It's about a guy on a Turkish island who deserted a sinking ship with all the money and all his mates went down. I'm not totally sure about this - he's haunted and he's dancing around with all this Turkish music playing endlessly in his brain - NYEAHH NYE NEE NEE HYEAHH NYEAHHH NIN NIN NYIN NEAHH... He just spends his time, haunted - dancing, drinking and fucking. Then his best mate comes back, and all the crew, to drag him down to hell or wherever they are. The thing is, he knew it was going to happen. So he's been waiting. Haunted, it's definitely about being haunted."
A metaphor for yourself?
"Fuck that. I don't live on a Turkish island. I'm not haunted either."

I quite like this exchange I found (which includes Spider, on the Shane MacGowan site)

Interviewer says:-

"So you think that other people's opinions are crucial in formulating an opinion of oneself?"

Spider: "Yeah, well, obviously everybody wants to feel wanted, don't they? Nobody wants to feel unwanted."

Interviewer: "Does this urge stem back to when you were a kid?"

Shane: "It does if you're a goat."

Here's the full article and interview. http://www.shanemacgowan.com/articles/sounds85.shtml

"famous anus"

mats wrote:This is from 1988 and the live TV show from Japan and someone shouts

"You put the U in ugly"

Shane answers

"Yeah I know that....... doesn't matter, I'm rich ha!"

yeah that's a classic! It can be seen and heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TJ9WDRWc0g

and I just made out what Shane said before "Pair of Brown Eyes" in Münster 2010. I think it was "some call me aimless shameless, some call me famous [...]!" I think it could be "famous sadist" but it doesn't really make sense does it? It's what I hear anyway...maybe someone with better ears can clarify it ^_^

here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgNe0fCJ9I

anyways, ciao

This is from 1988 and the live TV show from Japan and someone shouts

"You put the U in ugly"

Shane answers

"Yeah I know that....... doesn't matter, I'm rich ha!"

soulfinger wrote:My favourite was Shane's "Hello Liverpool" at the MEN Arena.

Yes, and I remember thinking, if this is Liverpool, why am I staying in a hotel when I live three miles from town.

philipchevron wrote:

NewJerseyRich wrote:I always have the feeing I'm missing something profound at the shows as you can rarely make out a word said. I'm sure this is a sound booth issue. ; )

Shane can always be understood when he wishes to be. Announcing the name of the next song is not what his brain processes as enlightened chatter.

I'm sure that could get monotonous, after all were going to know which tune it is in the next three seconds anyway !

NewJerseyRich wrote:I always have the feeing I'm missing something profound at the shows as you can rarely make out a word said. I'm sure this is a sound booth issue. ; )

Shane can always be understood when he wishes to be. Announcing the name of the next song is not what his brain processes as enlightened chatter.

I always have the feeing I'm missing something profound at the shows as you can rarely make out a word said. I'm sure this is a sound booth issue. ; )

My favourite was Shane's "Hello Liverpool" at the MEN Arena.

I love the comment on Planxty Noel Hill interview were the guy asks him do you feel the band get the same criticism the rolling stones got taking their music to America "Coals to Newcastle" and Shane says "Yeah well they were right about them" ha ha. It would have been so easy to take the comment to support his own argument ha ha

Never noticed this thread before...it's great!
Just GUFFAWED at Shane's 'virgin Mary' comment!

This is one of my favorites from the documentary “The Story of the Fairytale of New York” - Shane, talking about the Pet Shop Boys beating Fairy Tale of New York to #1 in the charts.

“I thought it was a disgusting fucking record, it was errr cynical, jaded, pathetic like…errr …..I quite liked the Pet Shop Boys before that”

geri wrote:interviewer - are you prod to be irish ?

shane - yes

interviewer - why ?

shane - cause we are the master race, i mean us and the blacks are the master race

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interviewer - who is your favourite woman ?

shane - the virgin mary, i wanna give her one.

this is a particularly funny interview here's the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM9HcDJ4oMU

Yea no offense but personally I never found this one funny.

interviewer - are you prod to be irish ?

shane - yes

interviewer - why ?

shane - cause we are the master race, i mean us and the blacks are the master race

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interviewer - who is your favourite woman ?

shane - the virgin mary, i wanna give her one.

this is a particularly funny interview here's the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM9HcDJ4oMU