The Pogues - Shane MacGowan - Dirty Old Town

[AlanWattParrot]

never was a penny whistle more usefully employed lol

[AlanWattParrot]

best version

[jackstrawfrmwchta]

Under influence of E become one mass spider web human insect colony. Nice! If we all tuned our antennae in to each other like this, human species would thrive.

[MetallicAddict15]

32 people are dentists.

[hazelennis]

aah shane you are amazing...love your music

[philosophicaljanitor]

Not sure if like it because of the the music or because of the novelty of the music. 

[gairid]

His feel is so perfect--I am sorry that alcohol has hurt him so. I love you, Shane - You moved Ronnie Drew's Spirit along and taught a new generation about heritage music. I love you forever.

[jobarjot]

I love that guy,love his music and love alcohol;)

[oivolkov]

read because

[westone4u]

They are coked up,lol! Spider look's like this is hard for him!Tapping that toe hard...

[GeordieAggro80]

Cant imagine a better song when pissed! Amazing......

[Cmarl88]

@JammyNoodles Most of The Pogues songs are pretty easy on bass if you just look up the guitar chords and play the root note and fifth note of each chord

[sionnyn]

@JammyNoodles If you need a tab, then you can't do it! This sis a straight 3 chord song (with 1 minor change),

[killerkitty777]

i love how his 2 fron tteeth were cut/prepped for crowns and the temps they put on fell out and he never went back lmao....love it

[33jmeier]

My son is 4 and sings this song all the time. She is a beauty Shane, love Canada 

[amiridiculous]

Sad how superficial people are.

[LucyyFinchh]

shane always looks fucked :L and sounds it, but you know what he is fucking awesome

[bento001]

great

[bootymanager]

Shane was a great talent. Sadly wasted that talent. I love the work he's done as spokesman for the British Dental Association.

[flearis]

Good band, but that's one ugly motherfucker!

[jakethiefx]

@flearis Coming from the guy who doesn't show his face in ANY of his videos. At least Shane has the balls to be in front of thousands of people at a time and not give half of a fuck.

[flearis]

@jakethiefx Haha you're 100% right!

[mightymax1992]

@flearis youre an idiot , fucken idiot. go and fuck yourself in the ass, shane atleast fucked more then you !

[flearis]

@mightymax1992 I don't think that a girl would ever admit that she fucked him...

[flearis]

@mightymax1992 Now piss of PLONKER!

[MultiMaus111]

by the way his teeth is repared :)

[MultiMaus111]

he has such a amazing voice! i love this song

[MsCleo55]

Gotta luv ya MrMethadrine....your response was priceless. He is a classic, poor old bloke, sad that he ended up in such a sad state, hopefully he will gain control of his life, like some of those well-known YANKS and get back on his feet and show them what the IRISH are really like, kick ass good people.

[MrMethadrine]

@LegaliseUK omg u all have shit teeth there?lol

[CrimsonEmpire]

@MrMethadrine and no, Shane McGowan is not a good example of irish teeth.

[211FairyTale]

ah Shane, one of a kind.  they don't make 'em like that any more

[knockout2k]

@211FairyTale I beg to differ. There's this one guy called Peter Doherty... :)

[AMK0audifan]

@211FairyTale sure about that comment?

[211FairyTale]

@AMK0audifan very sure, yeah

[charontheghoul]

@211FairyTale im singing this next year...so...

[davegl12345]

@charontheghoul i'm singing this forever so....

[211FairyTale]

@charontheghoul great, let us know how you do :)

[MrMethadrine]

Oh go get some teeth...

[MrDieselSmokin]

This is pure fucking GOLD!

[gabriel64moreira]

I LIKE POGUES,Shane McGowan AND POPES...PORTUGAL...GIM...AND BEER...VIVA O SLB...BENFICA..



[35mrgerard]

@gabriel64moreira good for you ,you have a good heart

[connord94]

The bloke is a genius!

[MrRN222]

What an Artist ! The all time greats !

[58Fleetwood]

God, this is good.

[liamjfriel]

He plays left mid...

[socketwrench7]

shane...i have no front teeth....i enjoy ...looking at people...no front teeth...they look at me as i am not a person.....

[creborn]

@socketwrench7

dunno bout you... but if i earned as much as he did... a drank the half as much.. I would make me set of gold, platinum, and diamond front teeth,,,

[MegaCraizy]

he is the best!

[Snorbulan]

love it.

