THE WILD GEESE

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What More Can We Do? 

Hardy Kruger, Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris


A group of mercenaries, lost and searching for a cause to fight for, eager to succeed in their quirky and strange ethos. The search for acceptance in a truly strange world.

That is the 1978 film "The Wild Geese". One of my personal favourite films.

A band of people from different walks of life, with varying experiences who chose, for one reason or another, to fight for a cause. Right or wrong they all had their own personal choices to make and as a retro "throwback" in accordance with this league, I can't think of a better analogy to Brit Towers.

96 different people, who came together for a reason, whatever the reason.

The poignant lyrics of this song are posted at the end, but for those who joined in the beginning, midway through or will join later. The questions are: 

"What chance to make it last?"
"What more can we do?"

The answers are what you make them. Yet, we all appear to have the same vision.

I hope we all have the same vision.

Brit Towers is The Wild Geese.

If you have never watched the film, please indulge at your leisure, the song by Joan Armatrading is below.


Lyrics:

"Flight Of The Wild Geese"

Sad are the eyes
Yet no tears
The flight of the wild geese
Brings a new hope

Rescued from all this
Old friends
And those newly found
What chance to make it last
When there's danger all around
And reason just ups and disappears

Time is running out
So much to be done
Tell me what more
What more
What more can we do

There were promises made
Plans firmly laid
Now madness prevails
Lies fill the air

What more
What more
What more can we do

What chance to make it last
What more
What more can we do



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