Toast 16,140 Posted December 18, 2020 I suppose Shane now being in a wheelchair all the time reduces the risk of him falling over and sustaining a fatal head injury, which had always been on the cards. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Toast said: I suppose Shane now being in a wheelchair all the time reduces the risk of him falling over and sustaining a fatal head injury, which had always been on the cards. Yeah, but now a blood clot is on the cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arsewipe 202 Posted December 18, 2020 Some alki's defy the odds no matter how much they drink. I remember a bloke who lived next door to my aunt who was on the piss virtually every day of his life until his demise in his early 80s. Hope for me yet then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cian 22 Posted December 19, 2020 Guest on the RTÉ Late Late Show this evening, likely in one of the pre-record bits as it was a bit of a tied together mess Looked bloated and could barely attempt to sing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted December 20, 2020 On 19/12/2020 at 01:31, Cian said: Guest on the RTÉ Late Late Show this evening, likely in one of the pre-record bits as it was a bit of a tied together mess Looked bloated and could barely attempt to sing. his normal self then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 20, 2020 On 18/12/2020 at 23:50, Arsewipe said: Some alki's defy the odds no matter how much they drink. I remember a bloke who lived next door to my aunt who was on the piss virtually every day of his life until his demise in his early 80s. Hope for me yet then Aye, remember the man well - bad call to cremate him as I recall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 23, 2020 So, if streaming doesn't pay the way record sales used to - you can always diversify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 25, 2020 Shane is 63 today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dying Probably 578 Posted December 30, 2020 On 18/12/2020 at 23:50, Arsewipe said: Some alki's defy the odds no matter how much they drink. I remember a bloke who lived next door to my aunt who was on the piss virtually every day of his life until his demise in his early 80s. Hope for me yet then The Queen Mother would like a chat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 1, 2021 If they are really willing to bring back Shane for a third time, then I think he’s starting to head to bedblocker status... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted January 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: If they are really willing to bring back Shane for a third time, then I think he’s starting to head to bedblocker status... He's not fallen from grace with god yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 1, 2021 I’ll give 2:1 odds he lives. Put the monetary amount and it’s a bet. That’s how stupid this name is. Prove me wrong or pay me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 621 Posted January 1, 2021 He's reminding me of the end days of Mark E. Smith, wheelchair-bound with rapid deterioration. Think this will be his year - there's only so long you can abuse your body to the extent he has, a relentless pounding day after day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted January 1, 2021 20 minutes ago, NotTheNagsHeadReading said: He's reminding me of the end days of Mark E. Smith, wheelchair-bound with rapid deterioration. Think this will be his year - there's only so long you can abuse your body to the extent he has, a relentless pounding day after day. What I wouldn't give..... (In before Lard!) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seppuku 98 Posted January 2, 2021 Hospitalized over Christmas according to our pals at the Sun. Discharged and apparently 'fine' now. Although he obviously has been looking like shit for decades, the physical deterioration in the past couple of years has been quite significant. Maybe not that bad a pick after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 902 Posted February 20, 2021 Broken his knee due to a fall and now bedridden: https://www.irishpost.com/news/pogues-star-shane-macgowan-badly-injured-after-falling-and-breaking-knee-203523 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, markb4 said: Broken his knee due to a fall and now bedridden: https://www.irishpost.com/news/pogues-star-shane-macgowan-badly-injured-after-falling-and-breaking-knee-203523 told you 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odeon 97 Posted February 20, 2021 Isnt he just the younger, wheelchair bound version of keith richards? Might as well have the real thing on the list instead? Or a more vegetative guy like schumacher? Did I miss something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apostate 14 Posted February 20, 2021 couple more years in him, I'd say - but he won't make 70 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrSpud42 30 Posted April 12, 2021 Just guessing that he might be hanging on till a biography is published/released. It was due out last year but due to a small, little worldwide problem it's been delayed to hopefully being released October this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 13, 2021 On 20/02/2021 at 20:54, odeon said: Isnt he just the younger, wheelchair bound version of keith richards? Might as well have the real thing on the list instead? Or a more vegetative guy like schumacher? Did I miss something? Hell no, anyone who saw the bio/documentary recently got let into enough to see Shane's a total mess. Keith - once he cleaned up from the smack addiction of the 70s - has used the fags and Jack Daniels as something of a prop. The recent(ish) doc made clear Shane is a serious alcoholic and his drug use has done for his mental health a few times to the point he's been sectioned. The main reason he's wheelchair bound is that his balance is fucked and for much of the filming Shane was shipping alcohol to the point his diction is shot too. So the speech centre of his brain has likely shipped damage that won't repair. With our without the scenes where Johnny Depp is fawning over Shane and pouring his drink (because Shane's co-ordination is so fucked at that point he can't pour his own) the man's life choices and accumulated damage are blatantly obvious. The real fucked up deal, frankly - and should be DDP Drop Forty if he makes the start line next year. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 621 Posted April 14, 2021 On 13/04/2021 at 08:19, maryportfuncity said: Hell no, anyone who saw the bio/documentary recently got let into enough to see Shane's a total mess. Keith - once he cleaned up from the smack addiction of the 70s - has used the fags and Jack Daniels as something of a prop. The recent(ish) doc made clear Shane is a serious alcoholic and his drug use has done for his mental health a few times to the point he's been sectioned. The main reason he's wheelchair bound is that his balance is fucked and for much of the filming Shane was shipping alcohol to the point his diction is shot too. So the speech centre of his brain has likely shipped damage that won't repair. With our without the scenes where Johnny Depp is fawning over Shane and pouring his drink (because Shane's co-ordination is so fucked at that point he can't pour his own) the man's life choices and accumulated damage are blatantly obvious. The real fucked up deal, frankly - and should be DDP Drop Forty if he makes the start line next year. He looks to be in a similar place now to where Mark E. Smith was 12 months before he croaked. I'm struggling to see how McGowan gets much beyond the beginning of next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted May 2, 2021 A video from 27.4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted May 2, 2021 He looks really well. I'm inclined to agree with his opinion of Ulysses: "This is rubbish, it means bugger all, it just sounds good." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted May 2, 2021 I think he might still live a couple of years. Same for Emperor Akihito. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites