The Great Hunger documentary

**Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:57 pm**

i watched a BBC documentary about Shane Mcgowan called "The Great Hunger" awhile ago and in the beginning he sits in a studio an sings a song. that song is great and i just wonder if anyone knows its name. i deeply recommend that documentary, its great.

thx for your time.

PS/ "Fairytale" is not the best pogues song, not by a long shot, "If I Should Fall From Grace With God", "Transmetropolitan", "Streams of Whiskey" and "The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn", now there are some candidates;) /DS

**Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:06 pm**

shane_is_god wrote:i watched a BBC documentary about Shane Mcgowan called "The Great Hunger" awhile ago and in the beginning he sits in a studio an sings a song. that song is great and i just wonder if anyone knows its name.

In the very beginning? Lonesome Highway from the Crock Of Gold album.

shane_is_god wrote:i deeply recommend that documentary, its great.

Cannot but agree.

**Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:48 pm**

Just watched it (again) last night - it is wonderful. Am I right in thinking it's from 1997?

**Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:23 am**

aha, 4 Oct 1997

**Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:57 am**

How long ago was the Doc on T.V? Are we talking years or months or what?

**Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:47 pm**

Thankx for the help guys, to give some back i can inform you that the great hunger is available for download at http://www.thepiratebay.com. i dont know if anyone is still seeding it but its worth a try:)

**Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:59 pm**

MacRua wrote:aha, 4 Oct 1997

Thanks, Mac - I knew I'd get the answer!

**Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:34 pm**

hmmm where to get my hands on that doc * thinks very hard *

**Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:49 pm**

MissWalshy wrote:hmmm where to get my hands on that doc * thinks very hard *

Theres one sellin on Ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 46641&rd=1.

Give that a try

**Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:22 pm**

And here .This one is cheaper so far.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MESE:IT

That is worth a bid.I have got it.

**Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:43 pm**

WHY IS NOBODY BIDDING FOR THIS?
ITS ONLY A POUND!THE ONE ABOVE WAS A TENNER!
AND
THIS ONE
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWA:IT
WENT FOR 26! :shock:

**Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:26 pm**

Did someone ever see that documentary about Shane MacGowan? It is quite good, although we don't learn anything new. I love hearing Sinead O'Connor, Ronnie Drew, Christy Moore and Nick Cave all singing versions of Shane's songs. And I love the footage of Shane recording Lonesome Highway or of him singing in the pub. The interviews are rather useless though. And Shane looks kind of sad and ill in that documentary, that was a shock after seeing The Story of Fairytale of New York, where he was in great shape and looking happy.

There is also Bono from U2 who says that Shane is the greatest writer Ireland has ever produced or something like that.

**Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:07 pm**

where have ya seen it...? is there DVD?

**Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:36 am**

There is a torrent there:

http://thepiratebay.org/

Search for videos about Shane Macgowan, you should find it.

**Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:14 am**

http://www.youtube.com

The Great Hunger documentary

The Great Hunger documentary

Re: does anyone know this song?

#The Great Hunger

The Great Hunger

Good website with pogues vids.

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