[shersey77]

Shane is 53, will turn 54 on Christmas Day :)

[l300nny]

he always sang better drunk cant beat the pogues

[gaconnochie]

@l300nny Hmm. Trouble is there is a tipping point. A wee bit drink can loosen you up and get rid of inhibitions etc letting you really get into it. But have that one too many and it goes down the drain. Shane at his best was great but there are plenty of instances of him giving some pretty dire performances on youtube.

[l300nny]

@gaconnochie i have to agree theres one with the pouges and the dubliners and you cant really understand what hes singing

[eelpieballox]

can you understand this you ignorant cunt FUCK OFF YOU TWAT !!!

[Karlikarli1]

Without 5 Drinks into i´´ve never seen the Poques. so what? I like them!

[MrAzdaz]

He would blow any of the wannabe zombies of X Factor any day.Genius.This man is a national treasure.A poet and seanachie.Amazing.The band are great too ofc.That goes without saying.

[zoedaria]

@MrAzdaz / i fully agree with you!!!!!

[MrAzdaz]

He would blow any of the wannabe zombies of X Factor any day.Genius.

[redasho1]

Wish could of got to see him when he was at he's best :(

[mellonella]

Shane ma man!

[bo12hughes]

Shane is alive. I checked today. This is old precious footage. I believe as of 2day he is 57. I check on line. He probably would hate that.

[rockst4rFTW]

@bo12hughes Shane wasnt 57 last week.. his birthday is christmas day...

[bo12hughes]

Made me cry. So touching and real.

[choochoodoug]

Who gives a fuck how anyone looks. Al lthat matters is they like to perform for their fans!

[BatBreakr]

i dont care how his teeth look, this kid has (had?) talent

[Juansitinho]

he needs a pair of new front teeth^^

[pauisnow]

@Juansitinho He got them!

[Juansitinho]

@pauisnow good for him^^ but anyway i grew up with his music an he´s just amazing!!

Greetings from Germany

[woschtfett666]

super geil :)



[williambursey4444]

@tpen93

haha! Well put

[dooins]

Simplicity at it's best, awesome

[A5Ronic]

AWESOME!!! Greetings from Serbia!

[dimitrip1024]

dude needs dental

[Geistmeister6]

25 people are dentists

[MrSudbury12000]

@Geistmeister6 now 28, great post though!

[HarryPotter9220]

@Geistmeister6 28

[oivolkov]

I am russsian, but to the heasthe

[Geistmeister6]

@oivolkov why was your comment in my inbox?

[emmykaninchen]

He is totally braincracked, but I love his no-teeth voice :DD

[bood1111]

Jaques Brell

[marycockburn1]

how the hell people think this ugly piss  head is good is beyond me

[crayhead]

@marycockburn1 skilled and talented at what??--How did i stumble upon this crap??--And an ocean of sheep lovin' it..haha

[ToinMor]

@crayhead Its easy to spot a hun. You protestant fuckhead. I hope you drown in your minimilistic bible with missing books and passages. And yeah iI know i made that word up and im completely off my head on drink and if you slag my grammar, well, i wont reply, ill just know how low you are

[crayhead]

@ToinMor Go fix your teeth and set something on fire..douchebag

[juiCsqueeHgie]

@crayhead Are you for fukn real or what? You're too fkn old to be trollin' on youtube dude...that's Shane McGowan you're talking about ..he may be braindead now and indeed he'd probably fuked his head up irretrievably as early as the 90's but by then he'd already created a number of pure fucking classics and proved himself as a huge songwriting talent...if only he'd spared even a handful of grey matter who knows what else he might have produced!

[crayhead]

@juiCsqueeHgie Yeah i'm fukn real doucheb(f)ag..& you're too young to own a computer...you know what he would have produced had he not been braindead??--yeah more crap that sounds worse than the sounds that come out of my shitter after a 4 burritto lunch..

[juiCsqueeHgie]

@crayhead Lol ..ok dude what's your real age ..12 ? You're fukin' hillarious..

[zoedaria]

@marycockburn1 / do you not have two ears???????

[juiCsqueeHgie]

@marycockburn1 If you genuinely loved music and were familiar with Shane MacGowan's songwriting you wouldn't be asking that question...

[marycockburn1]

@juiCsqueeHgie lol yeah bok what  ever lol

[MrDwayneCarter]

I wish I was old enough that I could of been at concerts when he was that young, such talent..

[findyourstar]

The Pogues 1

U2 0

[legion29200]

bonne st patrique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mayomule]

Dirty old town.. written by Kirsty McColl's father Ewan McColl, it was a song about Englands Mining towns in the North, back in the 40's- 50's The Irish adoped it, and the Pogues made it unforgettable. Poguetry in motion.

