I've just listened to this and instantly liked it. From my first listening it only has three chords ( C,E, F ) revolving but the arrangement is superb with a big sound and it draws back and pauses before it fills out again with the string arrangement. His voice complements it perfectly. Very good song. It's not often I like something upon my first listening.
This is a pretty good guide to some of his best stuff... Punk, human spirit and a Christmas classic: Shane MacGowan’s 10 greatest recordings | The Pogues | The Guardian
This always bought a lump to my throat, Shanes vocals on it add extra emphasis to the despair of the story...
"sad to say I must be on my way, So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away" When I heard he had passed I thought of this line from Sally MacLennane
Spent the downtime of no QPR listening to some Pogues. A line from this song resonated especially “We watched our friends grow up together And we saw them as they fell Some of them fell into Heaven Some of them fell into Hell…”
So beautiful. It's my favourite MacGowan song. A very close friend of mine, who's currently in remission from Myeloma, got married a couple of years to a partner of 40 years and they had that song playing as they entered the registry office. 'You're the measure of my dreams'
Benjamin Zephaniah just announced , from a brain tumour, diagnosed 8 weeks ago!!!! There was a wonderful poet, I saw him once and was blown away. RIP ...Great poet
RIP Benjamin. One of the few Brummie voices that you could listen to and enjoy (sorry Brummies ). Great modern poet of a time, who could write and perform so succinctly.
