violator 2:11 Thu Nov 30
Shane McGowan has sung his last fairytale
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Mex Martillo
11:00 Sun Dec 24
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I'm disappointed Fairgy Tale in New York didn't make number 1
Wham! WTF
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norwaytips
9:51 Sat Dec 23
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Marty F. You mean alcohol, instead of toothpaste?
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marty feldman
8:14 Sat Dec 23
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Good bloke was Shane . Had the right priorities.
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Takashi Miike
12:39 Sat Dec 23
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Fauxstralian 12:11 Sat Dec 23
also anonymously paid for a lady's IVF treatment (about 9/10k), which was successful, and didn't let it be known it was him until years later
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El Scorchio
12:33 Sat Dec 23
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And I suppose I don’t blame him for keeping it on the down low given how horrifically the tabloid press treated him when he was alive.
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El Scorchio
12:32 Sat Dec 23
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Likewise you hear nothing but good stuff about the bloke. He clearly kept a lot of it on the down low rather than looking for attention. He/his estate still pays for all the Christmas lights etc in Highgate every year.
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Fauxstralian
12:31 Sat Dec 23
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Was watching that thing where Adrian Chiles talks to celebs about faith & Xmas & he had Martin Kemp and his wife on
Said GM used to send all his friends 2 enormous hampers for Xmas & would turn up with amazing presents for his kids every Xmas that would blow what he had bought out of the water
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Manuel
12:24 Sat Dec 23
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Roeder - Yea, he was a good bloke.
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Fauxstralian
12:11 Sat Dec 23
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Understood that George Michael donated all the royalties for Last Christmas to charity
Understand A Ridgeley HAS made millions mainly where George added him as 'co writer'
Even though it was a solo song believe he gets half the royalties for Careless Whisper
Not a fan but GM seemed a genuine generous guy.
When he died on Xmas day a few stories came out about how generous he was
Can remember one where he was in a cafe and overheard a woman talking about her financial woes. When she went to leave the cafe owner handed her a cheque for something like £10k that George had given him for her as he left
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El Scorchio
11:52 Sat Dec 23
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Noddy holder still does. And good on him. Absolute goldmine writing a Christmas classic.
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Manuel
4:32 Sat Dec 23
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Wham! have secured the Christmas 2023 number one single with Last Christmas, 39 years after the beloved festive hit was released.
Andrew Ridgeley must be making a fortune out of royalties still?
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Northern Sold
1:49 Sat Dec 9
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Huge Irish Republican...
Loved the Royal Family...
Would wear a Union Jack Jacket on stage...
Genius and deffo a bit of a oddball
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wd40
1:09 Sat Dec 9
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Did he turned to drugs due to stop listening to his wife talk shit all day ?
see that killer Adams done a speech
bet they admired each other
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Eastside surge
9:25 Sat Dec 9
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Lovely version of "fairy tale of new York " one of the few xmas songs I can stomach
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Manuel
8:18 Sat Dec 9
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Some good footage here from his funeral if interested.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-67665100
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Sir Alf
10:26 Sat Dec 2
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As Christie Moore said, he may not have been born on the Emerald Isle etc but is ( now was ) greatest Irish songwriter of modern times.
Saw them in the 80s , always a great night even if SM was struggling to remember his words.
RIP seems appropriate as his life on earth was just manic
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Come On You Irons
1:12 Fri Dec 1
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Another 'great story' of this 'Irish' Englishman from Kent is that he 'regretted' not joining the IRA.
What a 'legend'.
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Northern Sold
1:10 Fri Dec 1
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12810567/shane-macgowan-kiefer-sutherland-late-late-2019-interview.html
great story
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happygilmore
10:01 Fri Dec 1
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A true Poet
Rest in Peace Shane
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WHU(Exeter)
5:40 Thu Nov 30
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The Nick Cave interview with him about Shane McGowan is good. Cave said he used to be round McGowan's house and all around there were screwed up bits of paper with lyrics never used, that Cave said were every bit as good as Fairytale of New York.
Rainy night in Soho
God bless
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billywhitehorse
5:22 Thu Nov 30
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He came in for a lunch time drink in the pub in Kilburn that I worked in.
He had a pint.
Of sherry.
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