The Pogues. Interview plus some live stuff.

[@eileenredmond-white5974]

I only discovered the lad after his passing. I have watched and listened to all. I know he was close to God. so after I make heaven and meet jesus and my family, i wanna meet Shane. Heaven will be fun.

[@gabrielletanner5339]

As an older lady well four years older than Shane and never interested in punk, I thought, oh my goodness whose this !!!! Then watching documentaries about him I discovered he was very intelligent, his mother and father said he was very reliable. He was with his partner and wife for about 40 years. He couldn't go past a homeless person without giving them a wad of cash., his wife says. He was asked if he thought he was lucky and he said "of course, some people only have a bowl of rice to eat". The Irish music with all the different instruments. Had to admit that my admiration grew for this man.

[@JackHughes-m2j]

You should read his book called A furious devotion. It's only out about 2/3 years. It's a great read. I'm only 36 years old and Irish but I'm really into the British 80s music scene. The book gave me nostalgia from a time when I wasn't even old enough to remember or appreciate the musicians around at that particular time. 😊

[@juliemacdougall6489]

Same and now I love to hear him and listen to his words and I love his face

[@87ludivine]

​@@juliemacdougall6489 Me too ❤️

[@Joseph_yy]

I literally searched “Shane MacGowan sober” and this came up. I think this is the best I can get lol.

[@kevinmcnamara73]

me too.

[@dylandeleyfranz2521]

Dude me too!

[@tove7836]

Me 2 🤣

[@leahflower9924]

any chance Shane watched Keith Richards interviews growing up 😅

[@sybennett1179]

He was always pissed lol

[@backwithabang5842]

What a legend. You will be missed, Shane.. very much. 💔

[@jeffmurray6219]

I lived a 2 min walk from that pub for many years. Although he was in the Dev regularly he was always pretty much sober, friendly and fairly quiet as he also worked part time in a record shop nearby.

[@dieselscience]

Much like tree's rings, you can date the music by the condition of Shane's teeth.

[@ArthurPopeye]

You can already see his gums all swollen from gingivitis

[@20thcenturyboy85]

LOVE The MAN!

[@pepita6139]

Ses dents ont sans fou. C'est l'artiste que nous aimons

[@cheesuzchryst]

I cannot help but adore him.

[@samkangal8428]

Shane is still my favorite performer after all those years, and he will always be.

[@BDFAN65]

Wow, a young Shane here. That was awesome. Drunk or not 😊. Both songs. Like that tambourine man too 😀. Thumbs sky high 👍👍👍👍....Lone Wolf :)

[@Jay-lr3me]

Who knew an Irish British mix would end up sounding so good.

[@onelove6576]

Tragik. But its something beautiful about it. Its real and true. Thanx from sweden

[@johnkennedy5799]

Saw them live several times in their prime...the atmosphere they created was something i never experienced before or since.

[@garflad51]

Jelous

[@Dilkingt0nne]

Shot pans in...they're in the pub....shane is sat alone at the table theres is about 7 pints of stout and five glasses of wine on said table... Shane's first words spoken? "I'm not particularly into drinking"" Genius. Pure brilliance

[@phyllismurphy8737]

😂

[@niallbourke7963]

Lovely to hear just how intelligent Shane was regarding the structure of the songs. Funny in regard to Summer In Siam and the sax player 'It's Rick, it's definitely not Joey (Cashman) '.

[@gordongrant444]

Perfection - these live performances.

[@jasondylansargent2195]

Irish folk music at its best 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@MarcoCaifan87]

This is as sober of an interview as you're gonna find

[@dkmurphygirl]

Very true, and it's really sad because Shane really is a very talented, intelligent, and insightful person, but his heavy drinking always seems to overshadow it in interviews.

[@ThePinkMadcap]

@Michael Valensi Now he looks in a really, really bad shape dude and he's only like 62. Almost feeling sorry for him, look up some interviews with him from the last 2, 3 years to see what I mean

[@billscanlan5639]

You nailed it

[@vidheadrum]

With fucking 7 pints in front of em

[@RamseyMcV]

Irish Traditional music fused brilliantly with post punk. Bedfellows. These new second generation Irish musicians took it and made it popular.

