Clare .- Jamas llegaras a saber lo que inmenso que fue mi placer el dia que feliz ..... que te conoci despues....... pediste con mucho interes que fuera tu amigo y ya ves asi lo hago yo.......... y en mi corazon estas...... por esa sonrisa que sabes dar .........y esa mirada que expresa sin hablar............ miles de cosas que dan que pensar................. y lo que quieres de mi no te lo puedo negar
oh claire claire... claire ... no se como hacerte entender que hay cosas que no pueden ser y lo que haces tu .........me causa inquietud Porque ? ... Eres tan joven y cierto es........ que entre nosotros solo puede haber ...........buena amistad pues es en realidad............... la diferencia de edad Me obliga a mi seriedad oh claire ... Claire ..
Musica .- claire por que tuve primero que nacer y tener el valor de renuncia a tu amor .... lo que es mi deber pues todo para mi ..... eres tu.... Cariño y consejos te puedo dar todas tus penas me podras confiar pero a tu amor ......... no puedo corresponder y cuando seas mayor ..... ya lo podras entender oh claire ... Claire .. oh claire ...
I love this song, I play a little giutar and it is technically challenging, definately not a 3 chord wonder. It is a beautiful song, thanks Guilbert, you are a clever guy.
How come this video ( which is great ) has over a million views - and yet the far superior video opposite - `The sweetest Clair video ever ` - featuring footage of Gilbert and Clair has far less views ! Clair even comments on it - and this video isn`t even spelled correctly ! Watch the other one !!!!!!
Don't know if you got my message, thought it would show up. That's what I heard back in the day. If it wasn't his daughter who was the girl? Or is it that there really was no girl as everyone was talking about, maybe just a song?
@leftyguns221 odd, maybe you're right, but that's what I heard years ago on radio, oh well can't expect all information you hear to be 100% thanks for the info. Do you know if she was related to him, or was just a song for a made up girl? Have a great day.
@leftyguns221 odd, maybe you're right, but that's what I heard years ago on radio, oh well can't expect all information you hear to be 100% thanks for the info. Do you know if she was related to him, or was just a song for a made up girl? Have a great day.
It IS creepy. Listen to the words. I'm very open to the idea of compatible energy...and specialness we can feel in one each other...regardless of age. Too many people traffic in age.
But this song goes a little too far. It goes just a bit over the line of innocence.
Stop saying we're idiots and that we have to grow up.
The lyrics to this song are slightly creepy. I mean he wants to marry his niece? He thinks shes more then a child? Yeah thats not obviously 'sweet' lyrics. Plain creepy.
@TheDellanator Have a listen to the lyrics. He doesn't want to marry her at all-it's the opposite.He's babysitting her and Claire had a crush on him and it's not his niece. It's a f...king pop song for f..ks sake. Listen to the bloody lyrics.
@MrTarenpoint I did you idiot. But he said "you're more then a child to me" Obviously that means he views her as something ELSE, that isn't a kid. So what if its a pop song? Pop songs can be disgusting to
I I most recently bought a box of old 45 rpm records I came across this one and instantly became pukey sick .I rememberd this God awful song playing back in the 70's and it made me want to hurl.I could not wait to smash it to bits. Now at least someone will never have to listen to the one I had ever again. :0
Where do you buy Gilbert O'Sullivan's new cd? The record stores seem to be disappearing.And yes, I'm sure he still put out great music since the early 1970's. He has a knack for melody--that is sorely missed in the mostly lousy music of today.
The first time I heard Gilbert on the radio I thought it was Paul. Gilbert O'Sullivan had a handful of great songs in the early 1970's. I think this was his best one.
@MrZeldalove Gilbert`s ` handful ` of great songs in the early 70`s was only the beginning . He has continued releasing quality music and has an album out right now !
@mohawk3881 Record stores seem to be disappearing. Where would you buy Gilbert O"Sullivan's new CD? I'm sure that, with his strong penchant for melody, that he continued to come up with great tunes. Claire reminds me of happy times when I was 15 and carefree.
@MrZeldalove His new album GILBERTVILLE is a available in HMV stores and all the online stores like Amazon etc . His website is great too - there`s a link on my channel . All his albums are being re-released one by one - the first one `Himself ` is out now .
You get to a stage in life when you can start to be honest with yourself. Ex (well ish) biker and rocker, I can look again at the music that I liked, but could not admit to at the time.
Gilbert is up there amongst my old favourites and is one of those singer/songwriters, that are unique, in that they are recognisable from the first few bars.
I think he sounds like McCartney but I do like him a lot we are nt goin to fall out over this let's ask other people what they think,does Gilbert sound like Paul McCartney?
This tune melts the years away and brings me back to Late '72. I was going with a girl named Sue. Nothing became of it but as I listen to this great song, I wonder what ever became of her...I hope she is doing well
back in the day, this was just a sweet song about a child he knew. it remains so. in this dark world, there has to be a boogyman lurking around every corner. what a sad little planet we live on. thanks for posting a wonderful video.
As I understand it, Claire is in fact the daughter of Osullivan's then Manager. She was just a little girl then when she visited the studio where Gibert was recording. So, there and then he decided to write this song for young Claire, which hit the jackpot.
I'm going to stand up and say that I don't think the song is about pedophilia. Sure that's what we tend to think NOW, but the song didn't come out yesterday. In 1972, we didn't think that everybody and his frikkin' DOG was a pedophile; we didn't think a child molester was hiding behind every tree.
So a man could love a little girl in an utterly non-sexual way, and he could write and sing a love song "as if" it were to a girlfriend, because that would be "cute." It wouldn't be cute today.
@Xapple09 he sounds nothing like paul. although the beatles were a great band--wouldn't it be boring if all music sounded like theirs? everytime i hear this tune on the radio--it turn it up louder than the rap that is in the car next to me. i have a good sound system in my car.
@desymagennis Gilbert was not clair's uncle, he was a friend of the family because her father gordon mills was gilbert's manager. Lovely song though, don't know why people would say bad things about it !
@desymagennis i agree with this...I just wanna know how many of these people were 70's kids theres nothing wrong with this song its a great song from the 70's and it still is.
Summertime, the Beach, the surf, memories baby!! - all things great-and this wonderful music too. These were wonderful times- yet, I believe the best is yet to come. Thank you for posting this beautiful song.
