This morning’s journey to work was entertaining thanks to Chris Evans and his Breakfast Show. Chris played the theme tunes to some of the old TV shows that I grew with. I sang along, which was fun, but the highlight for me was when the theme tune to “The Flashing Blade” was played. As a child I loved this show; the main characters, Francois de Chevalier and Guillot, were like a swashbuckling, French Bodie and Doyle – think horses and swords instead of Capris and guns.
I distinctly remember sitting down in front of the TV with my note pad over a number of days in a row trying to scribble the words down so that I could sing along properly. It was a long and slow process too; a verse at best transcribed every couple of episodes or so.
The power of the internet means that kind of manual and time consuming labour has been forever consigned to history. And to be honest that’s a good thing but part of me misses those much simpler times.
A Google search this lunchtime helped me find a great site about the programme – and that’s where the world-wide-web is so useful – everything is out there somewhere.
Amongst some great content, which I need not reproduce (but that you should read), the site presented the lyrics to the theme tune. Here they are so that you can sing along too.
You've got to fight for what you want
For all that you believe
It's right to fight for what we want
To live the way we please
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As long as we have done our best
Then no one can do more
And life and love and happiness
Are well worth fighting for
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And we should never count the cost
Or worry that we'll fall
It's better to have fought and lost
Than not have fought at all
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Let's always take whatever comes
And never try to hide
Face everything and anyone
Together side by side
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You've got to fight for what you want
For all that you believe
It's right to fight for what we want
To live the way we please
------------
As long as we have done our best
Then no one can do more
And life and love and happiness
Are well worth fighting for
They're well worth fighting for
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I distinctly remember sitting down in front of the TV with my note pad over a number of days in a row trying to scribble the words down so that I could sing along properly. It was a long and slow process too; a verse at best transcribed every couple of episodes or so.
The power of the internet means that kind of manual and time consuming labour has been forever consigned to history. And to be honest that’s a good thing but part of me misses those much simpler times.
A Google search this lunchtime helped me find a great site about the programme – and that’s where the world-wide-web is so useful – everything is out there somewhere.
Amongst some great content, which I need not reproduce (but that you should read), the site presented the lyrics to the theme tune. Here they are so that you can sing along too.
You've got to fight for what you want
For all that you believe
It's right to fight for what we want
To live the way we please
------------
As long as we have done our best
Then no one can do more
And life and love and happiness
Are well worth fighting for
------------
And we should never count the cost
Or worry that we'll fall
It's better to have fought and lost
Than not have fought at all
------------
Let's always take whatever comes
And never try to hide
Face everything and anyone
Together side by side
------------
You've got to fight for what you want
For all that you believe
It's right to fight for what we want
To live the way we please
------------
As long as we have done our best
Then no one can do more
And life and love and happiness
Are well worth fighting for
They're well worth fighting for
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