http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 21 May 2006 12:35:58 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-372921 robbies videos are not all that.but i agree mr williams live he is amazing 10 out of 10. ]]> 372921@blogcritics.org Sun, 21 May 2006 12:35:58 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-372915 the best live act in the world ever.u just got 2 see it 2 believe it robbie williams is awsome. ]]> 372915@blogcritics.org Sun, 21 May 2006 12:30:01 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-372912 robbies the best america has no taste robbies a cool dude so much emotion in that voice you can feel it im into 2pac hiphop and the man himself mr robbie williams only ignorant people say robbies no good most americans are ]]> 372912@blogcritics.org Sun, 21 May 2006 12:21:57 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-278705 I don't know about 'camp', I think 'shite' is the word you are looking for. Or perhaps 'talenless'! Funny though. have you seen his latest video, where he tries to dress up like Elvis (for RW fans: Elvis was a singer before you were born), and ends up looking like a poor mans Alvin Stardust!!! just about sums the guy up. Still, 12 year old chavs and retards seem to like him. ]]> 278705@blogcritics.org Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:59:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24266 Yeah, I saw The Darkness on MTV. I don't know, I don't think they're going to make it. The singer's voice sounds too weak on those high notes. Mark Slaughter and Sebastian Bach used to really nail that shit. This guy just doesn't seem to have the voice to pull it off. When you're veering that close to parody, you've really got to get it right. Didn't hear the guitar solos, but we all know England hasn't produced a first-class shredmeister since Blackmore, so how good could they be? Too bad, 'cause I'm ready to RAWK again. (cue goat horn salute) ]]> 24266@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:36:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24211 I see, thanks. ]]> 24211@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:22:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24195 Well here is he is considered "cheeky" or a bit humerous showman. Live he does not take himself too serious and neither does he in interviews. I think Crow takes his laid-back self-effacing attitude as camp. Frankly, I think she is full of it... she seems to think because he is a miserable wanker whingeing about something or other, he is camp. ]]> 24195@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:27:34 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24194 I have to admit I don't know exactly how Robbie Williams is "camp." What does he do? I have some of his CDs but have never seen him live, nor do I even really know what he looks like beyond CD covers. ]]> 24194@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:23:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24193 Robbie Williams won't make it here because we already have enough singers who sound like David Gray. ]]> 24193@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:12:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24191 Well it all depends on their second album. If they get in a good rock producer (Mutt Lange, Bob Rock etc) and go balls out rock they should do well. If they try to retain their indy hard rock thing (at times soundings like the Cure covering Queen), I think they will tank. Its all down their management...are they trying to please NME/Q crowd or are they aiming for the Classic Rock/Kerrang/Metal Hammer lot. ]]> 24191@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:12:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24190 do you think they're a band with staying power or do you think people will see them as a novelty Queen rehash? ]]> 24190@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:08:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24187 I think they are a reaction to the navel-gazing crap rock that pervades the charts here. Its fun rock and they have a reputation for being awesome live and giving a good show, something that can't be said for all the whingeing indie types. It is possible that Americans won't see the humour and will just think of them as nostalgic. Time will tell. And as with anything else its all down to how/who they are marketed to. ]]> 24187@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:58:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24186 yeah The Darkness....I'm not sure what their deal is. They seem down right lame. Freddy Mercury's dead. There will never be another. Stop trying. ]]> 24186@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:50:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/20/073146.php#comment-24182 You know what she has a point. The two British music sensations in the U.S. have been Radiohead and Coldplay. I saw an MTV thing this weekend pumping up the Darkness and I predict they won't make it in America. If it's a joke, I don't want to get it. I don't want rock music to return to it's spandex glory from the 80's. I don't want the piercing not-quite falsetto of pansy ass metal. Stay at home. Robbie Williams on the other hand isn't all that bad. I think if people gave him a shot, they might be able to listen to him based on music alone. Once you get into the personae (like I saw on MTV's Cribs) he is going to turn a whole bunch of people off because he doesn't take himself seriously enough. ]]> 24182@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:58:18 EDT