A small but vocal section of the internet claims that musical bricoleurs Noel and Liam have swiped some or all of “The Turning,” slated for the upcoming Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul, from a 1976 song by old-school Brit chart powerhouse Cliff Richard. Oasis? Jacking from a U.K. pop star who was big in the ’60s? Apparently so, according to the international network of rabid Cliff-ies. To wit.
“This is a rip-off,” claimed one forum poster. “What’ll they do next? Remix ‘Mistletoe And Wine’?”
Janine Castle of the International Cliff Richard Movement, was more positive about the supposed similarity, telling the Daily Mirror, “I’m astounded Oasis used Cliff as their muse - but delighted.”
The ire (or at least bemusement) of Cliff Richard fans has got to sting, especially after getting their asses handed to them by Pink in the race to the U.K.’s No. 1 spot. Also Boyzone has a new Top Ten hit? WTF England?
Never underestimate the power of boy bands in the British Isles.
Everything I know about Cliff Richard I learned from The Young Ones.
@Handsome Pete: Ahahaha! Same here!
“Or are you cliff?
Or ARE you, Cliff?”
@Ned Raggett: oh god,
why
am I so much more sensitive than everybody else ?
why
do I feel things so much more acutely than them,
and understand so much more.
I bet I’m the first person who’s ever felt as rotten as this.
could it be
that I’m going to grow up
to be a great poet and thinker, and all those other wankers in my class
are going to have to work in factories or go on the dole?
yes, I think it could.
“International Cliff Richard Movement” Are they part of our glorious War On Terror™? If not, they should be.
I think Cliff Richard is actually still very popular there. Hasn’t he sold more records than Elvis in the UK?