Time was I'd be with you on that Lionel, however as most know, Morrisey has just become what he raged against for decades, an utter self-centred selfish cu'nt with some seriously racist views - aka a huge disappointment.justinr73 wrote:Yes I wasn't overjoyed when Fury appeared on the card.
I will be out of my orthopedic boot by then but still not up to top speed.
Went to a bullfight in the Costa Brava Baggy - have read Death in the Afternoon and what have you.
In footballing terms, it was a bit like watching Yeovil v Stevenage in League 2 with all the associated (lack of) glamour.
Not quite a goalless draw but more like a scrappy one nil to the bullfighter.
I didn't enjoy it but i ate steak afterwards nonetheless.
These days, i readily sing along to the Morrissey song below but largely because it has got a nice tune:
"The Bullfighter Dies"
Mad in Madrid
Ill in Seville
Lonely in Barcelona
Then someone told you and you cheer
Hooray, hooray
The bullfighter dies
Hooray, hooray
The bullfighter dies
And nobody cries
Nobody cries
Because we all want the bull to survive
Gaga in Málaga
No mercy in Murcia
Mental in Valencia
Then someone tells you and you cheer
Hooray, hooray
The bullfighter dies
Hooray, hooray
The bullfighter dies
And nobody cries
Nobody cries
Because we all want the bull to survive
I no longer wish bullfighting to be banned, having taken refuge in their wonderful country from the curse of Tory/DUP rule, it's not for me to lecture my hosts, and when they allow me, fellow Spaniards, to decide how to spend their leisure time & sporting euros. I've never been, doubt I ever will, as someone who read everything Hemingway ever wrote, I could never catch his affection for the scrap in the plaza de toros.
I visited the bullring in Sevilla outside of working hours, pretty stunning looking from the outside, a golden stretch of sand in the arena but I could do without a dose of the nobbies sitting on the brick benches.
Anyway, yeah, we all want the bull to survive.