The fact that so many on-line 'wits' want to call Mr O'Sullivan a kiddly fiddler/pedo/nonce etc, for writing a blameless song about a small girl with a crush on her uncle reflects just how crass, puerile, dumbed down and plain unpleasant our culture has become. Far too many people are happy to rot their IQs with Heat magazine, Katie Price, tabloids, Big Brother and the X-Factor for this to change any day soon. If anyone has successfully cracked backwards time travel, could they drop me a line?
@TomthatiscalledTom I totally agree. Your comment is brill. You hit the nail on the head there. I remember my mum playing this song when I was small and I LOVED it. Today's society is so obsessed with sex. I hat Heat mag and all those chavvy, dumb magazines..oh! for the days of Tiger Beat lol!
@TomthatiscalledTom Couldn't agree more with your comments on the Great Gilbert. In response to your time travel question, Nature will find a way. Children have always wanted to be adults, and they pretty much are now but the price has been to lose the age of innocence. A shared commodore 64, one tv, and the video were enough!!
@SmileChicky It's 'Will you marry me, Uncle Ray?' - that being Ray O'Sullivan's real name and that being what his god-daughter Clair used to say to him. She is a real living person and it's her laughter you hear at the end of the track. You're an idiot.
Well, let the pseudo-intellectuals (debating on YouTube? Really?) say what they will. For me, this song rates a perfect "10" on my ick-meter. An adult guy singing a love song to a four-year-old girl? EEWWW!
@starkfist Sir: To be frankly honest, I (and, i suspect, many thousands of other viewers of this 'You Tube' page) are getting sick and tired of reading pointed comments about Gilbert O'Sullivan's chart-topping single from 1972 - "Clair". The people who make these unpleasant and ill-informed comments obviously know nothing about Mr O'Sullivan the man.
@starkfist I am not trying to antagonize you or wind you up, but if you think that Gilbert O'Sullivan (the renowned Irish singer/songwriter) is some sort of paedophile or nonce case, then you are very much mistaken. In fact, you are about as far off the mark as it is possible to be.
May I remind you, sir, that "Clair" - which topped the UK charts for two weeks back in the November of 1972 - was not a controversial track at the time of its chart success. Not in the slightest.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE SAD, POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE THAT SEES SOMETHING SINISTER IN THIS SONG ("CLAIR" BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN), THEN TAKE A GOOD HARD 'BUTCHER'S' AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR ...... MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM. (Oh, pardon me for using the old-fashioned word 'problem'; how very poliitcally incorrect of me. I should have said "ISSUE" instead ! hahaha !!!)
@starkfist Sir: When Gilbert O'Sullivan's famous hit single, 'Clair', was originally released - on the MAM record label - back in the October of 1972, it did not engender any controversy - let alone moral outrage - among the general public WHATSOEVER. Back in those "non-PC" days ( of 39 years ago), the song 'Clair' was accepted by the Great British public for what it was (and is): i.e. a pleasant, 'middle of the road' pop song, with perfectly innocuous and innocent lyrics.
@TejMulen I am not trying to antagonize you or wind you up, but the fact of the matter is that you are very much mistaken if you think that Gilbert O'Sullivan (the distinguished Irish singer/songwriter) is a paedophile/nonce.
Ms Clair Mills HERSELF has made it clear - crystal clear, as it happens - that there is nothing perverted or sinister WHASOEVER about the lyrics of Mr O'Sullivan's chart-topping single from November '72 - "Clair". And she should know !
@TejMulen Sir: I don't mean to be rude, but ......
IF YOU ARE (STILL) ONE OF THOSE SAD, POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE THAT SEES SOMETHING SINISTER IN THIS SONG, THEN TAKE A GOOD HARD 'BUTCHER'S' AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR ...... MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM.
May I remind u that Ms Clair Mills HERSELF (about whom this song - by G.O'S. - was written) has stated quite categorically and unequivocally that there is nothing perverted or sinister about the lyrics of the song, whatsoever.
I have listened to the song intently, not any concern at all with the lyrics, clearly an uncle referring to childish expressions of marriage, just as my twins both indicated to me when 5 that they would marry me (cause they want to end what they think is my lonliness). Say, I never married my daughters, did this chap end up marrying Claire?
@Ellie8969 Madam: Please don't bother to insult me on this (or any other) 'You Tube' site again, as (if you do) I will not even waste my time reading your disgusting, vile comments - let alone respond to them.
I hate to say it, but you are an exceedingly rude, foul-mouthed and insensitive woman - if the comment that you 'posted' on this site recently is anything to go by, that is.
@TejMulen yes i did see the video that was then ,but its not the looks its the voice that matters and to this day mr mckeown is still doing gigs and may i add woman of all ages still think he is sexy ,evan though he is 56 years old
@TejMulen HOW DO YOU KNOW IF HE IS LITTLE?AND AS FOR SAYING THE PROBABILITY OF MEETING GOS IN REAL LIFE IS ZERO IT COULD HAPPEN NEVER SAY NEVER I SAID THAT ABOUT LES MCKEOWN OF THE BAY CITY ROLLERS BUT I MET HIM IN 2003 AND EVAN SPOKE TO HIM.
@TejMulen who do you think you are?you dont evan know TheEctomorph, he has a right to comment and i for one enjoy reading his comments have a nice day!!!!!
@TejMulen Sir: Would you have the bottle to accuse Mr O'Sullivan of being a "pervert" to his face, I wonder?
Possibly ...... but I doubt it.
Oh, and if you are a big hard man, how come you are in the habit of insulting people ONLINE? Anyone can do that; it doesn't exactly require a great deal of courage or bottle.
What you have been doing recently, sir, is hiding behind the shield of online anonymonity. One doesn't need to be hard in order to bombard people with outrageous abuse online.
@TejMulen How much more evidence do you need to convince you that Gilbert O'Sullivan is a decent, law-abiding and genuinely honourable man?
May I remind you, sir, that Ms Clair Mills HERSELF has stated quite categorically - on video - that the lyrics of Mr O'Sullivan's hit record from November 1972, are perfectly innocent and innocuous. Would she have done that if he had ever behaved in an inappropriate or ungentlemanly manner towards her, when she was a child?
@TejMulen I don't claim to b a big hard man ...... but I am certainly a lot better at English than you are (if your recent comments on this 'You Tube' site are anything to go by, that is.) What is more, I probably have a higher IQ than you. Certainly I am not one of those sad, ignorant people who think that there is something sinister about the lyrics of "Clair" - Gilbert O'Sullivan's no. 1 hit record from November 72.
