2012 has been a pretty memorable and eventful year for all kinds of reasons and in all kinds of different fields, certainly the Summer for me was about the best I can remember for various reasons. What have been your highlights of the year?
First up for me, this:
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I've listened to, and liked, Bruce Springsteen's music for ages but this was the first time I'd had the chance to see him live (this is not my video, btw). Hyde Park on a beautiful Summer afternoon and walks on stage and does Thunder Road with only a piano and mouth organ accompaniment and has 80,000 people singing along. The start of over 3 hours and 30 songs of the greatest concert I have ever been to.
Next, this:
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I'm sure everyone has their own favourite Olympic moment, but this has to be mine mainly on the grounds that I was lucky enough to be there to see it live. The atmosphere in that Velodrome was like nothing I have ever experienced (with the possible exception of Buckley vs. Donny), it capped off a brilliant day and formed part of a great two weeks in general. For all the cynicism and doom-mongering beforehand, the Olympics were a fantastic thing to have in this country and did so much to actually cheer everyone up for a couple of weeks as we won medal after medal.
Number three:
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Had to have an Albion one in there somewhere, and I know this was only a friendly but it's not too often we get to play, and beat, the reigning European Champions.
On a personal note, 2012 has also been the year where I've met someone I have so much in common with in basically every possible way, so much so that it almost feels like we were meant to be together (cliche, I know). So, all in all a pretty decent year for me.
Over to you...
First up for me, this:
[yt]slhydQjJQsk[/yt]
I've listened to, and liked, Bruce Springsteen's music for ages but this was the first time I'd had the chance to see him live (this is not my video, btw). Hyde Park on a beautiful Summer afternoon and walks on stage and does Thunder Road with only a piano and mouth organ accompaniment and has 80,000 people singing along. The start of over 3 hours and 30 songs of the greatest concert I have ever been to.
Next, this:
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I'm sure everyone has their own favourite Olympic moment, but this has to be mine mainly on the grounds that I was lucky enough to be there to see it live. The atmosphere in that Velodrome was like nothing I have ever experienced (with the possible exception of Buckley vs. Donny), it capped off a brilliant day and formed part of a great two weeks in general. For all the cynicism and doom-mongering beforehand, the Olympics were a fantastic thing to have in this country and did so much to actually cheer everyone up for a couple of weeks as we won medal after medal.
Number three:
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Had to have an Albion one in there somewhere, and I know this was only a friendly but it's not too often we get to play, and beat, the reigning European Champions.
On a personal note, 2012 has also been the year where I've met someone I have so much in common with in basically every possible way, so much so that it almost feels like we were meant to be together (cliche, I know). So, all in all a pretty decent year for me.
Over to you...
