Shownotes Transcript
The song I’ve sent you this week is another from the Cheshire Cats album we did back in the day….it’s an oldie called “White Sports Coat” c/w “Butterfly” and is a track I produced for Derek Smith who was the founder of The Cheshire Cats…..he put a lot of work in to keep it all going and was a pleasure to know…he was a massive Elvis fan and used to dress up as the King and delight the crowd…sadly he is another one we lost a few years ago….he was my best mate and I miss him.
Speaking of Elvis…Jonathan Ross had Prescilla Presley on his chat show…she is over here to promote a CD which features remasteredElvis tracks singing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra….she was very demure BUT also on the show was Danny Dyer who proved what an absolute YOB he is….playing the cockney “tough guy” with his unnecessary rhyming slang and bad language…poor old Prescill didn’t have a clue what he was talking about…then to top it all on comes Elvis Costello (complete with silly hat)….who Ross announced as “the greatest songwriter this country gas produced”….er….excuse me….I only know a few of his records…one being “Olivers Army”…and another “She”….neither of which he wrote….so forget Lennon and McCartney….or Tim Rice and Lloyd Webber…or Lionel Bart….obviously Jonathan is hearing something we aren’t…then they bring on the REAL Elvis’s guitar which Mr. Costello strums on and sings one of his own songs….proving he is definitely not the best songwriter or in fact the best singer…dreadful…felt sorry for Prescilla.
The news covered a story this week about a lollipop lady who was sacked for waving at passing motorists….because the council had received ONE complaint….also a lollipop man was sacked for giving kids “high fives” as they went past him…from a similar complaint……this is according to the media….who only ever give one side of these stories so how true it is is debateable….however the fact that someone complained doesn’t surprise me…these people are out there looking for the slightest thing to complain about….e.g. a photo of Cameron NOT wearing a poppy……there should be a law forbidding these sad irritating types to ever leave their houses…they serve no purpose whatsoever to the human race.
Another interesting news item featured a man who returned a lock to a locksmith because it was faulty….because of the way he was dressed the locksmith blew him a kiss and made some gesticulations…deeply “offending” the customer ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS……so much so he took it to court and was awarded 7000 pounds in damages…..apparently it’s the first case of it’s kind where nothing was actually said….what wasn’t explained was WHY he kept going back to the shop??....so it looks like we not only have to walk around with duck tape over our mouths…we now have to have our hands tied behind our backs…or we are in danger of being politically incorrect….is the legal system in this country serious???
And finally a classic….the BBC are asking the general public around the country to…wait for it….send in weather reports from their area….NOW I’ve heard it all….despite all the equipment the weather people have they very rarely get the forecast right…which is what we have discussed in the past…so this is the answer “we think people will be pleased to be involved” say the Beeb….nice cheap way out eh?....and people will get involved because they have nothing better to do….at least it might stop them complaining about lollipop ladies…..what a world.