Thanks Bill....at long last, a fair and erudite post about Show of Hands. Very glad you enjoyed them. Their intelligence and integrity was what drew me in as well. :0)

And Ginger, probably best not to mention the Education System to me...being a Home Educator these days. Believe you me I could rant for England, if not the world, about what is happening THERE!

But it's not just the education system is it?

It's everything that surrounds our young people these days.
Footballers such as Beckham, who are paid £5 million a WEEK for 5 years are the new 'heroes'...Pop Idol, Big Brother, "Pubs Where Nobody Sings At All"...Casinos For Culture etc etc...

...and of course....music like this from a young lad called Lil' Chris who's about 11 I think...He's on all the children's TV...even Blue Peter I believe..and you can hear him singing about 'Getting Enough' on his Myspace page...it takes a little while to load I'm afraid...Oh...and notice the cutesy little pink hearts all over the place..to draw the kiddies in...and then..when you've listened to him..sit back and wonder what kind of people are behind this sort of thing..and are wanting to draw our children into this? It's not hard to figure really....

http://www.myspace.com/lilemochris

And THEN you may start to understand why I rant all over the place and why I praise songs like 'Roots' up to the heavens..Because at least Steve Knightley and Phil Beer care and are trying, in their own way to get people to open their eyes and have discussions! Just as is happening on here...and THAT is what a brilliant song does...it opens doors and gets discussion going, no matter how heated it may be..

We're all to blame for what we now have around us, in a way, because we've all passively gone along with it.....

It's up to us though whether we continue to do that isn't it?

Sorry you can't 'see' Albion Heart by the way..shame, I think you may have enjoyed reading some of the links on there....ho hum!


Lizzie