Free Association Thread 5

oggbashan said:

Even Cliff Richard was once referred to as The King of Rock and Roll. It was usually modified to The British King of Rock and Roll.

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Handley_Page said:

Or 'the British Elvis'

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JKendallDane said:

I'm trying very hard not to snicker at the image that created of Elvis saying "Ya all come back now, ya har?" with his Memphis accent blended into a deep British brogue.

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oggbashan said:

Even at the time we recognised that Cliff Richard was a pale imitation of Elvis. Cliff tried, tried hard, but he wasn't convincing.

His 1958 hit Move It:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHXaVWRKvQ

This is more typical Cliff, from the movie Summer Holiday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE_1NB8DN08&t=11s

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Handley_Page said:

Both of which were driven by 'agents' and so on, I reckon.
It was a good while before Cliff made his best (produced by Bruce, I gather)
This is one of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pulwa9s7Q_4

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JKendallDane said:

This guy is from your side of the pond also and I'm surprised he never hit it really big.

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Handley_Page said:

Doesn't he do lots of "Green" songs ? (from 40 shades of green)
And The music scene moves real quick round here.

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JKendallDane said:

The more things change the more they stay the same.

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Tio_Narratore said:

"Under Capitalism, man exploits man; under Communism, it's the other way around."

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JKendallDane said:

The wealthy hate the idea of any kind of socialism...until there's a pothole on their street or it's their house on fire.

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HBergeron said:

Many forms of government seem plausible at a glance, and look good on paper. It's when you add human nature that the bloom comes off the rose.

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SamScribble said:

Wasn't it Churchill who suggested that democracy was far from perfect, but it was better than the alternatives?

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HBergeron said:

It was, and I agree with Thatcher, about the trouble with Socialism being that sooner or later, you run out of other people's money.

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Handley_Page said:

If it's later, it's likely to be too late
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JKendallDane said:

We won't have any worries once this "trickle down" thing kicks in. It's been building up for 35 years so when it finally comes we'll all be rich too.

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HBergeron said:

I love Trickle Down Elmo!

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JKendallDane said:

I think that qualifies as unnecessary PUNishment.

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HBergeron said:

So did Katy... Parry!

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JKendallDane said:

I like Katy Perry but kind of feel sorry for her too.

She had such a string of successes with the Teenage Dream album that she was left with the near impossible expectations of coming out with an even more successful one. When you're tied with Michael Jackson for most #1 singles from a single album, that's an achievement that says "I've hit the top of the top, what more do you expect?"

The music industry is littered with plenty of one-hit-wonders and it seems as if that's the slot they'd like to wedge her into.

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HBergeron said:

I feel bad for Katy because she used to be so hot - that Bettie Page thing going on - but the last time I saw her she was... well... WTF IS that look? Yeesh!

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SamScribble said:

What's a Katy Perry?

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Handley_Page said:

Something to do with Perry Mason, perhaps ?

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JKendallDane said:

Fun trivia question: How many cases did Perry Mason lose?

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Handley_Page said:

Three, apparently.

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