Nooooooooovember

[Bierzo Baggie]

Track du jour: I think this is the first time I've given a gong to Barry Ryan, but his big hit 'Eloise' has fantastic energy and is a great running track. Not so great is the official video clip, which is awful quality. This live version isn't so fantastic either, but is utterly hilarious ... just check out the hair, the fashion and the dancing ... God Almighty! What were they thinking?! And as for dear old Barry ... well clearly he'd rather be elsewhere. Watch at the end of the clip where he doesn't even bother to mime the right words. Very Iggy Pop ... but without the enthusiasm.

For crying out loud - that was 41 years ago! F-o-r-t-y---o-n-e years. So in 1971, that would have been like watching one of the big hits from 1930. I feel suddenly old.

18.0 km, 1:59:46 @ 2% incline.

YTD: 1,236.5km

Brilliant. This is one of my wife's favourites. Remember the Goth version? Was it by The Damned?

Anyway, one of the more bizarre musical moments of last Summer was watching a transvestite perform Elouise in Spanish, but a far more energetic version than Barry's (looked a bit like George Best, didn't he?) during the fiestas of Camponaraya. Several hundred pensioners watched on open mouthed as your man(?) pranced around the stage in thigh length boots and a throng. He really let rip with an amazing voice, a possee of 7-year olds (my daughter included) bopped away on the front row, the sound system shuddered and I pondered on the injustice of it all (he deserved a wider audience...). Galicia's certainly got talent.

Keep up the good work, not long now...