@TejMulen F**k off, you stupid, ignorant twat! It is people like YOU that are total losers! You don't even know what the difference is between "YOU'RE" and "YOUR". (I am not an academic or highly intelligent person myself - but I was capable of differentiating between those two words way back in 1973 or '74 (when I was eight or nine years of age).
Oh, and by the way, you can't even spell simple words like "loser" or "pervert". Your spelling age must be about seven!
@TejMulen F**k off, you stupid, ignorant c u next tuesday.
Gilbert O'Sullivan (God bless him) is no pervert. On the contrary; he is a decent, law-abiding and thoroughly honourable man. I very much doubt whether the same could be said for you.
Oh, and by the way, your spelling ability leaves a great deal to be desired.
thank you my friend my little child of nine years old would you like she´s like the music come with me and so sensibility when we´re listen this wonderful song.
@BonelessSausage69 F*****g idiot! You have got a very sick and perverted mind - if your comment on this 'You Tube' site is anything to go by, that is. Jog on and get a life (if you are capable of doing that).
loved gilberts then and now......i was a 9 year old then..... 1 off 8 girls so we all knew the lyrics ..........that was in glasgow, scotland........... still great music.....x
This song makes me think of my wife of 15 years; her name was Claire.
She's gone now, and my heart breaks every single day when I think of her... I miss her so much. I don't know whether to thank Gilbert O'Sullivan or curse him for this song.
Absolutely beautiful song. All the people that see pervasion in this lovely , innocent song have obviously never spoken to a 3 year old, and need their disgusting brains washed out. This song was made in 1972, and the words are from a small child who loves her Uncle. She's a 3 year old for goodness sake. Now please go away and take your sick perverted, politically correct, thoughts somewhere else.
@smokeytom24 Well said, sir; well said indeed. The indignant, self-righteous people who (erroneously) infer that the lyrics of Gilbert O'Sullivan's chart-topping single from 1972 ["Clair"] are indicative of sexual perversion really annoy me, to be perfectly honest. And, yes, you are quite right when you say that most of these people are members of the 'Politically Correct' fraternity (for want of a better phrase).
I absolutely love this song, its my birthday ... my name is Claire, and this really reminds me me of a very innocent childhood.....unassuming...lovely song with a lovely innocent story from days gone by.... when I was a teenager ans people asked my name... they always burst into the first line of the song.. when I got engaged the lads at work always sang this song to my husband.... happy fond memories with no underlying stories in the words..............
@317cod Quite right, Claire. I remember Gilbert O'Sullivan's chart-topping single ["Clair"] from my childhood, too. It reached no. 1 in the charts in the November of 1972 - when I was 7.
Obviously, there were some paedophiles/nonces in the music business at the time - that odious man Paul Gadd (a.k.a. Gary Glitter) is perhaps the most obvious case that springs to mind - but Mr O'Sullivan was certainly not one of them. "Clair" is a pleasant, MOR pop song. Nothing more or nothing less.
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
Yes, I must admit it does sound funny or even creepy, but if you look at it from the closeness of an Uncle and niece, it's beautiful! I have 2 nieces and 2 nephews and a great niece. I LOVE them from the bottom of my heart, and loved when they would say" I want to be just like you when I grow up, or I want to live with you when I get bigger. Hell, I wanted to marry MY Uncle John, he was was the coolest! There was NOBODY better than him. (except my puppy!) lol
I don't know if anybody caught the announcer's error or miscommunication, but, did he say "happy birthday to Gilbert O'Sullivan on his 55th birthday?" and the year was 1972 when the above concert was filmed. If it's true, then he should be 93 years old today. How can this be when Gilbert was performing a concert just last year(2010) at the age of 64 yrs. This coming December, he will be 65 yrs. old. Still an outstanding singer.
@buffet62 It`s not an error - if you look at the logo it says ` TOP OF THE POPS 2 ` - it was a re-run of old Top of the pops clips - Gilbert was 55 when the repeat was shown about 10 years ago .
@rowdymax1 Your wit astounds me, so it does ... NOT.
I assume that you are one of those bigoted, ignorant people who (wrongly) believe that Gilbert O'Sullivan is a paedophile/nonce. I suspect that you are probably a PCZ, too (a politically correct zealot, that is).
People like you really get on my nerves, to be frankly honest.
@LindaAdamsSongs Do you know the meaning of the word 'incestuous'? Judging by the context in which you have used that word, it is my guess that you do not.
The number one hit single, "Clair", was written by Gilbert O'Sullivan (one of the most underrated pop/rock musicians that that Great Britain - or Ireland - has ever produced). The song was written about a [then] small child called Clair Mills; the daughter of Mr O'Sullivan's record producer at the time - Mr Gordon Mills.
@LindaAdamsSongs Mr O'Sullivan is NOT a relation of Clair Mills - and, even if he were, it would still be OUTRAGEOUS to claim that the song contains "incestuous innuendo". There is absolutely NOTHING SEXUAL about the lyrics of this pleasant, innocuous tune, whatsoever.
IF YOU ARE (STlLL) ONE OF THOSE SAD, POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE THAT SEES SOMETHING SINISTER IN THIS SONG, THEN TAKE A GOOD HARD 'BUTCHER'S' AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR ...... MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM.
Well having just heard it and its being a lovely bouncy melody Iiked it - then I hit "please say you'll marry me someday oh Claire, you'll marry me Uncle Ray"
Hard to get over that one.
It's not an "age difference" issue, that line's IN there and it IS quite iffy.... say whatever else you like about it.
The only "positive way" to spin that is as the tiny girl who is in that stage of "I wanna marry Daddy" but there's also that babysitting line... ehhhhh
@LindaAdamsSongs You are entitled to your opinion, but I think that you are way off the mark in your assumption that the lyrics of Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Clair" are indicative of sexual perversion.
It is my firm belief that Mr O'Sullivan is a genuinely decent and honourable man.
As I said on this 'You Tube' forum a few months ago: "IF GILBERT O'SULLIVAN IS A NONCE, THE POPE IS AN ATHEIST".
