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Dec 1, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

This is absolutely beautifully stated, and spot on.

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Dec 1, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

Talk about ugly crying, man. I'm glad you gave the unvarnished opinion regarding the hazards of the lifestyle. Too much brilliance gone too soon.

The crazy, beautiful paradox here is the permanence from the brevity. If you travel in this particular music circuit, you have a Pogues story just like the one you had from Canada Day. Mine was a CD in the car with my aunt when I was barely 12 and was rapidly forming my own musical interests. We were going whale watching. Never had I heard a marriage of the old and the new like that before, and it grabbed me. Sent me on the journey that would lead me to the Dreadnoughts a decade later.

I wouldn't trade that car ride for anything. I'm glad the diamonds from the gutter are here forever, I just wish it didn't mean losing Shane to get them. And as you pointed out, it didn't have to.

Thanks for sharing all that while it was still raw. And thank you, Shane, for everything.

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Dec 1, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

Thank you so much- you have taught me so much- since I found Eliza Lee and got in trouble in my classroom because the kids were banging too loudly on the desks while the class next door was trying to take a test- I loved fairytale of New York- I’ve probably listened to it 150 times in the last year - maybe more- I loved your story- thank you-

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Dec 1, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

An honest description of the man, and not the legend

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Dec 12, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

Bellamy is another tragic tale. I remember hearing him for the first time and being enthralled only to find he had taken his own life before I was even born. The more I listened the more my appreciation grew and I started to become angry, as he had deprived the world of more 'diamonds'. I recently had the opportunity to talk to some of those who knew him and he still is such a huge influence in the English folk scene. If only he could have seen how much he was missed...

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Oh man. His version of Oak and Ash and Thorn still gives me chills!

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Dec 1, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

Thank you.

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Dec 1, 2023Liked by The Dreadnoughts

That is really, really well done. Thank you.

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This is really lovely and honest, thank you so much for writing it.

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This hits in all the right spots. Had a few tears today as well. Been the soundtrack of the last 35 years. Raising a glass to Shane, and educating the grandkids with some of the classic Pogues tunes. Thanks for this.

-Steve

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Nice touch. Soured only by realising that as an englishman I've only 2 more years left

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