I was too distracted by the prospect of the game to really care the other night but the more I've thought about it since the more it irks me and the more indicative I find it of what's wrong with the FAI. Pick whatever metaphor you like ...fiddling while Rome Burns, painted sepulchres, window dressing -but with all that's wrong and inadequate in irish football ...what do they do to appear to be doing something? Get some bint to sing AnaB so it'll go viral on twitter.
There are plenty of programmes on RTE and tv3 for people who who want to butcher any song they want with half arsed Mariah-isms.
If in an episode of The Simpsons a fashion model with a competent but unremarkable voice ploughed her way through the anthem before an Isotopes or Meltdowns game it'd be sniggeringly inferred that she got the gig by blowing the mayor.
Pretty girl for sure and when she farts I'm sure the room fills with scent of Lavender but for christsake let the fans do the singing.
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