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Cliff Richard. How did someone with a song like Move It become so naff? |
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Agree with everything Merity said and also can't wait for the tour/album next year
![]() I'm hoping the album might be out this year? With the concerts following next year? Wishful hoping on my part probably - but I just cannot wait for this new rock n roll album! 2013 seems so long to wait!
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Its easy to call a septuagenarian naff, but one wonders how naff the likes of One Direction, Dappy, David Guetta and Olly Murs will be in 2060, if of course they're still around then.
At least Cliff was cool once....... |
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Thanks cliffy91.
I'm hoping the album might be out this year? With the concerts following next year? Wishful hoping on my part probably - but I just cannot wait for this new rock n roll album! 2013 seems so long to wait! ![]() Although very deserved as he has been at it non-stop since 2008 and the 50th celebrations,the Shadows reunion world tour in 2009-2010,Bold as brass 2010 and the wonderful soulicious last year.....we've been spoilt the last 4 years ![]()
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We have indeed been spoilt! ![]() But one can never get enough Cliffy! ![]() Quote:
Its easy to call a septuagenarian naff, but one wonders how naff the likes of One Direction, Dappy, David Guetta and Olly Murs will be in 2060, if of course they're still around then. So true Keicar. At least Cliff was cool once....... If one is going to compare one should do it against the Cliff of the 50's and 60s - he was ultimately "cool" then and a far far bigger star than so many of todays current pop stars. |
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Funnily enough (not counting his two Number One Xmas singles in the late 80s and early 90s - which are classics) Cliffs last big 'pop' hit was back in 1979, called "We Don't Talk Anymore". It was his biggest hit and its not hard to see why. But then he must have decided not to make catchy pop tunes anymore, I reckon. Went down the god-bothering route.
http://www.justtophits.co.uk/every-u...e-of-1979.html |
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Miseltoe And Wine: Best Cliff Xmas song ever. Logs on the fire and all.
http://www.justtophits.co.uk/top-sel...the-1980s.html |
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Funnily enough (not counting his two Number One Xmas singles in the late 80s and early 90s - which are classics) Cliffs last big 'pop' hit was back in 1979, called "We Don't Talk Anymore". It was his biggest hit and its not hard to see why. But then he must have decided not to make catchy pop tunes anymore, I reckon. Went down the god-bothering route.
Carrie (1980), Wired for Sound (1981) and Just Don't Have the Heart (1989) were all top 5 'pop' hits post 1979. Cliff's biggest problem is that he doesn't get air play. Can't recall the song he had out last year (a duet) but it was pretty good as I recall, but even Radio 2 only played it for about a week. A shame that 2006's Xmas single stalled at No.2 as I would like him to have that one further No.1 single, a feat that will never be beaten, unfortunately its most likely to be posthumous. |
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Cliff should have a gold medal
![]() What a fantastic achievement to have been in the music business for so long How many of todays 'singers' will last as long as he has? He has my upmost respect![]() Radio1 are so far up their own behind's to not recognise the sheer genius of this man who is able to fill arenas and sell albums by the bucketload. They're the one's that are not 'cool'.by refusing to play any of his releases. Who do they thing they are? They wouldn't recognise talent if it hit them in the face I can't stand themOne of my all-time favourite songs is Miss you Nights ![]() Keep going Cliff
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Funnily enough (not counting his two Number One Xmas singles in the late 80s and early 90s - which are classics) Cliffs last big 'pop' hit was back in 1979, called "We Don't Talk Anymore". It was his biggest hit and its not hard to see why. But then he must have decided not to make catchy pop tunes anymore, I reckon. Went down the god-bothering route.
http://www.justtophits.co.uk/every-u...e-of-1979.html His gospel album small faces in the early 70's is actually one of his best albums very very good songs on it |
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Funnily enough (not counting his two Number One Xmas singles in the late 80s and early 90s - which are classics) Cliffs last big 'pop' hit was back in 1979, called "We Don't Talk Anymore". It was his biggest hit and its not hard to see why. But then he must have decided not to make catchy pop tunes anymore, I reckon. Went down the god-bothering route.
http://www.justtophits.co.uk/every-u...e-of-1979.html |
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Radio1 are so far up their own behind's to not recognise the sheer genius of this man who is able to fill arenas and sell albums by the bucketload. They're the one's that are not 'cool'.by refusing to play any of his releases. Who do they thing they are?