[mayomule]

@jblock100nup You are such a fucking numbnuts. did you read my post? i said it was about English towns, i didnt say it was an English song. Now go and crawl back under your stone before i put some manners on ya.

[gaconnochie]

@mayomule It is basically an English song though - so you were quite right! MacColl had Scottish parents but he was born and brought up in Salford and the song is specifically about his home town.

[oivolkov]

I am russian, but McCOLL The best

[elchefabian]

Congratulations to the Irishes for similar talents have an embrace of Argentina

[NatureGnome]

you don't have to be good looking to be beautiful

[punxxx123]

@NatureGnome who says he's not beautiful?

[211FairyTale]

@NatureGnome yeah, but Shane looks pretty damn good !! ;)

[sacanangelo]

@NatureGnome That´s true...God bless Shane MacGowan

[MrDasolja]

who cares what Shane looks like or how he lives THE MAN CAN FUCKING SING!!!

[Bertkirk1974]

Utterly amazing! I had the album if I should from grace with god when I was twelve and have loved them ever since!!

[304dave]

FUCKING MUSICIANS!!!!!!!!

[billy2rivers1]

Christ how young is shane here Ha well he must be about 45 ish now like me and he was chucked out of the pouges about twenty years ago . The truth is though without his name and face the bands nothing . His band is the popes .

[thepunkfish109]

@billy2rivers1 I'm reasonably sure he's in his early 50s. Wikipedia probably can fill you in though.

[thepunkfish109]

Respond to this video... Just checked... wikipedia says 53

[billy2rivers1]

@thepunkfish109 Cheers buddy ha now i dont feel that old lol.

[Tommyfazz]

only a mother could love a face like that.

[akenny01]

such a good voice

[fortheloveoftunes]

0:30 Is there a dentist in the building?! .-)

[rrtodd95]

@fortheloveoftunes Wouldn't help, two minutes after leaving the office Shane would get drink and either pick a fight or fall down and knock them out again.

[jackstrawfrmwchta]

tghe wavging arms thats the mdma fuck you ypou faggot fuckin cocksuckers. try to to steal thuis jiggaboos and fuck you on the flute you poeter blowibn faggot.

[TheMakemFolksinger]

brillant performance, cheers Dave

[polmaccaba01]

where the fuck is Salford anyway???

[211FairyTale]

@polmaccaba01

I think Salford in Scotland., right? but the song more universal, could be any dirty old town

[ThePoorhillbilly]

@211FairyTale near Manchester

[gaconnochie]

@211FairyTale Poorhillybilly is right. Salford is near Manchester - in fact I think it is actually part of Greater Manchester nowadays. There is a Scottish connection in that Ewan MacColl, the song's composer, though born and raised in Salford had Scottish parents.

[ameliaenness]

Got my ticket to see The Pogues at Greenwich Summer Sessions on July 30th!!!

[darkmark7732]

I'm always coming around to this song, sometimes also hitting up Luke Perry 1st to hear him sing it but Shane's voice... when it was a lil' clearer... ranks in its own class! Love the song and love the idea that the "love song" was written to a city. When I saw the Dropkick Murphys in March 2011 I found out that Shane was singing his last "reunion show" just a city away in Boston and it might have been his last one! R.I.P. to all great music we don't get anymore... like the rap we get today!

[kylabotting]

lol at 2.05

[Hidopsycho]

Just discovered this band about a week ago and I can't even tell how much I fuckin' love them (probably 'cause I'm too drunk). I've listened to this tune over and over again and I love this Live version. I should be getting the book I ordered from Amazon called A Drink With Shane MacGowan in the mail tomorrow. Can't wait to read it and listen to this band for the rest of my life.

I'm so fuckin' happy I was turned on to this band.

Cheers to ya'.

[ymsena99]

Search for Ewan MacColl at wiki

[ymsena99]

The original is of the great Ewan McColl, but I bet he would love to ear it from McGowan and the mighty Pogues!

Long live "Red" McColl

[alexsweeley]

BRMC did a cover of this, but as good as that version is it still doesn't hold a candle to the original.

