Old England

Today’s Sunday song comes courtesy of Dom Joly in his book The Hezbollah Hiking Club. It tells of his mini pilgrimage involving a walk through Lebanon with two friends. Today he is passing through the town of Baalbek, which was the home of Hezbollah there. And then he hears a song from out of nowhere -

“One of my favourite songs of all time … the lyrics stopped me dead in my tracks … God, what a song”.

I’ve never listened to Old England by The Waterboys before. But when such a whole hearted recommendation is heard, it would be daft not to put that oversight to bed. So I did. A powerful tune.

ps. I once had a practise session for a gig in a rehearsal room at The Barrowlands in Glasgow. The Waterboys were just up the hall rehearsing for theirs at the same time. Aah, those small, sweet, slightly sad claims to fame… :-)