Shownotes Transcript
The song I have sent you this week is entitled “Wirral Wonderland” and is a track off one of my DVDs about the area….which you will be familiar with. I mostly send you demos of my songs but this is a finished job…I think you’ll like it….it goes well when matched up with the video.
David Bowie has been heavily featured in the news…a sad loss indeed but whether it warrants blanket coverage on the national news is debateable…although he was a one-off…I was totally inspired by him when I first heard the ZiggyStardust album through headphones in 1969…it revolutionised recording techniques …brilliant…he started out as a sax player…my wife worked with a guy who sessioned on his records…a chap called Brian Wilshaw who became a music teacher…how cool is he….he certainly altered the path of popular music.
The entertainment level of TV is gradually sinking to an all time low…I watched an episode from the new series of “Open All Hours” with David Jason playing the main character…how can someone of his status be involved in a dreadful sitcom like this…not only is it totally unfunny the canned laughter every 10 seconds is so irritating….surely Mr.Jason can see this? BUT….NOTHING can be worse than the new series of “Benidorm” which I watched out of interest thinking it can only be better than the last series which was diabolical….it wasn’t…in fact it was worse if that is possible….it has to be the WORST programme ever…it’s like a scrap heap for third-rate actors….an insult to any normal person’s intelligence….the cast MUST be short of money…. I also watched the new Tracy Ullman Show expecting good things….oops another dud.
.It strikes me that modern television mainly caters for a very small percentage of the population….they put snooker on ALL afternoon….football matches at prime time .. and even had the FA Cup draw live on The One Show….as it happens I like sport but if you don’t your nose is pushed right out of the picture…I don’t understand why they can’t have a free sports channel?…then all the housewives can enjoy an evening in front of the box. The TV companies should realise that sport isn’t for everyone….and speaking of which I have yet to see the point of “Question Of Sport”….hard to believe that the charismaless “Tuffers” and Mat Dawson actually get paid for this none event….what was that song by Springsteen “100 channels with nothing on”.
.A bit of local history for you….there is a small hamlet (which is a village without a church for your interest) calledSaughall Massie which is near the centre of Wirral (you will know it well)…on its outskirts is a small stone bridge which takes traffic over a narrow brook….this was designed by a chap called Thomas Brassey who is responsible for a great percentage of bridges and viaducts all over the world….this little bridge was his first venture…and there is a plaque at the side of it in his honour….another Wirral World First !!!…and that’s why I write songs about it.