<description>In honor of Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, who died this week at age 65, we are revisiting an episode from March of last year. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is a folk song about the WWI battle of Gallipoli, one that MacGowan in his inimitable growl made into something more devastatingly universal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A playlist of this and other songs relevant to the episode can be found here: &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oUG8FGmjhC0ZkzctKvFLP?si=78f2f40c8a934da1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oUG8FGmjhC0ZkzctKvFLP?si=78f2f40c8a934da1&lt;/a&gt;</description>

In honor of Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, who died this week at age 65, we are revisiting an episode from March of last year. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is a folk song about the WWI battle of Gallipoli, one that MacGowan in his...

In honor of Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, who died this week at age 65, we are revisiting an episode from March of last year. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is a folk song about the WWI battle of Gallipoli, one that MacGowan in his inimitable growl made into something more devastatingly universal. <br /><br />A playlist of this and other songs relevant to the episode can be found here: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oUG8FGmjhC0ZkzctKvFLP?si=78f2f40c8a934da1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oUG8FGmjhC0ZkzctKvFLP?si=78f2f40c8a934da1</a>

The Best Song Ever (This Week)

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by The Pogues (Shane MacGowan)

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by The Pogues (Shane MacGowan)

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