One of England's FINEST SINGERS! who has stood the test of time and weathered the storm in our fickle music industry for more than 60 years where a lot of singers only have a few years in the industry
It was a different time. Nothing like the empty rubbish of today. My memories lie in the 60s and 70s. Not the forgetful trash today. Music had more meaning then. Not like today. Good ol' cliff, god bless you brother.
I feel the whole event is ridiculous and England should just sit it out due to self respect. It’s rigged, it’s over the top, and a lot of the songs just don’t make sense. Especially when non English Europeans feel the need to sing in English but the translation gets wonky. Personally, I love Poland and their language but their pop music, I take a pass. After I giggle.
A well underated song, This is the first Eurovision I remember watching and couldn’t wait to See the Great Cliff belting out this classic and I was only seven.
I never thought I would see such a genuine and humble post on CZcams’s comment section. Thank you, it’s refreshing and I hope it sets forth a trend. Most of the time it’s about boxes and Mum’s. Not sure if those folk are talking my Ma mailing a parcel or her unmentionables.
My friend married a promoter in Australia. She saw everyone and with great embarrassment declared he gave the best live performance. She said Bowie didn’t even sing 😢
I like Cliff's swinging arm moving back and forth along with his torso.....power to the bees!! This was a great song, deserved to win the contest by far....
He was my teen-age crush until I red his religious mumble jumble books :D. Now listening him I smile and think he is not that great singer. He was cute but just okay singer not more. Glad I found E.L.O. and Queen later.
Weer niet gewonnen!!! Oneerlijk!! Zo,n mooi lied!! Ben al Cliff fan van af m,n 14 jaar!! Cliff voor altijd in m,n hart!!❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️💋💋💋🕺🕺🕺🕺👑💎💯 punten!!!🇳🇱
Yooh..this has 2B...the Anthem for all FB's and social media freaks Best song ever.... (after Music was my 1st love...) "Power to the Boys that play Rock n Roll...and make my Life so sweet.... "
It is a beautiful song but he had the bad luck to stumble upon one of the best songs that have passed through Eurovision which is eres tú from Mocedades Spain
Interesting to see John Farrar on lead guitar and Alan Tarney on bass. John of course was part of Marvin Welch and Farrar and went on to write Heathcliffe along with Tim Rice for Cliff. Alan Tarney played bass with the Shadows the following year in their Eurovision song Let Me Be the One. Then Alan wrote and produced some great tracks for Cliff in the late 70’s.
That's a great song and voice. The dance... well, I guess you have to put it in context at the time. Too bad it was against two other amazing performances from Spain and Luxembourg.
Cliff's moves in the first chorus at 0:50 are monumental, and the look of approval from the musician to the immediate right of the drummer confirm this. Nice one Cliff, you should have won this, but you was robbed!
@@roybeckerman9253 And for the previous couple of years to this he had been in Marvin, Welch & Farrar with Hank and Bruce when The Shadows were on hiatus. He joined the lineup of the reconvened Shadows later in 1973 along with Alan Tarney on bass.
Sir Cliff didn't have a record deal here in '73; Sire Records in the US picked up the EMI recording and it was a modest hit; pretty good for a Eurovision song. They just don't do well over here, which is kind of silly. This I have on a 45.
The US was ending the 60s ... England had Bowie ... Yes ... ELP .... SLADE ... WE were about to do disco ... And FM music and a second British wave was hittimg us ... T Rex ... QUEEN .. I was a small town Southwest Missouri boy ... Off to college ... These St Louis guys introduced me to FM ALBUM music ... Rolling Stone magazine ...
Canción espectacular y digna de victoria, todo un himno a la amistad. Tema alucinante, lleno de fuerza, sentimiento, ritmo, pureza y verdad. Cliff Richard hace una increíble actuación, aquí está tan deslumbrante! Su tercera posición con 123 puntos no le hace justicia. Fue un gran error. Siempre me ha parecido muy superior a Congratulations. Doy 12 Puntos.
Así es, una estupenda canción con mucho ritmo y fuerza, coincido plenamente contigo, una canción digna de haber ganado; Una vez más, Cliff Richard, al igual que con Congratulations, quedó detrás de España. ¡Saludos, Revlon In Love!
Cliff does POWER TO THE PEOPLE! This song is clearly inspired by and is cashing in on the mood tapped by, and the 'oompah' style of, The Strawbs' pro-trade union Part of the Union which was No.1 in the UK in Jan 1973, 3 months previously.
