My Top Ten: Romantica

Bleachers are from New Jersey. They're the brainchild of guitarist and producer Jack Antanoff, who used to be in Fun. They have featured here before, but this is their latest single, and it's pretty damned good for a modern pop song... even though it does harken back to the 70s and 80s, like most of their stuff.

Monday, 13 March 2023

Celebrity Jukebox #77: Gary Lineker

Sam turned on Match of the Day yesterday morning and we watched 20 minutes of commentary-free highlights that even he found boring. Everyone on the show has come out in support of Gary, and good on 'em. And good on Gary for speaking his mind on the fascist rhetoric of this callous, out-of-touch, out-of-control Tory government.

I said I wasn't going to do any more celebrity jukeboxes about people who were still alive, but I reckon Gary's got a good few decades left in him (he may well outlive me) even if he has to survive without his BBC salary. So in his honour... here's Goldie Lookin' Chain.

I want to be like Gary Lineker, that would be sweet

Be on Match Of The Day with all the crisps I can eat

Goldie Lookin' Chain - I Wanna Be Like

And what does Weller have to say? Erm, Martin Weller, that is...

Power of the Kings

The Fossils, the Filberts

Led by the Tinkerman

Lineker can't disguise his joy

Martin Weller - Foxes

(I don't really understand that one, being that I know very little about the foot-ball.)

Of course, the obvious Lineker reference comes in this...

But I still see that tackle by Moore

And when Lineker scored

Bobby belting the ball, and Nobby dancing

Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions

However, today's winner comes from this bunch, an Americana band from Minneapolis, probably the last people you'd expect to be singing the praises of Gary... well, apart me, that is.

I have a brother like Gary Lineker

Put it past you like salt on vinegar all the time

He'd do it all the time

Go, Gary, Go! Don't you back down, boy.