Shane MacGowan on 'The Frank Skinner Show'

[PaoloRossiJohnson]

...what a legend...

 

[Hiney]

Absolutely f***ing fantastic

How is he still alive

 

[Eddie the Seagull]

The guy is f***ed!

Still a legend though.

 

[fatboy]

Funny!

 

[CHAPPERS]

Couldn't believe it, that weird laugh was well scary though.
Fair play to him, if anyone can drink as much as he has and it still going then fair play.

 

[oldham gull]

Why does someone become a legend by drinking too much and missing moset of their life in an alcoholic haze? A touch of the George Bests here I think. These guys needs some serious help but we shouldn't be applauding them for their stamina

 

[Gazwag]

He doesn't look that good sober

 

[oldham gull]

Ian Dowie's long lost twin brother perhaps?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Why does someone become a legend by drinking too much and missing moset of their life in an alcoholic haze? A touch of the George Bests here I think. These guys needs some serious help but we shouldn't be applauding them for their stamina

Some people are different.

 

[oldham gull]

Some people are different.

What does that mean? Are you saying that HE is different in that he needs to drink more than anyone else? Or are you saying that YOU are different in that you feel the need to applaud a self destructive lifestlye?

 

[n1 gull]

Legend! I applaud his stamina - quality. Lets start slagging off Peter Cook next as he had a beer or 3.
Live and let live.

 

[Uncle Buck]

What does that mean? Are you saying that HE is different in that he needs to drink more than anyone else? Or are you saying that YOU are different in that you feel the need to applaud a self destructive lifestlye?

It is his choice just let him get on with it.

 

[oldham gull]

Legend! I applaud his stamina - quality. Lets start slagging off Peter Cook next as he had a beer or 3.
Live and let live.

I am not slagging him off. I happen to like his music. What I am asking is whether it is healthy to applaud someone who wastes themselves in weakness and addiction to substances or alcohol?

 

[CHAPPERS]

What does that mean? Are you saying that HE is different in that he needs to drink more than anyone else? Or are you saying that YOU are different in that you feel the need to applaud a self destructive lifestlye?

No, I'm just saying that he seems to have chosen that lifestyle for himself. The interview last night kind of showed that. He knows he's a heavy drinker and he knows it's cost him and he seems to know that people expect it of him which makes him what he is (always pissed). Just because he's out of it a lot of the time does not mean he's stupid.

And I'm not applauding it, he looked like a wreck, anyone that wants to end up constantly jittery and unable to talk properly needs their head checking, if anything I'm applauding the fact that he's still alive.

 

[oldham gull]

It is his choice just let him get on with it.

You can't live like that in society. You can't just let people destory themselves because they choose to. That kind of individualistic 'live and let live' is actually the highest form of selfishness.

 

[oldham gull]

No, I'm just saying that he seems to have chosen that lifestyle for himself. The interview last night kind of showed that. He knows he's a heavy drinker and he knows it's cost him and he seems to know that people expect it of him which makes him what he is (always pissed). Just because he's out of it a lot of the time does not mean he's stupid.

And I'm not applauding it, he looked like a wreck, anyone that wants to end up constantly jittery and unable to talk properly needs their head checking, if anything I'm applauding the fact that he's still alive.

OK. But he still needs help.

 

[Uncle Buck]

You can't live like that in society. You can't just let people destory themselves because they choose to. That kind of individualistic 'live and let live' is actually the highest form of selfishness.

OK, so you are proposing a nanny state?

I think after all these years, it is clear that he is not going to listen to anyone, so let him get his annual royalties from the 'Fairytale of New York' and do what he wants with them.

 

[CHAPPERS]

You can't live like that in society. You can't just let people destory themselves because they choose to. That kind of individualistic 'live and let live' is actually the highest form of selfishness.

And what harm is he doing? He's living in Tipperary somewhere somewhere and is gonna go back on tour with The Pogues and is thinking about making another studio album, what harm is he doing, exactly?

 

[n1 gull]

I think you can say live and let live. He's not sponging off the state, so its none of our business. If he fancies going down the boozer, that is his choice.

 

[oldham gull]

No I'm not proposing a nanny state. You & I are responsible for our own decisions in life. What I am saying is that we cannot expect a society where we are just concerned with ourselves & let others do whatever they want to be healthy. There has got to be a better way of living than that.