Shane is everything anyone wanted to be. He's clearly intoxicated and that could be the takeaway for some but I see a genuine human wanting to connect. What a sweetheart. An Irish legend.
@Paul-sl9zm8 ай бұрын
Shane was constantly intoxicated. It would be extremely rare to find footage of him sober 😂
@shamrockhunter12 жыл бұрын
At 3:36 "At our gigs, the audience is the most important thing. If the audience is happy then you played a good gig. Doesn't matter how shit it sounded. Whoever might film it, criticize it, record it or whatever." No lip synch, no pre recorded tracks, no spotless MTV image. A man and his music. From the heart.
@johnross76795 жыл бұрын
one of irelands greatest gifts to the world shane macgowan ,,, legend
@danielosullivan31102 жыл бұрын
☘️🚬🥂🖤
@CK-dd7eq Жыл бұрын
Full Irish blood and whiskey in him though 🇮🇪
@jamesdean1143 Жыл бұрын
English public school boy.
@CK-dd7eq Жыл бұрын
@@jamesdean1143 Lennox Lewis was a Jamaican Canadian school boy... See where I'm going?
@dravendean8710 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesdean1143 genius
@verbaud15 жыл бұрын
Bless Shane's ever-tender heart. Always a lover, never a hater.
@danielosullivan31102 жыл бұрын
Saint Shane MacGowan ☘️🚬🥂🖤
@Blondie1010101008 ай бұрын
@@danielosullivan3110he is now. RIP Shane ❤
@nobodysfool82009 жыл бұрын
Shane, God bless him, is unbelievably coherent here.
@Mirrorkissers14 жыл бұрын
Shane is an extremely intelligent man and one of the last living punks that stayed true to the cause, but you can't pretend that he never killed any brain cells with the amount he drinks. It is a shame but his, and The Pogues work will be remembered forever. He did what he intended to do which was inject Irish folk music into popular music, and he accomplished that, and I admire him for that reason.
@danielosullivan31102 жыл бұрын
Saint Shane MacGowan ☘️🚬🥂🖤
@vikkijones52468 жыл бұрын
Will and always have,loved EVERYTHING about this beautiful man,who makes NO apologies for who he is.Nothing sexier than that....
@damotheman41964 жыл бұрын
Damn vicky a bit of a late reply but glad to know theres still some ladies turned on by lyrics,charm,charisma and a hurt behind the eyes you must be blind not to notice..respect to you my dear,slainte fom the emerald isle hope this finds you well✌
@kirstieadams87954 жыл бұрын
@deadbutdreaming True
@wesley00s4 жыл бұрын
good point! although being an alcoholic must be a horror show life like someone pointed here
@22grena12 жыл бұрын
This man copes with life and still performs despite the handicap of drink. Most people couldnt cope.
@Rudolphius10015 жыл бұрын
He's not a loser... he IS a genuis! He's just getting a little bit older. But he stil sings f*ckin great!
@polsa15 жыл бұрын
this is man that going to the record books like johnny cash, elvis and jimmi hendrix.
@MrDoremouse11 жыл бұрын
Congratulations Mr Rollins. You're the first person I've heard to interview Mr MacGowan without taking the piss out of him and ask him about his drinking. I feel ashamed for tabloid hack Danny Baker for his stitch-up of Shane on tv. Frank Skinner too.Well, we didn't actually hear you ask him anything, but I trust you were nice to him. And thanks for posting it , Ice4711 :)
@broken13943 жыл бұрын
Except you don't hear him dummy.
@chadbruning6631 Жыл бұрын
@@broken1394 unnecessary dummy
@cosullivan3112 жыл бұрын
His a very wise man.
@gutts07711 жыл бұрын
LEGEND!!
@lfrebelo1 Жыл бұрын
God bless you! I’m Portuguese and a great fan
@rockufaler3 жыл бұрын
This is one of his best interviews forsure
@williammitchell9974 Жыл бұрын
So Happy Our Shane ❤ Is Still With Us Wbm Scotland 🏴 🇮🇪
@kungpuk51866 жыл бұрын
Love u Shane!
@sonetlumiere1234567811 жыл бұрын
I wanted to see Rollins and him talking together. Two proper characters.
@adam88223 жыл бұрын
yep same here mate
@force2636 ай бұрын
I recall this at the time, I watched the H.R. show when it aired, and this is just after i got really into the Pogues snd had seen them twice by this time, and for some reason what stood out to me was the way his teeth now seemed to be affecting the way Shane sang - and yes, Shane MacGowan was a GOOD singer - by sounding like your grandpa before he puts in his teeth… Now all I can think is, Shane was a guy who understood the things that drove him, and who listened to his inner voice alone, and tuned ALL ELSE OUT. It might not have looked pretty, but then, life isn’t really about being pretty - it’s certainly not about looking or seeming to be something you’re not - pleasing to the “minds” of those who can’t even get out of their own way. All the squares - who don’t get it and never will so they shouldn’t waste their time - who think Shane set a bad example or whatever should look at the Shane MacGowan catalog and tremble in their cluelessness & insignificance. This guy wrote new standards, and for whatever it’s worth, that’s Bob Dylan-level brilliance.
