{"id":35722,"date":"2013-10-08T17:01:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T15:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/?p=35722"},"modified":"2013-10-08T17:52:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T15:52:43","slug":"rip-phil-chevron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/rip-phil-chevron\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Phil Chevron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bookmakernes penge vil have v\u00e6ret p\u00e5, at det var The Pogues&#8217; skibsforlis af en frontmand Shane MacGowan, der skulle tage billetten f\u00f8rst. Men nej, bandets guitarist Phil Chevron &#8211; jeg st\u00f8dte selv f\u00f8rst p\u00e5 ham i 1978, via hans irske punkband The Radiators From Space &#8211; m\u00e5tte i dag g\u00e5 bort efter l\u00e6ngere tids h\u00e5rd sygdom. Her en dr\u00f8m af en Amerika-sang han begik til The Pogues-albummet <em>If I Should Fall from Grace with God<\/em>. Det er naturligvis MacGowan der synger ud her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gc1G7aCpSsI?rel=0\" height=\"420\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The island it is silent now<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> But the ghosts still haunt the waves<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And the torch lights up a famished man<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Who fortune could not save <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Did you work upon the railroad<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Did you rid the streets of crime<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Were your dollars from the white house<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Were they from the five and dime<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Did the old songs taunt or cheer you<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And did they still make you cry<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Did you count the months and years<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Or did your teardrops quickly dry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ah, no, says he, &#8217;twas not to be<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> On a coffin ship I came here<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And I never even got so far<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> That they could change my name<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thousands are sailing<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Across the western ocean<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> To a land of opportunity<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> That some of them will never see<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Fortune prevailing<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Across the western ocean<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Their bellies full<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Their spirits free<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> They&#8217;ll break the chains of poverty<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And they&#8217;ll dance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In manhattan&#8217;s desert twilight<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> In the death of afternoon<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> We stepped hand in hand on broadway<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Like the first man on the moon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And &#8220;the blackbird&#8221; broke the silence<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> As you whistled it so sweet<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And in brendan behan&#8217;s footsteps<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> I danced up and down the street<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Then we said goodnight to broadway<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Giving it our best regards<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Tipped our hats to mister cohen<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Dear old times square&#8217;s favorite bard<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Then we raised a glass to jfk<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And a dozen more besides<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> When I got back to my empty room<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> I suppose I must have cried<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thousands are sailing<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Again across the ocean<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Where the hand of opportunity<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Draws tickets in a lottery<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Postcards we&#8217;re mailing<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Of sky-blue skies and oceans<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> From rooms the daylight never sees<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Where lights don&#8217;t glow on christmas trees<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> But we dance to the music<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And we dance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thousands are sailing<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Across the western ocean<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Where the hand of opportunity<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Draws tickets in a lottery<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Where e&#8217;er we go we celebrate<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> The land that makes us refugees<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> From fear of priests with empty plates<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> From guilt and weeping effigies<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And we dance&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><strong>\u00a9 Phil Chevron<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_middle\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/rip-phil-chevron\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"dark\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/rip-phil-chevron\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookmakernes penge vil have v\u00e6ret p\u00e5, at det var The Pogues&#8217; skibsforlis af en frontmand Shane MacGowan, der skulle tage billetten f\u00f8rst. Men nej, bandets guitarist Phil Chevron &#8211; jeg st\u00f8dte selv f\u00f8rst p\u00e5 ham i 1978, via hans irske punkband The Radiators From Space &#8211; m\u00e5tte i dag g\u00e5 bort efter l\u00e6ngere tids h\u00e5rd &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/rip-phil-chevron\/\" class=\"more-link\">L\u00e6s videre <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RIP Phil Chevron<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_middle\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/rip-phil-chevron\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"dark\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/rip-phil-chevron\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at-drikke-for-at-glemme","category-blog","category-rocknroll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}