I did a really good rant. Then when I went to post I lost my internet connection. And lost all my rant too. I'm really really pissed off now. I keep losing my connection tonight. :arrr:

:lol: Poor Jup

Take 2.

 

I've been getting increasingly annoyed about the press coverage RW has been receiving in the UK these past few weeks. I appreciate that he is a major star and major stars can expect some 'ribbing' in the press. But this time there seems to be a viciousness I haven't seen before. Nothing positive isever written. Snide comments, mockery and insults abound. It seems as if the journalists really detest him and want him to disappear.

I can't think of any other act who is currently receiving such a bad press ( except perhaps Michael Jackson). And the amazing thing is- he is the UK's most successful international music star. By far.

 

I was just wondering whether this 'putting down your own' while fawning over 'stars' from overseas is a UK phenomenon or whether it happens in other countries too.

 

I see the same thing happening with James Blunt. Ok, while I'm not much of a fan, you can't deny he's been really successful. But he is starting to get ridicule too.

 

Do the journos just want to be seen as 'cool' and 'happening'?

 

And the weird thing is, they totally fawn over US acts such as Beyonce and Justin. They can do no wrong and are never out the papers. Why? Their UK sales are nothing startling.

Take Beyonce ( superstar). No harm to the girl but her latest album has just entered the UK charts selling a paltry 35,000. Beaten to No1 by a Snow Patrol album that's been out for months and months. But who gets all the press adulation? Bloody well not Snow Patrol.

 

I'm just getting a bit fed up with things. No wonder Robbie lives in LA........ :arrr:

Oh look, another really constructive, positive review from the UK 'press'. :rolleyes:

Robbie Williams - Rudebox

 

Article by Caroline Hurley

Well, it’s the day we’ve all been waiting for: Robbie goes hip hop - God help us all. Adhering to the ‘composed on a Commodore 64’ sound that established pop stars revert to when sales start to slump, Robbie’s dulcet Stoke-on-Trent tones mumble on about rubbish for what feels like an hour. Despite this kind of exploitative gimmick working well for Madonna, somehow this effort manages to be offensive to women, former fans and frankly, anyone with ears. If there’s any justice then this will be the death knell for the solo career of ‘that fat dancer from Take That’.

 

How can they talk just like that about him

I mean, in his own country

 

they´re so critical, is better the support in other countries? :unsure:

 

i just think robbie gives the best!

Take 2.

 

I've been getting increasingly annoyed about the press coverage RW has been receiving in the UK these past few weeks. I appreciate that he is a major star and major stars can expect some 'ribbing' in the press. But this time there seems to be a viciousness I haven't seen before. Nothing positive isever written. Snide comments, mockery and insults abound. It seems as if the journalists really detest him and want him to disappear.

I can't think of any other act who is currently receiving such a bad press ( except perhaps Michael Jackson). And the amazing thing is- he is the UK's most successful international music star. By far.

 

I was just wondering whether this 'putting down your own' while fawning over 'stars' from overseas is a UK phenomenon or whether it happens in other countries too.

 

I see the same thing happening with James Blunt. Ok, while I'm not much of a fan, you can't deny he's been really successful. But he is starting to get ridicule too.

 

Do the journos just want to be seen as 'cool' and 'happening'?

 

And the weird thing is, they totally fawn over US acts such as Beyonce and Justin. They can do no wrong and are never out the papers. Why? Their UK sales are nothing startling.

Take Beyonce ( superstar). No harm to the girl but her latest album has just entered the UK charts selling a paltry 35,000. Beaten to No1 by a Snow Patrol album that's been out for months and months. But who gets all the press adulation? Bloody well not Snow Patrol.

 

I'm just getting a bit fed up with things. No wonder Robbie lives in LA........ :arrr:

 

 

Well said

 

I agree, the UK press are vile creatures :puke2:

I may have more rants to come in the next few days. I'm in a ranty mood. ^_^

Great rant Jupiter!

 

Very similar to one I sent to the Mirror actually. Surprisingly they didn't print it! :rolleyes:

He definitely ain't gonna get any good press from The Mirror. Not after giving that 'exclusive' interview to HER from The Sun.

