Comments on: Cliff and the Shadows for the Last Time. http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: derek http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-294632 derek Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:38:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=13607#comment-294632 I don't think you can "invent" British rock and roll, any more than you could invent American punk, or St. Patrick invented Christianity in Ireland. You can *introduce* it to the country. I don’t think you can “invent” British rock and roll, any more than you could invent American punk, or St. Patrick invented Christianity in Ireland. You can introduce it to the country.

]]> By: vivian http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-294626 vivian Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:39:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=13607#comment-294626 I can never remember what he did - I see or hear the name, and my brain tries to imagine a Jimmy Cliff/Keith Richards mashup. (unsuccessfully) I can never remember what he did – I see or hear the name, and my brain tries to imagine a Jimmy Cliff/Keith Richards mashup. (unsuccessfully)

]]> By: harry b http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-294603 harry b Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:55:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=13607#comment-294603 I love Cliff and the Shadows, but guts are not, really, their strong point (together -- apart, they have both given some guts, I think, though its not really what they are known for). Can anyone find the Gerry Anderson marionette version? I love Cliff and the Shadows, but guts are not, really, their strong point (together—apart, they have both given some guts, I think, though its not really what they are known for).
Can anyone find the Gerry Anderson marionette version?

]]> By: Hidari http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-294595 Hidari Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:35:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=13607#comment-294595 Of course I should have added that they also invented hip hop as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(instrumental) Of course I should have added that they also invented hip hop as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(instrumental)

]]> By: Tom Hurka http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-294590 Tom Hurka Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:35:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=13607#comment-294590 Sorry, just listened to their version of "Sea Cruise" on the link and it's missing the guts, isn't it? (Great song, though.) Sorry, just listened to their version of “Sea Cruise” on the link and it’s missing the guts, isn’t it? (Great song, though.)

]]> By: Hidari http://crookedtimber.org/2009/11/08/cliff-and-the-shadows-for-the-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-294584 Hidari Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=13607#comment-294584 They invented British rock and roll, you know. They invented British rock and roll, you know.

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