@cattycakes6411 жыл бұрын
A fucking champy-love ya good heart Shane.
@PigLover6915 жыл бұрын
This guy is a God
@tobysgamingworld1550 Жыл бұрын
Sinead O’Connor said it best “he’s a genius even operating at like half speed. Can you imagine if he was running at full speed without anything holding him back?”
@diskochimp10 жыл бұрын
Shane looks relatively healthy here. He often sounds a lot drunker than he actually is because of his missing teeth which impedes his speech.
@teamdebt14 жыл бұрын
Awesome writer.
@teddyrannila44247 жыл бұрын
this interview is a a thousand times less understandable if you put on the closed captions.
@khaelamensha36243 жыл бұрын
yes the algorythm seems to have tasted the glass of Shane but does not support it the same lol
@wbritstyle11 жыл бұрын
legend
@alicatmercer672210 жыл бұрын
i love the music one of those bands that are just up top. or was. i dont know much about thwem except dudes an alcoholic and a great songwriter. love the music. glad hes not dead like so many ot5her singers who fuckin od .
@mutti123ful13 жыл бұрын
he will survive all of us, promise!!!
@danielosullivan31102 жыл бұрын
Saint Shane MacGowan ☘️🚬🥂🖤
@FrankyHaemmer Жыл бұрын
12 years later, yes. 😊
@derekdempsey8506 Жыл бұрын
Shane out living them all
@paulhamj61758 ай бұрын
He died. 😢
@danielosullivan31102 жыл бұрын
Saint Shane MacGowan ☘️🚬🥂
@estherpenney7517 жыл бұрын
Shane is the Pogues
@nelsonx532611 жыл бұрын
LOL! You nailed it. That is the secret concoction. Have a beer on me, you earned it. Shane is to cool, and so are you. Be well, X
@shadowgoddess46003 жыл бұрын
OMG...this guy is the Irish Ozzy!
@flyininabluedream3 жыл бұрын
He is English lol...he is from kent
@kevinmorra83343 жыл бұрын
@@flyininabluedream He is 1000% Irish. Grew up in Tipperary. Was in Kent for mere minutes.
@flyininabluedream3 жыл бұрын
Nope...he was born in Pembury in Kent....please find me a single video link where he is speaking irish
@11ZFELIX3 жыл бұрын
@@flyininabluedream get the boat over. If you can
@kingofthecatnap62463 жыл бұрын
@@flyininabluedream Born there and at a few months old, was taken back to Ireland. Tipperary, the Preimer where he spent his childhood. His parents were Irish as were the rest of his family. Purely Irish.
@trollfinger12 жыл бұрын
Check out the photos of the Clash gig with Shane up the front bleeding from his ear. It's a good one. I met him stumbling around Dublin one night, odd experience.
@djangolad14 жыл бұрын
Still makes more sense than any bastard I see posting here!
@gravattproductions8 жыл бұрын
I love Shane MacGowan too but he needs Closed Captioning during interviews.
@user-nz5jw2yn6c4 ай бұрын
I met Shane twice & sort of chatted Lovely honest bloke.but to be perpetually drunk or hung over takes it toll
@mummyd1990 Жыл бұрын
The Irish 'Sid Vicious' what a legend.
@i.marr.66882 жыл бұрын
Johnny Depp is a friend and he said if you're ever drinking with him don't try and keep up with him it cant be done and you'll end up with a monster hangover .
@mpossowski14 жыл бұрын
he was born in england to Irish parents, and then moved back and forth between england and ireland during his early, formative years. and then i believe that the bulk of the pogues' songwriting and recording was done in London... so that might be why his accent sounds different.
@justinmercer3147 Жыл бұрын
Of course. Lots of Irish emigrants to England, US, Canada. Doesn't mean the culture your family and all that you are grown through is moot. He sounds like a Irish Londoner to me. But that don't make him un-irish or the like.
@xalstarx13 жыл бұрын
Rollins has been good friends with Nick Cave for a long time. As you no doubt know, Cave was a big time drug user, BIG TIME. Also, someone previously mentioned Ian doing the Pailhead project with Al Jourgenson. Perhaps these interviews you speak of are from the Minor Threat and SOA era in the lives of Hank and Ian? They seem pretty chilled out these days.
@Ice471114 жыл бұрын
Your are so right!
@ap901113 жыл бұрын
if you compare this with the interview from 2004 he is definitely looking better!
