Shownotes Transcript
The song this week is entitled "Merseybeat Memories" and reminds us of the contribution Liverpool made to the world of music back in the day....the song was the B side of a vinyl 45 which I was commissioned to write for the Merseyside tourism dept...the A side being Beatle City.....it sold very well in the tourist centres and to my knowledge was the first record to be released on a council label (my idea)
....We have been overdosed with the Donald Trump saga.....I must say it is very entertaining but makes you wonder about the result of the whole thing....Hillary or Donald?....what a choice.....I have never seen such an ugly exchange between two so called world leaders...it was like watching a movie...except you couldn't make that up.....the U.S.A. has definitely lost its way.
....I do enjoy Strictly Come Dancing....purely for the spectacle of talented fit young men and beautifully sculpted ladies gliding around the dance floor to the sound of a great band....all going well until the press get hold of it....alleging it's "rigged" and it's "racist" because the first two out of the competition were black.....it's beyond me why someone always has to put a downer on things .... probably stems from ITV who are struggling for viewers for the X Factor garbage......and Will Young has thrown his dummy out of the pram and walked out....so he won't be getting his full fee....now he only gets 5 grand......joke or what?
...On the racist theme....which always only seems to go one way....I read an article about my mate Jimmy Krankie (aka Janette Tough)...who was cast as a Chinese woman in the Ab Fab film...with Jenny Saunders and Joanna Lumley.....this American journalist was "disgusted" at the portrayal of a Chinese person with yellow skin and speaking in a weird voice....oh dear....some people should get over themselves...IT'S COMEDY!!!....get a life.......I know Janette well and the last thing she is is racist....fandabidozi.
....forget the soldiers risking their lives for the country...and the paramedics who save lives etc etc....they obviously don't deserve to be awarded or even knighted...unlike SIR Rod Stewart.....what is the world coming to....Rod the Mod....who I think gargles with sand...for his contribution to music.....isn't he just doing a JOB?...a knight of the realm?....Sir Van Morrisson...Sir Mick Jagger...etc...maybe I'm missing something but what have they done other than make money for themselves?....hey ho...that's what makes Britain grate.
...finally, we pay tribute to the wonderful character acting of Jean Alexander who played Hilda Ogden in the series Coronation Street.