Most of our big name acts won't go anywhere near Eurovision for fear of mockery. Fair play to Cliff. He had the spine to go there once, perform well, get beaten and still go back again a few years later for another shot. AND in the daftest garment he could lay his hands on.
Most people,,especially in The U.S.A. do not realize it WAS Cliff Richards 1st ! B4 The Beatles,,The Stones,,He WAS R & R in England,,his biggest mistake ? He didn't write original songs,,he covered other's songs and got left in the dust..
"Power To All Our Friends", has a hippy feel, extolling the virtues of the simple life like "living off the land". Cliff segues confidently between soft, earnest verses and a brassy, rocking chorus. "Power to the bees" he exhorts and who can argue with that?
I love this guy, cos of his great Christmas song. And for this song and "Congratulations". This one is even better, shame that he hadnt won win "Congratulations".
Congratulations came 2nd but it sold over 4 million records and was No 1 in 5 European counties, the song that won in 1968 ' La La La'' sold about 10,000 copies and wasn't even a hit in it's own country
But how the hell couldnt Congratulations win?! Maybe fake voting. Biggest crime ever. It would be like he had predicted his own victory. Why couldnt it be so magical? Im devastated
stevebbuk yes he did and thats why he is an asshole. One of voters is an asshole too. We all know these were falsed votes. I wish it were 1969 then. Him and Massiel as winners. Lets think it was like this.
This was the year when they changed the rules to allow the backing track to be played on a tape and the musicians mimed their instruments. Trevor Spencer comes in a few seconds too late on the bongos. ESC should have remained a 'live' only contest IMO. Nice harmonies by the great John Farrar.
El pobre de Cliff Richards tuvo la mala suerte de que las dos veces que concursó en Eurovisión, España quedó un puesto por delante suyo en las votaciones.
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So kind of Cliff to declare paying electricity bills of all his friends 😁
Bet he couldn’t afford to do it now.
YES. You got it right.Great, I´m so happy for you.
I’m sure if he could he would
😂
I can't help giggling at his knock knee's dance in the beginning of the song! 😀
One of England's FINEST SINGERS! who has stood the test of time and weathered the storm in our fickle music industry for more than 60 years where a lot of singers only have a few years in the industry
He's still singing?? Well, I *am* an American...
England's finest?
Our best
@@williamweir9088 I've always thought that the beautiful Kathy Kirby was England's finest!
@@williamweir9088 One of them. Read carefully.
I actually was his neighbour when he lived in Portugal, I was around 7 and he worked with my dad as a spokesman for his winery
Wow... wonderful nostalgia!!! One of the greatest songs of Cliff Richard... Power to all people who reads this!!! ❤
-and to those with the name of Prie...
@@olenielsen7025
Dear Ole 🌞
Thank you sooo much. You are very kind!!! 💞
I really need it... 😊
I was a boy of about 6 when I first heard this. I didn't realize what a spiritual song this is until now. Light, energy, love and power to you too!
@@lancelotlink6545
Big, big thanks... 💞
Don't forget this was 1973, when we danced and dressed like this.
😊
So different!
No. Only Cliff danced like that.
I remember voting for this in the 'Song For Europe''.I was 7 and i remember asking my date to write out a postcard to send in my vote.
this entry is so ridiculous yet at the same time it's the purest thing i've ever witnessed i love it so much
It was a different time. Nothing like the empty rubbish of today. My memories lie in the 60s and 70s. Not the forgetful trash today. Music had more meaning then. Not like today. Good ol' cliff, god bless you brother.
#powertothebees
Loved it... Just before punk . . Gutted he should have won!!
I feel the whole event is ridiculous and England should just sit it out due to self respect. It’s rigged, it’s over the top, and a lot of the songs just don’t make sense. Especially when non English Europeans feel the need to sing in English but the translation gets wonky. Personally, I love Poland and their language but their pop music, I take a pass. After I giggle.
The only ridiculous thing about this is Cliff’s dancing, but the song is amazing!
I was draged kicking and screaming to one of his concerts. It was one of the best I have,been to
This is one of Cliff Richards' best ever songs. I can remember hearing it on the radio way back in 1973.
I wish i could dance that good
That 'well'.
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OK I just watched Cliff dancing, after I read that "high five" comment...I literally laughed out loud. My laugh for the day. ;)
Still a great song that resonates now as it did then...
