Sir Cliff

[Matheous-2]

What happened to "Dynamite"? Could Cliff not hear his monitor speaker?
The Jubilee Concert was amazing....! Pity about Cliff's wrong key.....

[petal54]

also a pity Elton not sound his usual self!

[emmie]

can't stand him personally but each to his own

[tonyav]

Mc Cartney wasn't that good either.

[petal54]

EJ was in our 'back yard' the night before the Palace gig,so too cream crackered

[emmie]

he is another past his sell by date.

[deggers316]

they don't use monitors they all have ear pieces and yes he was out of key with the band, not keen on cliff as a singer but that's not normal for cliff he's a stickler for his performance, i like him as a bloke though,

[deggers316]

grace jones stole the show for me btw ..and shes 64 years old too
bless her

[chaptazbru]

64 - blimey she's aged well.

[deggers316]

one of the music scenes great eccentrics,i love her

[Hopkirk]

I was disappointed they cut her from the highlights show next day, but left Lennox in.

[cathfromsaron]

i hope there was a problem with the sound, rather than all the singing royalty are too old?

[Answerprancer]

I would guess he could just about hold it together -musically speaking- if seated and with decent monitoring.
Looks like it's all caught up with him (and his neck is looking more and more like an elephant's scrotum).

[tonyav]

LOL^^^^.

[Matheous-2]

Good answers guys -especially the first three.....! I am not a Cliff fan but was too afraid to say so ! Didn't wish to be 'flamed'
I agree it's time they hung up their larnyx's (?) Cliff,Elton and Paul - they've all had a very good run!

[Hopkirk]

Sir Paul finished two Live Aid shows, this Diamond Jubilee bash, and next he closes the Olympics opening gig.

[Matheous-2]

Grace Jones is well underrated ! -Love "Island Life".....I often used it as a 'benchmark' for sound quality when buying new bits of hifi....She is great artist!!

[Ratty2E]

I think Cliff started out off but did improve a bit. Elton did'nt sound right but had spent the previous week in hospital with a lung infection so I think he can be pardoned. I don't much like Macca but he can still put on a show. The levels seemed all wrong even Tom Jones seemed to be struggling to be heard over the music.

[missprim]

There's been quite a bit of criticism about the performers at the Jubilee concert but what you must remember is, this concert was performed outside on a fairly chilly night.
There was also a lot of smoke about right from the beginning, and this can't be good for the voice.
All this and the fact they were performing before a huge noisy crowd, it's no wonder they didn't all sound their best.