THE POGUES LIVE @ JAPAN 1991 - Last Concert of Shane MacGowan before he was fired 1991

POGUES JAPAN 1991 - Last Concert of Shane MacGowan
Full Length
Setlist:
- Streams of Whiskey
- If I should fall from grace with good 04:10
- Cotton Fields 06:35
- Yound Ned of the hill 09:40
- Rain Street 15:40
- Sayonara 19:35
- Repeal of the Licensing Laws 23:00
- The Body of an American 25:10
- Greenland Whale Fisheries 30:50
- Galtonery Gartloney Rats 32:50
- Summer in Siam 36:10
- Thousands are Sailing 39:05
- Sunny Side of the Street 44:35
- Dirty Old Town 48:00
- The Sickbed of Cuchulainn 52:35
- Sally MacLennane 56:05
- Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 58:56
- The Irish Rover 65:40
Shane MacGowan
Philip Chevron
Terry Woods
James Fearnley
Darryl Hunt
Andrew Ranken
Jem Finer

[@user-cg6kc1ie3l]

I had the enormous pleasure to meet Shane at a small gig in London ages ago. He was the total opposite when you met him in person. He was kind , very down to earth and his sensitivity transpired. Thanks for the beer and the song Shane, I'll never forget that, and above all thanks for the music!!!! . The world has lost not only a great musician a fantastic lyricist and a poet but a wonderful human being too. RIP kind soul. ☘️😥

[@eamonoloinsigh9069]

❤ A legend

[@alcidebava1854]

lucky you....was he drunk???

[@user-cg6kc1ie3l]

A bit but not totally wasted..He knew what he was doing and could hold a conversation. In fact, he asked me quite a few questions. First thing he did is invite me for a beer though 😂. . He was, without any doubt, quite clever,very humble, down to earth and very genuine and, amazingly, quite shy too. I am totally sure he talked to me because I didn't behave as a fan.. I am spanish, had only been living in the UK for a couple of years then.and Ididn't have a clue he was so famous in the UK but I remember well I thought he was special. There was something unique,about him... a special kind of sensitivity... . Top bloke indeed!!! Top bloke!

[@user-cg6kc1ie3l]

Indeed! ❤

[@jeffmurray6219]

That was Shane. He was a lovely bloke.

[@Vanguard.Blackrock.State.]

この聴衆の中に居ました。楽しかった思い出です。 まだ横浜みなとみらいが砂利の空き地だった。 本当にシェーンのポーグス が大好きだった。シェーン、安らかに。

[@user-ri4px5on7k]

The Pogues Drummer is One of the best I’ve seen Andrew Ranken

[@boyangeorgiev569]

Thank you Shane, for the songs with spirit to defeat empires.

[@tombombadil66]

Rip shane im sure in a sober world you wouldn't have wanted this, but you are who you are...and i love you for it ❤

[@jluis333]

The booze and drugs were very noticable on his health. Shane did become someone after all. RIP we thank you for your dedication.

[@williambriggs79]

All I can say is- the audience seem to be loving it.

[@badgirl-67]

Damn it makes me so sad to see (and hear) Shane at this concert...damn alcohol...love how the other guys support him...I love their music...Shane was so amazing and I'm so sad about Shane's death... R.I.P.♡Shane...you will never be forgotten🖤

[@dondamon4669]

Alcohol 😂and the rest he was on heroin and downers from doctors also. The music industry killed him,, no time off in ten years

[@1iearl]

Japanese kids bopping to Irish trad ..beautiful ..!!

[@nseight]

:-) ^ x

[@edomac1]

Irish Punk

[@Kickersbuss]

RIP Shane 😢😢❤❤😢😢 Thank you sooo much 4 your music - will stay deep in my heart 4ever. 😢😢❤❤😢😢

[@dennisyork9366]

This is gold for hearing/seeing Phil Chevron singing his CLASSIC song “Thousands Are Sailing” which might be the Pogues most poignant song of all. Pure crystal! God bless you and RIP Philip Chevron; too gone, too soon. Love your song, Phil!

