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Cliff Richard new single Roll over Beethoven


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[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1478081298' post='3166542']
Go back & listen to the 'I'm Nearly Famous' album - particularly ;Devil Woman'.

G.
[/quote]I think nearly everybody on this site is familiar with Devil Woman, again just too polite for my tastes, needs some more rough edges on it, but hey if it floats your boat that's good

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[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1478074973' post='3166467']
Almost as feeble as Michael (Hey, I'm the new Bobby Darrin) Bubble. Music for money's sake.
Sorry, rant over, back in me box!.
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Ok, he is no Sinatra, but feeble he is not. Well..IMHO :D
Live he can do the business, he is certainly at home with Jazz (Big Bands).
I am not really into most of his pop offerings, but he is certainly at home with 'The Tunes'.
It all comes natural to him, nothing is forced.


[media]http://youtu.be/T6Pg408cqoE[/media]

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His first album recorded live at Abbey Road (Before it was famous) features some great live warts and all British Rock N Roll.
And he was only 18 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-T7AJHge4

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[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1478077066' post='3166487']
Do you make these words up?!
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[i]soi-disant[/i]
Adjective: Self-styled; so-called

Now that we've cleared that up, we might also speculate as to whether Mr Richard's 1963 record 'Bachelor Boy' was not so much a song as a coded manifesto.

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[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1478027906' post='3166198']
[url="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cliff+richard+roll+over+beethoven+new+single"]http://www.youtube.c...oven+new+single[/url]
oh dear, is this really the same bloke that made one of the best British Rock and Roll records (Move It) it's been downhill ever since, his voice is just too damned polite
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Nice! Wish I could sing it half that good.

Blue

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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1478120745' post='3166968']
Lets face it, he sang one of the best rock songs of all time!
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Not listened to this in a while but loving the great Clem Cattini's drumming and Alan Tarney's bass.

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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1478036745' post='3166323']
And blessed with a full head of hair without a grey in sight just like Macca, must be the healthy living?
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Was thinking more about still being able to hold a tune and general mobility on stage. Not that I'm planning still going on stage at that age if I ever get there.

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Sir Cliff's live version. Nation shocked as 'chicken in a basket circuit' guitarist beats the bollocks off Jeff Lynne while a 75 year-old pensioner grooves around like a man half his age.

All hail Sir Cliffington. We are not worthy.

[media]http://youtu.be/eDO5TpI6xbY[/media]

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went to see the Beatles film last night, they showed the Shea Stadium gig at the end, now that rocked, raw, aggressive, everything that Cliff's video isn't, but they were a lot younger and couldn't hear a lot of what they were playing, maybe the problem is with Cliff and his like is they try and get it too perfect, it loses the edginess, but then again I'm an old punk rocker, I would think that wouldn't I?

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[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1478113083' post='3166868']
Always..?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXTvZ8UVJvw[/media]
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Point taken.

They became a cabaret band really.

I do like there early 60s hits though.
Far more than Cliff's.

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[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1478175098' post='3167260']
went to see the Beatles film last night, they showed the Shea Stadium gig at the end, now that rocked, raw, aggressive, everything that Cliff's video isn't, but they were a lot younger and couldn't hear a lot of what they were playing, maybe the problem is with Cliff and his like is they try and get it too perfect, it loses the edginess, but then again I'm an old punk rocker, I would think that wouldn't I?
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Nail > head.

While I think it's admirable that Cliff trundles ever onward I would cheerfully concede that his performances lack edginess. In part, this is a case of matching his delivery to his audience. Cliff fans don't want edgy.

It's also because Cliff's singing and speaking voices both espouse old-fashioned 'clear diction'. His words are very cleanly enunciated and sit almost robotically on the beat; he does not do the rock and roll 'slur'. A clear example is his rendition of Roll Over Beethoven as posted above. It's the first time I've ever been able to pick out all the words.

Here's the conventional way someone would sing it:

Yer O, my temrerer's rise'
ner jukebok blow'n er fuse
Marts bean ri'um
m'soul key sing' er blues
Rover Bayoven tell Sh'koffski er news

And now Cliff:

You know, my temper-ature is rising
end thee jukebocks bl[u]o[/u]ze a fewser
May heart is beating ritherm
and may soul keeps on singing thee blues
Roll ho'ver Beethoven and tell Chykovskee thee news

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