Lyrics

 

The World And Her Mother

 

Take it back to the decades when we weren't naughty

Don't you worry, karma will be with you shortly

You've walked on broken glass, just to get back home

A heart of gold and a raver's soul

 

If we're gonna do this thing, let's do it properly

I can and I will, just watch me

There's nothing under this new moon that's gonna shock me

The world and her mother couldn't stop me

 

I am the beat, I am the drug

When I thought I wasn't, I was

The grass is greener 'cause it's fake

Old too soon, wise too late

 

If we're gonna do this thing, let's do it properly

I can and I will, just watch me

There's nothing under this new moon that's gonna shock me

The world and her mother couldn't stop me

 

Thank you, St. Jude

I'll take it from here

Close your eyes, clear your heart

It dissipates then disappears

 

If that's what it takes

Then that's what it takes

If that's what it takes

Then that's what it takes

 

If we're gonna do this thing, let's do it properly

I can and I will, just watch me

There's nothing under this new moon, can shock me

The world and her mother couldn't stop me

 

If that's what it takes

Then that's what it takes

If that's what it takes

Then that's what it takes

 

The Albert Hall with a proper orchestra would be wonderful. B-)

 

They have Bond specials there where they play a James Bond film and the orchestra plays the music live.

 

How cool would that be?

 

I've tried several times in the past to get tickets for that but they sell out really quick!

The Albert Hall with a proper orchestra would be wonderful. B-)

 

They have Bond specials there where they play a James Bond film and the orchestra plays the music live.

 

How cool would that be?

 

I've tried several times in the past to get tickets for that but they sell out really quick!

 

Yes & a lot of those tickets go to celebs etc so us fans have little chance of getting them :rolleyes:

 

 

Lyrics

 

Disco Symphony

 

Another floor filler, from your tortured singer

You've been singing other songs, but I'll forgive ya

They shoot horses don't they though, but I'm just not gonna quit

Dressed in McQueen in a Bee Gee's dream, still right in the thick of it

(Shaking my ass off)

Dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Dancing and I'm dressed so fly (everybody loves me)

Dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Disco, baby, do or die (you know you love me, love me)

Hardcore since '74

On the floor singing more, more, more (woo ha)

You got to, dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Show your mama what your ass is for

Michael Jackson, Mr. Jay Z (it's your boy)

Donna Summer, Freddie Mercury

They were singing to my soul, I'm sure it went something like this

Digging the scene in a Barry White dream, and I'm right in the thick of it

(Shaking my ass off)

Dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Dancing and I'm dressed so fly (everybody loves me)

Dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Disco, baby, do or die (you know you love me, love me)

Hardcore since '74

On the floor singing more, more, more (woo ha)

You got to, dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Show your mama what your ass is for

sing this song with me, so I know where you're coming from

(Ooh) it's my disco symphony

And the beat goes on and on and on

(Dance, dance, dance, dance dance dance)

(Dance, dance)

(Shaking my ass off)

Dance dance dance

Dance dance dance

(Dancing and I'm dressed so fly)

Dance dance dance

Dance dance dance

(Disco baby do or die)

Dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Dancing and I'm dressed so fly (everybody loves me)

Dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Disco, baby, do or die (you know you love me, love me)

Hardcore since '74

On the floor singing more, more, more (woo ha)

You got to, dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance

Show your mama what your ass is for

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MUSIC REVIEWS

ROBBIE WILLIAMS – XXV

 

Robbie Williams has been in and around the music industry for the better part of 2-3 decades (inclusive of his time in the group Take That), as he has now become one of Britain’s reigning solo male artists in…well, history? Maybe second to Elton John? Dunno the exact stats, but knowing how Robbie’s been in the music industry during the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and now the 2020s, well, it’s almost assumed that he’d come in second to Elton, right? Robbie’s been around for a long time, and not too long ago, we as a site wrote about Robbie’s music and his impact and influence in a blog, highlighting songs like ‘Feel’, ‘Better Man’, ‘Angels’, ‘Let Me Entertain You’, ‘Rock DJ’, ‘Millennium’, ‘Kids’, ‘Bodies’ and ‘The Road to Mandalay’, to name a few. We were reminded that someone like Robbie could cross musical genres quite well, from rock and pop, to quasi-inspirational (see songs like ‘Better Man’ and ‘Angels’), blues and swing (albums like Swinging When You’re Winning and Swings Both Ways showed us that Robbie could create music a la Michael Buble; and do it quite well). Now on the heels of his highly successful 2019 Christmas album The Christmas Present, Robbie’s at it again- unveiling the album XXV, a re-orchestrated and re-recorded album of 29 radio hits across his whole discography- inclusive of standouts like ‘Angels’, ‘Millenium’, ‘Rock DJ’, ‘Let Me Entertain You’, ‘Kids’, ‘Better Man’ and ‘Feel’.