[@indiana6022]

Shane is a living legend! It's so irrelevant If he has teeth or not because he's a fucking great singer. He is very talented because he can play guitar, piano, he can sing , speaking 3 languages and his laugh is awesome! So I'm 16 and I still love the Pogues until the End! Bye now! :)

[@cahaloregan4733]

There were times when he couldn’t even speak 1 language

[@briandennehy6380]

Good man 👍

[@okee9]

I remember in a Smash Hits interview he told the interviewer he was off the drink, the interviewer mentioned the glass of wine in his hand. “Oh that’s not drinking” 😂

[@theshapeexists]

Sounds about right

[@byan85]

He was extremely charismatic in those days.

[@Discover-Ireland]

Such a talented man. I doubt if he would have done anything differently

[@garflad51]

He wouldn't hes already said he wouldn't, no regrets...even when the pogues were banned from Britain he didn't give a f#@k.

[@dondamon4669]

Of course he would! He was a deeply unhappy man and tried to get sober loads of times but couldn't. No one is happy with teeth falling out, smelling, being impotent and shitting and pissing himself

[@KingEdwardMMVIII]

Praying for ye, Shane. Pogue Mahone!

[@KurtMcGowan]

WAXIE'S DARGLE + POOR PADDY= FUCKING AWESOME. Also 'I used to drink a lot but I don't drink that much anymore.' LOL x

[@coldacre]

fucking genius.this is more punk rock than anything I've ever seen!

[@starman1139]

rgendwie..... einzigartig.... und er lebt immer noch....glaub ich...

[@RamseyMcV]

Love how mischievous he is here. He was once a coherent person. The French love Ireland and we love them.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

🇫🇷🇮🇪

[@onthewattle]

it was French republicans that gave the Irish their tricolour

[@dylangrufferty30]

@BlinkVideoEdits nah, born to irish parents and lived in ireland till he was 6, he holds an irish passport and now lives in dublin

[@odemu2074]

Look how good Philip Chevron looks!

[@lynnjaxful]

Pogues where amazing. such entertainment.

[@maidenrocks98]

hahaha! didnt know he always had that laugh

[@garflad51]

Shane is an absolute legend headbutting a tambourine is also hardcore! Drinking is social

[@CK-dd7eq]

Great band 💚

[@KalkiS88]

an hilarious and endearing Shane + missing clip of Waxies Dargle....brill.

[@grimlund]

Yeah maybe I should. It´s Saturday and I´m sitting here with a Tullamore in my hand and I feel pretty fine. .I´m not a huge fan of Irish folk music I must confess. I´m more in to synth-pop and stuff like that but for some reason I have always liked The Pogues...Shane is a great song writer...

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

Damn and I thought orthodox celts nailed waxies dargle but this is the pogues i want to see lol. Not the same two famous songs KZbin always suggests to me.

[@Spackhead]

@stainless921 It is "Waxies Dargle" from "Red Roses for Me"

[@kuttersprodukt]

"Waxies Dargle_The Pogues" or "how to be more punk than Punk itself" !

[@mickmcc3129]

Used to drink a lot but I don't now. Haha love to be at a party with him and George best gazza and Oliver reed get a good comedian in Tommy cooper

[@alanripp2958]

How can one be so perfect ?

[@riseup20twelve]

Well done in succeeding to get em posted @spackhead It's always great to see shane as he was..

[@mobilegoat1]

He had a few more brain cells back then .

[@David-h4z2s]

The bloke banging the tambourine on his head must have had a headache After that gig

[@howdymegan]

I love the Pogues and tried to see them, drove f/ Bmore to NYC to see them and they didn't post. I assume cuz o' Mr. McGowan's issue w/ spirits? As a recovering drunk it makes me sad...that somebody so freakin' brilliant gets stuck in the morass of alcoholism.

[@dondamon4669]

He was so anxious and nervous and shy

[@grannysgonerabid7425]

Shane had not become the rambling wreck of a drunk he became known for until the creative differences between him and the band began to emerge in the aftermath of "If I Shall from Grace with God" where the creative direction of the band began to shift during the song writing process for "Peace and Love." Not saying he didn't perform smashed before that, but it got progressively worse around 1988-1990 as he grew weary of touring and contemptuous of the material the rest of the band was pushing on him. Unable to find it in himself to quit, he ramped up the drinking until they could no longer tolerate him and sacked him mid tour in Japan in support of "Hell's Ditch".