@TheEctomorph You're absolutely correct! It becomes so tiresome to continue seeing such absurd comments about this song and O'Sullivan. The truth is, pedophiles do not wish to be exposed or have their perversion known. C'mon people, if he was a child molester, he certainly wouldn't announce it to the world in a song! This is a gentle, decent, innocent song, from a good-hearted, family man. I know something of O'Sullivan's background, and any indication of perverse behavior is unfounded.
@TheEctomorph Ah thank you very much, so kind of you to say that... much appreciated. Cheers to you and Mr O'Sullivan! Remember this... bad men will succeed, if good men do nothing.
Letra bien en español por mi !!!
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I love this song, I play a little giutar and it is technically challenging, definately not a 3 chord wonder. It is a beautiful song, thanks Guilbert, you are a clever guy.
306bad 3 days ago
How come this video ( which is great ) has over a million views - and yet the far superior video opposite - `The sweetest Clair video ever ` - featuring footage of Gilbert and Clair has far less views ! Clair even comments on it - and this video isn`t even spelled correctly ! Watch the other one !!!!!!
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Anyone wishing to send a personal message to CLAIR HERSELF please see the video opposite - `The sweetest Clair video ever ! ` - SHE WILL SEE IT !
mohawk3881 1 week ago
@jdbeo you tosser
Xapple09 1 week ago
this takes me way back..to my childhood i rember watching it on TOTP..and it reminded me of my childhood friend called clair
Adibarum 1 week ago
SICK PEDO
jdbeo 1 week ago
@jdbeo You sure are .....
mohawk3881 1 week ago
Clair must of been on top of the world! Cool song !
Evergreenpak00 2 weeks ago
Thank you for sharing this charming song.
southamerican888 2 weeks ago
Don't know if you got my message, thought it would show up. That's what I heard back in the day. If it wasn't his daughter who was the girl? Or is it that there really was no girl as everyone was talking about, maybe just a song?
Infilise 2 weeks ago
Everybody from my time knew this was Gibert's daughter!!!!!!!!!!!
leftyguns221 2 weeks ago
@leftyguns221 No they didn`t - because it wasn`t his daughter .
mohawk3881 2 weeks ago
@leftyguns221 odd, maybe you're right, but that's what I heard years ago on radio, oh well can't expect all information you hear to be 100% thanks for the info. Do you know if she was related to him, or was just a song for a made up girl? Have a great day.
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@leftyguns221 odd, maybe you're right, but that's what I heard years ago on radio, oh well can't expect all information you hear to be 100% thanks for the info. Do you know if she was related to him, or was just a song for a made up girl? Have a great day.
leftyguns221 2 weeks ago
My birthday song
nicktomward 2 weeks ago
Christopher Walken look alike but with bigger hair...
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I love to dedicate this song to my favorite DZMM anchorwoman Atty. Claire Castro
donnaforena 3 weeks ago
tierna,muy dulce
uran592 1 month ago
1972.....ESTE SOM MARCOU O INÍCIO DO MEU NAMORO COM MINHA ESPOSA!!!!!!!!!!!
paspires68 1 month ago in playlist Mais vídeos de sueuk
<3
sveske1963 1 month ago
<3
sveske1963 1 month ago
Good airplane travel music!
DAS603 1 month ago
@DAS603 good music for ANYTIME!
cub68134 1 month ago
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mohawk3881 1 month ago
Great song from our McCartney soundalike good skills
Xapple09 1 month ago
i love this song.....
unfadedyou11 1 month ago
best song on earth :D
ClaireV95 1 month ago
This is a song about a little girl named Claire, who was the daughter of his manager at that time.
TheBoonggaboongga 1 month ago
It IS creepy. Listen to the words. I'm very open to the idea of compatible energy...and specialness we can feel in one each other...regardless of age. Too many people traffic in age.
But this song goes a little too far. It goes just a bit over the line of innocence.
ChristophePhilippe 1 month ago
Happy Birthday at 65 Birthday
Calaitafan 2 months ago
BUT I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!
TheDellanator 2 months ago
Stop saying we're idiots and that we have to grow up.
The lyrics to this song are slightly creepy. I mean he wants to marry his niece? He thinks shes more then a child? Yeah thats not obviously 'sweet' lyrics. Plain creepy.
TheDellanator 2 months ago
@TheDellanator Have a listen to the lyrics. He doesn't want to marry her at all-it's the opposite.He's babysitting her and Claire had a crush on him and it's not his niece. It's a f...king pop song for f..ks sake. Listen to the bloody lyrics.
Regards
MrTarenpoint 1 month ago 2
@MrTarenpoint I did you idiot. But he said "you're more then a child to me" Obviously that means he views her as something ELSE, that isn't a kid. So what if its a pop song? Pop songs can be disgusting to
TheDellanator 1 month ago
@TheDellanator You are revealing more about yourself than Gilbert with these comments ......
mohawk3881 1 month ago
@mohawk3881 How am I revealing anything?..O.o wtf
TheDellanator 1 month ago
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That's Mr Idiot to you
Regards
MrTarenpoint 1 month ago
@MrTarenpoint You're an idiot since I never said anything about myself. Regards
TheDellanator 1 month ago
I I most recently bought a box of old 45 rpm records I came across this one and instantly became pukey sick .I rememberd this God awful song playing back in the 70's and it made me want to hurl.I could not wait to smash it to bits. Now at least someone will never have to listen to the one I had ever again. :0
area52morris 2 months ago
Losers. this is a perfect qualitiy song !!!!!
I stopped to answer losers !!!!
admintilburgers 2 months ago
Losers. this is a perfect qualitiy song !!!!!
admintilburgers 2 months ago
this song makes me wish i had met a claire in my life,but i never did, and i probably wont now since where im from nobody has that name
84benfiquista 2 months ago
@84benfiquista haha, my name is Claire :) you'll proabely meet someone else with that name, its pretty common, I know like 10 other Claires.
sugarsweetclaire 2 months ago
Oh yes, I often write songs about marrying my niece or goddaughter. It's perfectly normal.
JoeBivens 2 months ago
oh yes...i remember this song fondling....errrrrr...ooops..i mean FONDLY.
rowdymax1 2 months ago
Where do you buy Gilbert O'Sullivan's new cd? The record stores seem to be disappearing.And yes, I'm sure he still put out great music since the early 1970's. He has a knack for melody--that is sorely missed in the mostly lousy music of today.
MrZeldalove 2 months ago
The first time I heard Gilbert on the radio I thought it was Paul. Gilbert O'Sullivan had a handful of great songs in the early 1970's. I think this was his best one.
