I was born in England but my parents were Irish and dad lives there now. As a kid I never knew I was brought up Irish Catholic with my sister's doing irish dancing, christining, holy communion,confirmation,and lots of drinking and church on sunday with father Gill who visited me years later when i had overdoses. But its only as i got older i see the difference between us irish English and English people growing up and sadly the drinking is true
Richard is a top bloke, I follow him on Twitter, not just for music but as we share a love of the same football team. His book on Stiff Records was also brilliant, will be getting this in due course. Another great Word!
Five words that describe McGowan in my eyes are “ generosity, sensitivity, genius , intelligence and depth”. Not the shallow stuff like teeth or pisshead etc
Here’s hoping that a hundred years from now people will listen to Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (the best of the Pogues albums) as well as The River, Nebraska, and The Ghost of Tom Joad (the best of Springsteen’s albums).
Ahhh a new episode...just watched Ellen interviewing Parfitt/Rossi of Quo circa '84 lovely...I mean Mark not Degeneres! Fantastic! Shane finally gets a proper covering.
No mention of Joey Cashman? Say what you like about Joey, but he was the only man who could get Shane to do anything. No Joey no Popes. Joey was also responsible for the 'Shane Gang' they didn't gig that much but were basically a move back to Shane's punk days, no traditional instruments involved just bass, guitar and drums.
I was born in England but my parents were Irish and dad lives there now. As a kid I never knew I was brought up Irish Catholic with my sister's doing irish dancing, christining, holy communion,confirmation,and lots of drinking and church on sunday with father Gill who visited me years later when i had overdoses. But its only as i got older i see the difference between us irish English and English people growing up and sadly the drinking is true
So well said.
Richard is a top bloke, I follow him on Twitter, not just for music but as we share a love of the same football team. His book on Stiff Records was also brilliant, will be getting this in due course. Another great Word!
Five words that describe McGowan in my eyes are “ generosity, sensitivity, genius , intelligence and depth”.
Not the shallow stuff like teeth or pisshead etc
Surely the requisitet follow-up question should have been, "He ate the whole album, or just took a bite?"
Great to see you again Richard. Congratulations on the book. Hope you are keeping well buddy.
Jeff
Here’s hoping that a hundred years from now people will listen to Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (the best of the Pogues albums) as well as The River, Nebraska, and The Ghost of Tom Joad (the best of Springsteen’s albums).
Springsteen and the Pogues, my two favourite bands/ artists. Excellent taste!
Enjoyed the interview. I’m going to recommend my library get the book.
What a great listen.
Great listen, cant wait to read the book.
Love this show its amazing Mark is a fantastic man love him
Great interview
Thanks
Reading the book at the mo. A valuable insight into Shane and The Pogues.
Great discussion, really looking forward to reading the book.
Terrific interview and I look forward to reading the book
Ahhh a new episode...just watched Ellen interviewing Parfitt/Rossi of Quo circa '84 lovely...I mean Mark not Degeneres! Fantastic! Shane finally gets a proper covering.
Great interview only seen it now !
I met Richard at Shane’s after party for his funeral decent fella 👍🏻
No mention of Joey Cashman? Say what you like about Joey, but he was the only man who could get Shane to do anything. No Joey no Popes. Joey was also responsible for the 'Shane Gang' they didn't gig that much but were basically a move back to Shane's punk days, no traditional instruments involved just bass, guitar and drums.
The Pogues basically mixed Daniel O'Donnell with Lemmy.
Daniel O’Donnell?
Not at all 😂,
Daniel O’Donnell and McGowan are like Chalk and cheese,
McGowan and Ronnie Drew and Johnny Rotten more like
C. O'mment