They wouldn't recognise talent if it hit them in the face I can't stand them |
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Radio 1 haven't played any Cliff Richard songs in decades. They don't play Madonna these days either, so I don't actually see your point.
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Will never forgive him for that atrocious Milennium Prayer.
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my sister was a huge Cliff fan. At her funeral they played his song "miss you nights". can't listen to that song know without thinking of her and getting all weepy.
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I'm watching him on I'm A Pop Star. He needs some advice on his make up - what's the deal with the eyebrows?
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Will never forgive him for that atrocious Milennium Prayer.
Personally it's one of my favourites of Cliffs. He, as a true Christian, could sing it with sincerity and meaning... and it was perfect for the millennium. In concert it is always fabulous - anthemic and meaningful.
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Will never forgive him for that atrocious Milennium Prayer.
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Milennium Prayer first song I ever brought,I was 8
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I'm watching him on I'm A Pop Star. He needs some advice on his make up - what's the deal with the eyebrows?
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"Move It" is by far the best British rock'n'roll record of the fifties, all the others are pale imitations of the American originals.
However, it was the fifties and many believed this new music known as rock'n'roll, which only appealed to the teenagers, was just a passing fad, and certainly not something you could have a lifetime career in, so Cliff moved to more lightweight pop and immediately attracted a much wider cross-generational audience. It was a winning formula, so he stuck with it for the rest of his extremely long and very successful career. I guess he doesn't mind being considered naff if being naff means you have no.1 singles in five consecutive decades (which could have been six had "Millenium Prayer" stayed at the top a few weeks longer). It wasn't until the Beatles came along and changed all the rules of the game that it became apparent that you could have a lifetime career in rock'n'roll, by which time Cliff had forgotten how to rock. he didn't get a number one, but I think Billy Fury had a few better songs than Move It. And Adam Faith, as well. |
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well, i don;t know about that.
he didn't get a number one, but I think Billy Fury had a few better songs than Move It. And Adam Faith, as well. As far as pure rock 'n' roll is concerned I still maintain that the only British records of the fifties that come even remotely close to the American classics by the likes of Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran etc. etc. etc. are "Move It" by Cliff Richard and the not very well known "Brand New Cadillac" by Vince Taylor (and if you include the year 1960, "Shakin' All Over" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates). You're right in saying that "Move It" was not a No. 1 single, but that's why I previously stated that he quickly moved onto more lightweight pop to appeal to a much wider audience, and once he did he had No. 1 singles by the bucketload. |
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I think you're confusing pure rock'n'roll with late-fifties/early sixties rock'n'roll-inspired teen pop. Adam Faith's records I would class as teen pop, Billy Fury initially recorded (by British standards of the day) some very good self-penned rockabilly songs, but then he too moved on to teen pop.
As far as pure rock 'n' roll is concerned I still maintain that the only British records of the fifties that come even remotely close to the American classics by the likes of Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran etc. etc. etc. are "Move It" by Cliff Richard and the not very well known "Brand New Cadillac" by Vince Taylor (and if you include the year 1960, "Shakin' All Over" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates). You're right in saying that "Move It" was not a No. 1 single, but that's why I previously stated that he quickly moved onto more lightweight pop to appeal to a much wider audience, and once he did he had No. 1 singles by the bucketload. I meant Billy Fury never had a No 1. |
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I didn't mean Move It didn't get to No1.
I meant Billy Fury never had a No 1. No, Billy Fury didn't get to No. 1, which is a great pity, because he made some very good pop (as opposed to rock'n'roll) singles in the early sixties. |
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Billy Fury is fantastic aswell
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Although very deserved as he has been at it non-stop since 2008 and the 50th celebrations,the Shadows reunion world tour in 2009-2010,Bold as brass 2010 and the wonderful soulicious last year.....we've been spoilt the last 4 years 

How many of todays 'singers' will last as long as he has? He has my upmost respect
They wouldn't recognise talent if it hit them in the face
