Ah! i thought it was a mistake..thanks Gill. :D

Sandra..James Blunt? :blink: something about that man makes me want to throw something in a very violent manner. :lol:

 

 

I know what you mean but, I saw him on Top Gear and had a complete change of heart about him . He's a very funny guy with a personality. Not keen on his voice, but as a person, I like him. :D

 

Just thought that he may pull rank as the bigger album seller globally.

 

Bev 5.30 is apparently the time that Will is going to be on the Hyde Park gig - I've no idea about the Chart Show :lol:

Bev 5.30 is apparently the time that Will is going to be on the Hyde Park gig - I've no idea about the Chart Show :lol:

Thanks Chris..yes it did read like you were saying Will was on stage then...thought that was it. :D Sandra..I'm sure he is a nice guy, it's the voice, ugh! :puke2:

Sandra..James Blunt? :blink: something about that man makes me want to throw something in a very violent manner. :lol:

 

And me, *looks for a shoe* i dont like his speaking voice either.

 

has anyone heard of interview magazine? just had a call from my mother in law, her neighbour has brought it in for me, Will is in there, not sure what yet, will pick it up tomorrow

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And me, *looks for a shoe* i dont like his speaking voice either.

 

has anyone heard of interview magazine? just had a call from my mother in law, her neighbour has brought it in for me, Will is in there, not sure what yet, will pick it up tomorrow

 

Hope you can type it up for us phil. :)

Interview from Liverpool Echo. Thanks to Julie Will4me.

 

Will Young tells why he named his new album after the Liverpool Echo

 

 

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpoo ... z1XRBgOk6x

 

I’VE had some of the best nights of my life in Liverpool”, muses Will Young. “It’s always been a lucky place for me. Right from the beginning, I remember good things happened for me there.

 

“Just after Pop Idol I sang with Burt Bacharach when he played the Summer Pops.

 

“Then I started working with LIPA, and I’ve lost count of the amazing students I’ve met there. Then I’ve had such great gigs in Liverpool. The audiences are crazy, which is great as a performer.

 

“I try to sneak up to Liverpool whenever I can. When I did a radio tour recently, I kept saying to the record company ‘I need to go to Liverpool’. I did, I mean the radio stations are great, but really I was trying to get to the Tate at the Albert Dock to see the Magritte exhibition.

 

“I didn’t even make it. In the end we were so pushed for time, all I did was get to run into the gift shop and buy some postcards. My friends and family all think I went, so I do need to go back. That’s my next mission – actually get round the exhibition.”

 

Will will be in town for his November 6 gig at the Empire.

 

“I love the Empire,” he grins. “I had such a good time there when I last played. Lots of the students I’d been working with at LIPA came to see me. It was one of my favourite nights of the tour.”

 

It’s hard to believe, but February marks 10 years since Will was crowned Pop Idol, winning the TV competition that kicked off the Noughties’ golden age of TV talent shows.

 

The Berkshire boy was just 21 when he stepped in front of Nicki Chapman, Neil Fox, Pete Waterman and Simon Cowell to deliver a shy, almost apologetic version of Blame It On The Boogie.

 

“Slightly cheesy” was the panel’s verdict but, nevertheless, he sailed through and just as calmly won over the voting public. Contrary to stories at the time, Young wasn’t the underdog at any stage, leading the phone-voting figures from the off.

 

Considering the attention now lavished upon Pop Idol’s successor The X Factor, it’s interesting the talent show genre’s most creatively successful star appeared so early on.

 

“It’s all changed so much since my day,” says Will, smiling. “Saying that, I’d still do X Factor. It’s what you make of it, isn’t it? It’s a chance and a massive leg up, but you have to pick up the baton and run with it.

 

“Watch Pop Idol now and it looks like you’re watching a show from the Eighties. It’s very weird and genuine.

 

“When something becomes a success, it goes into the mainstream marketplace and it’s hard for it to seem genuine again. We had no agenda then – and the judges are the biggest stars now, not the talent.”

 

To hear how far Will has come since his early auditions covering soul classics, you only need to listen to his new album Echoes.