[@zoniczonic3082]

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[@hornsby424]

I compare this concert to the 1985 show in Munich... the degradation in Shane is huge in just six short years. Very sad, but was also fortunate to see them in Chicago after he'd put it back together a bit. Rest on easy, poet. There will never be another one like you.

[@dondamon4669]

Alcolism doesn't take that long to destroy you at the age he was at, he's not in his early twenties and also he's on loads of heroin and loads of downers from doctors and suffering from mental health. It's disgusting he was put on stage to be a freak show

[@southwestwifarm3516]

The band carried Shane through this one. One of my all time favorite groups

[@valflanagan7966]

mighty band but was this really is last gig with the pogues?

[@PeAr_ShApE_Records]

@valflanagan7966 the last gig for10 years,he rejoined the band in 2001,until 2014.

[@Redadeg72]

@@valflanagan7966 Never meintioned this was his last gig with the Posues.

[@paulgiblin5450]

Poor old Shane...he was great, but could have been even greater. RIP

[@zoebidule3397]

Shane is even more handsome with this longer hair !!!!!

[@BedlemTheGoliath]

Did anyone else pull this up after reading James' book "Here Comes Everybody"? The last pages talk about this very show. They had already informed Shane that he was gone. And they were all essentially mourning him from the stage. And you could see how bad he had gotten. Especially on "Sally MacLennane".

[@davidbortz1531]

Sad 😢

[@Donderdrammels]

The band thought they were better of without him, but realized they robbed the band of their sole. It is amazing Shane had although he was in this state had some moderate succes with The Popes, while The Pogues had to dissolve themselves. I am very glad though they found their way to each other after a long time and they performed once again with their old numbers for more than 10 years.

[@MarisaDwyer]

I read that but didn't connect it to this show. I love everyone here, Shane not least.

[@user-ri4px5on7k]

Amazing R.I.P Shane MacGowan

[@mariahelenafigueiredo6493]

REST IN PEACE, SHANE MCGOWAN 😢😢

[@vincentduggan6821]

Rest in peace genius great man

[@Rising_Wave902]

Japanese are great crowd! Greetings from Ireland!

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Well, Shane may have started becoming a caricature of himself by this gig, but look how far the band wern't without him and his songwriting...... Flawed genius, but genius none the same.

[@roverspaul]

Lots of talented, enthusiastic musicians and one troubled genius.

[@adabrew2310]

He wasn't a genius.

[@bsilva2146]

+Adam ꦸ Sorry but beg to differ, anyone who can write the songs Shane did is a genius. Very few could rival him when sober, never mind drunk. He was obviously troubled but a lot of exceptionally gifted are. There will never be another Shane mores the pity.

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

@@bsilva2146 I suppose how can you know? you can only judge it on the small amount of bands out there that youve never heard, not to mention the millions of people who have never tried, Maybe not a genius but definately iconic..... I do think townes van zandt was a genius though. but i am an idiot

[@jamesmacoisdealbhaigh9904]

@@adabrew2310 No he was a genius.. He was a PURE GENIUS.!!

[@phildann9225]

Shane was all of those things too. One of the greatest songwriter's ever. He Just liked drink and drugs alot too....

[@skeetabix36]

The Pogues were the greatest band to come out of the 80's. Awesome concert, this should be available to buy on DVD. Thanks for sharing.

[@kennyworth007]

They shouldn't play this one. Shane was on his face drunk. I'd want my fucking money back.

[@zoebidule3397]

Yes, I do agree : we could CROWN them : Best musicians and best group EVER !!!

[@customerservice563]

LMAO, no, just no. Um, The Cult, Jane's Addiction, King Diamond, Ween, Sound Garden, Suicidal Tendencies, Queensryche, Slayer, Soul Asylum, Alice in Chains, Metallica, Danzig, PRIMUS, Nirvana, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, I could name a hundred others that would make The Pogues an underbilling on any 80's concert ticket.

