If I told you that you needed to hear Sue Pollard belting out Back in the USSR to put a spring in your step today you might think I was taking the mick, but, not, really – look.
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An energy boost for your Wednesday morning
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(It’s working already, Murgatroyd, when the suckers all press play, bingo, world domination…….)
A tight performance, no doubt.
Not that I want to rain on your parade, but I can’t say I enjoyed the robotic dancing and strident barking of a one note joke song, the Beach Boys reference mildly amusing the first time I heard it, but quickly getting tired.
And Su Pollard is surely another case of undiagnosed ADHD?
Thanks for breaking the one-day AW Forum drought, though. Clearly nothing happened yesterday at all.
I’m not saying it will make anyone’s end of year playlist, but she gies it laldy and it was enough to amuse me on a morning when the first hints of autumn are in the air.
‘gis it laldy’ – a new one on me, not having enough Scottish kowledge –
“A thrashing, a punishment, a drubbing”. Yup, that sounds a fair description to me. I’d like to think the song was rendered comatose.
Here are a few to take it to Dignitas
Best played simultaneously.
If I may interject: “gies it laldy” in this context is more akin to “gives it some welly”…
I bow to your superior grasp of the vernacular over my cursory googling.
Peat and Diesel show you how, though Sal is in such a grump this morning that he’s probably immune. By the by, a while ago I was looking at the area of Glasgow where I lived as a boy and was surprised to see that the barbers I went to on the Crow Road had become a Glasgow themed gift shop called Gie It Laldy. Surprised because it’s a residential area with little tourist traffic. I’ve just looked again and it’s a knitting themed cafe now.
Sorry for my grumpiness, Gatz. That Peat & Diesel track has 100 times more vim and vigour, and most importantly connection with the audience than Su Pollard – now THAT is an energy boost for a Wednesday morning!
A knitting-themed café? On the Crow Road? Jings!
Definitely my favourite Iain Banks book. An excuse to post this old tune:
Crivvens, help ma boab!
I know, I was surprised too. The place had been Stuperts barbers for decades but I guess he retired, making this a unusual case of a street suddenly having fewer barbers. rather than what seems like an excess (there are 5 on my nearest shopping street, which is only a couple of hundred metres long).
Here’s the cafe website.
https://www.theyarncake.co.uk/
Su certainly woke me up and gave me a chuckle. Talk about energetic.
Talk about a contrast,. After I’d watched Su, YTUBE selected this tranquil gem for my listening pleasure. Beth Gibbons in the National Library of France
Anyone that knows me will understand my aversion for anything to do with Su Pollard.
You’ll miss her when she’s gone.
I can assure you I won’t.
I don’t know what your problem is.
The clue is in the name.
Never mind the Pollards…
Here are the Leningrad Cowboys-
These wacky Finns realised that what this song needed was The Red Army Ensemble on backing vocals.
You can’t ignore the Pollards.
Time to celebrate a few more Pollards methinks.
Snub
Michael J
Robert.
Thought it was just me – can’t abide the woman.
Real fingernails down the blackboard moment anytime I happen to be caught unawares.
Not wanting to heap criticism on Su Pollard, here’s a nice duet she did with Val ‘Hello there’ Doonican:
I saw The Beat once, and they refused to play this song, the rotters.
While looking for more cover versions, I found this clip from May 2003 when Macka performed in Red Square.
The best thing about it is the footage of all the fans. we even get a brief glimpse of Putin.
For many years the Fab Four were completely banned in the USSR, but Beatlemania flourished regardless.
Su me, but I have a soft spot for Ms Pollard…
As do I unfortunately for her it’s the Okefenokee Swamp.
😀
Well, all I know her from is “You Rang, M´lord”, and she’s very funny in that – I have a sense that if I had been brought up in the UK, seeing her singing on weekly variety shows, in interviews etc, I probably wouldn’t be as fond of her.
One more from Jenny Eclair, oops, Su Pollard…