bernardbresslaw
Striker
Hypocrite or is it just me struggling to understand the complexities of the Irish political landscape of the 70s/80s?
Seemed happy enough to make his name & fortune in the UK but looks like it was through gritted (rotten) teeth?
"MacGowan’s enthusiastic endorsement of Irish uprisings against the British and adoration of the IRA – “I felt ashamed I didn’t have the guts to join [them],” he says at one point."
Seemed happy enough to make his name & fortune in the UK but looks like it was through gritted (rotten) teeth?
"MacGowan’s enthusiastic endorsement of Irish uprisings against the British and adoration of the IRA – “I felt ashamed I didn’t have the guts to join [them],” he says at one point."
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan review – a sombre salute
Julien Temple rounds up the old gang for bleakly worshipful profile of the recalcitrant Pogues star
www.theguardian.com