[@customerservice563]

@@zoebidule3397 You have to have some really shitty taste in music for this band of incompetents to even rank in the top 100. Don't get out much, eh?

[@chufisramone]

@@customerservice563 hahahshahsgshahsh the bands you said are absolute shite, music for emo teenagers

[@Feathers10000]

I love you Shane RIP , Ripose In Pace Shane, ti ringriaziu per tutti Shane, merci pour tout , di a Corsica , from for Corsica !!!

[@cb4883]

SHANE LOOKS GOOD THERE RIP 🙏

[@michaelsommer51]

R.I.P LEGEND👍👌💪💪💪😰😰😰⛑

[@EUnotsogreat]

This was a long night for Shane, and thankfully his first and last bad performance. I never saw him miss a beat after this. I think his firing after this night from the pogues and the pogues reunion later in the 90s only helped to strengthen their bond. They are all legends. RIP Shane you legend. RIP Phil.

[@Redadeg72]

RIP Darryl

[@rogerramjet1038]

Nothing beats old Pogues footage. Cheers for sharing,

[@theodoremolina8456]

I would kill for a life update from one of the kids at this concert

[@DavidHughesEire]

Thanks for sharing,, I'm a huge fan, seen them live many times, but only ever saw a few songs from this concert! :) Great treat to finally see the whole show all these years later. God bless you from Davey, Ireland :)

[@SidSimpson]

This is painful after watching the 1988 concert at the Town and Country Club. Party against duty.

[@heightenedsenses9605]

RIP Shane Mcgowan 🙏🏻 🪦 😌

[@PeAr_ShApE_Records]

R.I.P. Shane,Darryl and Philip.

[@flachi32]

Something just right about singing Pogues songs while pissed, a great performance to bow out on as he says in one piece -just

[@ehlerhog]

All these comments about Shane and the band being pissed @him. Yes he was let go from the band but you know they loved him as a brother. Speaking from experience its hard as hell to watch your brother kill himself slowly in front of the world. Maybe they were using tough love on top if being angry. Ot would be gut wrenching to have been in this situation. My love to all and God bless Shane McGowan 💕

[@mjsps51]

They relieved him of his duties because he wanted out. He was so tired and over it. He needed a break and he got it. The drink was self medication and he needed to regroup and did. But his glory days were over. So heartbreaking but I’m glad that his legend will never die! RIP Shane! ❤️❤️

[@zeljkadimic4618]

❤​@@mjsps51

[@Halaldingdong]

Hate to say this but without Shane Pogues meant nothing, his mere presence even in an inebriated state was enough to send those present into delirium. A real Idol.

[@juliemacdougall6489]

Agreed he brought that something extra

[@ksrxzyz1]

Total nonsence. Great musicians.

[@glennseaward3050]

He took the piss out of his fans though ,barelyp on-stage 40 mins at the 02 at Newcastle 95​@juliemacdougall6489

[@indelible14u]

Exactly my thoughts..without him they were nothing !

[@mariecullen4120]

And great friends.

[@dorianakovacic7187]

thank you very much

[@mjsps51]

Taking in to consideration how tired and emotionally, physically wasted, I can’t believe Shane tried to show up for the job. Bless. Love you Shane! Sorry to the band.

[@bengtjulin9478]

Thank you Mister fore this consert, Shane pissed as always but i love him.

[@dennisyork9366]

Phil Chevron: Thank you for writing that modern classic song about the Hibernian Diaspora, “Thousands Are Sailing”. Sheer brilliance. Destined to be a classic song in the Irish Diaspora canon; IMHO.

[@Redadeg72]

Sadly Phil couldnt take your roses for his song any more. But you are absolutely right.

[@dennisyork9366]

Andreas Uffinger Yes, he passed away prematurely. He rendered us an absolute gift in that song.

