want to entertain the nation at your own expense? “Gladly”
was the fantastic response from English footballing legend John Barnes, when asked if he would step up to the mic once again.
If you write a rap like Kanye West or Busta Rhymes, something which gives me a bit more street cred, a bit of a gangsta rap, then I will gladly do it
“Barnsey”, as Christian O’Connell, Virgin radio’s XFM convert who is organising the single, doesn’t seem to be deterred by the blindingly obvious fact that this is yet another vanity project for the self-inflated disc-jockey. The tune will be written, like all great music, by the winner of a nationwide contest. Proceeds will go to charity, so my only complaint will come if the lyrics don’t match up to that of his former classic hit, World in Motion:
Express yourself
Create the space
You know you can win
Don’t give up the chaseBeat the man
Take him on
You never give up
Its one on oneExpress yourself
Its one on one
Express yourself
Its one on one
Express yourself
You can’t be wrong
I can feel a knighthood coming on.
