Happy Birthday Shane MacGowan

Rhys Essien

Isnt it fitting for for the man who wrote probably the best Christmas song 'Fairytale of New York',that he celebrates his birthday today.

El Guapo!

All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

Sar_Bear

Dean09 wrote: »

All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

And his father was a dentist.

robman60

He's somehow defied death for another year... Remarkable, really.

Tombo2001

Its easy to slag the guy off (it really is)...

...but they'll still be listening to his music after we are all long forgotten.....

areyawell

Ill lay 1/10 odds he was drinking today

Son0vagun

He's looking well at 55 considering his lifestyle. One of the greatest song writers of all time happy Bitthday Shane MacGowan.

orestes

Had a couple of pints with him once during a lock in. By christ that man can drink. Nice guy though.

admiralofthefleet

areyawell wrote: »

Ill lay 1/10 odds he was drinking today

thats a fantastic price given the person we are talking about here

the keen edge

Dean09 wrote: »

All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

No, he can buy new teeth alright; its just they don't last that long in his head due to the incomprehensible waffle coming from his mouth.

DEFTLEFTHAND

55 today, I wonder what odds you would have gotten on him reaching that age back in the 80s.

Great talent though, I'm going to throw on Rainy Night In Soho now.

mightybashful

areyawell wrote: »

Ill lay 1/10 odds he was drinking today

Came in at 10 to 1

Max Power

Just goes to show that alcohol is safer than speedboats.

admiralofthefleet

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Just goes to show that alcohol is safer than speedboats.

my sides are splitting after reading that.

lotmc

He was propping up the bar in Keoghs off Grafton Street last Saturday. On his own, but getting lots of punters shaking hands / taking photos. Seemed to be fairly well drunk. Funnily enough he was holding a "love:hate" dvd box set and lifting it up for every photo!

Would agree with the comment that he probably "wont see another one"......... Sad but unfortunately true.

DEFTLEFTHAND

lotmc wrote: »

He was propping up the bar in Keoghs off Grafton Street last Saturday. On his own, but getting lots of punters shaking hands / taking photos. Seemed to be fairly well drunk. Funnily enough he was holding a "love:hate" dvd box set and lifting it up for every photo!

Would agree with the comment that he probably "wont see another one"......... Sad but unfortunately true.

His wife, that broad who writes for the Independent states that he can't go into a pub in Ireland without people offering to buy him drink.

KKkitty

He's a legend don't care what anyone says. No matter what he does you don't hear stories of him falling out of pubs being a dick to anyone. I raise a glass to him o/

hidinginthebush

Dean09 wrote: »

All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

But he did

sfwcork

I wonder would he be a millionaire?

minidazzler

KKkitty wrote: »

He's a legend don't care what anyone says. No matter what he does you don't hear stories of him falling out of pubs being a dick to anyone. I raise a glass to him o/

That's true. People always insult his drinking, I don't think I've ever heard of him doing anything bad when drunk.

kneemos

A nice guy and an amazing talent.enough said.

DEFTLEFTHAND

sfwcork wrote: »

I wonder would he be a millionaire?

Probably is at this stage. Of course successful musicians earn nothing like people think they do.

Rhys Essien

People dont seem to realise that he is a very intelligent bloke.As a kid he got a literature scholarship and went to Westminster school,the one next to the Houses of Parliament in London.

He got caught with drugs and was expelled in second year.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Mcgowan

Ghandee

Sar_Bear wrote: »

And his father was a dentist.

Eh, that couldn't be further from the tooth.

mightybashful wrote: »

Came in at 1018 to 1

Fyp

KKkitty

minidazzler wrote: »

That's true. People always insult his drinking, I don't think I've ever heard of him doing anything bad when drunk.

Leave him at it is what I think. He seems like the sort of person who just wants to get on with life and take each day as it comes. He probably just goes out, gets pissed as a fart and goes home.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Rhys Essien wrote: »

People dont seem to realise that he is a very intelligent bloke.As a kid he got a literature scholarship and went to Westminster school,the one next to the Houses of Parliament in London.

He got caught with drugs and was expelled in second year.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Mcgowan

He's a very intelligent guy, he has issues in life and has struggled with social anxiety and shyness, alcohol of course is a quick fix to these problems.

PogMoThoin

Dean09 wrote: »

All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

Eh, he's had new teeth for about 3 yrs now, where have you been.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1183171/Oh-bye-gum-Shane-MacGowan-FINALLY-gets-set-new-teeth.html

Daniel O Donnel

Happy birthday Shane.
F##k the begrudgers.

"It was on the 23rd of June as l lay plastered in my room....."

Lenin Skynard

Dean09 wrote: »

All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

He has a lot more teeth than the amount of sh1ts he could give about it.

Lenin Skynard

Rhys Essien wrote: »

People dont seem to realise that he is a very intelligent bloke.

I'd say most people actually do realise it.

maidie

Happy Birthday Shane, I would love to meet him, so talented,

Strawberry Fields

Ghandee wrote: »

18/1

Fyp

I logged in to thank that post the horse came in at 18/1

dd972

Six months to live....for the last 30 years ! No doubting his talent, as a fan I wish he'd been a bit more productive in the last 10-15 years though

dd972

P.S any poster who calls him English can f**k right off, if he'd been born in Nigeria to the same parents would he be African?, No, he'd still be Irish, case closed.

arybvtcw0eolkf

He's regular enough in a bar I nixer, he's sound.

thebaz

a national treasure - happy returns big guy !