[@ini5925]

Pero que grupo de los que hacen la música que nos llega al alma y que hostias tiene que ver las cosas que le han gustado para ser lo que fue, no hay ninguna diferencia entre los del grupo de los 27 ,Joplin,Hendrix,Morrison,Cobain,Winehouse,y que se yo cuantos más, pero es la posibilidad de escuchar la música y si bajan del escenario y en el camerino se ponen hasta arriba, pero el regalo ya nos lo dieron, es una música que nos dice que es el folclore de Irlanda 🇮🇪. Sabe alguien que edad tenía cuando se fue de la mano de la flaca en la que no tiene la guadaña y si un par de tragos del mejor de los licores. Y la sonrisa en la cara. Tengo 57 años y 20 adicto a la heroina y he visto agarrar el último tren a los mejores de mis amigos y no es la soledad la que te funde,es olvidar el pasado y del que no reniego, ya lo hacen los que no saben nada de la vida. Goian bego

[@herberthuncke1288]

can feel the band fuming .....shame....glad this wasnt the last gig .......macgowan u fucking legendary poetic genius

[@jacksnowflake]

Damn. Yeah they seem ANGRY

[@indelible14u]

Fuck them...he was the one people wanted to see and hear not the band.In so many videos one see's them doing stupid shit just to get attention.... most of them are guilty...R.I.P Shane...you are a legend 🍻👍🙏❤️😊

[@theshapeexists]

​​@@indelible14uscrew them????!!! Dude these people paid hard earned money to see them and Shane was horrible in this performance. You can't have the pogues without the band, they were on top of their game, Shane was so drunk he didn't know his own lyrics. He was wasted. If this was just Shane by himself it would be the most embarrassing thing you've ever seen. You have a very ignorant opinion.

[@Thespecialist1]

Happy heavenly birthday Shane RIP

[@user-cg6kc1ie3l]

The opposte of when he was on stage. He was a bit shy in person. That surprised me. He was also very humble and down to earth. What a wonderful person and what a huge loss!!! As you can imagine, It was an enormous pleasure meeting him!It was over 30 years ago but I can remember it as if it was yesterday. 👍

[@peterlorrequartet6559]

so feckin' brilliant.....God bless the Pogues.....

[@susanmargaretwills6432]

Pogues FULL BLAST i say - Let's make Happy thro Pandemics & World Wars - PS i remember when they 1st arrived on the music scene - i was about 26yrs old

[@Lonewolf__666]

Fantastic Band...

[@MarisaDwyer]

Rip Shane, adorable genius, and kudos to the band that rocked it out no matter his condition. Every one busted out this amazing shit faithfully no matter what and, goddamn, thank you !

[@einalteshemd]

jesus I just watched a pogues concert in 85 and in the 6 years between that one and this concert shane really turned into an old man...

[@jhozthron4415]

Yeah its insane, the concert in 85 was high quality and amazing here we just have some drunk mumbling in a mic for more than an hour, what a disgrace.

[@jesuschrist3678]

Can you link me with that 85 concert?

[@davefb]

since I started there and ended here!

[@davidbortz1531]

Sad. Drunk himself into a sad shadow of what he was and could have been. I don’t know why he couldn’t or wouldn’t get help.

[@davidbortz1531]

And they have to sadly “cover” for him on every song and at every turn

[@bierigblondje]

fantastic,this is rock and roll

[@hamfood9658]

The Sickbed of Cuchulzinn was SO good! My favorite part of the whole gig

[@califcamper]

THIS BAND ROCKED...RIP SHANE 8:15

[@zoebidule3397]

They even played much quicker than what they usually do. A faster pace so that Shane had it very difficult to follow...

[@mjsps51]

I agree! Poor Shane. It would be hard to keep up SOBER!

[@finscall1068]

One of the greatest bands that some people never heard of at the height of there prowess. “Young Ned “ Completely locked in .

[@sulayashs6877]

shane is for me the best lyricist of all time, may he live long!

