January 26, 20196 yr She was interviewed on Graham Norton's Radio 2 show this morning. 'Give You Up' isn't really clicking with me like 'Hurricanes' did but it's nice to hear her tour's sold out and that she's excited about that. She should hopefully be confident of another top 10 album.
January 29, 20196 yr Author She was interviewed on Graham Norton's Radio 2 show this morning. 'Give You Up' isn't really clicking with me like 'Hurricanes' did but it's nice to hear her tour's sold out and that she's excited about that. She should hopefully be confident of another top 10 album. With Dido, I pretty much expect a Top 3 album but Give You Up isn't off to a flying start... I mean, I get that Dido is a simple person but after such a long absence, I was hoping something more dancey... I am still hoping that her tour will stretch beyond Europe and US and come to Australia and Asia but I am not holding my breath on this... ;) Edited January 29, 20196 yr by Red Blooded Man
January 29, 20196 yr The acoustic version is brilliant! The track is growing, that’s for sure. Can we just take a minute to bask in the fact that this woman is supposed to be 47 years old?
January 29, 20196 yr Don't think I've commented on the music yet but I love all three tracks. Hurricanes is really captivating despite very little production, although that makes the eventual climax of the song even more impactful. I love the little flourishes in Friends too, kinda of reminds me of Orbit's work.
January 30, 20196 yr OK, I take back what I said about 'Give You Up', the acoustic version has made it click for me. Such a beautiful vocal, quite understated production but it works.
February 21, 20196 yr Author I can safely say that the video revives my lackluster interest in the song.
February 21, 20196 yr actually just figured out she didn't write Give You Up, despite the song being 100% Dido-esque. That's what she answered when asked about the song in an interview for a German magazine. "There's a story behind it, but it's not mine because I did not write it. This is actually the very first song I did not write myself. I've always been sent songs and I've always wondered why I should sing that song from someone else, because I'm a songwriter. Actually, I should never actually become a singer because I have always been a songwriter. However, it just turned out that in the end I stayed on the record. Anyway, a friend sent me this song and I just thought, "Wow, that's crazy. I wish I had written it. He's so good that I want to take him in. "So I chose him. What I love about the song is that it was written much like my other titles, because the meaning is ambivalent. The message is, that I am over this separation, but also something of not over this separation. I love that ambiguity in the song. At the same time, the song could be a story of each one of us. Who has not ever broken up with someone and felt miserable afterwards? I do not know anybody who has not had to go through this before."
February 21, 20196 yr I also read that she worked again with Rick Nowels on a couple tracks on the new album, that's great news, he's great and always works well with Dido (White Flag, Sand in my Shoes, No Freedom)
February 22, 20196 yr XAKtWaPK0_M Another great track! Love those little bleeps that bookend the song.
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