English Elvis, Sir Cliff Has A Pop
Beat thought Christmas had come early this year as Sir Cliff Richard has raised his head above the parapet to remind the world he's still alive, doing whatever his thing is these days. But we still have Twiglets leftover from Christmas in our cupboard so it must be something else. That's it, Easter is a comin and Cliff has risen once more from his vineyard in Portugal to preach to the masses.
Still regarded by his pensioner toting fans as the 'Peter Pan of Pop', despite looking likeMagda in Something about Mary these days, Cliff has taken a pop at the youngsters in music. Let's face it it's what all old people do, except Cliff doesn't have to moan about the hoodies hanging around outside the Post Office drinking blue WKD and smoking spliffs innit.
Confirmed bachelor Cliff, the man who once admitted he wanted to be Elvis, modelled himself on Elvis and was called the English Elvis has claimed there is a lack of individuality in music today. He told the Express recently "I didn't just want to be like Elvis - I wanted to be him. I'd like to have woken up and found that really he was me."
However senility has finally hit the perma-tanned Christian as he is now saying he was determined to be different from his fellow artists when he first appeared on the music scene in the 1950s. He went on to tell Contactmusic, "When I first started out in showbiz I didn't want to look like everyone else. So I went out and bought a pink jacket which made me." It's not certain if he nicked Elvis' pink jacket and woke up and found it was his.
He went on to comment, "I just don't understand now why the young artists all want to look the same. They all wear the same baggy trousers and the same baggy tops. I couldn't bear to look like the rest."
God bless you Cliff, see you at Christmas.
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