Source: Daily_Mail
That's a rap! Barnes lined up for new version of classic World In Motion
Sacked Tranmere boss John Barnes could be set for a quick return to football after New Order legend Peter Hook admitted he would love to re-record World In Motion with the former England winger.[LNB]Barnes' rap helped make the 1990 classic England's greatest ever World Cup song and the opportunity to relive the magic could be hard to resist for the ex-Liverpool star.[LNB]Hook said: 'We've just been offered John Barnes to redo the rap for next year.'[LNB]WATCH THE VIDEO OF BARNES' FINEST HOUR The bass player also revealed he almost teamed up with David Beckham for Barnes' part in 2002.[LNB]Hook added on TalkSport: 'We've been offered the official World Cup anthem nearly every time.[LNB]'(Late factory records boss) Tony Wilson lined up Beckham to do the rap and we were going to redo the song. But the FA then reconsidered it, saying: "No, no, no we're going with Ant & Dec."[LNB]'I would have loved to have heard Beckham do a rap and he was up for it. But this time on the table is John Barnes re-doing the rap.'[LNB]The highs and lows of John Barnes... Enlarge [LNB]HIGHS 1981 Signs for Watford for fee of a set of kit from non-league Sudbury Court[LNB]1984 Scores wonder goal for England against Brazil with a mazy dribble[LNB]1986 Almost saves England from World Cup quarter-final exit against eventual champions Argentina [LNB]1988 Wins his first league title with Liverpool[LNB]1989 Lifts the FA Cup after beating Everton[LNB]1990 Helps Liverpool to their last title[LNB]1990 Raps with New Order in England's greatest ever World Cup song [LNB]LOWS 1994 Booed by England fans during their international fixture against minnows San Marino[LNB]2000Sacked as Celtic boss after losing to Inverness Caldedonian Thistle -the defeat that spawned the famous Scottish Sun headline: 'Super Caleygo ballistic, Celtic are atrocious'[LNB]2000-08 Eight years without a job... sorry 'doing media work'[LNB]2009 Unbeaten in his 11 games as Jamaica boss but nevertheless walks out for the bright lights of Tranmere[LNB]2009 Sacked by League One Tranmere after just 14 games [LNB] Barnes could do a lot worse than pull on the headphones again and it wouldn't take much to better a couple of recent stinkers - songs that have been matched in quality by England's efforts on the pitch on the biggest stage of all.[LNB]Who doesn't wish they could forget Ant & Dec's We're On The Ball for Japan and South Korea or Embrace making the ears bleed with World At Your Feet four years later.[LNB]Noel Gallagher has already shown an interest in providing the soundtrack for Fabio Capello's South African mission after calling time on Oasis.[LNB]And fair enough, his CV is pretty good. Supersonic, Live Forever, and Slide Away are cracking tunes, but if Gallagher does need any tips on what to do or what not to do, here's a few a ideas.[LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB]John Gordon Sinclair sang his heart out for Scotland in 1982, while England came up with this........... [LNB]Don't Come Home Too Soon, Del Amitri urged the Scots in 1998. Write another song like this and you better not come home at all.........[LNB]And finally.... Explore more:People:Tony Wilson, John Barnes, Fabio Capello, David Beckham, Noel GallagherPlaces:Liverpool, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, Argentina, Scotland, Jamaica, United Kingdom
