juliosammy (August 16, 2008 at 9:18 pm)

this song is so romantic it means a lot to me

Wowbagger86 (August 14, 2008 at 8:53 pm)

That's roughly what MacGowan said in the interview... But man what a weird video for the song ;)

barcelona36 (August 13, 2008 at 10:38 pm)

That sound about right, Wowbagger. There's two characters in the song: the first, third and fourth verses are the young fella, the second verse is the auld one.

connaught2008 (August 12, 2008 at 8:29 pm)

read today that shaneooos got hepatitis frm the drink, hope he stays off it for bit! theres another 10yrs left in him yet!

connaught2008 (August 12, 2008 at 8:27 pm)

one summer evening drunnnnnk as hell, i sat there nearly lifeless

celebratedsummer88 (August 7, 2008 at 1:41 am)

pure poetic beauty.

Wowbagger86 (August 6, 2008 at 10:46 am)

...The young man feel nothing but recent and disgust for the man. So the young man leaves the pub, but after a while he understand that the veteran has had a lifetime of the pain he feels over his girlfriend leaving... (you should try to google, and find the interview mymyby :)

Wowbagger86 (August 6, 2008 at 10:44 am)

I read a interview with Shane MacGowan ecsplaining That the song is about about a man sitting in a pub listening to love songs sipping over a broken relationchip, when a drunken old war veteran comes over and decide to tell him the story story about his wife who left him when he was in the war.

Wowbagger86 (August 6, 2008 at 10:36 am)

"...In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"

mostlyanthony (August 3, 2008 at 8:57 pm)

One of their greatest songs.