Classic Clare performance catches Tipp off-guard

IT was like the moment when you pick a CD you loved in the trendy days of your youth off the shelf. The Unforgettable Fire, perhaps, or The Queen Is Dead.

“This was something else in its day,” you think. “God knows what it sounds like now. It’s not going to be the same at all at all.” But you’re wrong. It’s a classic. It sounds even better.

Or when you notice that tonight’s television movie is something which knocked you out when you were a hormonal teenager high on popcorn and the prospect of double seats in the local cinema. Platoon or Witness maybe.