Cliff had not a bad voice for a pop singer.
Some say that Cliff Richard is still waiting for someone to return his high-five.
It looks like the hand raising ...
In a Pentecostal/Assemblys of God church ...
LOL!
Hahaha...
Thats a long time to wait
it's amazing how bad he was at dancing
One of my country's best entries ....
🇬🇧🥂🌹✝️🙏🏻
Cliff is a person that it's easy to knock but you shouldn't.
I just LOVE this song.
A well underated song, This is the first Eurovision I remember watching and couldn’t wait to See the Great Cliff belting out this classic and I was only seven.
I bought this single at the time and loved it - I was only 9 though.
I was only 9 years old the first time I heard this song,1973. One of your best songs 💗.
This is a guilty pleasure.
This dude has weathered every sort of storm. Even bs accusations that would have crushed another....yet he still is kicking. Cant dance tho.
Agreed. Love the song, love the voice, the dude is awesome. But I've seen better dancing by a doll in a dryer.
I think he had a bad choreographer. Because, as you can see in other videos, like "Dance the night away", Sir Cliff is a great dancer.
A fine assessment, madmoran.
@@sissar9278 I agree.
Certainly no fan of Cliff and if truth be known I came here to mock but in all fairness that was one hell of a vocal delivery , well done Cliff !
I never thought I would see such a genuine and humble post on CZcams’s comment section. Thank you, it’s refreshing and I hope it sets forth a trend. Most of the time it’s about boxes and Mum’s. Not sure if those folk are talking my Ma mailing a parcel or her unmentionables.
My friend married a promoter in Australia. She saw everyone and with great embarrassment declared he gave the best live performance. She said Bowie didn’t even sing 😢
What's to mock? Great costumes, great dancing, great lyrics, and the vocals... what can we say?!
I think it is his best song Ialso like him fof standing up for what he believes in
I like Cliff's swinging arm moving back and forth along with his torso.....power to the bees!! This was a great song, deserved to win the contest by far....
He was my teen-age crush until I red his religious mumble jumble books :D. Now listening him I smile and think he is not that great singer. He was cute but just okay singer not more. Glad I found E.L.O. and Queen later.
Except for Eres Tu.
@@chiasanzes9770 Cliff had a good voice for pop singer.
Yer right power to the wine 🍷
Screw eres tu.
You are definitely the first. You are the legendary legend. I congratulate you. I'm from Turkey🇹🇷
heard that song on public broadcast. ....and gonna loved it. grts from germany
Weer niet gewonnen!!! Oneerlijk!! Zo,n mooi lied!! Ben al Cliff fan van af m,n 14 jaar!! Cliff voor altijd in m,n hart!!❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️💋💋💋🕺🕺🕺🕺👑💎💯 punten!!!🇳🇱
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This Brings Back Many Beautiful Memories of the 70s:)
I remember watching it in black & white back in '73 and wanting it to win.
J'ai découvert l'Angleterre en 1975 lors d'un voyage scolaire. Toutes les filles, nous étions amoureuses de Cliff Richard. Nostalgie !
Here he is our boy .. cliff . You simply cant get tiered of these classics . When music was music not this racket nowadays ..
The backup singers are brilliant. And so is Cliff's jacket.
Love the shirt!
It's so wonderful... 🙏❤️ I love it... thank you so much... 😇🥰💞😘
Yooh..this has 2B...the Anthem for all FB's and social media freaks
Best song ever.... (after Music was my 1st love...)
"Power to the Boys that play Rock n Roll...and make my Life so sweet.... "
I don't care wat people say this song means so much to me the lyrics speak to me and I love it
Amen to that my freind
Sure, sure does. ❤❤💘💘💎🇿🇦
It is a beautiful song but he had the bad luck to stumble upon one of the best songs that have passed through Eurovision which is eres tú from Mocedades Spain
My neices love this song and i really like it too !!!
W 1973 r.skończyłam studia i zaczęłam pracę w LO w Trzemesznie, ale po roku wróciłam do Poznania !!!!!!
Let's hope the rest of the year brings us all together as well as Cliffs knees 🤣
Even though i'm not a fan of his, i always loved this song!
Interesting to see John Farrar on lead guitar and Alan Tarney on bass. John of course was part of Marvin Welch and Farrar and went on to write Heathcliffe along with Tim Rice for Cliff. Alan Tarney played bass with the Shadows the following year in their Eurovision song Let Me Be the One. Then Alan wrote and produced some great tracks for Cliff in the late 70’s.
