat on and spat on and raped and abused." Like the order makes any f ing difference when most or all of these things have really happened to you. Also "... picked up the coppers and kicked in the balls ... I was beaten and mauled" etc. Finally, I thought. A song that at least reflects some of my pre-adult life.

  • @dalawaabril
    @dalawaabril 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1
    00:00:32,872 --> 00:00:38,945
    When I first came to London I was only sixteen
    2
    00:00:39,045 --> 00:00:45,168
    With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
    3
    00:00:45,268 --> 00:00:51,239
    I went down to the 'dilly to check out the scene
    4
    00:00:51,339 --> 00:00:57,474
    But I soon ended up upon the old main drag
    5
    00:00:57,574 --> 00:01:03,678
    There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
    6
    00:01:03,778 --> 00:01:09,942
    And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
    7
    00:01:10,042 --> 00:01:15,955
    In the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver
    8
    00:01:16,055 --> 00:01:22,152
    For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag
    9
    00:01:22,252 --> 00:01:28,178
    In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
    10
    00:01:28,278 --> 00:01:34,479
    But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills
    11
    00:01:34,579 --> 00:01:40,473
    If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg
    12
    00:01:40,573 --> 00:01:48,108
    There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag
    13
    00:01:59,202 --> 00:02:05,150
    One evening as I was lying down by Leicester Square
    14
    00:02:05,250 --> 00:02:11,149
    I was pulled in by the coppers and kicked in the balls
    15
    00:02:11,249 --> 00:02:17,314
    Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled
    16
    00:02:17,414 --> 00:02:23,464
    And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag
    17
    00:02:23,564 --> 00:02:29,700
    In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
    18
    00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:35,872
    Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
    19
    00:02:35,972 --> 00:02:41,737
    And the coppers would come along and push them about
    20
    00:02:41,837 --> 00:02:48,284
    And I wished I could escape from the old main drag
    21
    00:02:48,384 --> 00:02:54,155
    And now I'm lying here I've had too much booze
    22
    00:02:54,255 --> 00:03:00,574
    I've been shat on and spat on and raped and abused
    23
    00:03:00,674 --> 00:03:06,543
    I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
    24
    00:03:06,643 --> 00:03:12,955
    For some money to take me from the old main drag

  • @mr.t6142
    @mr.t6142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The band that inspired the novel, by Thomas C. Stuhr, SPRINKLED WITH EMOTION.

    • @patricklink8527
      @patricklink8527 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mister Kirkwood would like to know if you'd like to hear his voice that way?

  • @vit0feit0
    @vit0feit0 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love that!

  • @polmaccaba
    @polmaccaba 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    verc,
    good for you, keep the head up! there is another life and u need to live it!

  • @ianhearnden4471
    @ianhearnden4471 ปีที่แล้ว

    rip shane loadsa luv xxxxx

  • @C40V15
    @C40V15 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like the composition at 1'47, like a scratched vinyl...

  • @paulbyrnesrmt2929
    @paulbyrnesrmt2929 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a brilliant ending…

  • @rouener
    @rouener 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    the accrordian monotone is flatlining. In the start and middle sections it represents a resusatation. the end is death.

  • @dec2031
    @dec2031 ปีที่แล้ว

    Son of Ireland, master wordsmith, demon of the drink,...
    Legend...Such was McGowan.

  • @colinwilson4609
    @colinwilson4609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sad but strangely life affirming. A contemporary version of Sweet Molly Malone.

  • @ReciprocalZeugma
    @ReciprocalZeugma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    not seen tuinal for a while...
    there was also lots of Seconal, Sevredol, Palfium, Durophet, Narphen, Levo-Dromoran, Cyclimorph, Physeptone and Diconal on the old main drag.