RIP Cilla Black

[Gilliver's Travels]

Hardly ever watched those saccharin-mumsy TV shows, and best to forget her admiration for Thatcherism, but it's fair to concede that those early songs, part of an extraordinary music revolution that was exploding around our ears, were something rather special, and genuinely emblematic of their time.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Is that the proper name for the trampolines on the end of the pier?

You're not supposed to make me laugh Tom, this is supposed to be a sad thread.

Mind you, you have a point, do you know who owns them? Maybe I can make a few bob.

Favourite Cilla Black number? Liverpool Lullaby

Some great lyrics in there by Stan Kelly, especially the bit about the brewery.

Oh you are a mucky kid,
Dirty as a dustbin lid.
When he hears the things you did,
You'll gerra belt from your Dad.
Oh you have your father's nose,
So crimson in the dark it glows,
If you're not asleep when the boozers close,
You'll gerra belt from your Dad.


You look so scruffy lying dur
Strawberry-jam tats in yer 'air,
Though in the world you haven't a care
And I have got so many.
It's quite a struggle every day
Living on your father's pay,
The bugger drinks it all away
And leaves me without any.


Although we have no silver spoon,
Better days are coming soon
Now Nelly's working at the Lune
And she gets paid on Friday.
Perhaps one day we'll have a splash,
When Littlewoods provide the cash,
We'll get a house in Knotty Ash
And buy your Dad a brewery.


Oh you are a mucky kid,
Dirty as a dustbin lid.
When he hears the things you did
You'll gerra belt from your Dad.
Oh you have your father's face,
You're growing up a real hard case,
But there's no one can take your place,
.... Go fast asleep for yer Mammy.

 

[Biscuit]

What sad news, always came across as such a nice lady. RIP.

 

[jakarta]

and best to forget her admiration for Thatcherism.

Is it a purely NSC variation of Godwin's Law that every thread ever started on here will eventually come around to it ALL BEING THATCHER'S FAULT?

 

[El Presidente]

Yes. Yes there is. Please forgive me and allow me to spend out the rest of my days peaceably in the ghetto that is North Stand Polls

I'm not sure they could cope with the extra traffic.

 

[alfredmizen]

Is it a purely NSC variation of Godwin's Law that every thread ever started on here will eventually come around to it ALL BEING THATCHER'S FAULT?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Might have morphed into an all-round 2D family entertainer but the girl could certainly belt out a tune earlydoors...

 

[The Spanish]

You think so. Typical Saturday night fodder for Sun readers. Couldn't stand her over exaggerated Liverpool accent.

Wow. Sun readers as an insult is retro. It's daily mail now.

Adele has based an entire career on being an XL Cilla and she's a global superstar.

The original and best. Who cares if she was a bit of a madam.

 

[Mackenzie]

Okay, I apologise. A wonderful woman who dedicated her life to making quality Saturday evening telly. Who's dead.

Bored Nibble?

 

[MattBackHome]

You think so. Typical Saturday night fodder for Sun readers.

Bollocks - it had a far wider reach than that.

 

[El Presidente]

Five Live have pulled out the stops this afternoon by getting interviews about Cilla with Lionel Blair, Holly Johnson and Andy Peebles, and Tweets from Noel Edmonds and Floella Benjamin #Celebs

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Five Live have pulled out the stops this afternoon by getting interviews about Cilla with Lionel Blair, Holly Johnson and Andy Peebles, and Tweets from Noel Edmonds and Floella Benjamin #Celebs

No big names available at short notice on a Sunday then?

 

[El Presidente]

Who cares if she was a bit of a madam.

She owned a brothel?

I knew she was a multi faceted entertainer but hats off to her for running a rub a tug shop.

 

[The Spanish]

No big names available at short notice on a Sunday then?

Nibbles been busy on here

 

[alfredmizen]

Nibbles been busy on here

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Cilla, hmmm....

I prefer this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJqufpdR0E

 

[Albumen]

Isn't there an instant lifetime ban for even just typing the word 'Golli**g' these days?

Hopefully, using it in ones avatar just shows what an unpleasant WUM one is too.

 

[Soulman]

Cilla, hmmm....

I prefer this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJqufpdR0E

Me too, now Dusty could really sing.

 

[Nibble]

Bored Nibble?

Stuck on a train for hours in the heat.

 

[Mackenzie]

Stuck on a train for hours in the heat.

Soul destroying.