This post is dedicated to zombie rotten mcdonald, who would bleed music rather than blood if you cut him. He was the one who got me hip to a cover version of Screaming Jay Hawkins I Put a Spell on You that Shane MacGowan and a bunch of his friends put out to benefit the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. I think you'll recognize some of the good people accompanying Shane:
Also in 2010, Shane performed an inimitable cover version of Neil Diamond's ode to cheap wine. The willowy blonde bassist is Cait O'Riordan, former bassist and occasional singer of the Pogues, who left the band to marry some dude named Declan:
Shane is still doing his thing, despite his long career of self-immolation. Every time I ponder Shane, my mind boggles that he has managed to outlive Kirsty and Phil. Given his predilection for alcohol and illicit pharmaceuticals, he'll probably outlast us all, embalmed for posterity. "The Bomb" could drop, as the video Roy embedded fearmongers, and Shane and Keith Richards would wander the smoldering ruins, fighting the rats and cockroaches for stockpiled opiates.
I don't know if that's a comforting thought or not.
I think Mark E. Smith would be there with Shane and Keith. Another new line up for The Fall?
ReplyDeleteIs Shane noted for the illicit pharmaceuticals? I was under the impression that his self-medication preferences are Guinness and whiskey.
ReplyDeletehe'll probably outlast us all, embalmed for posterity
ReplyDeleteJames Newell Osterberg, Jr. is 67 years old.
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I think Mark E. Smith would be there with Shane and Keith. Another new line up for The Fall?
ReplyDeleteNow THAT would be interesting! Hopefully, you'll get to see him play this year, I remember you weren't well enough to go to the Fall concert last, uh, Fall.
Is Shane noted for the illicit pharmaceuticals? I was under the impression that his self-medication preferences are Guinness and whiskey.
I'm pretty sure he used amphetamines (the drug of choice in the late 70s) and dabbled in heroin for a spell.
James Newell Osterberg, Jr. is 67 years old.
Good old Uncle Iggy!
"who would bleed music rather than blood if you cut him."
ReplyDeleteZombies don't bleed anyway...
Last night we drove 90 miles to see a band that's sold 500 records, in a 100 person cub.
amphetamines (the drug of choice in the late 70s) and dabbled in heroin for a spell.
ReplyDeleteThey're illicit? WHOOPS.
Last night we drove 90 miles to see a band that's sold 500 records, in a 100 person cub.
ReplyDeleteThose are the best concerts of all, well aside from the long drive. I still remember seeing The Beggar Weeds in concert to promote their LP Sure Pants Alot.
They're illicit? WHOOPS.
They're okay if you're a trucker!
Wussy, for the record
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Chuck, co-guitarist and co-singer, was formerly in the Ass Ponies.