[@susanmargaretwills6432]

Shane's a completely adorable Nutter🤣

[@susanmargaretwills6432]

PS i was already about 26yrs old when the Pogues came on the music scene - 👍Wonderful

[@OverdoseATL]

He is doing just that.

[@timfellows2]

@@OverdoseATLNot any more 😪😪😪😪

[@danlewis-leaver8247]

Incredible footage

[@roicervino6171]

28:06 That's tense

[@phildann9225]

Sad to see. Dout Shane even knew what plannet he was on

[@antonellostanzione5934]

Ho avuto la fortuna di vederli a Torino nel 90 (era uscito Peace and Love). Mai visto un concerto così travolgente, un'ora di ballate del pubblico impazzito. Shane acclamato per tutto il concerto ma aveva bevuto troppo e non uscì sul palco...ma fu lo stesso ! Davvero dei bravi musicisti, concerto indimenticabile.

[@manuelmendoza7845]

Man, this is awesome, I always wanted to see this full concert, what a day, pure Shane MacGowan haha

[@frereanaktom99]

awesome? do you speak american? shane was on the way out - watch carefully. like most greats his greatness was short-lived. greatest guitarist duane allman 24. riedel [poland] greatest blues singer of his time, stuck needles in his arm and died young. "awesome"? you just follow the rest! shane would never talk like that even his brain is shot.

[@stevannahmercer7921]

Not awesome & definitely not funny. Alcoholism is a bitch on steroids.

[@Lucybaby666]

Shane looks good here, I like his hair.

[@phildann9225]

He's off his trolley and can hardly talk. But yes, his hair is cool lol

[@bridgetelenalindblom9222]

They are The one &only ♡♡♡♡♡♡ Drunk or Not..

[@RM-ks3qs]

Danke dafür 👌🏻 Ruhe in Frieden lieber Shane , wir sehen uns 🫶🏻

[@shane-ri2ml]

シェーン、本当にありがとう。 安らかに。

[@Skopsen]

As a working alcoholic this is scary to see... Doing my best not to drink but you know....

[@fahlen.236]

Hope you can avoid the drinks, you know, for your own good....

[@frereanaktom99]

hey - with you! i can still do better than most in my work but i'm going down slow. better nobody tolerates me. and tells me "go fxxk" so i might straighten up.

[@ShanOakley]

You keep on working. I'll keep on drinking.

[@ShanOakley]

You're a good sort

[@guitarchoonz]

soldier on

[@user-fm9hb2fl4h]

Респект, Шейн, ты всегда был искреннен! Покойся с миром, мы всё ещё тебя любим!

[@soulmanmonk]

The Johnny Too Bad" cover at the end there - 1hr:02mins - sublime

[@shaystratton3828]

shane really can turn it on when he wants

[@acemumbo6252]

brixton '88 best day of my live. shane 4ever

[@pamelaulrich3928]

I was at that show, too! Had just moved to London from Dublin, and the tube station I needed to get home was closed down due to a fire. I got lost getting home, but the concert was worth it!

[@bonniefaulkner94]

XOXO the pogues, but how can Shane look better with age? Still the best of Irish punk. .

[@manurealromo1598]

God save to McGowan

[@mjsps51]

Summer in Siam broke my heart

[@lucycandice676]

I don't know what it'd take to be 1/3rd OK and 2/3rds inaudible slurring like this but I mean even for Shane this is pretty dire but hey I would have loved to see it live! He just looks FRAZZLED.

[@Polfeck21]

RIP Shane

[@toraimanchester4658]

spider is undoubtedly the most under rated member of the pogues, i feel like he silently kept the whole ticking

[@haystackhider7158]

Most drunk person in whole Japan that day was Shane

[@alleniversonmanek1247]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patricksvatos4184]

drummer Is great..

[@bsilva2146]

Andrew Rankin, always brilliant

[@kennyworth007]

Shame about the lead singer who is about to fall over with the drink. Fucking disgrace. This is one of my favorite bands mind you. But, this, is not acceptable.