[@Realnigga10000]

I wish he never did because it just continued and here we are :(

[@grannysgonerabid7425]

His body has certainly broken down and I suspect there’s neurological damage as well as he’s exhibiting tremors particularly in his hands and his speech has become progressively slurred. In more recent interviews he’s admitted to no longer binge drinking and limits himself primarily to wine, but as you said the damage has been done. I don’t think he possesses the capacity to write anymore as he recently lamented his two wishes are to be able to walk again and to be able to write as he once did. Sad.

[@Realnigga10000]

@@grannysgonerabid7425 yeah of course the alcohol would have damaged his brain a fair amount but the heroin and acid and such really fucked him as u can see comparing interviews across the years. I thought he was doing alright until a couple years ago and now his wife Victoria mary clarke is posting videos of him on her Instagram and no matter whether he is sober or not he isn't really... "there". Not sure how he's alive but eh there's something

[@dr.aisaitl7439]

@@Realnigga10000 I think there is a semblance of himself left, I just think it's the fact that when he thinks or talks, it's extremely slow. Play the video of him recently talking about Hell's Ditch at like 1.5 speed and it's basically how he used to be, and apparently he's supposed to release an album soon. I honestly have zero idea of what it's even going to sound like

[@pnoidd]

I've just realised that Shane seems to mention that he doesn't drink as much as he used to, this is quite a common thing to say with alcoholics as I still today say it. I saw him play last night, his still as good as he ever was.

[@kapuraftw]

thank you so much for this upload!

[@blokeybloke622]

kapuraftw my pleasure.

[@Captain_Rhodes]

he was a good singer back then

[@Chloe-vi5mb]

He looks like Wallace from Wallace and gromit

[@strokesfan1107]

HAHAHAAA when there's like 10 glasses around Shane at the table and the interviewer's like "why do you drenken soo muuuch?" i just cracked up

[@murphyspattaya]

strokesfan1107 555

[@BrenElice]

Love you…mad genius

[@johnbroadley878]

2021 and we are still dealing with the empire's decisions, GB paddy on the railway HH.

[@Graeck]

Man, I'd LOVE to see the whole show that that version of Paddy Works on the Railway came from.

[@grimlund]

I like to drink whiskey on my own to...Maybe I should move to Ireland...

[@ericrhodes5174]

Drink deep, Shane! A rovin you go!

[@hrvojenimac8076]

Neponovljivo❤

[@Spackhead]

@WillCovy It is a special by Antoine de Caunes (French) of some kind that was on ABC TV (Rock Arena years ago. Check my early postings for all parts (there are three).

[@Seamus616]

what i would do ta see them back in da day... fuckin hell

[@Redneckstomp294]

wow Shane looks like a real human here ;)

[@pnoidd]

Melbourne, Australia. Can't remember the venue

[@walkermedr]

Great

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

I didn't know Shane could play guitar.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@somaric1 you just saw him didn't you??

[@Ryan-kn6xd]

I swear this is the only video I’ve seen of him looking relatively normal

[@Nigelxman]

That was a very clever and well thought out retort. How long did it take you? :-)

[@WillCovy]

I saw Mr. Costello at the beginning. What is this clip from?

[@libbertines]

Celtic flag.. brilliant!! :)

[@joshm3059]

Most sober Shane’s ever been?

[@thatonethisone5904]

Omg the music…

[@deVon30241]

"plus some live stuff."

[@Spackhead]

Devon Angell I had to be careful with my words to avoid a certain type of claim, which is what happened the first time I uploaded this.

[@deVon30241]

Oh thats bullshit :p i just thought your title was funny lol

[@drucifer00]

ZZ Top?

[@D.L91]

Shane was stumped on that aswell it seems

[@leonidastsouris2557]

Wow the teeth are awesome

[@name-zv3vv]

Whats the first song?

