Quite a coup to get such a big name on a saturday morning show. Cliff is looking good for his age, but struggling with his hearing a bit. He seems to be very defensive, constantly going through all his acheivements like being the first artist to have a top 5 album in 8 decades. He also seems to hate technology saying the internet and streaming favours the younger generations. I haven't really liked any of his music since the late 70s "We don't talk any more" and "Carrie".

robbiex wrote:
Quite a coup to get such a big name on a saturday morning show. Cliff is looking good for his age, but struggling with his hearing a bit. He seems to be very defensive, constantly going through all his acheivements like being the first artist to have a top 5 album in 8 decades. He also seems to hate technology saying the internet and streaming favours the younger generations. I haven't really liked any of his music since the late 70s "We don't talk any more" and "Carrie".

I missed that but I did have the misfortune of listening to the album. At least, as much as I could bear.
I am afraid it was awful, for me, but to be fair, I hated Stormzy even more.

robbiex wrote:
I haven't really liked any of his music since the late 70s "We don't talk any more" and "Carrie".

The songwriter/producer Alan Tarney had a hell of a hot run during that time, I'm always surprised more wasn't made of it. As a producer he had a very distinctive sound and for a while it dominated MOR releases, e.g.:

"January February" by Barbara Dickson (1980, No. 11)
"Dreaming" by Cliff Richard (1980, No. 8, US No. 10)
"More Than I Can Say" by Leo Sayer (1980, No. 2, US No. 2)
"Pilot of the Airwaves" by Charlie Dore (1980, No. 13)
"A Little in Love" by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 15, US No. 17)
"Living in a Fantasy" by Leo Sayer (1981, US No. 23)
"Wired for Sound" by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 4)
"Annie Get Your Gun" by Squeeze (1982, No. 43)
"Orchard Road" by Leo Sayer (1983, No. 16)

As you say, it was Cliff's last really good period for singles.

Rick wrote:
robbiex wrote:
I haven't really liked any of his music since the late 70s "We don't talk any more" and "Carrie".

The songwriter/producer Alan Tarney had a hell of a hot run during that time, I'm always surprised more wasn't made of it. As a producer he had a very distinctive sound and for a while it dominated MOR releases, e.g.:

"January February" by Barbara Dickson (1980, No. 11)
"Dreaming" by Cliff Richard (1980, No. 8, US No. 10)
"More Than I Can Say" by Leo Sayer (1980, No. 2, US No. 2)
"Pilot of the Airwaves" by Charlie Dore (1980, No. 13)
"A Little in Love" by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 15, US No. 17)
"Living in a Fantasy" by Leo Sayer (1981, US No. 23)
"Wired for Sound" by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 4)
"Annie Get Your Gun" by Squeeze (1982, No. 43)
"Orchard Road" by Leo Sayer (1983, No. 16)

As you say, it was Cliff's last really good period for singles.

Some crackers there. I would have imagined Annie Get Your Gun by Squeeze was than higher 43. It got a lot of air play.