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Happy Birthday Shane MacGowan

  • 26-12-2012 12:30AM
    #1
    Rhys Essien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭


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


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  • #2
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,450 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


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


  • #3
    Sar_Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭Sar_Bear


    Dean09 wrote: »
    All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

    And his father was a dentist.


  • #4
    robman60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭robman60


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


  • #5
    Tombo2001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,238 ✭✭✭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.....


  • #6
    areyawell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


    Ill lay 1/10 odds he was drinking today


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  • #7
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


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


  • #8
    orestes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭orestes


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


  • #9
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    areyawell wrote: »
    Ill lay 1/10 odds he was drinking today

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


  • #10
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭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.


  • #11
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #12
    mightybashful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭mightybashful


    areyawell wrote: »
    Ill lay 1/10 odds he was drinking today

    Came in at 10 to 1


  • #13
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    Just goes to show that alcohol is safer than speedboats.


  • #14
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    Just goes to show that alcohol is safer than speedboats.

    my sides are splitting after reading that.


  • #15
    lotmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭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.


  • #16
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #17
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭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/


  • #18
    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    Dean09 wrote: »
    All that money and still can't buy new teeth.

    But he did


  • #19
    sfwcork
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭sfwcork


    I wonder would he be a millionaire?


  • #20
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    A nice guy and an amazing talent.enough said.


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  • #22
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    Rhys Essien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭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


  • #24
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭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


  • #25
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭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.


  • #26
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #27
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,873 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #28
    Daniel O Donnel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭Daniel O Donnel


    Happy birthday Shane.
    F##k the begrudgers.

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


  • #29
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭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.


  • #30
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #31
    maidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭maidie


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


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