[HN Gopher] Shane MacGowan has died
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       Shane MacGowan has died
        
       Author : acdanger
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-11-30 13:50 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | seanhunter wrote:
       | From a lot of points of view the surprising thing is not that he
       | died now it's that he lasted this long. I remember seeing the
       | Pogues back in the 90s in the Joe Strummer period and they were
       | awesome but it was "common knowledge" back then that Shane was
       | extremely ill and not long for the world.
        
         | acdanger wrote:
         | Saw the Pogues play about 10 years. Shane was offstage most of
         | the time and was brought on to stage in a wheelchair for a
         | couple of songs to just sort of sit there and wave. It was sad
         | and I thought he had days to live at the time.
        
       | thr0waw4yz wrote:
       | What a character he was. Rest in peace!
        
       | bilekas wrote:
       | It's honestly a miracle he survived as long as he did. He was
       | definitely a character and the man had his own so voice style
       | that would be recognised straight away.
        
         | pvaldes wrote:
         | Sinnead O'Connor give him a few years more by the uncommon
         | procedure of send him to the jail
        
       | canucker2016 wrote:
       | from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20125315:
       | 
       | "It was not until he formed Pogue Mahone (a variant of Irish
       | phrase pog mo thoin, which means "kiss my a*se"), that he was
       | finally able to mix the rawness of punk with the Irish poetry and
       | sentimentality of his lyrics, to huge critical and commercial
       | acclaim."
       | 
       | Fairytale of New York on YouTube:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8
       | 
       | Shane, Kirsty - RIP
        
       | osullish wrote:
       | An absolute wordsmith, 'a pair of brown eyes' is as close to a
       | perfect song. Novels of thousands of pages haven't told a story
       | as deeply as that song. His version of the Band played waltzing
       | Matilda is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard - and
       | amazingly wrote fairytale of New York as a bet, when Elvis
       | Costello bet him he couldn't write a Christmas song.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Title clarification: Shane MacGowan: _Pogues singer_ dies aged 65
        
       | vr46 wrote:
       | A total shambles getting to and from the stage, but a devilish
       | charisma once on it, great performer, RIP Shane, fecking hell
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_MacGowan
        
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