Day 3: A song that reminds you of summertime
2020: “Three Lions”, Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds
2025: “Three Lions”, Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds
We all look back through our younger days to pinpoint that last good summer; before we got hitched, or the kids came along, or some nasty accident occurred, or a combination of the three. In my case it was the last good summer before COVID screwed my generation up for a while (2019 was a dull one).
So why “Three Lions”? Simple. The 2018 World Cup. Hot summer evenings in the pub with my mates, actually socialising, watching the footy and using the booze to fight off the heart palpitations the England squad gave us. And of course, each time we scored a goal the entire pub would be singing ‘It’s Coming Home’. It was one of those rare modern times where we dared to dream, to be optimistic.
That was a damn good summer. And it’s one I’ll always think of when I hear “Three Lions”. It might be sentimentality, but I don’t want to change it. My choice remains the same then and now.
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