Comments on: CLIFF RICHARD - “Congratulations”

By: Mark G

Mark G — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:11:09 +0000

They both bonkers.

By: richard thompson

richard thompson — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:52:35 +0000

This could have been seen by Cliff as a gospel song, when in record collector the writers thought of it as a more trippy tune.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:37:53 +0000

GREAT TO SEE YOU CLIFF. YOUR SONGS ARE ALL GREAT. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

By: koganbot

koganbot — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:23:33 +0000

OK, now I have. In the middle, when he goes “I was afraid think you thought you were above me/I was only fooling myself to think you love me/But then tonight you said you couldn’t live without me/That ’round about me (?) you wanted to stay,” he actually puts a rolling Elvis lift in his voice that shows he can probably sing the hell out of a song if he wants to. But this performance is pathologically chipper, isn’t it? Roy Orbison or Bobby Darin could have put something - menace? slyness? - into this. Maybe Cliff could have, too, but he didn’t.

By: koganbot

koganbot — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:12:11 +0000

I don’t believe I’ve ever heard Cliff Richard.

By: Doctor Mod

Doctor Mod — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:19:19 +0000

Who’s afraid of Cliff Richard?? Not I.

Rather, for me the song is really quite “uncommentable.” I have no memory chip marked Cliff Richard, as he didn’t even exist as far as the US was concerned until “Devil Woman,” which I thought was quite an ironic breakthrough title for one reputedly so godly.

By: intothefireuk

intothefireuk — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:28:02 +0000

Fluff but still should have won Eurovision and I actually like the ruffled dandy look that predates his role in Heathcliff years later. He’s a nice clean boy as my Mum would say.

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:59:20 +0000

“Throw Down A Line” would have been an immense Cliff number one.

By: Tim Hopkins

Tim Hopkins — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:07:24 +0000

I don’t think that’s true, Johnney. For example, I have ot on good authority that Cliff only likes small speakers, and thinks tall speakers are rubbish.

By: JohnneyB

JohnneyB — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:07:31 +0000

The scariest thing about cliff is his sincerity. He really really means everything he says, and he only says nice things, which is by itself terrifying. He’s like the saintly twin of Johnney Rotton.

By: Steve Mannion

Steve Mannion — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:14:34 +0000

I am scared of Cliff. If he tried to hug me I would run away.

By: Erithian

Erithian — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:39:21 +0000

OK Marcello, new game - which other Cliff song should have reached Number 1 instead of this? My vote is for “The Day I Met Marie”.

By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør

pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:59:47 +0000

for some reason pete’s post has reminded me that did a weird and scary dance with his legs while performing this song, so i think ph34r (and/or repression) are at the root of the silence

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:46:37 +0000

Not scared. Bored. This was light entertainment Cliff, the Cliff I don’t really remember. As a kid I’d seen movie star Cliff (Espresso Bongo is still a terrific film), and new “sexy” leather jacketed Wired For Sound Cliff, but Eurovision Cliff always seemed wrong to me.

Actually it always seemed wrong to put establish acts in Eurovision, but only cos of the string of no-hopers foisted upon Eurovision in the 80’s* and some ridiculous belief in fair play.

*Not Bardo obv.

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:43:08 +0000

Not worth commenting on, really.

Now if “Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha” had made it to the top…

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:02:05 +0000

The uncommentable song!

You are all scared of Sir Cliff.