 

Robbie Williams is a legend in his own right. He doesn’t need to explain his song choices to anyone, nor does he need to explain why his brand new album XXV is just simply put…great. No other word needs to be used to describe such a powerful 29-song masterpiece. If you want further analysis on quite a number of his songs unveiled on this project, check out the site’s blog about him and his music, as this ‘review’ isn’t the forum for us to ‘justify’ certain songs over others, in any best-of project. The fact that Robbie himself has re-recorded each and every track with the addition of a full symphonic orchestra is nothing short of marvellous- I actually prefer these new and updated versions compared to the originals. Robbie’s ability to craft and create songs that strike a chord with listeners around the world, is why he’s still standing in the 2020s, still making music, and still delivering songs that speak to us all, years upon years later from whence he started his solo career in 1997 with his album Life Thru and Lens, all through till now. Robbie’s impact, on not only British music, but music full stop, is certainly something that needs not to be denied (I mean, I’m sure blind freddy could even see and know that Robbie’s impact and influence on music, full stop, is evident).

 

His impact in music is certainly unparalleled, while it’s been said that Robbie’s sold more albums in the UK than any other solo British artist in the history of music itself, and that he’s won more BRIT awards than any other artist…surely that and that alone would be reason enough to rate this stellar and compelling best-of album 5/5, right? Each and every musical arrangement in this 29-track album is masterful and exquisite, while the arrangements make me admire the fusion between Robbie’s pop/rock blend, alongside classical symphonic music, a reminder that two or more musical genres can still coexist within the same space. This is Robbie’s work at its finest, and a reminder that Robbie himself still has a lot more to give. Just like how Taylor Swift and Bryan Adams have both been re-recording their past hits (because of revoked access to their own digital masters from before…thus they have to re-record them again); Robbie’s own re-recording of his standout songs isn’t to recover control of his own masters, but rather, a way to deliver his songs in a new light. I dunno if anyone ever considered these songs in a symphonic setting, but that’s what Robbie did…and in an overall general sense, it worked.

 

There are 4 new songs on this 29-track album- ‘Lost’ was unveiled as the album’s 4th official single (following ‘Angels’ and the double single ‘Eternity’/’The Road to Mandalay’), as Robbie stated this this track, though bleak, dark and unsettling at times, depicted a time in his life where there was turmoil that he had to overcome in his life- turmoil that was at times self-inflicted, recklessness that he unknowingly dished upon himself that he had to reckon with; while the other three new songs, ‘Disco Symphony’, ‘More Than This’ and ‘The World and Her Mother’, all appear on XXV (Deluxe Edition). ‘Disco Symphony’ was taken from the archives, originally unveiled on Under the Radar Vol. 3, a song recorded with Kylie. Robbie painted a track that would be a hit in clubs and pubs as it could become the soundtrack of many people attempting to ‘cut loose’ on the dancefloor, similar to how songs like ‘Night Fever’, ‘Dancing Queen’ or ‘September’ attempted to do that in the past. ‘More Than This’ is the next new song, a powerful, and inspirational track about people being more than ‘this’- whatever this is (our status, expectations of us, assumptions made about us before people getting to know us properly, societal norms, how much money we make, who our friends are, which ‘clique’ we hang out in), we are more than that. Our worth shouldn’t be based upon whatever we’ve determined ‘this’ to be, and thus, this track, as vague as it is, is nevertheless inspiring. The last remaining new track is ‘The World and Her Mother’, a song that is about determination and being goal orientated in what you focus your efforts on…or it can just be an egotistical trip where Robbie believes that he can do what he wants because he has plenty of clout. Whichever way you look at it (an innocent song about having a purpose in mind and saying that no one is going to stop him from achieving that, or something deeper- a track about the world owing him success because he’s ‘Robbie Williams’), ‘The World and Her Mother’ ought to promote discussion amongst the family, as we look within ourselves, and hopefully ask the question that this song hopefully propagates us to answer- are our motives pure or not?