MrZeldalove 2 months ago
@MrZeldalove Gilbert`s ` handful ` of great songs in the early 70`s was only the beginning . He has continued releasing quality music and has an album out right now !
mohawk3881 2 months ago
@mohawk3881 Record stores seem to be disappearing. Where would you buy Gilbert O"Sullivan's new CD? I'm sure that, with his strong penchant for melody, that he continued to come up with great tunes. Claire reminds me of happy times when I was 15 and carefree.
MrZeldalove 2 months ago
@MrZeldalove His new album GILBERTVILLE is a available in HMV stores and all the online stores like Amazon etc . His website is great too - there`s a link on my channel . All his albums are being re-released one by one - the first one `Himself ` is out now .
mohawk3881 2 months ago
Brings back some great memories. I love this song.
melissalester1 2 months ago
You get to a stage in life when you can start to be honest with yourself. Ex (well ish) biker and rocker, I can look again at the music that I liked, but could not admit to at the time.
Gilbert is up there amongst my old favourites and is one of those singer/songwriters, that are unique, in that they are recognisable from the first few bars.
Durnickbooks 2 months ago
Love this reminds me of our daughter ok bex.
52shaver 2 months ago
Ah, quel souvenir! Incroyable. Il me paraît que j'aie vieilli depuis cette époque :)
Memale2009 2 months ago
Claire's my nameXD
CressidaTussaud 2 months ago
I think he sounds like McCartney but I do like him a lot we are nt goin to fall out over this let's ask other people what they think,does Gilbert sound like Paul McCartney?
Xapple09 3 months ago
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Gilbert's gentle sad songs capture the good feeling amongst people of that generation, inspiring the values and respect of others that we hold dear.
Simply put, the importance in making us think about the things we do before we do them. His music evokes compassion and warmth.
RICKMOSTERO 3 months ago
Gilbert's gentle sad songs capture the good feeling amongst people of that generation, inspiring the values and respect of others that we hold dear.
Simply put, the importance in making us think about the things we do
before we do them. His music evokes compassion and warmth.
RICKMOSTERO 3 months ago
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TheEctomorph 3 months ago
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@RICKMOSTERO Indeed it does. And, I might add, "Clair" is not actually a sad song ... in any sense of that word !
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
It doesn't matter what they all say, he is one of the gratest ever and I do love his songs
sandy22ch 3 months ago
This sound like Paul McCartney
Xapple09 3 months ago
CLAIRE HEPPENSTALL YOU THINK PAM SPURR SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT YOURE DEAD BIG BROTHER MOVE
whotaughtyou 3 months ago
I CAN REMEMBER THIS SONG AS I WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD.AT THE TIME AND NOW I AM 46 YEARS OLD.I STILL LOVE TO LISTEN TO GILBERT O SULLIVAN.
broadband0303 3 months ago
This tune melts the years away and brings me back to Late '72. I was going with a girl named Sue. Nothing became of it but as I listen to this great song, I wonder what ever became of her...I hope she is doing well
borecleaner1 4 months ago
back in the day, this was just a sweet song about a child he knew. it remains so. in this dark world, there has to be a boogyman lurking around every corner. what a sad little planet we live on. thanks for posting a wonderful video.
avpandora 4 months ago 13
As I understand it, Claire is in fact the daughter of Osullivan's then Manager. She was just a little girl then when she visited the studio where Gibert was recording. So, there and then he decided to write this song for young Claire, which hit the jackpot.
So, don't be so stupid you evil-minded people !!
macvatu 4 months ago 7
One of the best ballads ever written and by one of the best songwriters of all time. Gilbert O'Sullivan.
melodyworks 4 months ago 2
agreed
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Retspan3 4 months ago
Beautiful song by a truly talented man.
fightman121 4 months ago
no one can hear something about strokes in the main verse"claire.."? i can't guess it
valeriodambrosio 4 months ago
Let's get back to a time when songs were great, like this one.....I hope
Songmandave1 4 months ago
What about, simply, a bloody good song?
And what the fuck is "X-Factor"?
A vehicle for talentless shit and an even more talentless shit audience!
daindo91 4 months ago 2
This was a huge hit I remember it from the radio fondly...I never heard anyone say it was pedo then...never occurred to us to think that...
rds1958 4 months ago
Fantastic, I have been a fan of his for many years, since his first hit,
kapailunch2 4 months ago
I remember the very first time I heard this song. I thought it was about a city in Wisconsin.
RayLomax1 4 months ago
Gilbert writes a lovely song for his managers daughter and how does he repay him? By ripping him off for years. What a c
gregshell 4 months ago
I'm going to stand up and say that I don't think the song is about pedophilia. Sure that's what we tend to think NOW, but the song didn't come out yesterday. In 1972, we didn't think that everybody and his frikkin' DOG was a pedophile; we didn't think a child molester was hiding behind every tree.
So a man could love a little girl in an utterly non-sexual way, and he could write and sing a love song "as if" it were to a girlfriend, because that would be "cute." It wouldn't be cute today.
SailorBarsoom 4 months ago
This is the song I was named after (:
I was gonna be Elisabeth but just days before my mom gave birth she heard this song, so I am Claire today <3
babykitten550 4 months ago 2
A hit in Nov/Dec 1972.
nutleyguitar1968 4 months ago
a la memoria de la chica de ojos azules de baradero 1979
danyjac 5 months ago
Love the melody...Great.
Jqau 5 months ago
great song- can't believe the morons who comment here!~They must live a sad existence-- Thanks for the upload
redgrapeskins 5 months ago 3
Nice song but cut that hair you McCartney sound alike ,,but love ya man
Xapple09 5 months ago
@Xapple09 he sounds nothing like paul. although the beatles were a great band--wouldn't it be boring if all music sounded like theirs? everytime i hear this tune on the radio--it turn it up louder than the rap that is in the car next to me. i have a good sound system in my car.
1pupblacky 3 months ago
roy west
2008Sameoldfitup 5 months ago
It was auctually about his Managers Daughter.
ginnysmum 5 months ago
It's just a sweet song about his neice ...nothing pedo about it .. Grow up people!
desymagennis 5 months ago 39
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TheRealMichaelWayson 4 months ago
@desymagennis Gilbert was not clair's uncle, he was a friend of the family because her father gordon mills was gilbert's manager. Lovely song though, don't know why people would say bad things about it !
