Njaal Helle provides the latest stop off on our tour of cheese, and it’s not the only time we’ll hear from him either. Upon attempting to research him a bit, it appears that Njaal has reinvented himself and a specialist in music and photos for weddings, but certainly back in the day he clearly considered himself very much a rock and roll star from Norway, and clearly felt very strongly about the Mighty Reds!
It’s one of the more emotional tracks on the album, and checking out his website, it did enable him to meet the great men Brian Clough and Peter Taylor when publicising his musical musics upon the mighty reds. From having a quick re-listen, it is quite a cheese-fest, with some spectacularly exciting brass playing, a piano and the inevitable crowd noises with surprisingly serious sounding lyrics.
It’s a song which we can look back upon and enjoy for the era it came from, but well, it certainly seems to take itself quite seriously - I wonder if any older fans might remember the visit of a Norweigan visitor at the City Ground to publicise his two Forest-related records? Here, for your listening pleasure, is Njaal Helle with Nottingham Forest is my Rock and Roll.
