Is Shane still great?

**Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:42 pm**

The moral of this story is.
Yuo shouldnt really come on a pogues forum and write the singer off

Come on Sober I think if shane came to Cnanda and id a gig you might be a bit more positive ,but it is true he has slowed down a bit in recent years but havent we all?
I have :roll:

**Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:00 pm**

That was more of a question, based on facts I read over the past few months/years. I never saw the man in action. Never got the chance to. That's why I never made any affirmation. I wanted to know the opinion of objective people who got the chance to see him. Because on many pictures, he looks like he's dead. But again, this is only pictures and I know that I can't build up an accurate opinion based on them. So i posted this topic.

**Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:18 am**

after reading through several threads i noticed people had some anomisity towards shane about canceling gigs ang questioning wheather or not he is actually sick which gets me to the the topic of this thread, is shane still great?? and i firmly believe the answer is YES, shane is a 100% orginal and we will never see another shane macgowan in our lives. this man has lived a lifestyle that most will disagree with but it is not up to us to judge him, shane has given us many timeless classics such as a raniny night in soho, if i should fall from grace with god, has expresses his opinions in areas of irish nationalism and has walked his own line since day one not giving a fuck what people think of him this makes shane macgowan a true hero and trailblazer so lets all forgive him for cancling a show and move on there is still japan and Guilfest to look foward to for the lucky ones that will get to be there so to you i say sing loud and sing proud and not let the world forget about shane macgowan.

**Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:21 am**

is shane still great?????? my pc room bears witness that he still is great ,posters ,oil paintings ,signed memrobillia etc .ive never slagged shane off nor never will ,but i did complain about the lateness of the cancelled gig at brum ,and felt entitled too..i was mystifyed by the statement too.is shane still great ,you bet

**Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:42 am**

Sober wrote: According to many articles I read over the Internet, he orders many drinks when he's in a pub/bar, but doesn't drink most of them anyway.

**Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:15 am**

And then staff serve them again but at steep prices this time as Shane's drinks.
Greedy bastards...

**Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:41 pm**

MacRua wrote:And then staff serve them again but at steep prices this time as Shane's drinks.
Greedy bastards...

LOL!
Like a relic blessed by the pope...

**Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:48 am**

paddys pistol wrote:after reading through several threads i noticed people had some anomisity towards shane about canceling gigs ang questioning wheather or not he is actually sick which gets me to the the topic of this thread, is shane still great?? and i firmly believe the answer is YES, shane is a 100% orginal and we will never see another shane macgowan in our lives. this man has lived a lifestyle that most will disagree with but it is not up to us to judge him, shane has given us many timeless classics such as a raniny night in soho, if i should fall from grace with god, has expresses his opinions in areas of irish nationalism and has walked his own line since day one not giving a fuck what people think of him this makes shane macgowan a true hero and trailblazer so lets all forgive him for cancling a show and move on there is still japan and Guilfest to look foward to for the lucky ones that will get to be there so to you i say sing loud and sing proud and not let the world forget about shane macgowan.

STANDS UP AND APPLAUDS!

**Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:01 pm**

Well said. Fuckin Straight. Big up the man!!
x

**Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:19 pm**

Shane is without a doubt unique. A poet, writer, performer and singer without comparison.
But in all honesty, you can't define great as being stood in front of the same old band, singing the same old songs for twenty odd years.
When you can put live cds on and not be able to tell the difference between them, even though they were recorded ten years apart, that's not great, that's stale and predictable.
So, maybe his not turning up is shane's way of introducing a bit of uncertainty, unpredictability, who knows?
And no, I don't believe any of that 'unreliable genius' nonsense, a no show is a no show, no matter how you try to dress it up.
Shane's management should have been issuing him regular kicks up the backside in order to get him to produce some new stuff, or at least do some new arrangements of the old stuff, perhaps they do, did, who knows?
He has the capability to be great, if he can be arsed that is :roll:

**Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:45 pm**

**Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:49 am**

i definetly think that shane is going to live on forever in my own books cnt wait to see him at the carling academy in glasgow on the 12th

**Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:30 pm**

L'intrus wrote:Shane is without a doubt unique. A poet, writer, performer and singer without comparison.
But in all honesty, you can't define great as being stood in front of the same old band, singing the same old songs for twenty odd years.
When you can put live cds on and not be able to tell the difference between them, even though they were recorded ten years apart, that's not great, that's stale and predictable.
So, maybe his not turning up is shane's way of introducing a bit of uncertainty, unpredictability, who knows?
And no, I don't believe any of that 'unreliable genius' nonsense, a no show is a no show, no matter how you try to dress it up.
Shane's management should have been issuing him regular kicks up the backside in order to get him to produce some new stuff, or at least do some new arrangements of the old stuff, perhaps they do, did, who knows?
He has the capability to be great, if he can be arsed that is

Let those who are without sin cast the first stone - or something like that.

I may have sounded off in frustration at the odd no show but one gets over it.

Lot's of geniuses (genii?) are unreliable and are quite often not nice guys some of the time - George Best, Eric Cantona, Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett, Lee "Scratch" Perry & Paul Kossoff are among my favourites but you probably wouldn't want to philosophise with them (well maybe with Eric).

You would, on the other hand, have a hell of a night on the lash with them.

**Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:26 am**

Anonymous wrote::lol: i definetly think that shane is going to live on forever in my own books cnt wait to see him at the carling academy in glasgow on the 12th

Yeah, he's one of those people who's gonna live for 100 years

**Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:02 pm**

Hell, he's already lasted far longer than expected. Clearly, the man's made of stronger stuff than most - I'd say he's going to go the distance.

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