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09-05-2019, 09:52 PM
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Would You Give Up Your Seat To An ‘Old Bird’?

‘Nobody gave this ‘Old Bird’ a seat on the Tube’.

This is how the 70 year old singer Lulu, described herself when no one on the packed Tube gave up their seat for her to sit down.

Would you have given up your seat for her or, do you feel in this age of equality, you’re not obliged to any more?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...re_article-top
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Re: Would You Give Up Your Seat To An ‘Old Bird’?

I'm not sure I necessarily would, Art, not if she looked happy and healthy as Lulu certainly does in that photo.

If someone looked frail, or poorly, or really decrepit of course I would help them, male or female it wouldn't matter.

Why was she on a tube in the first place I wonder?
You'd have thought she'e be chauffeur driven everywhere surely?
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09-05-2019, 10:03 PM
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She doesn't look 70. I reckon it's down to those who are under 50 to offer seats on the tube.
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She could’ve sat on my knee.....
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09-05-2019, 10:20 PM
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Is the old Bird Oven Ready.
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She should be flattered nobody took her for an 'Old bird'
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09-05-2019, 11:37 PM
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Re: Would You Give Up Your Seat To An ‘Old Bird’?

Originally Posted by Mups ->
I'm not sure I necessarily would, Art, not if she looked happy and healthy as Lulu certainly does in that photo.

If someone looked frail, or poorly, or really decrepit of course I would help them, male or female it wouldn't matter.

Why was she on a tube in the first place I wonder?
You'd have thought she'e be chauffeur driven everywhere surely?
My thoughts exactly Mups. She's not infirm and still tours dancing around the stage. Just because she's a "star" she cannot expect preferential treatment.

My main reason for denying her my seat though is because she is the singer of the worst, absolutely most hideous single of all time - "Shout".
Makes me puke gratiously just typing it
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10-05-2019, 01:01 AM
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The quality of Lulu's "Shout" maybe debatable (and she was only 15 at the time) but the song, written by the Isley Brothers and originally produced by Hugo and Luigi, has an excellent pedigree. Amongst dozens of others, the song has been sung by Shangri-Las, Tommy James, the Ronettes, the Trammps, the Beatles, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Trini Lopez, Cliff Richard, Joan Jett, Tom Petty, Alex Harvey and Bruce Springsteen.

The song is ranked #118 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

TBH, Lulu, in 1964, looked quite "rough" at 15 and was never my "cup of tea" but she was ambitious and persistent - she worked with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bobby Womack and she co-wrote Tina Turner's "I Don't Wanna Fight" with Billy Lawrie and Steve DuBerry. For someone who lived with her family in a two-room tenement and who started out as a 12-year-old "band" singer, she's had a remarkably long and diverse career, so I have sneaking admiration for her .....

I would certainly have given up my seat to her or any other person in more obvious need than myself - and standing women on the Tube are frequently indecently assaulted .....
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10-05-2019, 01:10 AM
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Publicity stunt.I'm sure she would have been offended if someone had stood up.
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Re: Would You Give Up Your Seat To An ‘Old Bird’?

Originally Posted by Omah ->
The quality of Lulu's "Shout" maybe debatable (and she was only 15 at the time) but the song, written by the Isley Brothers and originally produced by Hugo and Luigi, has an excellent pedigree. Amongst dozens of others, the song has been sung by Shangri-Las, Tommy James, the Ronettes, the Trammps, the Beatles, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Trini Lopez, Cliff Richard, Joan Jett, Tom Petty, Alex Harvey and Bruce Springsteen.

The song is ranked #118 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

TBH, Lulu, in 1964, looked quite "rough" at 15 and was never my "cup of tea" but she was ambitious and persistent - she worked with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bobby Womack and she co-wrote Tina Turner's "I Don't Wanna Fight" with Billy Lawrie and Steve DuBerry. For someone who lived with her family in a two-room tenement and who started out as a 12-year-old "band" singer, she's had a remarkably long and diverse career, so I have sneaking admiration for her .....

I would certainly have given up my seat to her or any other person in more obvious need than myself - and standing women on the Tube are frequently indecently assaulted .....
Well researched, Omar. All off the top of your head as usual of course. Thank God for Wikipedia, did I hear you say? I prefer quoting my own musical knowledge. Far more honest
I have many versions of 'Shout' in my collection. It's only Lulu's I can't stand. Werrrrr-errr-errrr-err-er-er...like a badly maintained moped revving up!
Love her 'To Sir With Love' though. Great song.
 
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