Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Wemberleee!
Ok, it was probably watered down Carlsberg at £3.50 a pint at Wembley. However, this did not taint a rather splendid stadium, even if the players did look like ants. I cant remember watching a match so high up, it was much higher than Chelsea’s East Stand which I’ve been in the back row of. Think had it been packed and you’re stuck in the back row on the half way line it may take at least thirty minutes to get out. However the atmosphere of a packed Wembley would make up for it. There were plenty of bars, food places and toilets as well. Some of the gents appeared to be cubicles only meaning I think they can be changed to females should there be a more even mix of sexes crowd for a non football match, say a concert. It only took 27 seconds for the first goal to be scored by the Italian forward, who went on to get a hatrick. England appeared to be poor (with Kieran Richardson the most awful) but got back into the game well to get a 3-3 draw.
In the evening, after watching England seniors on the box play out a woeful draw, I visited the Windsor Castle in Carshalton to see a band Fire And Water. Their first set was all Free and Bad Company songs which was all good stuff. Their second was a Led Zep tribute. Im not a big Zep fan but they did the well known stuff well like Whole Lotta Love and an excellent RocknRoll. About half ten a bloke who looks uncannily like Rick Parfitt walks in. Wasn’t brave enough to ask him but he had enough people speaking to him to suggest it probably was.
Sunday didn’t do much so I watched some of the newly purchased Family Guy season five DVD. Mostly funny although some cringe worthy moments. Brian the speaking dog being scared by the hoover was great.
Finally Monday, Magnums new album was out, ‘Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow’. A return to some classic Magnum tunes. The single ‘Dragons Are Real’ is probably the best thing they’ve done for ten years, with other songs like ‘Your Lies’ and ‘You’ll Never Sleep’ it seems as if they could be back to their high standards set by the three albums at the end of the 1980s. A few more listens & I’ll be definitely looking forward to their gig at the end of May.
