Lead single from Robbie Williams upcoming release, 'Reality Killed The Video Star'. Good song that seems to have fairly obvious inflections of old Motown soul pop!I really like the title of Williams' album; Obviously a play on The Buggles 1979 release 'Video Killed The Radio Star', I think Williams is aptly describing the current change in media formats much in the same way The Buggles describ...
Reality Killed the Video Star: Robbie WilliamsHow are we to read the rune of Robbie Williams’s comeback album? Produced by synth-pop godfather Trevor Horn, the title of Williams’s seventh album nods towards Horn’s own greatest hit of 1979, Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Depending on how you interpret “reality” – and we’re guessing Williams [...]
Robbie Williams, who was lovingly nick named “the fat dancer” by the Gallaghers, has taken another pop at his old rivals Oasis.Thinking Liam and Noel Gallagher are better off apart Robbie says: “Originally I thought they’d inevitably get back together because they are the band.“But reading between the lines, they’re both really stubborn so I [...]
Robbie Williams made a triumphant live comeback in London last night (Oct. 21), as part of the BBC's Electric Proms series of concerts. Appearing at the London Roundhouse with a 38-piece band, including string and brass sections -- led by Trevor Horn, who produced Williams' new album "Reality Killed the ...
Robbie Williams aka “I’ve got no game in the US” seems to be worried about his comeback. It’s been 2 years since the former Take That star’s “Rudebox” album got dissed by the critics.“Reality Killed The Video Star” is set for release on November 9 while the first single “Bodies” premieres on October 12. Robbie [...]
I admit. I’m pretty geeky when it comes to Robbie Williams. Ok, ok, so pretty much everyone agrees his last album, Rudebox, sucked bad – but come on, remember Feel? Come Undone? Millennium? She’s the One? It’s undeniable Mr. Williams has produced some incredibly awesome numbers other than Angels over the last few years – [...]
By Dominic Walsh - Timesonline.co.ukEMI, the music group behind Norah Jones and Coldplay, will announce plans tomorrow to scrap the system whereby each of its record labels has its own support function in a move that is likely to cost up to 2,000 jobs. The restructuring, which has prompted a wave of protest from artists including Robbie Williams, is being pushed through by Guy Hands, boss of th...
There are just so many odd and amusing things to this album. Besides the perverse attempts at rapping and the two highly indulgent autobiographical tracks toward the end the album, there's "Bongo Bong," which sounds like Robbie Williams's tribute to Gorillaz, but featuring complete gibberish vocals before switching to French halfway through. And then there are two songs that are effectively P...
There are just so many odd and amusing things to this album. Besides the perverse attempts at rapping and the two highly indulgent autobiographical tracks toward the end the album, there's "Bongo Bong," which sounds like Robbie Williams's tribute to Gorillaz, but featuring complete gibberish vocals before switching to French halfway through. And then there are two songs that are effectively P...
I swear some day I will actually up date this thing with something other than Robbie. But right now I'm listening to Feel. And I was just remembering seeing Robbie perform it live at Knebworth three years ago. It's definitely a very powerful song to hear live. And we may have been three bajillion miles away from the stage, but that song. When he sang it, it sent shivers up my spine. It had the ...
I dare say there are precious few big artists across the big pond from North America that aren't big here. However there is one. Robbie Williams, to my knowledge has never "hit" here (at least in the U.S.A.), but I've heard he's huge across the pond and perhaps other part of the world. Why? What's his draw?I spent this afternoon listening to his new CD, while reading MOG posts and comments, and...
I admit. I’m pretty geeky when it comes to Robbie Williams. Ok, ok, so pretty much everyone agrees his last album, Rudebox, sucked bad – but come on, remember Feel? Come Undone? Millennium? She’s the One? It’s undeniable Mr. Williams has produced some incredibly awesome numbers other than Angels over the last few years – [...]
Can't say I'm a fan, his music is not my cup of coffee, which I prefer dark. He does have my liking for having "addiction" written all over his forehead. However, I fancy 2 songs of his. The first one is Love Supreme that I adore, which happens to have a very good vid as well:The other song of his I like is Rock DJ. Here's its uncut version, in which he demonstrates creativity in pleasing (carn...
EMI is having some problems with its artists and their managers. Earlier this week we reported on the label firing their artist-friendly CEO Tony Wadsworth and rumors that Coldplay, like Radiohead and Paul McCartney before them, would leave the label. Now it seems that another major seller, Robbie Williams, is putting his foot down against the financial restructuring of the label, which was pur...
Robbie Williams aka “I’ve got no game in the US” seems to be worried about his comeback. It’s been 2 years since the former Take That star’s “Rudebox” album got dissed by the critics.“Reality Killed The Video Star” is set for release on November 9 while the first single “Bodies” premieres on October 12. Robbie [...]