Wired for Sound

It's not easy being me. I'll be on a massive writing splurge where I can write about anything, and I mean anything, there was a point where I filled up 1000 words on the joys of 'paprika garlic and chilli powder' and I shit you not, It was fucking brilliant, one of the best things I ever written, it was so good that I won a pullitzer prize for it, but that is neither here nor there as I am here sat in front of a screen feeling like I want to write but not having anything to write, and that is the beauty of having a music blog, what I write is secondary and doesn't have to be so good. Which is why I am going to do something very very bad.

I'm going to tell you all about my guiltiest of guilty pleasures. That pleasure is 'Wired for Sound' by Cliff Richard.

The majority of people who would cite a Cliff song as their guilty pleasure would go for 'Devil Woman' which I don't think is fair because it is actually a great song that it would be acceptable to like if say, the stereophonics, or The Faces, or even Paul McCartney wrote... there is no saving 'wired for sound'... have a listen for your self.



The production, the video, the clothing, the fact that a 45 year old man is chasing women wearing roller skates, the fact that he looks like he might have HIV. it all smacks of something you should ignore, take out of your computer and physically bury in a garden in the hope that you neighbours dont see you.

Yet, I like it. I like the lyrics...

"I like tall speakers, I like small speakers"

So you like Speakers then Harold? Can I call you Harold, that is your name isn't it? Harrold Webb? No? you want me to call you Cliff? So you like Speakers then Harold, whatever the size? is that what you're trying to say?

No this song actually delves in deeper than that. it goes into the depths of abstract concepts like love...

"I met a girl and she told me she loved me"...

thats a bit sudden isn't it?

Cliff agrees, stating: "I said you know that to love me you must like, what I like..."

Who would have thought that Cliff would have such an astute knowledge of what lve is seeing has he has only had farcial relationships with sue barker that involved playing tennis and not having sex, and Olivia Newton Johns generally involved loving God.

Not only that, but his "Music is Dynamite"...

I've finished taking key lyrics of the song, but I will continue to sing its praises, the call and response of the guitar part, the bizarre 6/8 timing of the drums, the allusion to vinyl lyrically in the chorus and the fact that I think Cliff looks quite cool in the video. I think people should give me a break. Its not like I go around slagging off your Guilty pleasure choices.

twats.