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| From | "rayweir2000" <rayweir2000@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Robbie Williams |
| Date | Wed, 16 May 2007 19:52:48 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@...> wrote:
>
> I think Williams' persona hasn't really translated to the states. The
> closest comparison I can think of is...remember back when Craig
> Kilborn was the host of the Daily Show before Jon Stewart, and his
> whole thing was "I'm playacting at being a smug, sexist creep so
> thoroughly that you can't tell if I'm REALLY a smug, sexist creep or
> just pretending to be one"? Robbie's persona is very similar: he's
> playing at being an arrogant, vain egotist, but there's a kind of a
> nod and a wink behind it. And I think that twist has been overlooked
> by a lot of folks over here because he's not so omnipresent in the
> media that it's clear that it's an act.
>
> Also, I just don't think he's done much that's as good as "Millennium"
> recently.
>
> Another UK import that I'm surprised didn't translate: Atomic Kitten,
> whose Svengali was Andy McCluskey of OMD.
>
> S
>
I agree that much of the strength of his earlier stuff was about the
writing and pop sensibilities of Guy Chambers. The post-Chambers
material just isn't as good. The neediness and self-obsession started
to get a bit tiresome as well. When you get to stage of writing a
song called 'I will talk and Hollywood will listen' it really is time
to step away from the vehicle.
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