Shane MacGowan and the Popes - The Snake With Eyes of Garnet

[wawawuu]

Is this snake some kind of metaphor or something?

[8dGee]

The bard Macgowan at his finest.

[IvIw2STiiTCH]

Thumbs up if you think that shane would win xfactor 10 times over

[pike1ful]

awsome song

[LukaRaPtoR]

"This snake cannot be captured,

this snake cannot be tied,

this snake cannot be tortured

or hung or crucified"

That would be a cool tatoo

[hanshotfirst1138]

@LukaRaPtoR I wish they made that with Shane on a T-shirt.

[98virago]

Should be the anthem of the IRISH everywhere.play this at my funeral.

[cymro66]

eirhean go bragh

[whatsupfamousface]

♣ One the greatest songs on the planet. SPELL BINDING ♣

[TheWearsider]

Quality stuff from a genius.

[scarletghoul]

<3 til all mankind is free

long live shane macgowan, long live ireland

[SkeksisBestSongEver]

I love this song!

[barneymcgee56]

A pure and beautiful song...never mind the man's lifestyle or habits.

[RevDrDark]

Sounds that us rage and our hackles rise. Slainte Joe and an Erin Go!

[DrGonzeaux123]

btw. I saw Shanne McGowan $ the Popes @ the Pinkpop festival back in 1995 or '96.

He was to drunk to sing and fell over after trying to sing a few songs... he got carried off the stage in a coma.

[cuculan1978]

@DrGonzeaux123 thats what makes Shane McGowan he all ways been that way , it wouldent be him with out the drink

[dynoweaf]

listen to that xylophone at 1:50 baby!!!!!!!

solid album!

[RevDrDark]

Motherfucker is beautiful.

[whatsupfamousface]

PERFECT

[snakebitewhite]

Too Bad Shane has more talent in one little finger than any internet shit talker. Why diss on someone and listen to their music? Plus he could probably woop your arse as well.

[whatsupfamousface]

@snakebitewhite you're awesome, let's friends up!

[barcelona36]

Pass it on and pass it on 'til all mankind is free.

[barthezism]

thats my live!irish for ever!

[WhenIGrowUp45]

Just lovely!

[irishforever040708]

a true legend.poet writer.long live shane mc gowan

[MrConeman]

I felt sick before this song came on. I'm cured.

[ShedEndRebelArmy]

Macgowan is a genius,a great songwriter and a total legend

[unfaehikus]

Pure magic.

[kingoftekkenandbrawl]

this and oh danny boy are my two favorite songs by them. to all my friends he just sounds like a drunk. but if you listen to what he is saying you realize that there are deep lyrics and it gives me a true sense of being irish.

this song is what brings me out of the bad times

[Poguette]

I totally agree with you.. So many people diss Shane as being a useless drunk... But if anyone takes the time to listen the actual lyrics he is singing they would soon realize he is an absolute poet and genious. His words are amazing!

[DrGonzeaux123]

@Poguette

Poetry, good song and drink are inherited in Irish culture.

[bertjeofhenk]

pog mo thoin. tiocfaidh ar la, erin go bragh!

[RevDrDark]

Gimped?

KMRIA yah wee bollocks!

Pogues Forever!

Na quilig ma brothan!

Shane is King!

On the Top Forty until the End of Time!!!

All Micks from all four corners

of this sad old world, hail!

The nations will rise again!

[greyeminance]

well you know lad this is a good song though..

[STFCstoneroses]

for a brief time this man was the greatest front man in the world, still great now tho hes a genius

[ashfly]

shut up!!!!!!!!!! the man is still touring saw him at xmas he was brilliant

what does gimped mean? your the idiot drunk

tw%t

[OilyBumWees]

Gimped: wasted talent, or, in cases like yours, no talent to begin with. He has drunk himself to stupidity, you started out stupid and slid down from there.

[theyellobellywexford]

Yup, I'm sure Shane agrees with you aswell, I mean him being a massive success with millions of sales, as well as fame and wealth, while you, being in the glorious position of in front of a computer screen, clearly know what you're talking about.

[AlcuinHimself]

He's a roaring boy and the drink is fuel for future glory, not just a conduit to remember the old.

[DeirdreFerriter]

best song eva!

[RebelAvenger6]

Sublime.........

[Rawlinson18]

THE BEST.

[SmokestackMckegger]

Great Song Yarn.

[adri2771]

are these mac gowan's words? fuckin shivers to my spine... one of the best mac gowan song... we wait for your art motherfucker eheheheh

[coatbridgemadman]

i,ve been lookin for "my way" by mcgowan but i cant find it any where

[Rawlinson18]

Always on ebay.

[Joesus44]

fuckin amazing

[lokishev]

Brilliant song. I'm just searching for St John of Gods, my All Time Favourite. F them all.

[dicanio150]

i lived on the snake album and nothing else for a month. very found memories of getting a first press copy of it and discovering its glory.

[dicanio150]

*fond

[connaught2008]

he growls better than a lion

[barcelona36]

Not just MacGowan's best song, but the best song ever written by man.

[ZogSoldier]

thanks, I always thought this was one of his best songs