[@stuartwilkins9602]

@@kennyworth007 bloody hell, this is nothing. I saw them in Bournemouth pre this and the band played a good portion of the gig without him. That said, this is brilliant - pacey and band on form

[@timothyknapton6089]

Wonder who i saw hyde park london 2014 then Sure looked and sounded like him !

[@Redadeg72]

So you say he wasn't fired in 1991?

[@2012DHT]

Shane MacGowan..………………….great hair!

[@patriceguegan8844]

À 44 mn tout un art...

[@cheranguista]

I have quitted drinking and just one month i can feel the different on my body; alcohol indeed is very bad for health; im a musician too

[@user-cg6kc1ie3l]

great news and good to hear you are also a musician! Such a big shame he couldn't do the same. Gone far too soon. 😢

[@zoebidule3397]

Concert MAGISTRAL ! Bien meilleur que celui que j'avais vu à Montreux à peu près à la même époque !

[@rorogogo6241]

Qu'est ce que ça devait être alors...

[@DrSwitchpiglet]

Read James fearnley's book about the Pogues, they'd just fired Shane in their hotel room before this gig as he was constantly letting them down and was too drunk to perform at gigs. it's a sad story of excess and where it can take you. As professional musicians Shane was threatening their livelihoods so they took the decision to let him go.

[@TheKieran182]

If you read Shane's account you'll see there are two sides to the story of their/his downfall, with neither side particularly in the right or the wrong. He wanted and desperately needed a break from touring but wasn't allowed at it made him isolate himself and become very very ill, leading to sad stuff like this.

[@timsan55]

And of course he wrote the songs............so sad on all sides, but we are very lucky to have the body of work they left behind. So let's celebrate that. Matchless !

[@highnumber9494]

Dave I remember when they fired him. I was all done with The Pogues after that even though they attempted (one album?) without him. No Shane..No Pogues for me. Maybe they felt they had to do it but attempting to go on without him was lame. At least they did the reunions with Shane.

[@harolddutton5148]

@@TheKieran182 He was an alcoholic and a drug addict, and nobody helped him get into rehab, the band's manager and the crew/band more or less enabled the guy and it wasn't until he stopped showing up to gigs that they were forced to officially fire him. Hard to have sympathy for the guy when common sense wasn't really in his DNA

[@wotruannwah5678]

He let them down by writing some of the most popular Pogues songs.

[@edsonluizcandido718]

Show desses caras é uma festa!!!👹👺

[@ShaunSayinStuff]

Streams Of Whisky seguing into Guns Of Navarone 😀Genius.

[@ph3954]

This was a great show! Other than Shane, they were all on top form.

[@thevoidworks6567]

Shane nailed Summer in Siam.

[@jacksnowflake]

Shane was punk. 😎

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

iconic

[@jacksnowflake]

This is as brilliant as Dylan live. And the music is way better. ☘️ Not to knock, knock, knock on Dylan. 😎

[@paulhamj6175]

We're you just knock, knock, Knockin on Dylan's door?

[@harolddutton5148]

Two-bit celebrities like Bob Dylan, Sinead O'Connor, Johnny Depp and Bono spent many years basically praising MacGowan to the skies and basically not lifting a white-gloved finger to help MacGowan get into REHAB. The band was put in a position of being betrayed by his off-stage antics and had no choice but to fire the guy, but next time you see hilarious brown-nosings of various celebrities blowing smoke up MacGowan's arse, just remember that it was only O'Connor who attempted to help him, and in the end it turned out to be more or a less a garbage publicity stunt.

[@waynewalker4431]

Nothing two bit about Dylan...

[@BedlemTheGoliath]

Sinead did do a lot to try to help him. At one point, she went ahead and narc'd on him for having heroin and got him arrested, hoping that experience would jolt him to get help. It didn't do anything. That being said, Victoria Clark (Shane's wife) has been posting some pictures of him on her instagram lately and he does seem to be doing better as of late.

