Cilla Black Funeral

[ExmouthExile]

I don't understand why her album has re entered the charts at number one? It sounds exactly the same as it did before she died, and nobody wanted it then!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Yeah, she should have mentioned it.

Found it a bit nauseating yesterday when the media & local onlookers went on about what a proud Liverpudlian she always was, and how she was "coming home".

So proud, she lived in Berkshire for fifty odd years, presumably.

 

[Giraffe]

Whilst I too don't like the media hype, I don't see this as an excuse to have a go at a recently deceased lady.

She seemed quite a nice woman to me and that should be good enough. No need for people that never met her to slaughter her on here after her death. Get a grip people.

 

[BadFish]

Found it a bit nauseating yesterday when the media & local onlookers went on about what a proud Liverpudlian she always was, and how she was "coming home".

So proud, she lived in Berkshire for fifty odd years, presumably.

There is little point of being a proud scouser in Liverpool is there. You have to get out their a spread the word....... She was a missionary.

 

[BadFish]

Whilst I too don't like the media hype, I don't see this as an excuse to have a go at a recently deceased lady.

She seemed quite a nice woman to me and that should be good enough. No need for people that never met her to slaughter her on here after her death. Get a grip people.

I find it a touch ironic that people make such a big deal of complaining about people making such a big deal of celebrity deaths. Seems to happen every time.

I blame the social media generation

 

[Mowgli37]

Saw on the news the (now increasingly familiar) pictures of people throwing flowers on the hearse as it passed by. Yes, it doesn't do any harm, but people doing that really want to have a word with themselves.

It seems like it is no longer enough simply to pay your respects in a dignified way; no, you have to demonstrate how much you care. I blame the Facebook "hun" generation. (Although as I'm not on Facebook, I could be wrong).

Vapid munters, the lot of them.

Nonsense, there's nothing new about this kind of reaction. Look at the death of Diana, look at the masses gathered outside Graceland the night Elvis died hell, some fans even killed themselves after John Lennon was shot.

Yes, yes she was 'just a TV presenter' but she meant a lot to many people before, I might add, facebook even existed. She may not have been a world icon but why should her fans feel they have to reign in their emotions just because of her stature?

Had I been around when Lennon died I would have been pretty bummed out, maybe not 'throwing flowers at a hearse' sad but upset nonetheless. If Cilla Black meant the same to these people as the Beatles' music means to me then why should I care how they chose to mourn her?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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Nonsense, there's nothing new about this kind of reaction. Look at the death of Diana, look at the masses gathered outside Graceland the night Elvis died hell, some fans even killed themselves after John Lennon was shot.

Yes, yes she was 'just a TV presenter' but she meant a lot to many people before, I might add, facebook even existed. She may not have been a world icon but why should her fans feel they have to reign in their emotions just because of her stature?

Had I been around when Lennon died I would have been pretty bummed out, maybe not 'throwing flowers at a hearse' sad but upset nonetheless. If Cilla Black meant the same to these people as the Beatles' music means to me then why should I care how they chose to mourn her?

For my generation, she was a pop star, not just a TV presenter.

 

[BensGrandad]

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For my generation, she was a pop star, not just a TV presenter.

Who like wine improved with age. Thus became more appreciated.

 

[sydney]

Racist so I hear. Sad but the national treasure used to refuse black driver.

.........." black driver "sounds like something of a brothel menu

 

[alfredmizen]

Found it a bit nauseating yesterday when the media & local onlookers went on about what a proud Liverpudlian she always was, and how she was "coming home".

So proud, she lived in Berkshire for fifty odd years, presumably.

What a load of bollox, so she moved away for work , so what ? such a smalltown attitude.