Patrick Lawlor: Someone shouted that word in my ear... but censoring ‘Fairytale of New York’ ruins Shane MacGowan’s genius realism
Shane MacGowan: the private school rebel who said punk saved his chaotic life
In the sweaty, beer-splashed heave of a huddled festive sing-song, the joyous poetry of Shane MacGowan reverberated.
“Got on a lucky one, Came in 18 to one,” everyone sang in unison.
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