It's easy to ridicule Shane MacGowan. He fits no one's definition of human beauty, he has lived all-too-human an existence, and is the definition of imperfection. That said, his passion for music is tangible and undeniable. That's what makes him interesting, and relevant, even when the pretty boys of pop music come and go. Those of us with an ear for real music will still be listening to Shane long after the likes of Coldplay are but a distant memory.
Dirty old town.. written by Kirsty McColl's father Ewan McColl, it was a song about Englands Mining towns in the North, back in the 40's- 50's The Irish adoped it, and the Pogues made it unforgettable. Poguetry in motion.
Beauty is not always in the face, Shane's beauty is within, and his voice is beautiful and sweet and this song reminds me of my heritage and young childhood days, I get goosbumps and I love it truly :)
One thing is for sure, No one will ever replace his sound, and style. One of a kind. When he sang with Kristy McColl they had a sound all of their own that for me no one could ever beat. RIP Kristy McColl.
A bit of background - this song was written and originally recorded by Ewan MacColl, a renowned folk singer and coincidentally the father of Kirsty MacColl, who went on to record the legendary "Fairytale of New York" with the Pogues.
The Pogues and Shane MacGowan are authentic, genuine talent. Shane has led a rough life and I wish him well. His voice and music will endure long after we are all gone.
When ya get old like me, you'll understand that you've been listening to a musical, poetical genius. The drunken Shane MacGowen was always on stride when it came to lyrics.
I agree but this wasnt his song. Dirty old town was written about Salford near manchester. It was written by Ewan McColl who is Kirsty Mccolls dad. Fact
Frank Ternay My Man has "fangs" and a few missing nerves in his front teeth... but he's the best lover I could dream of and like Shane can come up with things you'd never expect from someone who looks "Like a thug" or in Shane's case whatever one thinks he looks like! My BF literally can draw beautiful drawings of me and he doesn't even rate HIMSELF he can do pages of poetry ad lib for Me perfectly rhyming! Teeth have NO impact on ANYTHING other than judgemental people and if people say I'm a pretty young girl or question why I'd be "with that" - their loss to NOT know why!!!
Lucy Candice cool genuine rock n roller, like say, Ian Drury, all style and substance, no glitz. Dirty old town we live is same. The Pogues work is and are an important contribution to music.
A fool who needs pretty pictures not depth and content. One who bobs one's head to the beat to fit in and is a sheeple not part of the intellectual people that actually have worth :) THAT is who judges a book by it's cover!
The man has something 90% OF ROCK and FILM STARS do not HAVE: sincerity and authenticity. He has the shit $ can't buy. If you don't get that then you should just hang out waiting for the Kardashians to put out a Christmas record, or Jennifer Aniston to do a roots record.
I love Shane's voice. He has one of my favorite voice's I've heard. As for his teeth, who gives a shit? I think he is incredibly talented both lyrically and musically. I'd go as far to say as he is a musical genius. I also happen to think he is pretty fucking attractive. The Pogues and Shane are absolutely incredible.
His feel is so perfect--I am sorry that alcohol has hurt him so. I love you, Shane - You moved Ronnie Drew's Spirit along and taught a new generation about heritage music. I love you forever.
Shane...is a genius. No one writes lyrics like this dude. My heart fills up with love and my eyes with tears on his tunes. Thank you, God, for giving us music by the Pogues.
@@golem3080 Thanks for the info! Pogues also did a few tunes by other writers I am finding out and am getting to appreciate! [ I still think he's a great poet, btw;]
Try looking up the definition of the word genius. EINSTEIN was one. So was MOZART. I don't think this alcoholic MISFIT is quite on a par with them, do you?
A talented wreck reborn. Was enough said about him being a right human mess with endearing qualities? Or was that an endearing human with messy qualities? This fella could be the poster child for all things paradoxical. He appears both humble yet proud, torn yet successful, happy yet wretched, brazen yet bashful, intoxicated yet most sobering. His sound is like that of a wailing toothless hound, an old farm dog with a lot of wasted potential. Anyone who hears him cannot ignore. He is a winner. You just cannot easily see that..
Shane was/is the best singer in the world (for me). I'm 16 now and I love this music no matter what! This Song was the 2nd song i know from them. The Pogues changed my life forever. My parents had met them and played a song with them bc my father played in an celtic Punk band too😃 I Wish i would meet him😍
Voice of a biker angel, just pouring out his soul no matter what. Gotta love that! I appreciate it, very few people are like that; most are just dead inside and boosting.
WHO cares about his appearance and his habits. He is a living legend who has left us a legacy of beautiful tunes and memories of that great era the 80s. lets not wait for him to pass away to appreciate him. if you listen to him singing A RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO. If you have a true love or have lost a true love the song will cut you down to tears, while you are considering playing it again.
Probably the best vocalist ever in our genre---and maybe beyond. Shane was incomparable. Trying to think of who I just maybe like better. Drawing a blank.
My 10 year old son saw him sing this and it made him cry. It is funny cuz he is real big bear of a kid and he has such a sweet interior. It makes me proud that he has that .
It's easy to ridicule Shane MacGowan. He fits no one's definition of human beauty, he has lived all-too-human an existence, and is the definition of imperfection. That said, his passion for music is tangible and undeniable. That's what makes him interesting, and relevant, even when the pretty boys of pop music come and go. Those of us with an ear for real music will still be listening to Shane long after the likes of Coldplay are but a distant memory.
So lieb geschrieben ❤ stimme auch zu
Es único y punto
I love you for this❤
The man sends the crowd mad at gig I’ve been to. Brings a lump to the throat x
Nice,you get this genius 😊
R.I.P. Shane MacGowan The Irish Legend!!!
RIP Shane McGowan. Pints all out for you tonight buddy.
Listen carefully, his singing is pure perfection in tone, emotion and attitude.
And your description in such few words is just fine !
I thought with the young happy crowd the song wouldn’t work. Nope. His voice was too pure.
That's usually how drunk people sing at the pub.
Shane genius was on his writing. RIP
He will be missed. Genuis
Perfectly suited to his genre. Miss you already Shane
Dirty old town.. written by Kirsty McColl's father Ewan McColl, it was a song about Englands Mining towns in the North, back in the 40's- 50's The Irish adoped it, and the Pogues made it unforgettable. Poguetry in motion.
I always loved Shane and I still do... because he didn't give a sh*t of other people opinions! The world needs more Shans McGowan's!
Great emptiness in my heart. RIP. Sure hope i get in the Pit before you in heaven!!
RIP
God bless you shane you're a legend!!! 💚
He was unusual but brilliant its the voice and rhythm that matters
Beauty is not always in the face, Shane's beauty is within, and his voice is beautiful and sweet and this song reminds me of my heritage and young childhood days, I get goosbumps and I love it truly :)
I think he is good looking tho. Wouldn't you agree
Beauty faces don‘t touch me. It‘s just the end of mixing as much faces as possible. Not what interests me.
❤
This dude is sexy ❤❤
God rest his soul. Rest in peace, Shane MacGowan ❤
RIP, Shane. You will be missed.
R.i.p to one of best voices iv grown up to this is what you call a real song
Bless you Shane MacGowan - we will miss you!
Ces années la resterons gravées a jamais❤❤
RIP Shane Mac Gowan.😢😢
All my respect for this great person and artist, greetings from Spain, God bless you
RIP Shane
There will never be another , we seen a legend, lion in the jungle of life, xx
That is what music and singing is all about! ❤Thank you, Shane!
We partyed w/Pogues outside the Beacon Theater in NYC around 88 or 89. My cousin from Eire exchanged a Clan Na Gale tee shirt onstage w/McGowan
Rest easy Shane I'll forever be grateful for ur music the poet the genius and the loveable rogue ❤
At 71 I discovered Shane MacGowan..can't get enough of his music. Absolutely love this sad, talented man...
So you're 77 now?
@@Realnigga10000 he passed away
@@itsomarsbabys7938 how do u know?
Shane isn't sad...yeah a tad melancholic at times...but not sad
@@itsomarsbabys7938 Shane is not dead !!!
He is so real. Nothing hidden from him. What you see, is what you get. No false facade. What a voice.
It doesn't matter where You were born, or where You live, this song is universal. Great song writing.
One thing is for sure, No one will ever replace his sound, and style. One of a kind. When he sang with Kristy McColl they had a sound all of their own that for me no one could ever beat. RIP Kristy McColl.
So true- really can’t believe that there will be an authentic version of Shane ever again in the world we are now living in. probably impossible
A bit of background - this song was written and originally recorded by Ewan MacColl, a renowned folk singer and coincidentally the father of Kirsty MacColl, who went on to record the legendary "Fairytale of New York" with the Pogues.
To judge a person by their teeth only depicts what a very shallow person anyone who would do so truly is. Love The Pogues. Always have, always will.
+Linda Jones let me guess... you are a fangirl?
***** and you're an Leon?
New model army
hahahahaha
You probably have bad teeth and shitty genetics...
The Pogues and Shane MacGowan are authentic, genuine talent. Shane has led a rough life and I wish him well. His voice and music will endure long after we are all gone.
Genius
Легенда прекрасная легенда ☘️
When ya get old like me, you'll understand that you've been listening to a musical, poetical genius. The drunken Shane MacGowen was always on stride when it came to lyrics.