 

There you have it- XXV. An album full of career standouts (alongside new songs), even inclusive of a new version of ‘Angels’- as track 29, Robbie unveils the newly re-engineered ‘Angels (Beethoven AI)’, a collaboration between Robbie, and an AI that compiled all of Beethoven’s music, and infused various stanzas throughout the newly reimagined ‘Angels’…to create, well, my favourite version of the song? It’s pretty ingenious, and a great way to end an already stellar and powerful album, that really showcases the best of Robbie over the years. An album certainly to treasure, especially if you enjoy similar artists like Take That, Ronan Keating or even Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue or even EDM artist Craig David; Robbie’s new collection of songs are the best you’re going to get. It could even be the album to check out and listen to if you don’t know much of Robbie’s music and want to get a general overview to Robbie’s music in general. Well done Robbie for these 29 re-imaginings. Looking forward to new material in the upcoming months and years ahead.

 

5 songs to listen to: Angels (Beethoven AI), Better Man, Feel, Let Me Entertain You, Lost

 

Score: 5/5

 

https://www.365daysofinspiringmedia.com/rev...e-williams-xxv/

Edited October 16, 20223 yr by Sydney11

The updated classics in the making =)

 

Angels (Beethoven AI)

 

Edited October 23, 20223 yr by Better Man

The updated classics in the making =)

 

Angels (Beethoven AI)

 

 

 

 

Sounds really nice :wub:

When we get this Q&A?..

https://vimeo.com/762616378?fbclid=IwAR3lQ3...3IydSrmwbltGgC8

THE CLIP!!!!!

 

 

 

Gosh !, that was a surprise . Nice simple video .

Credits of Lost music video.

 

Production Company: OB Management

Director: Alex Southam

DOP: Pieter Snyman

Producer: Ryan Morgan

Executive Producer: Sam Holmes

Director's Agent: Sam Davey & Polly Millner

1st AD: Jerome Franc

Service Production Company: Shot in Mars

Local EP's: Matthieu Berenguer, Julien Manunta

Line Producer: Antione Brusco

Production Assistant: Lilou Ramain Colomb, Ilona Tran, Mathilde Leferve

Location Manager: Sina Frifra

Gaffer: Thierry Garcia

Key Grip: Marc Balland

Set Designer: Elena Seegers

Edit Company: Stitch

Edit Producer: Angela Hart

Editor: Charlie Reddie

Edit Assistants: Luke Anderson, Laura Zvarikova

Post Company: Coffee and TV

Colourist: George Neave

Lead 2D Artist - Callum Wellby

2D Artist - Nick John

Colourist - George Neave

VFX Producer - Sorrel Higgins

VFX Producer - Gus Quirk

VFX Executive Producer - Chris Chard

While we're talking about Jonny, just want to admit that in the video we get Soccer Aid parts together with Jonny (2:24).

I think it's a good sign :)

Robbie Williams - Disco Symphony (XXV - Official Audio)

 

 

 

 

:music:

Edited November 19, 20223 yr by Sydney11

:lol:

 

Edited December 2, 20223 yr by Better Man

 

 

 

‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams is probably known by many of us. This song is now available in a slightly different version – Artificial Intelligence has been involved.

But can algorithms really be creative?

See what Claudia Nemat can tell us about it in this video

 

 

 

A BOT of Robbie :kink:

Would be great to get the full video, or at least the interview in text.

 

Slightly different version of the clip

https://vimeo.com/781481459

 

Robbie Williams - Lost (Director’s Cut)

 

DIRECTOR: ALEX SOUTHAM

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: SAM HOLMES

PRODUCER: RYAN MORGAN

PRODUCTION COMPANY: OB

DOP: PIETER SNYMAN

DIRECTOR'S AGENT: SAM DAVEY & POLLY MILLNER AT OB MANAGEMENT

1ST AD: JEROME FRANC

SERVICE PRODUCTION COMPANY: SHOT IN MARS

LOCAL EP'S: MATTHIEU BERENGUER, JULIEN MANUNTA

LINE PRODUCER: ANTIONE BRUSCO

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: ELLIE CLAPPERTON, LILOU RAMAIN COLOMB, ILONA TRAN, MATHILDE LEFERVE

LOCATION MANAGER: SINA FRIFRA

GAFFER: THIERRY GARCIA

KEY GRIP: MARC BALLAND

SET DESIGNER: ELENA SEEGERS

EDIT COMPANY: STITCH

EDIT PRODUCER: ANGELA HART

EDITOR: CHARLIE REDDIE

EDIT ASSISTANTS: LUKE ANDERSON, LAURA ZVARIKOVA

POST COMPANY: COFFEE AND TV

COLOURIST: GEORGE NEAVE

LEAD 2D ARTIST - CALLUM WELLBY

2D ARTIST - NICK JOHN

COLOURIST - GEORGE NEAVE

VFX PRODUCER - SORREL HIGGINS

VFX PRODUCER - GUS QUIRK

VFX EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - CHRIS CHARD