If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story Page #3

what you wanna be a star?

i'll pay you back I'll be a star

yeah why not?

I'm all that stands between the

fact of f***ing Irish culture and like

and uhh... the life of Irish culture

when I fell in love with him was when

I actually saw his sensitive side

and that was quite early on

that was... you know... ummm

umm... maybe I was about 20?

so it would mean 14 years ago

sometimes I think he romanticizes me in

the same way that he romanticizes Ireland

or it's almost like the me that he

writes about doesn't really exist

and I'm a kind of an imaginary figure

like I'm not gonna ??? or something

it's obvious that it's not really me

it's a... yeah... romantic ideal

I think he's an idealist

taken to an extreme

he's not really as much of a realist

as he might like to think

we knew he was brilliant at writing

and English and all that kind of thing

and Maurice said, "I suppose you will

probably earn your living as a writer. "

He said, "I will, Dad, but not

in the way you're talking about. "

"I'll earn my living," he said,

"through music, writing through music,

because that's the way you

communicate with people now-a-days. "

"It's a much better form of,

lighter form of communication. "

I remember him saying that to me

you're a little bit pissed

are you? a little bit?

mostly

you're enjoying yourself

yeah

I suppose you see I thought

it might be more in the book form

rather than the... umm... sound form

but uhh... you know really

that's before twelve

I knew around twelve it wasn't

going to be that because

there was Bob Dylan blowing one ear out

and the Grateful Dead blowing the other

and so I knew there was

something going on there

well take my number and give me a ring

well give us your number then

you got a pen and paper?

yes I have...

now here you are

i want your phone number

do you want me to hold your

drink while you're at it?

I mean once I was out of

school I was alright you know

and I could use all the things

that were good about London

like the drugs and the clubs

and the loose women and

the Pistols were playing really good

rock and roll, hard rock and roll

and what's more they

were my generation

and what's more they were singing

about how boring London was

and... like... they were

being totally nihilistic

and that was the way I felt when I

go out and see 'em out of the bin you know

I was working at a shop

it wasn't a shop it was a stall

a market stall at the

end of Gerard Street

in Soho, in London

and one day Shane walked

into the stall and... like he was

uhh... he was slightly

shook looking is what I'd say

he had matted long hair

down to his shoulders

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