[@Spackhead]

The Waxies Dargle

[@Aidan-nb6zo]

What will you have? Al have a pint with you sir

[@ConanCnutKicker]

He was born in Tunbridge wells and went to a public school in England. Where did he get his Irish accent from?

[@CastlesForEyes]

I know a few Irish travelers who were born in England, lived in Scotland, lived in America, yet still have a strong Irish accent. Probably because they spend the majority of their time around others with a strong Irish accent.

[@ConanCnutKicker]

@@CastlesForEyes He isn't an irish traveller and he went to public school (fee paying school).

[@CastlesForEyes]

@@ConanCnutKicker ~ I know he's not a traveller, just giving an example of people holding onto their accents.

[@red84icj]

He's a middle class fraud. He spoke posh as a kid ,invented a cockney accent during punk (complete with his union Jack jacket) then stopped brushing his tombstones and became oirish

[@ollyg85]

Does he have an Irish accent? Doesn’t sound like one to me 🤔

[@tpm111]

What are u talkin' about? Shane is in better form than ever. U don't see many 55 year olds in same good shape as Shane...

[@pepesilvia1924]

Look at him now

[@owenmartin3307]

What most people don't understand nowadays is that you could write better songs in a smoky pub atmosphere.

[@juanjoseoterolourido5674]

Que calamidad.

[@stainless921]

what song is that at the start?

[@BasherBrookes]

In case you never found out... it’s Waxies Dargle 😂

[@sPluss-]

@@BasherBrookes never thought id find an old comment of mine on a pogues vid lol.

[@alfredshort2671]

His irish. Most I know are drunks. Then again most people i know are drunks. 😂

[@brosnaboy]

@libertine1975 he's a londoner dude!

[@iseeu-fp9po]

When was this?

[@Spackhead]

1985 or 1986.

[@andrecseck9904]

did he ever brush his teeth?

[@BenMursa]

What teeth?

[@CelticMusician71]

He actually has some condition that caused his teeth to decay. It wasn't something he did or didn't do.

[@sandrobindelli5607]

***** It's called Parodontitis and it's a very common problem. It's a tartar accumulation under your gums, the tartar is a porous mineral and so becomes the ideal "home" for scores of bacteria, the bacteria slowly chew away your jaw bone around and between your teeth causing them to loosen first and then to fall. The vulgar term for this disease is pyorrhea. Today it is surgically solvable and can be kept under control avoiding to loose all your teeth (or at least retarding this until old age) but just 50 years ago it was the cause for 30-40% of men to use false teeth after age 50. In third world countries it strikes just like here in the past and in fact viewing third world people the first thing you notice is how many men and women are almost toothless. Of course not having a good oral hygiene only speeds up the disease and that's why Shane was toothless by the age of 35.

[@ricardo25891263]

Sandro Bindelli the same happened to my grandmother she has no teeth at all

[@wiceltgirl]

Where did you see him play??

[@shuddupeyaface]

Theres a dappy fella in Boston having a wet dream over dis.The

[@chikitabowow]

It's weird to understand what Shane is saying. And also, teeth.

[@hervedupuy650]

Un sacré punk dans sa tête.... Quand je fait écouté et que la personne ne connais pas....oui Oui ça existe....et que l'on me dit que c'est un truc comme les frères Morvan....🙄😏... Rien contre mais faut pas abuser....la c'est dificil d'expliquer ce que tu ecoute, ET j'ai commencé tranquil.soiree compliquée.

[@strokesfan1107]

Wallace and Gromit anyone?

[@joshm3059]

Eh?

[@conorclancy3330]

you should man.

[@scandaltree9803]

Is it me or do they seem to alway pick the worst angle to show his teeth lol

[@KingSatyr]

back when he had teeth

[@styxcreek]

pity that cute bass player left, they needed some eye candy.. still a great band though

[@caseybyrom1]

You could go to a morgue and find people in better shape than Shane is now.

[@carlindapierce6598]

HE CAN HARDLY SPEAK HERE. WE REAP WHAT WE SOW AND I'M REAPING NOW ALSO.....

[@attilavarga8204]

🤮🤮🤮👎👎👎

[@Dheuedbv]

Pipe down