this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
95 points (96.1% liked)

World News

38956 readers
1968 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

R.I.P. Shane. I hope they have Guinness wherever you are now.

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] MightyWeaksauce@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Ah man, not really out of the blue but sad to see him go. Fairytale of New York is still my favorite Xmas song. Sláinte!

[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago

Sad to see but not surprising due to his history. He was a brilliant lyricist and I am a big fan of his work. RIP shane.

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


"His words have connected Irish people all over the globe to their culture and history, encompassing so many human emotions in the most poetic of ways."

Author Tony Parsons posted on social media: "I remember Shane MacGowan when he was in his mid-teens and coming down the Roxy in Covent Garden to bang on unattended drums in his Union jack jacket.

The musician Nick Cave called him "a true friend and the greatest songwriter of his generation," adding it was "a very sad day."

I followed The Pogues to far flung places, met Shane a few times and watched some of the most exhilarating shows I've ever witnessed," he also said on social media.

Derry Girls actor Siobhan McSweeney has said that Shane MacGowan "was the voice of London for us Irish" and said when she was scared about moving to the capital "he lured me over with songs about chancers, drinkers, lovers, poets and scoundrels".

Fairytale of New York producer Steve Lillywhite told BBC Radio 5 Live MacGowan was "truly a poet", crediting him for inventing "a new style of music that was sort of the punk attitude with traditional Irish rhythms".


The original article contains 809 words, the summary contains 193 words. Saved 76%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Gonna be playing The Body of an American at The Sidebar tonight, boys