[Erogha]

Shane is so fucking skilled and talented

[gabornadele]

@Erogha and unfortunately ruining it with alcohol

[pbrewsky]

@Erogha And also fucking ugly :)

[TheGriffinPiper]

@Erogha Not to mention his good looks... ;)

[NYAPPY17]

2:03 :D

[irishsonge]

Come on Green Boys and sweetie , Well done , and up the factory wa!!ll Can God and the Pogues save Peace in the world .4 fans , the sick bed of cuchulain. Cheers

[irishsonge]

Come on Green Boys and sweetie , Well done , and up the factory wall !! Can God and the Pogues Save peace in the world . 4 fans , the sick bed of cuchulain . Cheers!

[211FairyTale]

he is handsome AND sexy... that voice touches GOD

[pas22cal]

@211FairyTale what he is is famous, if it wasn't for that you wouldn't give him a 2nd look.

[211FairyTale]

@pas22cal

fame ain't no thing, trust me, he could be Nobody singin' on the corner, still HOT. Matter of fact, MORE SO

[matitsarichy]

SHANE AND BUSCEMI R THE BEST OF FRIENDS..

[wackster66]

tune..nuff said :-)

[staszeque]

Cait O'Riordan  @ 2.18

[YOLT1952]

You don't have to be Irish to love this (I'm Puerto Rican) . First time I heard it was a couple of years ago, and ever since I have been following his music. This guy is awesome.

[Mikeb1001]

@YOLT1952 I've got Irish blood the reason I love this song is that I'm from Manchester, and the songs actually written about Salford and it's a Manchester United anthem

[theapeman10]

the only thing that's dirty about this video is the the youtube adverts, how many people actually click on adverts - hint zero - youtube get a life and stop everyone from wasting their time clicking the X on the fecking adverts boxs. If we to buy something we've go to the supermarket. P.S Shane is a legend.FULL STOP

[TinkerRover]

I think Shane is very good, and I think he does a decent job with this song,

and if you've never heard Luke Kelly sing this song, than you haven't really listen.

[federonini]

great



[stuartrileygustafson]

What the fuck?

[listenheredc]

@stuartrileygustafson - hahaha, I know what you're saying..but this is so awesome. if you spent a lifetime listening to these guys and/or seeing them live, you know what it's all about.

[dtrjoey]

Shane made it, The legend tht formed the mighty Pouges!

[IntoTheValleySkids]

His voice is so strong, you can feel the passion and the pain :/ Genius but with some issues

[cypherchaos]

18 ppl don't have a clue...

[hanshotfirst1138]

@gravyson He still can occasionally, but all that hard living has taken such a toll that he'll never be what he was at his peak. Still, depending on where you look, Shane's vocals are still occasionally pretty good.

[anooseholay]

@hanshotfirst1138 When you say his vocals are still occasionally pretty good, are you implying that they were definitely good at one time? And, was that time frame the one in this video? Iconic songs can be great withou shitty vocals but have you ever noticed it's rarely the same way reversed?

[hanshotfirst1138]

@anooseholay Yes to both of the first two questions. I'm saying that if you look at videos of their recent tours, while Shane's voice will never be this good again, there are occasions when he's still singing well, likely when he's sober.

[hanshotfirst1138]

Hey, it's Cait! Rare Ould Times :P! I've always wondered who was on the harmonica on the studio rendition? Shane?

[hydronut1]

2:03 haha

[facmptr]

why does he hate tooth brushes?

[fattirevsbud]

He's the real voice of Ireland

[09ermen]

<3 shane

<3 the pogues

<3 whiskey

<3 ireland

[bluesoulady]

this will always be amazing! and he is just amazing guy!

[bluesoulady]

this will always be amazing!

[biglil73]

Rock and Fucken ROLL!! ♥

[MrPhilroo123]

an angry young man, making an old song briliiant. whata performer. I first saw the pogues in battersea park in1985, anyone remember it.

[rockst4rFTW]

@TheIntruder79 yeahh sorry :P ment to reply to his comment :D haha

[TheIntruder79]

@NeverMind9132 Haha, the way you said that was awesome. I guess I'm too removed from the Europe to get it but yas seem to have a real East coast West coast thing going on.

[NeverMind9132]

@TheIntruder79 I'm not from Europe, I'm just talking out of my ass.

[ckehoe612]

Fucking Genious. Love the man

[zac20zg]

english people are ugliest people in world.

[TheIntruder79]

@zac20zg They're irish twat

[zac20zg]

@TheIntruder79

the same shit

[Kellberto]

The rest of the group could find work anywhere - but if he weren't croonin' for the pogues, where d'ya s'pose Shane woulda' ended up? A dental hygenist? Shane-the-Ripper?

[theelff]

Fucking beautiful.every last bit of bile.