… no, not Benjamin Button, but Chris De Burgh, Live Television, Horse Racing and the 6 Nations.
So what on earth has the recent Rugby Union championships got to do with a site dedicated to music, I hear you cry?  Well, read on.

It started like any other Saturday for me.  I got up around 7:45 to watch The Morning Line, a preview of the day’s racing on Channel  4.   Now, I must admit that I’m not much of a betting man, but just love the sport and, at times, this show is incredibly funny, especially when John McCririck gets on his high horse - excuse the pun.

But this particular Saturday just happened to include the final 3 games of the 6 Nations 2009 and Ireland had a great chance of the grand slam for the first time in 61 years.  Italy and France were up first and the latter won by 50 points to 8, so quite a thrashing there.  Next up, a rejuvenated England beat Scotland by 14 points. 

Now here’s where my weekend went belly up.  I’m always a bit reluctant to record a live event, but I needed to go to the supermarket for the weekend shopping and lottery, etc, so really didn’t have much choice in the matter.  All I needed to do was to try and not see or hear the score.