TheRealMichaelWayson 4 months ago
@TheRealMichaelWayson I don't know if that's true, but it's certainly funny.
Gentilseulement 4 months ago
@desymagennis Of course! Pfft!
gledhi 2 months ago
@desymagennis i agree with this...I just wanna know how many of these people were 70's kids theres nothing wrong with this song its a great song from the 70's and it still is.
snoopydoguk08 1 month ago 2
I thought he write this song to commereate the birth of his daughter.Good luck to him.
kramaga1 5 months ago
Summertime, the Beach, the surf, memories baby!! - all things great-and this wonderful music too. These were wonderful times- yet, I believe the best is yet to come. Thank you for posting this beautiful song.
rickw1100 5 months ago
The fact that so many on-line 'wits' want to call Mr O'Sullivan a kiddly fiddler/pedo/nonce etc, for writing a blameless song about a small girl with a crush on her uncle reflects just how crass, puerile, dumbed down and plain unpleasant our culture has become. Far too many people are happy to rot their IQs with Heat magazine, Katie Price, tabloids, Big Brother and the X-Factor for this to change any day soon. If anyone has successfully cracked backwards time travel, could they drop me a line?
TomthatiscalledTom 5 months ago 72
@TomthatiscalledTom I totally agree. Your comment is brill. You hit the nail on the head there. I remember my mum playing this song when I was small and I LOVED it. Today's society is so obsessed with sex. I hat Heat mag and all those chavvy, dumb magazines..oh! for the days of Tiger Beat lol!
GibbyGibbyGibb 5 months ago 2
@GibbyGibbyGibb Too right. The age of innocence is fast disappearing. An awesome, and under-recognised master of songwriting.
RajiBongo 5 months ago
@TomthatiscalledTom Couldn't agree more with your comments on the Great Gilbert. In response to your time travel question, Nature will find a way. Children have always wanted to be adults, and they pretty much are now but the price has been to lose the age of innocence. A shared commodore 64, one tv, and the video were enough!!
RajiBongo 5 months ago
@TomthatiscalledTom Could not have said it better myself.
TheHappyflea 5 months ago
@TomthatiscalledTom I think they are only "wits" half of the time, if you garner my meaning. This is a lovely song.
theromulanwarhawk 4 months ago
@TomthatiscalledTom "Words mean so little when you look up and smile.
I don't care what people say, to me you're more than a child.""But why in spite of our age difference do I cry.
Each time I leave you I feel I could die.
Nothing means more to me than hearing you say,
"I'm going to marry you. Will you marry me? Oh hurray!""
Cause you know, thats not pedo at all. Maybe todays generation is more protective and weary of child predators, unlike previous generations.
SmileChicky 3 months ago
@SmileChicky "Will you marry me, Uncle Ray?" Real name: Raymond O'Sullivan. "Gilbert" is a tribute to songwriters Gilbert and Sullivan.
GregoryOrme 3 months ago
@SmileChicky It's 'Will you marry me, Uncle Ray?' - that being Ray O'Sullivan's real name and that being what his god-daughter Clair used to say to him. She is a real living person and it's her laughter you hear at the end of the track. You're an idiot.
TheMarkXIV 3 months ago
@TomthatiscalledTom
wonderful writing...........
basqu01 3 months ago
@basqu01 thanks!
TomthatiscalledTom 3 months ago
Well, let the pseudo-intellectuals (debating on YouTube? Really?) say what they will. For me, this song rates a perfect "10" on my ick-meter. An adult guy singing a love song to a four-year-old girl? EEWWW!
jbee650 5 months ago
@jbee650
it was a simpler time and was completely innocent I am sure
if he was a paedo I dont think he would advertise it in such a way
if you wrote and released a song like that today the police would pay you a visit and request to see your PC
pinball1970 5 months ago
"I don't care what people say, to me you're more than a child," and
"But why in spite of our age difference do I cry.
Each time I leave you I feel I could die.*
Seriously if I ever say such things to a 3yo girl, shoot me in the head. I'll deserve it.
starkfist 5 months ago
@starkfist Sir: To be frankly honest, I (and, i suspect, many thousands of other viewers of this 'You Tube' page) are getting sick and tired of reading pointed comments about Gilbert O'Sullivan's chart-topping single from 1972 - "Clair". The people who make these unpleasant and ill-informed comments obviously know nothing about Mr O'Sullivan the man.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@starkfist I am not trying to antagonize you or wind you up, but if you think that Gilbert O'Sullivan (the renowned Irish singer/songwriter) is some sort of paedophile or nonce case, then you are very much mistaken. In fact, you are about as far off the mark as it is possible to be.
May I remind you, sir, that "Clair" - which topped the UK charts for two weeks back in the November of 1972 - was not a controversial track at the time of its chart success. Not in the slightest.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@starkfist I don't mean to be rude, but ......
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE SAD, POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE THAT SEES SOMETHING SINISTER IN THIS SONG ("CLAIR" BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN), THEN TAKE A GOOD HARD 'BUTCHER'S' AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR ...... MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM. (Oh, pardon me for using the old-fashioned word 'problem'; how very poliitcally incorrect of me. I should have said "ISSUE" instead ! hahaha !!!)
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TheEctomorph well said
MsRuth02 5 months ago
@starkfist Sir: When Gilbert O'Sullivan's famous hit single, 'Clair', was originally released - on the MAM record label - back in the October of 1972, it did not engender any controversy - let alone moral outrage - among the general public WHATSOEVER. Back in those "non-PC" days ( of 39 years ago), the song 'Clair' was accepted by the Great British public for what it was (and is): i.e. a pleasant, 'middle of the road' pop song, with perfectly innocuous and innocent lyrics.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
No incest at all, its just a beatiful song
techerocat 5 months ago
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@TejMulen I am not trying to antagonize you or wind you up, but the fact of the matter is that you are very much mistaken if you think that Gilbert O'Sullivan (the distinguished Irish singer/songwriter) is a paedophile/nonce.
Ms Clair Mills HERSELF has made it clear - crystal clear, as it happens - that there is nothing perverted or sinister WHASOEVER about the lyrics of Mr O'Sullivan's chart-topping single from November '72 - "Clair". And she should know !
I rest my case.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
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TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen Sir: I don't mean to be rude, but ......