Two undoubtedly great legends, responsible for many beautiful hits…😊
He crushed his performance with his type of dancing ..
Power to the Bees? - God help us! - I remember watching this live and my Sister disappearing behind two cushions with embarrassment at Cliff's dancing
Maybe thats why he didn't win
The stage here is so cool! Look at the orchestra set up on different tiers. Very cool!
Remember i was teen,those were the days...
was 3rd year college at that time..
that year , there were four of the entry songs that I liked..
Cliff richard is a living legend like elvis presley , beatles, queen, t,rex , rolling stones all the best
Jedna z wielu przepiękna piosenka i to w jakim wykonaniu super
That dancing tho 😂😂😂
Phenomenal song! 😀👍❤July 2021
That's a great song and voice. The dance... well, I guess you have to put it in context at the time. Too bad it was against two other amazing performances from Spain and Luxembourg.
Spain....
Now l get THE Franco ...
I'd like to do my shopping at Tesco in that outfit.
"Power to all our eggs... that makes stronger our biceps and legs!"
Cliff's moves in the first chorus at 0:50 are monumental, and the look of approval from the musician to the immediate right of the drummer confirm this.
Nice one Cliff, you should have won this, but you was robbed!
In fairness it's probably his moves that robbed him! Easily the best song.
One of Cliff Richard best song as well as Mr Dreammaker
I simply love Cliff since I first listened to his Congratulations as a kid and tried to sing along, not understanding a single word.
Love cliffs little dance at 1.50
Australia’s John Farrah with a beard (on the right ) on guitar/ vocals, backing Cliff.
John Farrar who composed a lot of Olivia Newton-John's hits and who made an excellent solo album.
And Alan Tarney (later Cliff's producer in the 80s) on bass guitar.
John Farrar of the Shadows?
@@fz7091 Yes....previously with The Strangers in Australia..
@@roybeckerman9253 And for the previous couple of years to this he had been in Marvin, Welch & Farrar with Hank and Bruce when The Shadows were on hiatus. He joined the lineup of the reconvened Shadows later in 1973 along with Alan Tarney on bass.
We see a wild cliff richard, doing the native air slapping dance.
You made my day xD
those dance skills tho
🤗😆😊 I think he really was capable of better, he just made some unfortunate choices!
@@ambidextra_ambidextra oh no he wasn't. He's known for being a great singer and a bad dancer
I grew up with him so am completely familiar with his "oeuvre"🤣 and I cant say I remember him being "known" as either
And he's not a dad!
Fantastisch de muziek van de jaren 70 !!
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Omg the sound is so clear
Estupenda canción, digna del primer puesto, con un gran ritmo y una gran voz la de Cliff, aún ahora, despues de más de cuarenta años, encanta oirla.
Quedó tercera y segunda "Eres tú" de Mocedades, España. Esa sí que es una canción para la historia. 😁🇪🇸
👍👍👍🙏♥️
this should have won indeed
How can this song didnt win the contest?
Sir Cliff didn't have a record deal here in '73; Sire Records in the US picked up the EMI recording and it was a modest hit; pretty good for a Eurovision song. They just don't do well over here, which is kind of silly. This I have on a 45.
The US was ending the 60s ...
England had Bowie ...
Yes ...
ELP ....
SLADE ...
WE were about to do disco ...
And FM music and a second British wave was hittimg us ...
T Rex ...
QUEEN ..
I was a small town Southwest Missouri boy ...
Off to college ...
These St Louis guys introduced me to FM ALBUM music ...
Rolling Stone magazine ...
We are Power. We are Oneness ❤ Its SO important to know NOW
🙏⚘🕊💖🕊⚘🙏
Canción espectacular y digna de victoria, todo un himno a la amistad.
Tema alucinante, lleno de fuerza, sentimiento, ritmo, pureza y verdad.
Cliff Richard hace una increíble actuación, aquí está tan deslumbrante!
Su tercera posición con 123 puntos no le hace justicia. Fue un gran error.
Siempre me ha parecido muy superior a Congratulations. Doy 12 Puntos.
Así es, una estupenda canción con mucho ritmo y fuerza, coincido plenamente contigo, una canción digna de haber ganado; Una vez más, Cliff Richard, al igual que con Congratulations, quedó detrás de España. ¡Saludos, Revlon In Love!
