Shane's vocal standards.

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:00 am**

Celtic.Dave wrote:MacRua,
Tell Zuzana to give your job back.Your the one whos ment to paste bits from books,articles....and so on.
I think this is an total outrage!

Nah, this is team work, job in shifts. Even loyal, everefficient and industrious Masters need to come up for the gulp of ..erm.. reality. On the other hand the show must go on and Medusa's worshippers should not feel like being deprived of their due share of attention (both - iron fist and gracious smile).

Hope your appeal, Celtic.Dave, was a pure misunderstanding caused by regrettable lack of time for delving into the situation and thorough analysis of our progressive supervision methods and not a far-reaching design and well-considered provocation for the purpose of driving a wedge in united organization of masters who have only the best interests of fans and fora members in their kind and friendly hearts.

Any sabotage attempt will fail!
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!!

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:17 am**

His voice has got worst. The first 3 Pogue album he sounds great. On his solo albums he does sound very drunk!

You think it's a problem of his voice? And teeth fixing will help him to sound sober?

I doubt he can write songs anymore too.

Yes, it's hard to write when you have nothing to bite pen's tip with...

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:04 am**

His voice is better now than ten years ago when he was live with The Popes, having send that Shane carried the Popes music, where as the Pogues music carries Shanes voice.

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:37 am**

MacRua wrote:On the other hand the show must go on and Medusa's worshippers should not feel like being deprived of their due share of attention (both - iron fist and gracious smile).

And we are very greatful to the masters for not depriving us of any of their attention either.
lol :lol:

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:13 pm**

On the Crock of Gold I would say his voice sounds somewhat better than it does on live at Brixton with the Pogues 2001. And think I this is cause on the Crock he had at least 5 teeth where as now then and now has ziltch. This is also 100,000,000 cigarettes ago.

:roll:

Jim

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:14 pm**

My typing stinks today. It's all this data entry

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:36 pm**

MacRua wrote:
His voice has got worst. The first 3 Pogue album he sounds great. On his solo albums he does sound very drunk!

You think it's a problem of his voice? And teeth fixing will help him to sound sober?

I doubt he can write songs anymore too.

Yes, it's hard to write when you have nothing to bite pen's tip with...

EVEYONE BITES PEN TIPS! You're so right.

**Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:15 pm**

TheIrishRover wrote:Well, I think that most of the deterioration of his vocals is because of his teeth and mumbling. I get that way too, so I know how it is about mumbling. I think that's probably the biggest think with his voice.

Yeah i agree with you there, i think its mainly to do with his teeth or lack of them.

**Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:13 am**

No one answered my question.

Does alcohol really do that much damage on your vocal chords?

**Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:24 am**

aha, indirectly at least :wink:

**Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:20 pm**

the hard stuff could damage your esophogis which would probably make you sound hoarse

**Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:45 pm**

enough about shanes voice going down the tubes lets talk about his best vocal efforts i'll start with "god help me" feel free to add some more

**Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:36 am**

Zuzana wrote:Maybe Shane has just worked hard over the years to give his voice the right feel and character.

"If you’re born with a beautiful voice, leave it alone. Don’t smoke, don’t drink. Well... drink. There’s nothing wrong with drinking. But don’t smoke, if you’re born with a beautiful voice, cause it will only break it up. But if you’re born with a voice just good enough to carry a tune, you know, a good voice, then smoking will give it depth, and a rasp, and give it a lived-in feel. (...) If you’re born with a voice that’s like... muddy water, right, a bit muddy, then make it muddier. Accentuate the features of your voice that give it its character." (A Drink With Shane MacGowan)

Brilliant mate. Nice quote and ayou summed up this tired point sure enough.

**Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:00 pm**

Really hope that he make it to the Dentist before the Pogues record a new album :roll:

**Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:15 pm**

celticjunk wrote:Really hope that he make it to the Dentist before the Pogues record a new album

You seem quite confident that they are going to make a new album :wink:

Shane's vocal standards.

Well....

Christ

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