IF YOU ARE (STILL) ONE OF THOSE SAD, POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE THAT SEES SOMETHING SINISTER IN THIS SONG, THEN TAKE A GOOD HARD 'BUTCHER'S' AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR ...... MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM.
May I remind u that Ms Clair Mills HERSELF (about whom this song - by G.O'S. - was written) has stated quite categorically and unequivocally that there is nothing perverted or sinister about the lyrics of the song, whatsoever.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
I have listened to the song intently, not any concern at all with the lyrics, clearly an uncle referring to childish expressions of marriage, just as my twins both indicated to me when 5 that they would marry me (cause they want to end what they think is my lonliness). Say, I never married my daughters, did this chap end up marrying Claire?
ctmcarpenter 5 months ago
@michael97501 You can say that again, Michael.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@Ellie8969 Madam: Please don't bother to insult me on this (or any other) 'You Tube' site again, as (if you do) I will not even waste my time reading your disgusting, vile comments - let alone respond to them.
I hate to say it, but you are an exceedingly rude, foul-mouthed and insensitive woman - if the comment that you 'posted' on this site recently is anything to go by, that is.
Jog on.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen yes i did see the video that was then ,but its not the looks its the voice that matters and to this day mr mckeown is still doing gigs and may i add woman of all ages still think he is sexy ,evan though he is 56 years old
MsRuth02 5 months ago
@TejMulen HOW DO YOU KNOW IF HE IS LITTLE?AND AS FOR SAYING THE PROBABILITY OF MEETING GOS IN REAL LIFE IS ZERO IT COULD HAPPEN NEVER SAY NEVER I SAID THAT ABOUT LES MCKEOWN OF THE BAY CITY ROLLERS BUT I MET HIM IN 2003 AND EVAN SPOKE TO HIM.
MsRuth02 5 months ago
@TejMulen who do you think you are?you dont evan know TheEctomorph, he has a right to comment and i for one enjoy reading his comments have a nice day!!!!!
MsRuth02 5 months ago
@BonelessSausage69 You are one very sad bastard, with an extremely dirty mind.
I suggest that you go to getalife.com
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen Well, would you ...... SIR? Have the bottle to accuse Gilbert O'Sullivan of being a "pervert" to his face? I would love to know.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen Sir: Would you have the bottle to accuse Mr O'Sullivan of being a "pervert" to his face, I wonder?
Possibly ...... but I doubt it.
Oh, and if you are a big hard man, how come you are in the habit of insulting people ONLINE? Anyone can do that; it doesn't exactly require a great deal of courage or bottle.
What you have been doing recently, sir, is hiding behind the shield of online anonymonity. One doesn't need to be hard in order to bombard people with outrageous abuse online.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen How much more evidence do you need to convince you that Gilbert O'Sullivan is a decent, law-abiding and genuinely honourable man?
May I remind you, sir, that Ms Clair Mills HERSELF has stated quite categorically - on video - that the lyrics of Mr O'Sullivan's hit record from November 1972, are perfectly innocent and innocuous. Would she have done that if he had ever behaved in an inappropriate or ungentlemanly manner towards her, when she was a child?
I rest my case ...... SIR.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen I don't claim to b a big hard man ...... but I am certainly a lot better at English than you are (if your recent comments on this 'You Tube' site are anything to go by, that is.) What is more, I probably have a higher IQ than you. Certainly I am not one of those sad, ignorant people who think that there is something sinister about the lyrics of "Clair" - Gilbert O'Sullivan's no. 1 hit record from November 72.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen F**k off, you stupid, ignorant twat! It is people like YOU that are total losers! You don't even know what the difference is between "YOU'RE" and "YOUR". (I am not an academic or highly intelligent person myself - but I was capable of differentiating between those two words way back in 1973 or '74 (when I was eight or nine years of age).
Oh, and by the way, you can't even spell simple words like "loser" or "pervert". Your spelling age must be about seven!
YOU SAD MUPPET!!
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TejMulen F**k off, you stupid, ignorant c u next tuesday.
Gilbert O'Sullivan (God bless him) is no pervert. On the contrary; he is a decent, law-abiding and thoroughly honourable man. I very much doubt whether the same could be said for you.
Oh, and by the way, your spelling ability leaves a great deal to be desired.
TWAT!
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
thank you my friend my little child of nine years old would you like she´s like the music come with me and so sensibility when we´re listen this wonderful song.
josemartinvalenzuela 5 months ago
torch the fuckers...........
pyeman90 5 months ago
@BonelessSausage69 F*****g idiot! You have got a very sick and perverted mind - if your comment on this 'You Tube' site is anything to go by, that is. Jog on and get a life (if you are capable of doing that).
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
I used to sing this to my girlfriend Claire..no wonder she dumped me hahahaha
DrakeGrad 5 months ago
Your are just the best. These songs never get old. Touches your heart.XXOO
vivaazar 5 months ago
@BonelessSausage69 That comment is disgusting, so it is. F**k off, you repugnant twat.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
Check out charm school like a moth to a flame you will love it
Xapple09 6 months ago
loved gilberts then and now......i was a 9 year old then..... 1 off 8 girls so we all knew the lyrics ..........that was in glasgow, scotland........... still great music.....x
TheCatty2020 6 months ago
Well
Xapple09 6 months ago
Love the kids dancing in the crowd......
Songmandave1 6 months ago
This song makes me think of my wife of 15 years; her name was Claire.
She's gone now, and my heart breaks every single day when I think of her... I miss her so much. I don't know whether to thank Gilbert O'Sullivan or curse him for this song.
MoonOfNeptune 6 months ago 3
absolutly i feel good for that music of forever
we will listen
josemartinvalenzuela 6 months ago
He should duet with Julian Lennon that would be interesting
Xapple09 6 months ago
Absolutely beautiful song. All the people that see pervasion in this lovely , innocent song have obviously never spoken to a 3 year old, and need their disgusting brains washed out. This song was made in 1972, and the words are from a small child who loves her Uncle. She's a 3 year old for goodness sake. Now please go away and take your sick perverted, politically correct, thoughts somewhere else.
smokeytom24 6 months ago 5
@smokeytom24 Well said, sir; well said indeed. The indignant, self-righteous people who (erroneously) infer that the lyrics of Gilbert O'Sullivan's chart-topping single from 1972 ["Clair"] are indicative of sexual perversion really annoy me, to be perfectly honest. And, yes, you are quite right when you say that most of these people are members of the 'Politically Correct' fraternity (for want of a better phrase).