@myroncope14 жыл бұрын
yeah james joyce had a daily schedule - he slept for 8 hours, he drank for 8 hours then he wrote for 8 hours. Half of those you mentioned were in about the shape of Shane or worse at his age, they just have the cosmetic effects of time and reverence from the establishment. i like them too, but let's be realistic.
@klimtklavier6 жыл бұрын
Shane !!! Two of my favorite frontmen EVER... (is Henry hiding from him ???)
@justinmercer3147 Жыл бұрын
haha. I don't know if it's an edited clip or what. I think everyone hoped to see the two together!
@peacefrog191615 жыл бұрын
i'd walk straight through hell just to buy him a jar :)
@07foxmulder14 жыл бұрын
interviews like this make me wonder the age old question of mr neil young " is it better to burn out or fade away" i LOVE the pogues but i HATE seeing such a talent struggling to put a sentence together.
@ComradeCanadia14 жыл бұрын
Mentally he's still pretty spot on. He's just inarticulate as hell and really always has been - what with him being a compulsive alcoholic. A better question is if he'd be any good had he never taken a drink of alcohol in his life.
@Ice471115 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but on his homepage are some signs which are giving the impression that he is finally better now ...
@rwilson70198 ай бұрын
Playback at 1.25 speed, he sounds normal.
@forgedeath14 жыл бұрын
@milty1986 He was born in England but lives in Ireland and is of 100% irish decent Cheers
@charliebrogan11418 ай бұрын
The simple fact remains that 16bluesherbert90 is the most adorable and beautiful of all the women ❤.
@colemartinst12312 жыл бұрын
@furendo15 Hes lasted this long, poeple didnt think he would make it to 35 and 20 years hes still going, touring and stuff.
@AnthonySowan15 жыл бұрын
holy fuck..this guy had done some serious damage to himself (0_0)
@furendo1512 жыл бұрын
I wish he'd stopped to drink..come on having sooo great voice and just wasting it on drinking..;( it makes me soooo sad when I look at him...:(((
@josephcampbell24785 жыл бұрын
Can't you listen the man has no regrets hates criticism
@myroncope14 жыл бұрын
who 'drank too much' and whose show is this who never drank much at all and how many good albums did each make? I'd say the drunkard achieved more in the way of good music. People are obsessed with what runs in the blood of the artist rather than the art itself- that's a worse disease than any individual's addiction.
@GoingToPasalacqua1213 жыл бұрын
@smikestack only reason shane was there is because of his song writing talents, he was kicked out within a few weeks for drug dealing, never graduated.
@dad_jokes_4ever2263 жыл бұрын
If you put the playback speed to 1.25 its a bit easier to understand him...
@johnharmon59053 жыл бұрын
That used to be true. Now you need to go to 1.5
@PutItAway10112 жыл бұрын
For a cheap laugh, put on the automatic subtitles "but repair always regarding log form growth hormone loaded in favour of strength in all night..." Shane 1, Speech recognition NIL.
@19dec198115 жыл бұрын
i think he is actually sober...
@theoccasionalbadger83153 жыл бұрын
what was he saying about governments and that? I've no idea myself.
@Automaticstop15 жыл бұрын
How the FUCK is Shane still alive? JEZUS!
@xalstarx13 жыл бұрын
@Flipper79able I wouldn't read too far into this, mate. Rollins may have been too busy on the day. There are few other bands/artists who did interviews for the show without Hank asking the questions. Both himself and Ian are pretty tolerant of all walks of life, as far as I gather.
@nigelbourke14 жыл бұрын
@arrghgarry what have you done with yours ... shane has played and wrote for all the big stars made millions and travelled
@Ice471115 жыл бұрын
It is all relative ;-)
@dirtyworks1313 жыл бұрын
@Flipper79able He also wrote some timeless music. So what if he choose to do so drunk. Drunk never worked for me cause I keep in jail, you can't record in a prison.
@ryanjonestownmassaker59438 ай бұрын
I saw Shane perform in a bar in Belfast. Now as you may know, religion is a sensitive issue here. Anyway, the bar was packed with both Catholics and Protestants, so what does Shane do? He plays all IRA rebel songs. This led to someone launching an ashtray at Shane's head, a direct hit. Still, he continued, until fights started in the crowd, then bouncers had to lift him down the back stairs and into a van. Great night! Legend 🇮🇪💚❤
@dirtyworks1313 жыл бұрын
@myroncope Im alcoholic, too the point of I have seizures when I come off of it (usually in jai) plus I'm on the clinic to stay of heroin and other opiates. But I Try to write valid music.
@damotheman41963 жыл бұрын
Dude this post is old as all hell,but from a musician with most of the 'quirks' you also seem to have..😉 it'd be remiss of me not to ask how you were? Still on that plane?