¡Estoy totalmente de acuerdo! La canción ganadora en español se convirtió en un gran éxito en Dinamarca, con un texto en danés...
👍👍👍🙏♥️
👏👏👏🙏♥️
Brilliant
Cliff does POWER TO THE PEOPLE! This song is clearly inspired by and is cashing in on the mood tapped by, and the 'oompah' style of, The Strawbs' pro-trade union Part of the Union which was No.1 in the UK in Jan 1973, 3 months previously.
We got no votes but most Irish people I know were flabbergasted when they said no points and most Spanish people felt the same 🥂
Jag gillar Cliff Richard låt Power you are my freind
Never seen him "dance" ...
He grew with Elvis so ...
This song has a cover in italian language entitled 1+2=3 and performed by Ricchi e Poveri
I remember Terry Wogan saying his biggest fear that evening was Eres Tu
If the Beatles and the Stones got all the girls of the 60's, then Cliff's definetly got me!
my number one
❤
Je had so much fun. Great❤
Cliff Richard very good live.👌🏼👍🏼1973👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Most of our big name acts won't go anywhere near Eurovision for fear of mockery. Fair play to Cliff. He had the spine to go there once, perform well, get beaten and still go back again a few years later for another shot. AND in the daftest garment he could lay his hands on.
Pekná piesen
No tu, zdecydowanie lepsza piosenka ,no i śpiewana w rok moich urodzin:)
I wonder why Jack Wild from Pufnstuf was playing the bongos for Cliff Richard.
Cliff never got over being pipped on the line on Congratulations 5 years earlier...was desperate to win and it showed....
Most people,,especially in The U.S.A. do not realize it WAS Cliff Richards 1st ! B4 The Beatles,,The Stones,,He WAS R & R in England,,his biggest mistake ? He didn't write original songs,,he covered other's songs and got left in the dust..
Retarded comment of the year. Well done.
I'm digging the drummer. LOL.
i remember that song the ask the crowd to write a song and he sang it
"Power To All Our Friends", has a hippy feel, extolling the virtues of the simple life like "living off the land".
Cliff segues confidently between soft, earnest verses and a brassy, rocking chorus.
"Power to the bees" he exhorts and who can argue with that?
Idén lett 80 éves!
Avant il y avait des bons chanteurs avec de bons chanteurs
I love this guy, cos of his great Christmas song. And for this song and "Congratulations". This one is even better, shame that he hadnt won win "Congratulations".
Congratulations came 2nd but it sold over 4 million records and was No 1 in 5 European counties, the song that won in 1968 ' La La La'' sold about 10,000 copies and wasn't even a hit in it's own country
But how the hell couldnt Congratulations win?! Maybe fake voting. Biggest crime ever. It would be like he had predicted his own victory. Why couldnt it be so magical? Im devastated
Yes you've got to hand it to Cliff he does give his all. General Franco conspired against the song in 1968 I seem to recall.
stevebbuk yes he did and thats why he is an asshole. One of voters is an asshole too. We all know these were falsed votes. I wish it were 1969 then. Him and Massiel as winners. Lets think it was like this.
If he'd have given Eurovision one more crack in 1976 with Devil Woman, no song in the world would have come close. Shame.
Steady....wait for it.....full body turn around at 2:25 🌋🌋🧨🧨🛶🛶🚀🚀🚀🤹♂️
power to the bee's!
Don't hold back on that conga Trevor
This was the year when they changed the rules to allow the backing track to be played on a tape and the musicians mimed their instruments. Trevor Spencer comes in a few seconds too late on the bongos. ESC should have remained a 'live' only contest IMO. Nice harmonies by the great John Farrar.
Cliff Richard should have won in 1973, Cha cha cha this year...😢.
Tarney/Spencer backing Cliff here, they did a better version of Everly Bros, Cathy's Clown a few years later.
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El pobre de Cliff Richards tuvo la mala suerte de que las dos veces que concursó en Eurovisión, España quedó un puesto por delante suyo en las votaciones.
Que?
Eso si que es tener mala suerte xd
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@@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445 Buy a dictionary, Manuel
I know that it was a long time ago and I should move on, but I still can’t believe that Cliff didn’t win, if only for the dance moves alone. 🤷♂️
Cliff was robbed twice from winning Eurovision. Great tunes 👌🏾
Exactly
This song is pretty good but Mocedades and Anne Marie were too damn good
The real winner this year