 

“I named it after the best newspaper in the world,” he laughs. “I should have called it Liverpool Echoes shouldn’t I? But the street vendors just shout ‘Echo’ so I named it after that.”

 

Sophisticated, measured and perfectly written, it’s some of his best work.

 

“It’s been a long time coming,” he says. “Some of the songs I started about five or six years ago, others 18 months ago.

 

“I wanted to work with Richard X, who’s done amazing things and really made it sound like a body of work,” he says, referring to the producer who specialises in the grown-up pop of Goldfrapp, Roisin Murphy and Sugababes.

 

“I know that’s a cliche, but it is true. I wanted to do an electronic, upbeat album with programmed drums, and it was Richard that really pulled that together, made sure it didn’t go too far in any direction and balanced it all out perfectly.

 

“I didn’t want it to turn into, ‘Will does club bangers’ or anything, but I have a newfound love of electronic music from remixes that have been done, and the Groove Armada track I sang on.

 

“I really enjoyed my voice on those tracks and noticed the lyrics more than I had done before. There’s almost more space for them, so I knew this album had to be about simplicity.”

 

At its beginning, Echoes sees Will explore his more melancholic side on tracks such as Jealousy, Outsider and Lie Next To Me.

 

“If ever I’m feeling low, sad or insecure, then writing a song is a good way to get it out,” he says. “Heartbreak informs most of my favourite music, and it’s hard to write happy songs without sounding evangelical.”

 

Will, who has a degree in politics from Exeter University, believes advertising is largely to blame, “for making people feel rubbish if they don’t have the right possessions”.

 

“I’ll give it ‘til the end of the year, see how this album does and jack it all in for a life of politics,” he jokes, although if his sensible Question Time appearance in 2009 was anything to go by, the voting public could do a lot worse.

 

“Doing Question Time, debating at the Oxford Union, having a South Bank Show special, going on Top Gear and so on, it’s all because I’m more comfortable getting the real me across,” he explains.

 

“In my early 20s, all I knew is that I’d always wanted to be a pop star so I was determined not to screw it up.”

 

Just don’t ask him about Twitter.

 

“I’m not very good on it,” he admits. “I’m OK when I’m sober, but the minute I have a drink I lose any boundaries. There will be things I think are hilarious the record company really don’t. My first post on Twitter was me, naked, with a shoe over my c***. I thought everyone would think it was funny.

 

“They didn’t. I had to take it down. So now I’m banned from Twitter when I’m drunk. It’s probably for the best.”

Will Young plays the Liverpool Empire on November 6. Tickets are available by calling 0844 871 3017. His fifth album Echoes is out now.

 

:lol:

Gary Barlow is now to headline the Hyde Park gig. What on earth will he sing?

Gary Barlow is now to headline the Hyde Park gig. What on earth will he sing?

Maybe he will do a one man Take That :lol:

 

Glad i did not buy/win tickets :P

 

Maybe he will do a one man Take That :lol:

 

Glad i did not buy/win tickets :P

 

Said exactly the same to someone in a text. :P

 

I've a feeling GB will try & launch his solo career again with all the exposure he'll be getting from X Factor. He appears to be well in with Cowell. I've just read he's written a track for Ronan Parke for BGT as well as that amediocre Matt Cardle single. Has he written anything decent for anyone else? :unsure:

Love the Liverpool Echo Interview :lol: and Gary Barlow at Hyde park Solo? how thrilling. :blink:

 

A few little bits..

Echoes is album of the week on a little radio station in Bury St Edmund's

RWSFMRWSfm 103.3

Andrea On air from 9am this morning 103.3fm or online www.rwsfm.co.uk. Showbiz gossip, fun quizzes and my album of the week from Will Young.

The Leave Right Now video on Youtube has just passed the million views mark, his first to pass the Million!..only took nine years or so. :lol: Jealousy on the other hand is already at 722k n a matter of weeks and is clearly his most popular video to date! :dance:

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Love the Liverpool Echo Interview :lol: and Gary Barlow at Hyde park Solo? how thrilling. :blink:

 

A few little bits..