ICKristopher absolutely.his legend will be epic and well deserved
brill
I agree but this wasnt his song. Dirty old town was written about Salford near manchester. It was written by Ewan McColl who is Kirsty Mccolls dad. Fact
Or you can be young and understand 😜
You get that genius and alcoholism go together
Une chanson d'une grande poésie 😢
Rest in peace.
What a crowd , and what a performance !!
grew up listening to the pogues and shane, love 'em even more today
teeth never bothered me, dude rocks
Me two! -BTW: what teeth are people referring to?
Frank Ternay My Man has "fangs" and a few missing nerves in his front teeth... but he's the best lover I could dream of and like Shane can come up with things you'd never expect from someone who looks "Like a thug" or in Shane's case whatever one thinks he looks like! My BF literally can draw beautiful drawings of me and he doesn't even rate HIMSELF he can do pages of poetry ad lib for Me perfectly rhyming! Teeth have NO impact on ANYTHING other than judgemental people and if people say I'm a pretty young girl or question why I'd be "with that" - their loss to NOT know why!!!
Lucy Candice cool genuine rock n roller, like say, Ian Drury, all style and substance, no glitz. Dirty old town we live is same. The Pogues work is and are an important contribution to music.
Frank Ternay Absolutely!!!!! Who fucking judges a book by its cover????!!!!!!!
A fool who needs pretty pictures not depth and content. One who bobs one's head to the beat to fit in and is a sheeple not part of the intellectual people that actually have worth :) THAT is who judges a book by it's cover!
This guy has something charming but I can’t tell exactly what it is. I love the way he sings. Great song!
This is my wedding song, married 15 years!!
Congrats!
[*]
Now you are married 18 years, right?
@@danielaschwarz1971 they got divorced unfortunately
Daisy Orosco that sucks
REMINDS ME OF MY HOMETOWN,........BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE......ENGLAND....SHANE IS A LEGEND!!!! HE DESERVES CAPITAL LETTERS!!!! PEACE!!!!
The man has something 90% OF ROCK and FILM STARS do not HAVE: sincerity and authenticity. He has the shit $ can't buy. If you don't get that then you should just hang out waiting for the Kardashians to put out a Christmas record, or Jennifer Aniston to do a roots record.
I don't see the talent in this guy, but I'd still rather listen to him than Kardashian or Aniston, so yeah...
+maxsiehier the talent was simply filling himself with whiskey and stout and not get pissed, then smash gigs
Robert Corcoran true that!
mostly gin, though!
You were allowed to be a talented drunk back then, these days you would be
crucified
Jennifer Anniston is doing a roots record ?!!!
nobody could sing this song as he did.. pure compassion. goosebumps activating. greets from Germany
wonderful music
one of the best ballad singers Ireland will ever ever have,a real legend,good health shane.
John Joyce He's English. Not Irish.
Glenn Cormack he's Irish you dumb shit
@@vacuumcleaner6940 I think you will find he is English you Blurt
@@jimmybrown8248 True story, the Islands are full of mutts from other lands
Knicke Dicken he was definitely raised in England and if you here him now he doesn’t have an Irish accent, I think he just put it on
The man was a legend
The greatest true Irish poet of the late 20 century.
He's not English because he has a soul
ONLY YOU SHANE A LEGEND. MISS YOU. A CONCERT IN GODS KINGDOM.RIP🙏❤️🌹☘️
Great poetry, authentic singing, and beautiful music. What more is there to ask for?
I love Shane's voice. He has one of my favorite voice's I've heard. As for his teeth, who gives a shit? I think he is incredibly talented both lyrically and musically. I'd go as far to say as he is a musical genius. I also happen to think he is pretty fucking attractive. The Pogues and Shane are absolutely incredible.
+Ashleigh Wilkie His voice reaches parts of me that other singers can't get near.
+Ashleigh Wilkie Favorite voices? It's nearly impossible to tell what'd he's even saying! Absolutely absurd to say something like that.
It's absurd to state my opinion? I can understand him just fine.
+Ashleigh Wilkie
im with you
+Ashleigh Wilkie Eminem beats this shit
Brilliant...the band, Shane, the arrangement. Can listen to this song over and over again.
I just love that banjo twanging away in the background!!
Quelles merveilles, cette chanson et ce chanteur.
Always sober -- never pissed. Never stop singing Shane !
So amazed this dude's still alive
We all love Shane MacGowan
simply enjoy his wonderful music and forget his appearance!!!
His feel is so perfect--I am sorry that alcohol has hurt him so. I love you, Shane - You moved Ronnie Drew's Spirit along and taught a new generation about heritage music. I love you forever.
Brilliant performance by The Pogues, especially the young Shane Macgowan.
