Dark Streets of London - Shane Macgowan and the Popes @ Pinkpop 1995

[Hockeyvalley]

Poor Shane, seriosly :(

[staringintotheabyss]

@finneganslad "grown up", you mean coming to random videos and hating on legendary artists?

[finneganslad]

@staringintotheabyss ah yes and how much exactly are your Irish? About 1/32 or something? I don't even know why you started trolling here, how many times have you seen the Pogues by now? It is obviously clear you either are really young and going through puberty or you have the intelligence of a chimp (no offence to chimps by the way)

[staringintotheabyss]

@finneganslad bout 100% on both my da and ma's side. Left hook is my main claim to evidence though ;) Not trolling, everything I say here is authentic. 24, psych major. So you're wrong on all accounts lad. If you want another thrashing I'll be here.

[staringintotheabyss]

@finneganslad your account says netherlands, krauty

[rjwjanssen]

I was there at the Pinkpop festival in 1995. Still one of the saddest and embarrassing performances in the 41 years of the festival. The first and last time I saw a musician be pulled off the stage for being too drunk. There's nothing legendary about that. Playing brilliant shows is what could have made Shane legendary.

It's hard to believe that this drunk bum is the man who wrote 'Thousands are Sailing'.

Later that day he said on TV that he was doing an Ian Curtis impersonation by the way.

[finneganslad]

@rjwjanssen Too bad it was the legendary Philip Chevron who wrote Thousands are Sailing ;)

[rjwjanssen]

@finneganslad Haha, that makes it even worse. First Shane's performance at Pinkpop made me completely ignore his music for 13 or 14 years. And then my favorite song by the band, which I thought was written by Shane, is the work of a genius bandmate :)

[dudeacus]

This was 16 yrs ago. Shane is still going strong. This was just one of many, many times he was hammered on stage. It's not sad....It's Shane.

[chinesesloppyplop]

@dudeacus i think its cool as fuck, he dont have to do anything more, hes already made his mark in the history book... he can just kick back and ride the wave :)

[dudeacus]

@chinesesloppyplop Damn straight. The man is a living legend. Cheers.

[MsSmiekie]

Been there.... it wasn't the best show I've seen in my live but it was a memorable one!

[SuperThePim]

We were in a media museum and you could watch this :) My dad was laughing so hard he was crying! :D

[Raybi3z]

LMAO you can hear the guy on the mic trying to get shane off stage ''SHANE CMON SHANE,AH CMON SHANE''

[xNoTriggerx]

shane seemed very very drunk lol

[goatmanjohn]

bless

[assways]

:/

glad to see shane's in better shape nowadays

[yumchadaily]

a fucking tragic documentation of a wonderful mind fucked up. sad. i'm sure a cup of milo sorted him out.

[DanReborn]

hahaha completey skagged out of his nut, what a cunt.. great singer though.

[shammygoy]

I was at this show. I remember the singer from the band Live asking everyone to pray for Shane.

[Nigelxman]

I'm so glad Shane is still alive but it makes me kind of sad to watch this seeing how completely fucked up and out of it he is.

[RIProrygallagher]

Too much smack Shaneo. Horrible to watch

[JacobDeadman]

the shoulda kept him on stage. i mean irts not rock n roll if they ait drunk.

[cfcolly]

hes more than "a but drunk" look at him. this was at the height of his smack days

[patfix]

haha! classic!

[kax61]

I wish I'd also had a manager that day...I was completely drunk before Shane even sang one note. Shane is the best!

[PhilaFlyersGirl]

this is painful to watch... still love him though!

[wardmevis]

epic!

[DERRYIRELAND]

What did Johnny Rotten ask at their last show? Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

[yojialjimbo]

shite, he's good when he's sober. has he not got any brains like

[guerresinge]

A true Irish hero.

[honingbij777]

shane you are my brother you the best

[josh414]

haha poor cunt u can tell hes fucked

[colincoby]

Someone should have told him to not even go out there. Seriously, this is horrible.

[HARKE90]

@colincoby fuck off go listen to u2 pogues n shane don't fake it. i think its so deep n symbolizes the decline of the modern world.

[helenbeijer]

think he smoked too much dutch weed lol

[irishroverandthecrew]

Shaneo's no.1, punk rocker all the way,

respect foir the greatest Paddy !

[peacefrog1916]

fuckin hell shane! what a state. embarrasing.

[drgrl]

He looks really pale, almost in shock. This is not Shane too drunk to sing, hell on a good day Shane will be drunk. He's genuinely ill here; don't mock the man for being human, even alcoholics can get sick.

[peacefrog1916]

im not mocking him, im a massive fan i love him. But seriously, he shouldn't even have been on stage here, people must have paid good money to see this show.

[mogoklu]

That's right! I paid a lot of money too.

And if i were in The Popes, and playing with him, i would have kicked his ass.

[fh041205]

mogoklu, you're absolutely right. I would be seriously pissed with MacGowan if I was any member of the popes.

[mogoklu]

Thanks!

People who say he shouldn't have been on that stage, are wrong in my opinion. He should have been there, he just shouldn't have been wasted... The man has a responsibillity.

[SiMags]

Wait a minute, if it wasn't for MacGowan The Popes would still be playing in fucking pubs and wedding, not at festivals.

However I agree that its so sad to see Shane in this way.

[GemuteerdeAap]

@peacefrog1916 Wouldn't have made a difference for the people if he hadn't played. It was at a festival so it would be or a gap, or a drunk shane Macgowan

[ZLUGGO]

@peacefrog1916

I agree.

[Chalkyevilgoth]

@peacefrog1916 Agreed, seriously I love the great Macgowan, but that was an embarrasment even by his standards!

[Chalkyevilgoth]

@peacefrog1916 Agreed, seriously I love the great Macgowan, but that was an embarrasment even by his standards!

[chinesesloppyplop]

@Chalkyevilgoth were you at the royal albert hall booing dylan when he started playing electric guitat aswell? you cant say you love someone and call them an embarrasment in the same sentence...this IS Shane Macgowan...legend :)

[chinesesloppyplop]

@peacefrog1916 i dont think the crowd minded,there wasnt a riot, if they came there to see Shane i would say it was money well spent, a unique moment, if they were real fans they would just loved it. fuckin wish i was there just to be under the same sky as the man :)

[DinaBandhuDasa]

You are right. There are so many clips on which Shane is drunk. He looks different indeed.

[praskovia13]

absolutely agreed drgrl, good of em to take him off he looked ill