The Meeting Of MacGowan

by **Irishman** Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:11 am

Planky wrote:Met him late eighties before a gig at Southampton Mayflower, top bloke, asked him wether they were playing boys from county hell that night to which he said no, we asked him if they could play it and say its was for the lads from Marlborough, when it came to the encores they duely played the boys and he said it was for the lads from Marlborough

Shane MacGowan sounds like such a nice guy...Screw anyone who puts him down!

by **MacRua** Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:20 am

dublinrambler wrote:met shane in the porterhouse,dublin in 2001 before he was to play a gig at UCD...it was 11.40pm by the time cashman got him out the door!

Did you have a chat with Shane then?

by **Paddy Rolling Clone** Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:41 am

Guest wrote:Met Shane at a Pogues gig at the Queen Margaret University in Glasgow in 1985.I asked him for change for the cig machine but he got Spider to give him 2 cigs then gave them to me and told me if i did that 10 times i wouldnt have to buy a packet.
Very astute guy.

Fuckin classic.

by **Guest** Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:31 am

Met Shane at a Pogues gig at the Queen Margaret University in Glasgow in 1985.I asked him for change for the cig machine but he got Spider to give him 2 cigs then gave them to me and told me if i did that 10 times i wouldnt have to buy a packet.
Very astute guy.

by **dublinrambler** Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:51 pm

met shane in the porterhouse,dublin in 2001 before he was to play a gig at UCD...it was 11.40pm by the time cashman got him out the door!

by **MacRua** Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:54 pm

Mick Molloy wrote:I don't think Shane had written as many songs as that if he had been changing diapers

- Would you like to have kids?
- Naah, I don t like kids. It s not just that they're smelly and noisy but unfortunately you have to have them in the same room as you, otherwise they'll hurt themselves. I'm not the kind who'd just farm them out to whatever unlucky woman might have happened to bear them for me. I wouldn't be prepared to change a single nappy or babysit for even one night, that's not the kind of attitude to have kids with, is it?
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by **MissWalshy** Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:54 am

Don't know if any of you lot feel this, but cause I've been a follower of Shane's music etc. I feel like I know him without actually meeting him. This may have a lot to do with Victorias book, also.
:?:

by **Mick Molloy** Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:48 pm

MacRua wrote:1. Shane would not bother to change it as he rarely bothers to change his own trousers

Point taken

by **Simon Maguire** Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:09 am

MacRua wrote:On the other hand it would be a great excuse.. That "writer's block" has got well used by now.

Your right there MacRua, the old have a kid, can't write songs trick, it's classic. It would be a lot more bearable then, "I'm 100% doing another album, just not now" which we've been hearing since the Crock came out.

by **MissWalshy** Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:47 am

Very true

by **MacRua** Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:40 am

1. Shane would not bother to change it as he rarely bothers to change his own trousers
2. If he had - he would mix babe's head and arse up

On the other hand it would be a great excuse.. That "writer's block" has got well used by now.

by **Mick Molloy** Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:27 am

I don't think Shane had written as many songs as that if he had been changing diapers

by **Zuzana** Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:15 am

Anonymous wrote:It’s sad that they didn’t get married...

More likely it's very, very lucky. :lol:

by **Guest** Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:59 am

It’s sad that they didn’t get married in the end, the poor old journalist always seem to get the short end of the stick don’t they?

by **Zuzana** Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:21 pm

From The Guardian article from 2001:

"As a Catholic, doesn't he [Shane] feel bad about not having children? 'I've got children!' How many? 'I don't know. I only know about one. He's a young man. He lives in Scotland. He knows where to get hold of me. I saw him once, when he was three. He knows I'm his father. Years ago, me and Lesley agreed that any time he wanted to come and see me he could come and see me and I'd take him out for a drink, get him whatever he wants. But she married a good man, and he seems to be satisfied with him as his father.'"

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The Meeting Of MacGowan

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