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I've listened to so much Irish folk music since Shane MacGowan's passing and it really is a salve like no other. Always rousing and joyful while recounting life's endless hardships. Defiant. Beautiful.
Jan 28, 2024
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Shane MacGowan died today. He led one of Ireland's greatest bands. This July, my dad sang "A Rainy Night in Soho" as my cousin walked down the isle. There wasn't a dry eye.
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell
Now this song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
Nov 30, 2023
"These are dangerous days
To say what you feel is to lay your own grave"
I'll go down swinging that this is a top ten all-time song.
March 20th, NYC's Carnegie Hall, tribute concert for her and Shane McGowan.
Feb 13, 2024
lost a friend a while back that i used to sing this with in school. the song helps me put together a lot of complicated feelings about it all. i think the boygenius cover is brilliant, a tribute to sinΓ©ad o'connor and the royalties go to a charity that supports irish youth.
Mar 4, 2024
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Listened to this song the second it dropped and haven't stopped listening to it. There's a line so sacrilegious I laughed out loud the first time I heard it. Impassioned and fierce and fearless on a level few bands can manage.
Easily my most anticipated album of the year.
Jan 29, 2024
Hard to describe how much I love this little song. Incredibly catchy and fun melody. The lyrics are oddly endearing for a song about being obsessed with Shadow the Hedgehog.
I think, deep down, we all wish we were Shadow the Hedgehog if we're being honest with ourselves.
Jan 26, 2024
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A fantastic book on prison abolition. So many parts of this book are shocking and difficult to grapple with but it still manages to be hopeful and encouraging.
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