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The songs of The Pogues are what happens when rural folk songs are hit over the head by the amphetamine punk spirit of 70s London.

But they are more than that.

These "gutter hymns" of the Irish abroad are celebrations of tough lives that are sprinkled with wit, literary references and simple truth telling.

Shane MacGowan shows off his new teeth; calls it quits with the …

Shane MacGowan once said: "I couldn't believe that nobody else were doing it, so we went on doing it ourselves…"

But the problem is that the story of Shane MacGowan the legendary drinker has overshadowed Shane the songwriter - and his best songs are remarkable.

Take Fairy Tale of New York, it's a masterpiece because it captures the Christmas other festive tunes ignore.

It's a celebration of those bleak December days of rumination on mistakes made or married:

"I could have been someone.

"Well so could anyone.

"You took my dream