what do you think ? A fitting way to remember her and her career ... and in reaching number one she beats her previous album chart best of number 4.
Cilla lands her first number one album !
Originally Posted by the chauffeur:
“what do you think ? A fitting way to remember her and her career ... and in reaching number one she beats her previous album chart best of number 4.”
“what do you think ? A fitting way to remember her and her career ... and in reaching number one she beats her previous album chart best of number 4.”
What is happening to the profits, going to charity I hope.
Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“What is happening to the profits, going to charity I hope.”
“What is happening to the profits, going to charity I hope.”
Why should they go to charity? It's a nice idea, but wouldn't any royalties go to her family in the first instance.
Just been listening to her greatest hits. One good song after another, didnt realise she made so many hits. Really good torch songs. Her voice is a bit irritating at times but thats maybe the recording techniques of the 60s or something.
They don't have to go to charity as they haven't re-released it people are just buying the old release themselves. It's not like Amy Winehouse's Lioness CD that was intentionally released with a plan. I doubt it's making much money it's only sold a few thousand copies. It's quite amazing that many people have bought the re-release from a few years ago.
Originally Posted by blueface2222:
“They don't have to go to charity as they haven't re-released it people are just buying the old release themselves. It's not like Amy Winehouse's Lioness CD that was intentionally released with a plan. I doubt it's making much money it's only sold a few thousand copies. It's quite amazing that many people have bought the re-release from a few years ago.”
“They don't have to go to charity as they haven't re-released it people are just buying the old release themselves. It's not like Amy Winehouse's Lioness CD that was intentionally released with a plan. I doubt it's making much money it's only sold a few thousand copies. It's quite amazing that many people have bought the re-release from a few years ago.”
The re-release has more songs and a nice little concert dvd. Likely why it has sold more than her previous greatest hits.
The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.
Originally Posted by FMKK:
“The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.”
“The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.”
Absolutely agree. I've never understood either.
Her 60s songs are great but I don't think she was that good in the 70s. I saw a video of her doing a disco song on Top of the Pops and she looked great with the 70s hair and fashion, but the song was terrible! 
I've heard a few of her 70s songs on Spotify and none of them stuck in my mind.
I've heard a few of her 70s songs on Spotify and none of them stuck in my mind.
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“Just been listening to her greatest hits. One good song after another, didnt realise she made so many hits. Really good torch songs. Her voice is a bit irritating at times but thats maybe the recording techniques of the 60s or something.”
“Just been listening to her greatest hits. One good song after another, didnt realise she made so many hits. Really good torch songs. Her voice is a bit irritating at times but thats maybe the recording techniques of the 60s or something.”
There are already 2 albums 'Cilla in the 60s' and 'Cilla in the 70s', I have the 60s one but wouldn't buy the 70s from what ive heard.
Originally Posted by FMKK:
“The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.”
“The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.”
Elvis.
Originally Posted by Glawster2002:
“Absolutely agree. I've never understood either.”
“Absolutely agree. I've never understood either.”
The human psyche. Want what you can't have or exploit it.
Classical composers like Beethoven have been dead for hundreds of years yet people still buy their music. 
I dunno, maybe someone dying just reignites interest somehow (if its a pop artist) and people will say how much they love them (I dont meant to offend anyone at all btw )
When Michael Jackson died his albums shot back into the Top 40 right?
I dunno, maybe someone dying just reignites interest somehow (if its a pop artist) and people will say how much they love them (I dont meant to offend anyone at all btw
)When Michael Jackson died his albums shot back into the Top 40 right?
Yeah, I remember June 2009. Amazon and everywhere were selling out and the prices skyrocketed. It even ended up weeks backlogged.
I went through an opposite thing when I bought Aaliyah's album in the summer of 2001 and then a few weeks later she tragically died......couldn't bring myself to listen to her album again for years and hid it in he back of my collection as it was just too sad.
Originally Posted by FMKK:
“The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.”
“The phenomenon of people buying someone's records once they die is bizarre to me. If you were already a fan then you'd have the records, if you weren't then you had ample opportunity beforehand because she's been around forever.
Maybe some people are only hearing her songs for the first time with news reports/tributes etc. but I always think part of it is some weird death cult bandwagon thing as well.”
I don't have an issue with it, i think it's just a matter of people having their memories jogged and wanting to remember them with something tangible.
I bought the album - partly because I was intrigued to see the TV special DVD from 1963.
I think she had a good voice when she was younger.
The album was only £5 and there's 26 songs on it
I think she had a good voice when she was younger.
The album was only £5 and there's 26 songs on it
The thread title is weird. Cilla isn't achieving anything by this - she's dead! And I doubt her family are celebrating a number one album when they've just lost a loved one.
It got to No1 in the album chart on just 12,900 sales. Nothing to shout about with a very low figure like that.
Originally Posted by StratusSphere:
“The thread title is weird. Cilla isn't achieving anything by this - she's dead! And I doubt her family are celebrating a number one album when they've just lost a loved one.”
“The thread title is weird. Cilla isn't achieving anything by this - she's dead! And I doubt her family are celebrating a number one album when they've just lost a loved one.”
That's true of any act that achieve charts success after they have died, however it does add something to their chart tally and is worth celebrating (IMO) - and I think the family would be touched to think that people felt inclined to go and purchase her music.
