Walk On By

I love the darts, have done since I was a little lad. Oh but how it has changed from those days, where overweight men would stumble to the stage (it wasn't really a stage then, more just a dart board amongst the fans), fag in mouth, red-eyed from a few beers (and the rest) to play in a match where the prize probably topped at £10K.

Now, you get the same overweight men but no ciggie or booze. They walk onto the stage (yes, a proper raised stage) to their theme tune, thousands of adoring fans in fancy dress signing along, Sky Sports cameras the lot and playing for incredible life-changing amounts of money. It's a slick production.

It's the theme tune I want to talk about though. And every time I see somebody walking on to their choice of music, how I wish I has stuck in down at South Shields Snooker Club all those years ago and advanced to the heady heights of becoming a professional. Not for the money, not for the fame, no. Just to parade on to MY tune, the adoring fans singing MY tune and the whole world hearing MY tune.

But what would that tune be? Like being asked what my favourite song is, it changes each time I think about it. Being music obsessed, I'm not shy of choices: 

Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols
Out Of Control by The Chemical Brothers
The Model by Kraftwerk
This Charming Man by The Smiths
I Am The Resurrection by The Stone Roses.
It's My Life by Talk Talk 
My Perfect Cousin by The Undertones
New Rose by The Damned

I could go on. And on. But the point I'm making is, I want people to be hearing decent tunes, I'm not even bothered about the darts. Tunes that should be heard and sang from the rooftops, not some cheesy chart crap. Proper music. Yep, if I was a professional darts player, I'd probably put more effort into settling on my choice of tune that 2-minute walk-on than the standard of darts. Hey, it's important. But I'd probably never reach a conclusion anyway.

What would your choice be? And if it's something I don't approve of, I won't watch you.