A Night on the Town

On Sunday, Bill and I took some 'time out' for a quick trip to Brisbane.  For my birthday, Bill had purchased tickets to see Cliff Richard live in concert - and February 3rd was the date!  So, despite our busy schedule with the business, music lessons, choirs and so forth, we organised the children and ourselves, and hopped in the car to head north.  I'd never been to Brisbane before, so this was to be a new experience all round.

We left early to ensure we had plenty of time and because we needed to find the venue.  As it turned out, we left WAY too early, as we didn't take into account the time difference - meaning we had and extra hour up our sleeves. This turned out to be a good thing, however, because after driving around Brisbane and finding the Entertainment Centre, we suddenly realised that the concert was actually at the 'Convention Centre', meaning we had to then turn around and return to South Brisbane (duh!).  Still, we had plently of time, and even after all that, and stopping at a Chinese Restaurant for dinner, we arrived an hour before the concert was due to start.

In our seats and waiting!

Cliff was absolutely fantastic!  Our seats were eleven rows from the stage, right in the centre, so we had a great view.  Despite his 72 years, Cliff's voice was as wonderful as ever, and he sang, danced, and went up and down the stairs more times than I could count.  If I can move half so well as he does when I'm 72, I'll be one happy camper! 

Of course, he has a wonderfully wide range of songs, but as we sat bopping along to them, one song that struck both Bill and myself was this one:

            Some People

1st half of the concert

Some people they tease one another
Take pride in themselves
Keeping the other one down
Well I'm not like that at all

Some people they hurt one another
They love to see
Hurt in the other one's eyes
Well I'm not like that at all

Some people are born for each other
They love to walk
Holding the other one's hand
They always understand
Some people cry
Some people know why

Oh ah ah
Some people they use one another
So aimlessly

2nd half

Not like lovers do
Well I'm not like that at all


Some people they long for each other
They love to walk
Holding the other one's hand
They always understand
Some people cry
Some people know why

With a word unspoken
With a voice unheard
When a thought is broken
By a tender word
When a heart is moved
When a heart is thrown
The silence tells you
You're not alone

And he can still play the guitar, too!

Some people are born for each other...

(Some people are born for each other)
They love to walk holding the other one
(Some people they long for each other)
They love to talk holding the other one
(Some people are born for each other)
They love to walk holding the other one
Holding the other one
Holding each other


We were sure tired by the time we arrived home at 4am, but it was worth it.  We're looking forward to more concerts in the future, and have found one more reason why we are delighted with our decision to move and start a new life in Northern NSW.

Have a wonderful day!

Linda.