tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4175439173749306267..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Review: Cliff Richard's 'Bold as Brass' ConcertIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50605899950009795222010-10-19T13:33:51.213+01:002010-10-19T13:33:51.213+01:00Just had another thought about this, which is that...Just had another thought about this, which is that Cliff could learn from the Wurzels. A few years ago, I hired them to play at a concert in our village. They informed me they'd play for 45 minutes and then do a 15 minute 'encore'. The really big hits (e.g. 'Combine Harvester') were deferred to the 'encore' - the demand for which was no doubt 100% assured by the fact that they hadn't yet sung their best known numbers!Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64196416788489182152010-10-18T16:09:52.107+01:002010-10-18T16:09:52.107+01:00Like you I've been a huge Cliff fan for years,...Like you I've been a huge Cliff fan for years, but came away from this concert feeling let down. To me he was just being self-indulgent and seriously mis-judged what his audience wanted(although initial sales of the new album suggest otherwise), and I for one will think twice in future about paying good money to see such a mediocre Cliff concert. Don't get me wrong, he can still rock and roll with the best of them, but for some reason he chose not to deliver this time. Sadly, I fear that my lifelong love affair with Cliff is coming to an end.LuluKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673567281891345110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81921599491012318042010-10-17T07:40:25.716+01:002010-10-17T07:40:25.716+01:00Iain Dale, the music connoisseur's David Icke....Iain Dale, the music connoisseur's David Icke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54860554760613463262010-10-17T01:21:13.812+01:002010-10-17T01:21:13.812+01:00I posted on your previous on this and said I only ...I posted on your previous on this and said I only like very early stuff like "Move It and Living Doll"!<br />Quel surpris!<br />Goodnight Cliff; you've had a good innings so don't do a "Brucie" - you've got your "K".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333501249832195399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49343696014436666412010-10-16T18:54:26.881+01:002010-10-16T18:54:26.881+01:00I find Cliff very boring and MOR but I am always s...I find Cliff very boring and MOR but I am always surprised at the depth of his fanbase. He must have a secret appeal that I just don't get.happinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374148305020402076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6834623099931857072010-10-16T18:34:47.703+01:002010-10-16T18:34:47.703+01:00The moving finger has moved on.The moving finger has moved on.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234085314662011091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55663866994684448352010-10-16T18:04:37.330+01:002010-10-16T18:04:37.330+01:00Went to see a couple of punk/new wave bands recent...Went to see a couple of punk/new wave bands recently - Stiff Little Fingers and the Buzzcocks - and almost all of their stuff was from1980 or thereabouts.<br /><br />They know that's what people come to see - and they don't attract huge crowds - so they don't try to push their newer stuff.Stuart Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02772436419630464325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7153317728738010812010-10-16T15:25:01.286+01:002010-10-16T15:25:01.286+01:00Iain, I am a fan of your blog and LBC show. But Cl...Iain, I am a fan of your blog and LBC show. But Cliff Richard!!?! Cliff spent forty years proving that he has no idea how to sing rock n roll and now he is proving that he has even less idea how to project the great standards. What you should do is spend an hour with Jerry Lee and Ray Charles, and then switch to Peggy Lee and Sarah Vaughan. Your love of Cliff will soon evaporate, that I can guarantee. "Miss You Nights"? I'm sorry but I have to be a bit crude here. Just by passing wind, Cole Porter wrote a better song than that dross.<br />Still keep up the good work!stevietufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10067807823366055063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29338227159711900972010-10-16T14:42:34.661+01:002010-10-16T14:42:34.661+01:00"I was left thinking that it was very odd to ..."I was left thinking that it was very odd to go to a Cliff Richard concert..."<br /><br />You could just have left it there ?Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171835878570773595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2026944235517672432010-10-16T14:25:40.497+01:002010-10-16T14:25:40.497+01:00This reminds me of a Donovan concert we went to a ...This reminds me of a Donovan concert we went to a few years ago in Bristol - not least because one of my sons was playing keyboards in his band for that particular tour. During the first half, he sang his well-known hits from the 1960s, every one of which was greeted by bursts of applause that lasted 15-25 seconds (i.e. way above the standard 8±1 seconds norm). <br /><br />The second half he devoted to numbers from his latest album, which was, of course, the reason for the tour. The applause for every of these fell within the 8±1 second range - i.e. the standard amount: polite, adequate but far from enthusiastic. Given that the average age of the audience was about the same age as Donovan, we came away wondering why he was bothering to try to flog us his new stuff when all we wanted to hear (apart from my son's outstanding keyboard playing) were the songs we knew and remembered...Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.com