Mark Wadsworth: Friday Night Gear Change

Friday, 23 December 2011

There's a stomach churning semi-tone gear change 2 min 20 seconds into Cliff Richard's gloriously awful version of "When a child is born"

Macheath said...: How could you?!

It's taken me a week to get rid of an excruciating 'Mistletoe-and-Wine' earworm courtesy of a comment from JuliaM and an assortment of local shopkeepers; now you inflict this on the unsuspecting reader!; 23 December 2011 at 19:20
Mark Wadsworth said...: McH, did "stomach churning" and "gloriously awful" not count as fair warning? But as forensic musical detectives, we have to establish when the real crime was committed, i.e. after 2 min 20 sec. That does not mean that we condone such things etc.; 23 December 2011 at 20:18
James Higham said...: Threw up all over the place - waste of good whisky.; 23 December 2011 at 22:01
Umbongo said...: MW

Well, that's completely f****d up my auditory Christmas - thanks a bunch!

As an antidote (or, rather, a contrast), can I recommend the Johnny Mathis 1976 hit here? It's as cloying as honey sweetened with sugar but if that's what completes your Christmas schmaltz-fest, feel free to indulge.

Meanwhile, from the Bloggers' Foreign Office and Umbongo Towers, Muswell Hill, a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous and Peaceful New Year.; 24 December 2011 at 12:21
Mark Wadsworth said...: JH, U, sorry but you were warned, see my first comment.

U, I never liked that version, far too slow and smug. And Happy Xmas to you and yours on the Hill.; 24 December 2011 at 12:55

Friday, 23 December 2011