Stands the test of time this one: ) On 05/10/2022.
His voice moves hearts I say: )
Utterly amazing! I had the album if I should from grace with god when I was twelve and have loved them ever since!!
Respect from Italy!
Shane...is a genius. No one writes lyrics like this dude. My heart fills up with love and my eyes with tears on his tunes. Thank you, God, for giving us music by the Pogues.
He didn't write this
yep, its an old folk song, not his lyric
@@golem3080 Thanks for the info! Pogues also did a few tunes by other writers I am finding out and am getting to appreciate! [ I still think he's a great poet, btw;]
It's a cover. Rod Stewart did it too.
Try looking up the definition of the word genius. EINSTEIN was one. So was MOZART. I don't think this alcoholic MISFIT is quite on a par with them, do you?
Beautiful😊❤❤❤❤😢
Absolutely brilliant, the bands 2 top hits will never be replicated
Let me go boys,
Let me go down in the mud,
Where the rivers all run dry.
God Bless Shane.
R I P Shane 🙏 thanks for the music and memories 🙏 ❤️
"This is about that dying guy or whatever." Never change, Shane.
Un fiá eo gavea in tel sangue. Sempre vanti Shane. Eterno riposo a ti.
A talented wreck reborn. Was enough said about him being a right human mess with endearing qualities? Or was that an endearing human with messy qualities?
This fella could be the poster child for all things paradoxical. He appears both humble yet proud, torn yet successful, happy yet wretched, brazen yet bashful, intoxicated yet most sobering. His sound is like that of a wailing toothless hound, an old farm dog with a lot of wasted potential.
Anyone who hears him cannot ignore. He is a winner. You just cannot easily see that..
i couldn't care less what Shane looks like , the 1st time I heard The Pogues I was hooked , brilliant :)
Shane was/is the best singer in the world (for me). I'm 16 now and I love this music no matter what! This Song was the 2nd song i know from them. The Pogues changed my life forever. My parents had met them and played a song with them bc my father played in an celtic Punk band too😃 I Wish i would meet him😍
Just pure briliance and music at its best
Voice of a biker angel, just pouring out his soul no matter what. Gotta love that! I appreciate it, very few people are like that; most are just dead inside and boosting.
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R.i.p. Shane, your song wil be sung forever.
If you can't get past the teeth to the soul and spirit of this music, song, and event then you are indeed a shallow person.
I think anything could go past those teeth. :D
+Zen Archos hahahahahaha
who gives a shit i dont even got teeth anymore
It's not the teeth is the lack of ability to sing coherently.
Jacob Bonner singing is being generous
I love this song and I'm not even Irish. Hello from Singapore!
Hello my friend if you could checkout my super fun reggae take on this classic and subscribe I'd appreciate it
It's not an Irish song.....it's about Salford...
I remember Shane singing in Puckane (Tipp) a hundred years ago. I'm amazed that he is still alive, no more than himself. Still a beaut. Up Tipp
What a wonderful song, can't get it out of my head. Rod Stewart has a good version as well.
WHO cares about his appearance and his habits. He is a living legend who has left us a legacy of beautiful tunes and memories of that great era the 80s. lets not wait for him to pass away to appreciate him. if you listen to him singing A RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO. If you have a true love or have lost a true love the song will cut you down to tears, while you are considering playing it again.
how true 🍀
One of my favorite songs.
Vive l'Irlande
One of? Pshhhh...
Probably the best vocalist ever in our genre---and maybe beyond. Shane was incomparable. Trying to think of who I just maybe like better. Drawing a blank.
Shane is the Man! Love the guy, and his songs too!
Superior ...Shane is incredible.....listen once a day or more!
Beautiful, amazing and timeless.
Shane.. absolute Legend!! ❤️ from Newfoundland!
he has such a amazing voice! i love this song
I love he's singing whatever problems he has a beautiful singer
Brilliant ,no more to be said
fantastic writer and singer. love you shane
Truly amazing such a nice song for lifting the spirits
My 10 year old son saw him sing this and it made him cry. It is funny cuz he is real big bear of a kid and he has such a sweet interior. It makes me proud that he has that .
Great great song ! Thank you Shane, thank you Pogues.
Great stuff. Shane's the real deal. Hats off
não me canso de escutar esse música ....muito foda ...muito bom ...
U cant fake reality keep singin where ever u r
RIP Shane. You are loved.
great job Shane
Thank you for the upload, i love the Pogues
Luv this!! Any one from a dirty old town can connect with this!!!
That tin whistle is amazing
Rip 😢
and still alive...what a wonder
a Christmas mirical..?
WTF, how awesome is this, unbelievable down to earth talent, fucking awesome👍👍