There is precious little foreplay – it’s pass, score, cross, score; pass, score. Wham, bam, thank you fans, and everyone piling in for the celebration.But as I watched the balls being thrashed into the net from every conceivable angle – Norbert Nachtweih Goal! Bixente Lizarazu Goal! Yvan Lebourgeois. Goal! – To musical backing that sounded like Lieutenant Pigeon – plinkerty- plonk, kerplonk, plonk, plinkerty-plonk, plonk – a dismal fact was borne in upon me that this was getting boring.Cut a goal out of its context, and it is like taking a fish from its watery habitat. Her patience was strained still further by my next choice of viewing: The World’s Greatest Goals, Vol II – sweet revenge for the simperings of Home Front.If you equate football with sex – for the purposes of argument – then these “greatest goal” compilations are all about the basic act, over and over and over again.
And I admit, one of the satisfactions for me is the fact that no one else in this family is in on it.”This makes the local elections look interesting,” commented my wife as the history looped back to the club’s previous incarnation as Thames Iron Works. His contribution, thoughts on the essential qualities of the club he served, are undermined by the impact of the jersey he has chosen It’s a kind of lurid green, white and black contour map. I can’t think about it any more…The overall effect of watching such videos is reassuring rather than inspiring It is an act of confirmation, as much as affirmation. Nowadays, of course, you wouldn’t get such an item through the turnstile – and not because of its size.These club videos can have hidden dangers for those participating. Moore maintains his usual off-screen presence – the kindly uncle, jollying the party along – and in that respect he is lucky, because there is no record of any fashion faux pas.Alas, his interviewees are not so fortunate – and among them, none is less fortunate than Brooking, fresher of face and darker of mane than he appears on Match of the Day these days. In rough weather Holkham beach has an invigorating, elemental wildness that is guaranteed to blow the cobwebs from your soul; on fine days it transforms itself into the archetypal English beach, with yachts sailing in the bay, paddling children, and endless yellow sand encrusted with sea shells of every size and shape.
At low tide the waves dawdle along in lazy ripples, and the water remains so shallow that you can paddle for miles before it even reaches your knees.Following the line of pines on your left, keep on past the first headland. As you turn the corner, brace yourself for the naturist section, but don’t get too excited – just as things get interesting, you cut sharp left into the dunes back towards the pine forest, along the path where a sign politely requests nudists to keep to the beach. As for live recordings – theri concerts were incredibly short and the sound appalling.Bootlegging Led Zep was a notoriously risky business. Their late maanger Peter Grant despised bootleggers and had staff eject them violently.
This album is generally known as Stoned In The Park.PRINCE: Live concerts have proved fruitful for bootleggers. But the most precious for fans is a studio recording The Black Album which was planned to be a follow up to Sign Of The Times before the artist scrapped the release. The funky fusion of black rock and psychedelic can fetch up to pounds 300.BUT BUYERS BEWAREAs George Harrison said in court, the 1962 recording was the “crummiest” ever associated with the group. And aside from John Lennon’s haunting early versions of Strawberry Fields, few of the Anthology ‘rehearsals’ matched up to the released songs. It is Dylan’s 1966 concert with The Band shortly after going electric and is a pulsating performance. It even has an audience member shouting ‘Judas’ at Dylan for betraying his folk routes. The concert actually took place in Manchester – but that’s bootlegs for you.THE ROLLING STONES: The key period is 69-73, the Mick Taylor years when many thought them at the height of their powers.
