Shane you are a beautiful man and I love you dearly. This in my opinion is your finest song. God bless you for the music you have gifted to the world.
What brilliant lyrics, he is a master songwriter.....im so proud he iis from Tipperary and he is so proud to be from there....God blessu Shane......LEGND.....
One of their best tracks, absolutely beautiful....Shane is up there with Thomas Moore for poetry (and I'm not normally into poetry) ...true talent. Thanks for posting this :)
@Fioneenacockeen i right there with u mate i aint ever been into poetry but this is pure genius !!i i first saw the pogues in a little irish pub in bristol about 25 yrs ago and they fucking blew me away !! i have seen lots of bands all over the world but that experience will never be bettered !!
I've known of The Pogues and Shane MacGowan for an hour. It is like a treasure that has been revealed. Wondering what else I missed through the last 37 years??
@mortensnedker Well my friend, if you like The Pogues...have a listen to the late, great Luke Kelly, a former member of Irish band The Dubliners....try a song called Raglan Road....Luke was quite the most wonderful singer i ever heard.
@dangertoy72 Sorry...Ronnie Drew was a great singer, but Luke Kelly was in a league of his own. Love ALL The Dubliners but Luke was something very special.
@mortensnedker That Shane MacGowan is a snot spewing drunk with a near dead yet genius brain. Wait, that comment was a year ago so you probably realised this already.
It was in Andalucia, using a Spanish guitar, that MacGowan wrote the beautiful ballad 'Lullaby Of London'. "It's basically about a bloke being pissed, corning home and stumbling into his kid's bedroom," he explains. "The kid is freaking out, he's afraid of corncrakes and stuff like that, so the dad is just saying, 'Don't get fucked up; that hell and those demons have gone.' Obviously they haven't but you've got to say that to the kid or he'll be even more screwed up later on."
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Shane you are a beautiful man and I love you dearly. This in my opinion is your finest song. God bless you for the music you have gifted to the world.
MrShreddery 19 hours ago
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MrShreddery 19 hours ago
Great song. Shane could wring your heart out like a sponge.
aquamoon22 5 days ago
What brilliant lyrics, he is a master songwriter.....im so proud he iis from Tipperary and he is so proud to be from there....God blessu Shane......LEGND.....
tipperarysofaraway 1 month ago
One of their best tracks, absolutely beautiful....Shane is up there with Thomas Moore for poetry (and I'm not normally into poetry) ...true talent. Thanks for posting this :)
Fioneenacockeen 1 month ago
@Fioneenacockeen i right there with u mate i aint ever been into poetry but this is pure genius !!i i first saw the pogues in a little irish pub in bristol about 25 yrs ago and they fucking blew me away !! i have seen lots of bands all over the world but that experience will never be bettered !!
bristolcityifcation 4 weeks ago
amazingggggggg POGUES MAHONE.
bastialibera1972 1 month ago
There was a Charles bridge in Prague...its not London..but very atmospheric
Bohumill2 2 months ago
Great Music and Song !
MrRN222 4 months ago
This and "A Pair of Brown Eyes" are my all time favorite Pogues songs.
torikali2 5 months ago 2
magical
berryje1964 7 months ago
Just love this one...
Slainte!!!!
IslayLuv 8 months ago
One person prefers Justin Bieber :-/
TheLoveshag 9 months ago
It's the song of London but it really could be about any place that evokes beauty amongst sadness
nblumer 1 year ago 3
"May the angels bribed watch you tonight and keep you while you sleep...."
tybeebeech 1 year ago
@tybeebeech its 'angels bright', ya goon.
peacefrog1916 8 months ago
I've known of The Pogues and Shane MacGowan for an hour. It is like a treasure that has been revealed. Wondering what else I missed through the last 37 years??
mortensnedker 1 year ago 24
@mortensnedker Well my friend, if you like The Pogues...have a listen to the late, great Luke Kelly, a former member of Irish band The Dubliners....try a song called Raglan Road....Luke was quite the most wonderful singer i ever heard.
dubb1995 1 year ago 8
@dubb1995 Ronnie Drew is better than Luke Kelly any day of the week
dangertoy72 1 year ago
@dangertoy72 Sorry...Ronnie Drew was a great singer, but Luke Kelly was in a league of his own. Love ALL The Dubliners but Luke was something very special.
dubb1995 1 year ago
@mortensnedker That Shane MacGowan is a snot spewing drunk with a near dead yet genius brain. Wait, that comment was a year ago so you probably realised this already.
Fishdogpigsquirrel 4 months ago
@mortensnedker @mortensnedker Ahaha I know it's a bit late but listen to this to :
/watch?v=ZrQnnZJ68Xo
If you don't like it I own you 5 dollars ;)
HydromelRaptor 4 days ago
@HydromelRaptor Keep your 5 bucks! :-)
Thx for the hint! ;-)
mortensnedker 1 day ago
awesome
seansurlow 2 years ago
May the angels bright watch you tonight...
Croagh 2 years ago
Such a great song. So awesome. Saw Shane sing it last month. Damn it was good, he looked so content during the instrumental.
nugnug 2 years ago
id love to hear that...whats it called so i can look it up on here?!
dirtyjew1974 2 years ago
It was in Andalucia, using a Spanish guitar, that MacGowan wrote the beautiful ballad 'Lullaby Of London'. "It's basically about a bloke being pissed, corning home and stumbling into his kid's bedroom," he explains. "The kid is freaking out, he's afraid of corncrakes and stuff like that, so the dad is just saying, 'Don't get fucked up; that hell and those demons have gone.' Obviously they haven't but you've got to say that to the kid or he'll be even more screwed up later on."
83hotspur 2 years ago
Please explain that again in plain English!
littlegypsy71 2 years ago