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
I absolutely love this song, its my birthday ... my name is Claire, and this really reminds me me of a very innocent childhood.....unassuming...lovely song with a lovely innocent story from days gone by.... when I was a teenager ans people asked my name... they always burst into the first line of the song.. when I got engaged the lads at work always sang this song to my husband.... happy fond memories with no underlying stories in the words..............
317cod 6 months ago 3
@317cod Quite right, Claire. I remember Gilbert O'Sullivan's chart-topping single ["Clair"] from my childhood, too. It reached no. 1 in the charts in the November of 1972 - when I was 7.
Obviously, there were some paedophiles/nonces in the music business at the time - that odious man Paul Gadd (a.k.a. Gary Glitter) is perhaps the most obvious case that springs to mind - but Mr O'Sullivan was certainly not one of them. "Clair" is a pleasant, MOR pop song. Nothing more or nothing less.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
I´m a feel good who´s listenen this music is with me
Feel a good time
josemartinvalenzuela 6 months ago
@josemartinvalenzuela I am feeling great music I heard when it was new and now my grandkids can listen to it also.
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radioelargentino 6 months ago
hermosa y tierna,imbeciles sin sensibilidad los ha habido siempre,musica maravillosa,no se merece comentarios estupidos.bien por gilbert.
uran592 6 months ago
my name is Claire! i cry when i hear this... im a wimp. :D
lovepool11211 6 months ago 2
i THINK HE'S 65 NOW, Bet he still has that healthy crop!
Cromag99 6 months ago
Yes, I must admit it does sound funny or even creepy, but if you look at it from the closeness of an Uncle and niece, it's beautiful! I have 2 nieces and 2 nephews and a great niece. I LOVE them from the bottom of my heart, and loved when they would say" I want to be just like you when I grow up, or I want to live with you when I get bigger. Hell, I wanted to marry MY Uncle John, he was was the coolest! There was NOBODY better than him. (except my puppy!) lol
neonorchid58 6 months ago
@neonorchid58 my uncle John was the coolest too. high five!
InnocenceExperience 6 months ago
@mohawk3881,he does sound just like McCartney but that's a good thing I love both of em
Xapple09 6 months ago
I don't know if anybody caught the announcer's error or miscommunication, but, did he say "happy birthday to Gilbert O'Sullivan on his 55th birthday?" and the year was 1972 when the above concert was filmed. If it's true, then he should be 93 years old today. How can this be when Gilbert was performing a concert just last year(2010) at the age of 64 yrs. This coming December, he will be 65 yrs. old. Still an outstanding singer.
buffet62 6 months ago
@buffet62 It`s not an error - if you look at the logo it says ` TOP OF THE POPS 2 ` - it was a re-run of old Top of the pops clips - Gilbert was 55 when the repeat was shown about 10 years ago .
mohawk3881 6 months ago
ah yes...i remember this song fondling....er...I MEAN FONDLY!!!!!!
rowdymax1 6 months ago
@rowdymax1 Your wit astounds me, so it does ... NOT.
I assume that you are one of those bigoted, ignorant people who (wrongly) believe that Gilbert O'Sullivan is a paedophile/nonce. I suspect that you are probably a PCZ, too (a politically correct zealot, that is).
People like you really get on my nerves, to be frankly honest.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@rowdymax1 F**k off, you stupid, ignorant c u next tuesday!
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
It's still JUST A SONG and as such can be COMPLETE FICTION, I'm just saying you cannot escape the incestuous innuendo IS IN THE LYRIC. Period. shrug.
LindaAdamsSongs 6 months ago
@LindaAdamsSongs Do you know the meaning of the word 'incestuous'? Judging by the context in which you have used that word, it is my guess that you do not.
The number one hit single, "Clair", was written by Gilbert O'Sullivan (one of the most underrated pop/rock musicians that that Great Britain - or Ireland - has ever produced). The song was written about a [then] small child called Clair Mills; the daughter of Mr O'Sullivan's record producer at the time - Mr Gordon Mills.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@LindaAdamsSongs Mr O'Sullivan is NOT a relation of Clair Mills - and, even if he were, it would still be OUTRAGEOUS to claim that the song contains "incestuous innuendo". There is absolutely NOTHING SEXUAL about the lyrics of this pleasant, innocuous tune, whatsoever.
IF YOU ARE (STlLL) ONE OF THOSE SAD, POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE THAT SEES SOMETHING SINISTER IN THIS SONG, THEN TAKE A GOOD HARD 'BUTCHER'S' AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR ...... MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
Well having just heard it and its being a lovely bouncy melody Iiked it - then I hit "please say you'll marry me someday oh Claire, you'll marry me Uncle Ray"
Hard to get over that one.
It's not an "age difference" issue, that line's IN there and it IS quite iffy.... say whatever else you like about it.
The only "positive way" to spin that is as the tiny girl who is in that stage of "I wanna marry Daddy" but there's also that babysitting line... ehhhhh
doesn't pass muster by me sorry :)
LindaAdamsSongs 6 months ago
@LindaAdamsSongs You are entitled to your opinion, but I think that you are way off the mark in your assumption that the lyrics of Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Clair" are indicative of sexual perversion.
It is my firm belief that Mr O'Sullivan is a genuinely decent and honourable man.
As I said on this 'You Tube' forum a few months ago: "IF GILBERT O'SULLIVAN IS A NONCE, THE POPE IS AN ATHEIST".
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
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slimshine953 5 months ago
@TheEctomorph You're absolutely correct! It becomes so tiresome to continue seeing such absurd comments about this song and O'Sullivan. The truth is, pedophiles do not wish to be exposed or have their perversion known. C'mon people, if he was a child molester, he certainly wouldn't announce it to the world in a song! This is a gentle, decent, innocent song, from a good-hearted, family man. I know something of O'Sullivan's background, and any indication of perverse behavior is unfounded.
slimshine953 5 months ago
@slimshine953 Well said, sir; well said indeed. You are a good man, and so is Mr O'Sullivan.
TheEctomorph 5 months ago
@TheEctomorph Ah thank you very much, so kind of you to say that... much appreciated. Cheers to you and Mr O'Sullivan! Remember this... bad men will succeed, if good men do nothing.
slimshine953 5 months ago