First off...happy new year....I thought I might have to call you "Sir" Vince but I noticed
you never made the Queen's honours list.....so you can't join Knights of the Realm
like Sir Cliff...Sir Ringo...Sir Van Morrison....or Sir Tony Blair and even more hard to
believe Sir Ashley Banjo ....maybe next year....I would suggest you latch on to an act
which will definitely end up being knighted.....Ant,Dec and Vince?
The TV over New Year was abysmal....fortunately I am able to store programmes so I
can watch stuff which is actually of interest...which doesn't include Soaps...reality
TV...constant repeats of rubbish like Mrs Brown's Boys or boring cookery
programmes which, to me, are about as interesting as the Scottish football results or
indeed The Ashes....thank goodness for Bargain Hunt which I do enjoy and
documentaries on stars I have admired over the years..e.g. Dean Martin....Freddy
Mercury...ABBA...Bing Crosby etc....when everyone is complaining about the tripe
that is on the telly you would think someone in office would listen....but as they keep
saying "we think we've got it right"...so that's O.K. then......there is a satellite channel
called "Challenge"....on New Years day they had 10 hours of The Chase.....10
HOURS of Bradley Walsh!!....he's GOT to be up for a knighthood.....even if it's just for
the world record appearances on TV.
One good thing about it all is I no longer go out with my band on New Years Eve to
entertain the masses....since leaving school I played 50 consecutive New Years Eve
gigs....which were always the best paid gigs of the year but required the most effort
facing three or four hundred people who have paid through the nose and expected a
good night....no pressure then......I still get asked to do new years eve gigs.....but
prefer an early night.
I'm still wondering why England thinks it is different from Wales,Ireland and
Scotland....the latter three carrying out sensible precautions in an attempt to curb the
spread of the virus.....and we have asked the folk of the three countries not to come
over the border....as if!!....the Scots and the Welsh came in in coach loads....surprise
surprise......oh yes we must save businesses from losing money....I wonder how
many politicians are connected to these businesses.......so we will see another spike
in infections...and so it goes.
I watched a programme all about Jack Charlton and his success with the Irish football
team....it was a great programme made more interesting by the fact that I met Jack
back in the early 70s when we were on holiday in Palma...we were staying in an
apartment block and Jack and his family were next door....we all went out for meals
and drinks and we became good mates...he was a great bloke....and his wife was a
delight.....the programme went through his life where he eventually got dementure
and sadly died 18 months ago....a great man and a privilege to have known.
For the "one of the worst records ever made" spot this week I have nominated the
destruction of the song "My Way" by The Sex Pistols......it is over 4 minutes long so I
suggest fading it out after one minute if you can stand it for that long.