Despite entering lower than expected last week, Robbie Williams’ Rudebox could climb into the Top Three on Sunday, while Fergie’s London Bridge (A&M) will rise into the Top Five after getting physically released yesterday

 

Great !!!! :) :) :)

 

LifeLight

#7 today :(

 

LifeLight

WHAT!!!! And here I was getting all excited. The MK shows have to lift it surely :blink:

WHAT!!!! And here I was getting all excited. The MK shows have to lift it surely :blink:

 

We can only but hope <_< I am really shocked that yesterday it was climbing and now it has dropped :huh:

Well said, jupiter. Agree with everything you wrote. Of course in the German speaking area not every journalist loves Rob, but you would never read the sort of articles about him that you get from the UK press.

I'm often speechless about how plain nasty and vicious many of them are. It's a disgrace :angry:

 

So Rudebox has dropped to no. 7 now ?

That's disappointing after those good news from yesterday. :cry:

Something to cheer us up again after the UK midweeks shock: Rudebox has gone to no. 1 in Switzerland, it's his first ever no. 1 there.

 

Oh brilliant :cheer:

Something to cheer us up again after the UK midweeks shock: Rudebox has gone to no. 1 in Switzerland, it's his first ever no. 1 there.

 

Yeeey! :dance:

Ok, just to let everyone know, it was reported in today's Sun that Justin Timberlakes long awaited 2nd album has sold an "outstanding" 27,000 copies in the first day and looks set to reach 100k by Sunday. :o :lol:

 

God, this is from he same paper who said Rob was scared to go up again this so called "megestar" :rolleyes:

 

IC sold 150,000 copies in the first and and 375,000 that week. :lol:

 

That is a bloody massive difference don't you think :rolleyes:

 

Someone should let Vicky know ^_^

Scotty, stop being so deluded. Everyone knows Justin is much more popular in the UK than Robbie.

The Sun says so. -_-

 

*** Waiting for the next Justin UK Tour when he plays all the Stadiums and Big Fields. ***

As Monsoon said, Rudebox is the Swiss Number 1 this week.

 

 

link here-

 

http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s

 

 

:dance:

From the Chart Chat Forum-

 

 

CHART COMMENTARY from JAMES MASTERTON ( comments on the UK charts)

10/09/06

 

from uk.launch

 

Four different Number Ones in as many weeks. It seems like ages since this happened but in fact this is the second time this year that we have had this rate of turnover at the top of the chart, dating back to March when Chico, Orson, Ne-Yo and Gnarls Barkley all had Number One hits back to back. The change this week is precipitated by the widely expected rise of 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin' following its CD release and which nicely dumps Justin Timberlake down to second place to give the Scissor Sisters their first ever Number One hit. It is a struggle to write anything about the song that hasn't been said a thousand times over by just about every reviewer going, the camp disco song being the kind of record it is hard to hate and even harder to listen to without emerging with a big cheesy grin on your face. Honourable mention must of course go to the venerable Elton John who pays tribute to the group who have stolen much of his old act by playing piano on 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin', albeit without a direct chart credit. Attention will now turn to the parent album and whether it can deliver on its promise to catapault the Scissor Sisters to worldwide superstardom. Make the most of it if you are a fan, the next few months are set to be a glorious high point to their career.

 

Totally new hit singles are thin on the ground this week with the biggest Top 40 movement coming from some of last weeks big new download hits taking the customary leap up the chart thanks to their physical formats. Nelly Furtado is the big winner here, 'Promiscuous' flying 15-3 to ensure that the followup to the Number One smash hit 'Maneater' has a similarly respectable chart placing. Although the regionalised release strategy of her singles has been well documented, you do have to wonder just why the decision was made not to push 'Promiscuous' here as the first single. It stands side by side with its predecessor as a magnificent pop record and the sound of an artist at the height of her creativity. I'd only add that it is a shame it was not challenging for Number One but with the Scissor Sisters selling double their nearest competition this was perhaps unlikely.

 

Also failing to mount the expected challenge to the Number One position is Robbie Williams whose eclectic new single 'Rudebox' leaps 30-4 after a nervous start to the week when there were doubts it would make the Top 5 at all. The choice of such a stripped down electronic funk track as the lead single from his new album is to say the least very him. Reports are that the album itself treads a far more conventional path and contains some tracks that are amongst the best songs he has ever recorded. 'Rudebox' thus stands proud as a refreshing break from the norm and maybe stands as a warning should we ever complain Robbie Williams is becoming formulaic. Assuming the single progresses no further it has at the very least matched the peak scaled by 'Feel' in December 2002, to date the lowest peak of any brand new Robbie single and it represents a dramatic turnaround in chart fortunes after his last single 'Sin Sin Sin' made a desultory Number 22 earlier in the summer. Nonetheless it will be his fifth single in a row not to reach Number One, his longest period of drought since he had to wait for his seventh solo hit to top the chart for the first time. The chorus of 'Rudebox' is lifted directly from 'Boops (Here To Go)', the one and only Top 40 hit for production legends Sly and Robbie, the single reaching Number 12 in May 1987. Needless to say back then just as now, the track was at the very worst, arrestingly different.

