sidcow Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 43 minutes ago, Genie said: On the TV just now they just mentioned that Lulu has announced a tour next year and it got me thinking, has anyone ever achieved more than her with so little? She has one hit song, from 1965, but has managed to keep getting work off the back of it nearly 60 years later. Harsh. She's had 7 top 10 singles excluding Take Pratt and 4 of them charted higher than the song I'm assuming you're referencing, Shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 I think I’ve heard boom-bang-a-bang but I’m not 100% sure. The others, nope. The collaboration with Take That is an example of something she got off of a song she did 30-odd years earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 To Sir With Love is a stone cold banger. Admittedly I prefer the Trash Can Sinatra's version, but a great song, is a great song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 3, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 3, 2023 Wasn’t BoomBangABang a Eurovision entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 Just now, bickster said: Wasn’t BoomBangABang a Eurovision entry? Not only an entry - it won. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 Just now, mjmooney said: Not only an entry - it won. In a 4 way tie because the rules that year were concocted by idiots and nobody had a solution to a tie ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 55 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I have never heard “To Sir, With Love” before (just listened - nope) I am amazed you have never heard of it before. She was the lead actress in the film of the same name and Sydney Poitier was the lead actor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Chindie said: In a 4 way tie because the rules that year were concocted by idiots and nobody had a solution to a tie ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Speaking of Harry Hill and Eurovision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 3, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 3, 2023 And of course… Not to mention all the TV Shows she did. Lulu was a massive star when I was kid, she was everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, fruitvilla said: I am amazed you have never heard of it before. She was the lead actress in the film of the same name and Sydney Poitier was the lead actor. Yeah, it seems like something I would have heard before as my folks played loads of stuff from that time but no, that one has passed me by. Looks like it was a bigger hit in the US than it was here, in fairness. Never seen the film. I think I also sometimes conflate Lulu with Cilla Black so I might think “Lulu, oh yeah that version of Anyone who had a heart…” and then (surprise surprise) I realise my mistake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 42 minutes ago, bickster said: Wasn’t BoomBangABang a Eurovision entry? With a name like that it bloody better have been. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 33 minutes ago, sidcow said: With a name like that it bloody better have been. It was pretty much the original stupid Eurovision title/lyric, spawning a whole sequence of twaddle. And it's Lulu's birthday today - 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 44 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I think I also sometimes conflate Lulu with Cilla Black so I might think “Lulu, oh yeah that version of Anyone who had a heart…” and then (surprise surprise) I realise my mistake. The Big Four of 60s UK pop divas were Cilla Black, Lulu, Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield. In the intervening years, Dusty has become the one with the serious reputation among music critics. Twas not always thus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, mjmooney said: The Big Four of 60s UK pop divas were Cilla Black, Lulu, Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield. In the intervening years, Dusty has become the one with the serious reputation among music critics. Twas not always thus. Interesting, I know Dusty had her wilderness years, or at least I think she did. But yeah she is the one who is held up alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin. There’s a certain Welsh diva not in the top four there. Would she be in at number five? With Petula downtown at number six? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 21 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Interesting, I know Dusty had her wilderness years, or at least I think she did. But yeah she is the one who is held up alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin. There’s a certain Welsh diva not in the top four there. Would she be in at number five? With Petula downtown at number six? Shirley Bassey? Hmmm, yeah, but she and Pet Clark were basically considered 'mums and dads music' by my generation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyeddie Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 13 hours ago, Genie said: On the TV just now they just mentioned that Lulu has announced a tour next year and it got me thinking, has anyone ever achieved more than her with so little? She has one hit song, from 1965, but has managed to keep getting work off the back of it nearly 60 years later. This may be unpopular, but Motorhead 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 8 hours ago, luckyeddie said: This may be unpopular, but Motorhead Kiss as well. Although not sure they are rated, they just seem to have made a long and successful career out of a look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, Xela said: Kiss as well. Although not sure they are rated, they just seem to have made a long and successful career out of a look. Yep. Utter, utter shit band. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Had a proper lazy day today. Weather shit, so had a lie in and only got dressed about 3pm. Now I feel as i've wasted a day, after a hard week at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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