The Medusa Fora

Your strenght and optimism is inspiring for sure. What a great guy and marvellous talent. Keep fighting, all the best!

Sorry to hear this terrible news. Much love and best wishes to you Philip.

Wish you all the best, keep strong M. Chevron. Your songs better my life.

Love and light, a stupendous songwriter and very lovely guy. All good wishes.

I am devestated to read that. All my best wishes to You!

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John

thank you for sharing this, it is such a wonderful, passionate and sad interview and it is difficult to stop the tears from falling, Philip always has had a special way with words and this piece has so much dignity and honesty, which is the making of the man.

Yes, thanks for posting John.

moose wrote:John

thank you for sharing this, it is such a wonderful, passionate and sad interview and it is difficult to stop the tears from falling, Philip always has had a special way with words and this piece has so much dignity and honesty, which is the making of the man.

what he said


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Mr. Chevron,

I just want to wish you all the best and say thank you for all the wonderful music. I had the good fortune to see you perform with the Pogues in Seattle a few years ago and your rendition of Thousands Are Sailing was one of the highlights not only of that show, but of any show I have been to.

Wishing you all the best.

Bless your sweet heart darling Philip. What a lovely, incandescent human being you are. Your bright light has given us all such warmth and happiness, and we are now holding you close inside our hearts.

Keeping you in my thoughts, Philip. Thank you for everything – the music, the aftershows, your contributions to this forum, your wit and generosity – and wishing you all the best and lots of love.

Thanks for all the great music and insight Phil. I sat next to you on a flight to London in 2010 . I was going to say hi but I was with a group of people who were being a bit of handful ( long story) so I held back , not wanting you to have to put up with them. I don't think I could have added much more than babbles of fandom so you didn't miss much! It was a honour to be part of that process that unearthed the BP Fallon radio show with the Pogues and thanks again for the discs & card you sent me. All the best & , again, thanks for everything.

John thanks for posting the interview. Heartbreaking. Mr C, heres a post a fan left on Christy Moores website recently:

Rory W

June 2, 2013 - 4:14 am Location: Toronto
Hi Christy.
I saw that you’re doing a gig in support of Philip Chevron and 2 vivid memories came to mind. First memory is that I was at that gig in O’Connell Schools in 1972. I was 12 years old sitting in the back of about 90 rows of overactive schoolboys – you might not have noticed me. Am I wrong in thinking that Phil Chevron and his sister (in a duo called ‘Foxglove’) played support for Planxty?? I remember you warning a noisy bloke in the front row that “if that chap in the white geansai doesn’t stop messing I’ll be down to him.”
The second memory is of that gig in the Stadium in 1982 – Chevron performed the support act in a sort of Berlin-decadent Brecht/Weill mode but had been booed a lot by the front rows (maybe the white geansai character again). I think he cut his gig short and you looked well ticked off when you appeared. I remember you said something like “this song was written by the man you lot just booed off this stage” as Moving Hearts cracked straight into ‘Faithful Departed.’
I wish I could remember yesterday half as well…..

I am a very new pogues fan but this guy whenever i've seen them has always given a great performance and is a truly great musician.