[@Stonecutter334]

Two bit celebs Dylan Depp and Bono. Are you having a seizure?

[@paulhamj6175]

Shane always demanded of his friends that they accepted him as he was...or they wouldn't be friends! Those people were in an impossible position!

[@jackiepowell7513]

You think so? About sinead,

[@emmafreemoonbeam8873]

I saw The Pogues in 2012 with Shane McGowan.... 1991 definitely not the last...

[@davidbortz1531]

They fired him right before this. Yes they did future concerts and reunions with him. And at times he even sobered up, for little stints. But now he’s a slurred mess in a wheel chair. Sad. Cuz he was so great

[@PeAr_ShApE_Records]

@emmafreemoonbeam8873 He was fired in here. He returned in the band in 2001 until 2014.

[@nicholasbrown1087]

Far out shane, you done fucked up son! And yet somehow it's still awesome! I love you mate.

[@nickontube7203]

You can find great musicians anywhere but not distinct voices. That was the problem here. Anyone can sing the songs. But without Shane, they didn’t have an identity.

[@okilfeathermusic]

James Fearnley said as much in his autobiograpy, that Shane was nigh on unmanageable but without him the band was utterly banal.

[@poppyrowland1385]

Not necessarily. They might well have developed in a different or better way. You can’t know what might have happened. Do you think you’re god? 🙄

[@okilfeathermusic]

@@poppyrowland1385 No, just a human quoting the accordionist from the Pogues in his autobiography, who would know better than either of us.

[@johnstoner666]

That boy was lit...all I heard was BLAH BLAH BLAH! lol

[@hamfood9658]

57:20 the collective moment in the concert when everybody looks at Shane and thinks, "the craic has gone TOO FAR."

[@Redadeg72]

What you mean? I can not see something special there...

[@hamfood9658]

I feel like his slurring was real bad there, and all the members kind of turn their attention towards it realizing Shane was too wrecked. He quickly got it back together a few moments later. Either way I love Shane so much! He's 59 today and survived 2016's hit list! Sickbed of Cuchulainn is my fav part of the show

[@phildann9225]

@@hamfood9658 his sluring was pretty bad for most of it TBF

[@indelible14u]

I think you saw something that didnt happen....🙃🙃🙃

[@user-ri4px5on7k]

The Pogues 1000%

[@katjabliemeister8176]

Mullens , Portugal best time

[@jacksnowflake]

Thing is too, when he got fired and they got Joe Strummer, like who cared? I went to a club and saw Shane with the Popes and they did plenty of Pogues tunes. I even sold an extra ticket to some dude outside just hoping. Like, have to admit it. Shane was the draw. And he was punk. Ill but punk all the same.

[@leftymcnally6913]

Phil saves the day with that amazing version of Thousands are Sailing. I wonder if he sang it because he wrote it, or if they were just getting fed up with Shane. It's sad to see what Shane was doing to himself, and what he still does to himself.

[@dennisyork9366]

Timothy Sotir 1,000’s R Sailing is a song for all immigrants seeking some kind of decent life the USA. I’d like to bind earbuds to the current USAG and the scurrilous interloper in the Oval Office ears and play this song 24/7/365 until they learn their lesson.

[@MIKEKELLEY12000]

So you want to throw the border wide open and let anyone come here? Does any other country on Earth do that? What about MS-13?

[@tonyoneill4046]

Mike Kelley oh fuck off- keep the bullshit politics out of it, mate.

[@walshjoseph7991]

Japanese; great people greetings from Ireland

[@mjsps51]

Shane’s irreverence served nobody well. Deep down he was humble. He was just sad, disappointed, and mad.

[@oskarlarsson4693]

I can see why he was fired after this.

[@reepacheirpfirewalker8629]

In 1999ish he did the song haunted with SInead

[@tabathasudholz2115]

It’s sad, but his aunt taught him very early with dopamine hits to entertain and be manipulated, being drunk and reward was instinsically linked.she was a bit abusive to my way of thinking.