@daniellemaskovich6645 Жыл бұрын
Are you single ?
@theboywithathorninhisside.41792 жыл бұрын
That's great and all but fans still think of Shane as some sort of Ruffien off the Harsh Poverty Streets of Dublin. As, if you actually look into his direct family/Personal history. It's incredibly Middle Class and Academic. To which was Shane's, some say privileged upbringing. Obtaining a National Scholarship from the age of 13/14 for English Literature. And he ends up like this. Go figure.
@MykelObvious14 жыл бұрын
I love Shane with all my heart, but I swear he's the Irish Ozzy when it comes to interviews :-/
@mutti123ful13 жыл бұрын
@myroncope he will survive all of us, promise!!
@mutti123ful13 жыл бұрын
@myroncope he will survive all of us, promise!!!
@MrNapalm13813 жыл бұрын
@Ice4711 I hope so its a tough cross to bare,I fell bad for him I have battled the same demons for years and it isnt easy.
@peacefrog191615 жыл бұрын
a pint!
@Ollie0000000811 жыл бұрын
Is that all you think? "that guys going to die." I don't see the point in acting like an expert on Shane MacGowans body. The videos just make me want to get drunk with him one day and talk about stuff. Makes me feel like I might've had more soul being born in the UK rather than stupid Canada.
@cfhdude14 жыл бұрын
@myroncope u coulnnd be more right in my oopinioon...... big SALUD fromm a brazilian liiving in chile! cheerss
@dkmurphygirl13 жыл бұрын
@bansheeire That's interesting because i have the book, and she's the author.
@chrisalberts91257 жыл бұрын
born in a bar
@mspw714 жыл бұрын
Yea, but he is funny as hell to watch... Just trying to understand him can strain a person. I have to use the closed captioning on tv to decipher what he's saying. He's brilliant but unfortunately, it hurts him too much to stay sober. Sad. He can't be happy.
@tkbutch112 жыл бұрын
same next week sydney horden pav.
@QtommyQ15 жыл бұрын
Shane looks great in this interview. I have seen him a hell of a lot worse over the years.
@pelawsk15 жыл бұрын
IM FRANCISCO VASQUEZ GARCIA
@Totemking Жыл бұрын
is he sober here? as hes not slurring his words as much in this interview
@rollingvee13 жыл бұрын
A sad example of the way drink can destroy a great artist. So sad.
@fattirevsbud11 жыл бұрын
With SHane it's never been alcohol pills have had a major impact on his life too
@DartMinth15 жыл бұрын
pissed like always
@jcmangan14 жыл бұрын
Too drunk to live, too young to die.
@juanjoseoterolourido5674 Жыл бұрын
Vaya calamidad. No le entiendo nada, no solo porque no entiendo ingles, es que habla para dentro.
@budrock0114 жыл бұрын
i have no doubt this bloke is talented., i have heard him sing, but why fuck yourself up so bad when you have to do an interview...
@drescherhenrik13 жыл бұрын
i give him 8 more years.
@BowHunter876 жыл бұрын
It's been 6 years. I'm amazed he's made it this far.
@josephcampbell24785 жыл бұрын
8 years now, man still turns up to gigs smoke n gin in hand and belts out a song
@epsteenwusmerdered98783 жыл бұрын
He's still alive
@daniellemaskovich6645 Жыл бұрын
Still going. I fucking Love Shane
@Anthonybchannel7 ай бұрын
12 years later..... 14 years after you said
@waynebrady26223 жыл бұрын
How translated this? What a clown, no idea. The Rocking Roll Paddy.
@CourtyardPigeon14 жыл бұрын
defend him all you want...but I wonder how good he would have been had he not killed his brain with drugs and drink....he basically mentally handicap at this point in his life...sad to see
@Punkforbrains13 жыл бұрын
Did somone say Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
@randolphscott3361 Жыл бұрын
The incoherent ramblings of an addict who made a career impersonating an Irishman (he was born and grew up in Kent) and ripping off the Dubliners. I dont have a clue what people see in him.
@paulvanreesch24934 жыл бұрын
Wait a second, this isn't gene simmons! Shane looks like he's been swearing & drinking since before he was a preteen. Gene's never put anything up his nose, no, not that squeaky clean Nixoanian. Perhaps, that explains his charm? Not sure how kiss ever played rock 'n roll without these elements? Scientists are still bewildered. I'm sure Gene can explain it better. Hmmm... Maybe that does explain why I fall asleep listening to Kiss Alive, before the record's flipped for the b-side. Hey Shane, news flash, Gene worships the American conspiracy. Gene's an obvious closet Stalinist. Gene won a Trumpy before anyone else realized their value. Gene refuses to melt it down to make Kiss bullets... A real man of principle Simmons is.