20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan

[mathepac]

I logged onto the Shane MacGowan website this morning to order 2 copies of the double-CD plus booklet “20th Century Paddy”, Shane’s songs by a variety of singers & performers, 1 for the brother and 1 for me, but as it’s only available to pre-order with no delivery date specified i didn’t. Another thing that put me off is the (insert your own favourite Shane-isms here) have it priced in (Shane-ism eile anseo) STERLING!!!! The (Shane-ism also here) contradiction and irony just did my head in. I’ll wait ‘til Amazon.ie or someone with better Shane / Naynagh connections has it and I'll exercise the card then.

It features the late Glen Hansard, but only the wan Tipperary man, Tom Creagh from Naynagh, as far as I can see from the dramatis personae.

Reviewed here by Alan Corr

 

[Leo]

have it priced in (Shane-ism eile anseo) STERLING!

Pretty much all of his business dealings were based in London. While he had some property here, the majority of his estate was UK based at his death.

 

[Purple]

Pretty much all of his business dealings were based in London. While he had some property here, the majority of his estate was UK based at his death.

And he was born there and spent most of his life there.

 

[JoeRoberts]

Yip. Like many great Irish artists he is English.

 

[odyssey06]

Most covers of Fairytale of New York are dire, the album features a cover by Hozier & Jessie Buckley.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this one, as I'm a big fan of Jessie Buckley's singing.
(I've only heard a clip, full song not released yet)

 

[Deiseblue]

Waterford Whispers headline :
Ronan Keating “ Fairytale of New York “ trial begins in The Hague