Gilbert O'Sullivan

[kazboot]

One of the singers I admired very much in the 70s.

He recorded some fabulous songs like :-

Alone Again (Naturally) - One of my all time fave songs.
Nothing Rhymed
We Will
Matrimony
No Matter How I Try

Sadly, he also made the dire - Get Down

[smc4761]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

He was bit too cheesy for me. He also recorded the dreadful song , Clair, another very syruppy song. Plenty of other good singer/songwriters from the early 70's which was probably the peak of singer/songwriters

[Marine Boy]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

Alone Again (Naturally) - One of my all time fave songs.
Nothing Rhymed
We Will
Matrimony
No Matter How I Try...

I quite liked Gilbert. My mum was a big fan so his music was played around the house a lot. 'Alone Again' is a good song but 'Nothing Rhymed' was always my favourite. There was also one I liked with the lyrics, "...take off your shoes, all of you...". But I have no idea which song it's from. It was definitely an early one when Gilbert still wore the flat cap.

[Techno]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

I remember something in the late 1980s/early 1990s about how one of his tracks was a dance hit, but it was released under the name GOS to disguise who it was because DJs wouldn't play it if it had his real name on it. I think it must have been "So What".

My Mum used to have Gilbert and Sullivan records and I used to get confused between the two, his name is a deliberate play on that.

[Trickyvee]

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I'm too young to remember Gilbert but that matrimoneeeeeeee song makes me cringe and he's a really weird looking bloke. Thumbs down from me.

[kazboot]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

There was also one I liked with the lyrics, "...take off your shoes, all of you...". But I have no idea which song it's from. It was definitely an early one when Gilbert still wore the flat cap.

That would be We Will , MB.

I must admit Clair wasn't a fave of mine, smc.

[Marine Boy]

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That would be We Will , MB...

Thanks for that Kaz!

[Grosh62]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert Was a Top singer songwriter and very much underrated like Clifford T Ward. 'We Will' is my favorite song from childhood. I saw him a 6 or 7 years ago at Leeds City Varieties(where they used to film 'The Good Old Days'). He is still going and still brilliant and still underrated.

[kazboot]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

I would love to see him live!
I think what I liked about him most was that he was so different to everything else in the early 70s. There was a lot of glam rock and disco songs and his songs actually told a story.

[Grosh62]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

I agree Kazboot, He is a great story teller and he plays with words in such a fun way and often emotionally .

[Richard1978]

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I'm not a massive fan but I like what I've heard from him. Get Down is one of the better ones.

I remember seeing it on Sounds Of the 70s & TOTP2.

[Marine Boy]

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...Get Down is one of the better ones....

It's a really catchy tune but in the lyrics, Gilbert is comparing a girl to a dog. I've never been able to hear the song in the same way since I read about that!

[Techno]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

So that would be the infamous Pans People sequence on Top of the Pops with the dogs then...

[Richard1978]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

I remember Jo Brand CSOing herself into that performance in Through The Cake Hole. Sugar Baby Love had similar treatment.

[Agnetha352]

Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan

My favourite Gilbert songs are 'Christmas Song' and 'I'll Believe It When I See It'. What I like about Gilbert (apart from his music) is that he was always a highly decent fellow who never brought any shame or disgrace to himself and conducted himself impeccably, in short a nice guy.