 

Another rise is on the cards for Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars' which gained second wind a few weeks ago and which has been inching its way up the charts ever since. The single this week scales a new chart high of Number 6, enough now to make it their second biggest hit to date and just one place shy of the Number 5 peak of debut single 'Run'. There is a similarly welcome rise at Number 9 for 'Never Be Lonely' by The Feeling which on its third week on the chart gives them a third straight Top 10 hit - and quite deservedly so too may I add.

 

The highest "new entry" of the week lands at Number 7 as Lemar moves up from a near miss Number 41 last week with his brand new single 'It's Not That Easy'. It is the opening single from his forthcoming third album 'Truth About Love' and as befits his career to date is a staggeringly good British soul track that dare I suggest has "instant classic" written all over it. At the very worst it is set to be a mainstay of love song and chillout compilations for many moons to come. His first single release in over a year, it becomes his sixth Top 10 hit single to date, his only relative failure being his last single 'Don't Give It Up' which only reached Number 21 in August last year.

 

In a desperate search for something to knock or at least become frustrated about, we come to Number 13 and the somewhat inexplicable way that Muse's latest single 'Starlight' has avoided becoming one of the biggest hits of the week. No matter that it is one of the biggest climbers after landing at Number 38 last week, this is a single that should also be riding high in the Top 10. The second single to be taken from their 'Black Holes And Revelations' album, it represents a return to a more conventional sound following the reverb and distortion-heavy 'Supermassive Black Hole' which gave them their biggest hit ever when it made Number 4 back in July. 'Starlight' is by contrast almost pretty and comes complete with a soaring chorus and the underlying fear that singer Matt Bellamy is going to burst into tears in the middle of it. That is part of the reason why I love Muse so much, for the rollercoaster of emotions that each of their records takes you on. For all that their chart strike rate is inconsistent to say the least. 'Starlight' would have been a worthy single to give them back to back Top 10 hits for the first time ever. We can only hope that this chart placing isn't quite the end of the story.

 

Just outside the Top 20 this week we find two records that didn't quite make the grade sales wise and two brand new singles which give the usual clues as to the makeup of next weeks Top 10. First the failures, and they include Kelis featuring Too Short who can only move 64-22 with the single 'Bossy'. Her first chart hit in almost a year and half, it is set to wind up as one of her smallest. Similarly club hit 'Moving Too Fast' only gives Supafly Inc a Number 23 hit single after arriving in the shops this week. The single is notable for its use of the main riff of Phil Collins' classic 'Another Day In Paradise', last seen in the charts in 2001 when covered by Brandy and Ray J who hit Number 5. It isn't the first time the track has been given the dance treatment either, Jam Tronik's house version having made Number 19 in March 1990.

 

The honour of the highest new entry of the week goes to Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson, better known as the glamorous side of the Black Eyed Peas. 'London Bridge' is the first single taken from her much anticipated solo album which by and large isn't expected to diverge too far from the sound of her parent album, especially with will.i.am handling the bulk of the production. The track makes Number 25 after a reasonably strong download showing and should rocket up the charts next week.

 

It is a similar story for the returning Jamelia and 'Something About You' which nips in at Number 28 prior to its physical release. This is the second time she has returned after a career pause to deal with the messy business of making a baby, the first of course coming back in 2003 when she released the long running smash hit 'Superstar' which brought her considerable international success. These pregnant pauses so to speak actually seem to work in her favour. Just one listen to the upbeat 'Something About You' makes you realise what a gap her absence from the charts has left and just how good it is to have her back.

 

Finally for this week, the answer to the obscure chart stat that I mused about last week. The lowest charting single ever to rise eventually to Number One is 'Star Trekkin' by The Firm which began its chart run on June 6th 1987 at the lowly position of Number 74. No Number One single has ever begun its chart run at Number 75 (the lowest position listed by Music Week and thus the cut off point for all record books), although just like the "biggest jump to Number One" record, the current shape of the chart market makes it more likely to be broken now than it has been for a generation.