tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post306261777813609918..comments2024-02-28T15:50:11.308+00:00Comments on Five Centres: What can I say but 'Congratulations'?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-36732188522424196852010-10-14T16:49:47.841+01:002010-10-14T16:49:47.841+01:00Jesus wept...Jesus wept...Bright Ambassadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123057194595392156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-42269515001176361412010-10-14T15:39:47.659+01:002010-10-14T15:39:47.659+01:00Thatcher was 85 yesterday, but then she was never ...Thatcher was 85 yesterday, but then she was never young, the bitch. <br /><br />I can't raise any ire over Cliff, but I DO still have memories of creeping into the Dominion Theatre with my coat literally over my head on my Mum's 65th birthday, mortified in case any of my hip friends saw me. It was truly, truly terrible and Cliff was sporting a Limahl toupée and unforgivable red leather jumpsuit. But then we all made mistakes in the 80s.Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-46969097648334177972010-10-14T14:40:53.184+01:002010-10-14T14:40:53.184+01:0083! All our childhood faves are ancient aren't...83! All our childhood faves are ancient aren't they. Next you'll be telling me John Noakes is 78.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-76459794143773468912010-10-14T14:10:34.420+01:002010-10-14T14:10:34.420+01:00PS - Roger Moore is 83 today.PS - Roger Moore is 83 today.Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-28252335343886290762010-10-14T14:04:03.571+01:002010-10-14T14:04:03.571+01:00Yes, congrats to Cliff - he is the Mr Pleasant of...Yes, congrats to Cliff - he <i> is</i> the Mr Pleasant of Pop. I knew someone who worked with him, during his run on Time at The Astoria. No grumbles, gossip or tittle tattle about Cliff apart from one dressing room requirement: a vibrating chair.<br /><br />Great hair during the 70s, and didn't he do a regular sketch based around traffic signs - 'man having trouble with umbrella' type thing?Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-36202681773049823872010-10-14T13:45:51.826+01:002010-10-14T13:45:51.826+01:00I like Cliff. One of my favourites is his duet wit...I like Cliff. One of my favourites is his duet with Phil Everly 'She Means Nothing to Me'. <br /><br />I have one Cliff LP - 'Summer Holiday'. It is ace.Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-89870497340834110122010-10-14T12:49:18.947+01:002010-10-14T12:49:18.947+01:00He looks bizarre.He looks bizarre.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-89201387272738727492010-10-14T12:34:00.252+01:002010-10-14T12:34:00.252+01:00I like the Annie Hall bits, though, and the Escher...I like the Annie Hall bits, though, and the Escher stuff.<br /><br />But what *is* he wearing? Some kind of blouse?Chris Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458009329666055724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-35267793387606886822010-10-14T12:17:10.915+01:002010-10-14T12:17:10.915+01:00Move It is an undoubted classic (although a lot of...Move It is an undoubted classic (although a lot of that goes to the guitars for me) and there's a lot of other good stuff too, but yes, definitely a singles man.<br /><br />We won't mention Heathcliff though.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357929317301843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-59317143400244637392010-10-14T12:02:17.165+01:002010-10-14T12:02:17.165+01:00I think he should take his 70th birthday as an opp...I think he should take his 70th birthday as an opportunity to finally come out. Perhaps then I'd give him a tiny bit of respect.Bright Ambassadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123057194595392156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-37808174684119473612010-10-14T11:43:47.274+01:002010-10-14T11:43:47.274+01:00Yes, I wondered about that Matt. Bring it on! Righ...Yes, I wondered about that Matt. Bring it on! Right about the Lennon thing too.<br /><br />That dancing in the video is ill-advised Chris.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-79437771384354664382010-10-14T11:21:42.683+01:002010-10-14T11:21:42.683+01:00Oh by the way, when you say you went to Weybridge ...Oh by the way, when you say you went to Weybridge to shoot him ... *thinks of the Cliff fans who'll find you on Google and not know you work in the media...*Matthew Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842392964784000029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-25291504492680948912010-10-14T11:20:10.308+01:002010-10-14T11:20:10.308+01:00Well said F-C. I have no beef with Sir Cliff at al...Well said F-C. I have no beef with Sir Cliff at all. I played <i>Wired For Sound</i> on the radio at the weekend and suggested that all he'd ever done "wrong" was live cleanly and believe in God.<br /><br /><i>Move It</i> still makes me sing along. I think <i>Miss You Nights</i> is one of the most poignant songs ever made. I like <i>I Could Easily Fall</i>, <i>The Minute You're Gone</i>, <i>Travellin' Light</i>, <i>Some People</i>, <i>The Best Of Me</i> and countless others.<br /><br />He's 70 and alive, which gives him one major advantage over Lennon. So where are the documentaries and magazine specials on Cliff?Matthew Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842392964784000029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-4620169160953317542010-10-14T10:45:10.308+01:002010-10-14T10:45:10.308+01:00I may have mentioned this before, but I loved The ...I may have mentioned this before, but I loved The Day I Met Marie as a kid - my mum had Love Songs (the one where he's leaning against a lamppost in a tank top on the cover). Especially the bit where it goes from the slow ballady bits to the uptempo, circus-y chorus.<br /><br />I also love We Don't Talk Anymore, Carrie and Wired For Sound - all of that period. I also like Some People - watch the video for that, it's completely bonkers.Chris Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458009329666055724noreply@blogger.com