Echoes is album of the week on a little radio station in Bury St Edmund's

 

The Leave Right Now video on Youtube has just passed the million views mark, his first to pass the Million!..only took nine years or so. :lol: Jealousy on the other hand is already at 722k n a matter of weeks and is clearly his most popular video to date! :dance:

 

Thanks for this morning's snippets Bev.

 

Won't be too long before Will has a second vid topping a million :dance:

Thanks for all the latest girls http://www.en.kolobok.us/smiles/artists/just_cuz/JC_doubleup.gif he's such a liar about naming his album after the paper. :lol: As for Gary Barlow, I think he sees himself as the new saviour of everything and anybody at the moment. :rolleyes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/hyde-park-11/

 

Thought you might all like to see this in writing :lol: and the video clips especially James Blunt :lol:

 

Avis xx

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by happiness1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/hyde-park-11/

 

Thought you might all like to see this in writing :lol: and the video clips especially James Blunt :lol:

 

Avis xx

 

Thanks Avis. I don't mind James Blunt but I still think I made a wise move not going for this one. Seems the weather forecast ain't too good either.

 

Wonder what time the queuing starts. :lol:

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Thanks Avis. I don't mind James Blunt but I still think I made a wise move not going for this one. Seems the weather forecast ain't too good either.

 

Wonder what time the queuing starts. :lol:

 

I hope the weather is better than the forecast suggests. If I were going the only one I'd watch in rain is Will.

 

Gary Barlow isn't a scintillating addition is he? I agree suggy, it seem like he's on a mission to be the hero these days.

Thanks Avis..i love my bloke, but i'm so glad i'm not going to this. James Blunt AND Solo Gary Barlow, dear god! :lol:

 

Wonder what time the queuing starts. :lol:

For Normal People or Willfans? :P

Thanks Avis..i love my bloke, but i'm so glad i'm not going to this. James Blunt AND Solo Gary Barlow, dear god! :lol:

For Normal People or Willfans? :P

 

Do you need to ask? :lol: Wonder if the dawn start can be beaten. :P

 

Thanks to Gill.

 

BT Vision.

 

 

UNBELIEVABLY IT’S now 10 years almost to the month since Mr William Young first entered our lives, as a fresh-faced 22-year-old auditionee on the very first series of Pop Idol.

 

He went on to win the nation’s heart by standing up to still-emerging TV villain Simon Cowell (before he ruled the world). Next, despite being clearly labelled as the underdog to stuttering cherub Gareth Gates, he won the show. Then, he came out on the cover of a tabloid. All in head-spinningly rapid succession and all in his first few months of household fame.

 

A decade on, and that all seems like ancient history. Since then Will has clocked up five platinum-plus albums and four No. 1 hit singles, making him by far the most successful reality show graduate the UK’s produced. And that’s before you even start on the awards, the acting (debuting alongside none other than Dame Judi Dench in Mrs Henderson Presents) and the sell-out tours.

 

Now with the release of his top three single Jealousy and recent TV special (A Night With Will Young, ITV1 27 Aug), Will talks exclusively to BT Vision about staying true to himself, wearing Lycra and finding a new sound with his brand-new #1 hit album Echoes.

 

Congrats on the new album Echoes, Will. It strikes a great balance between the classic, classy Will records of yore and a fresh, more electronic, dancey production.

 

Thanks. I’m really excited about it. This has been a long time coming. The Groove Armada track (Will collaborated on their tune History last year) was like a stepping stone for me and made me realise I wasn’t completely crazy to try and do something in that area. I had a few battles – good battles, I should add – with the record company before we got here, but I’m really pleased with the reception so far.

 

How would you describe the new sound?

 

I’m not sure what to call it really. Electropop can mean anything from Goldfrapp to Metronomy, and it’s definitely not that. ‘Restrained electro’ maybe? It sounds so pretentious! Maybe it’s better I wait for something nice someone else says and then just nick it.

 

Richard X produced the album – how was it working with him?

 

It sounds obvious to say this I know, but he was so key to the whole thing. He’s had a foot in the pop camp in the past and now with all the stuff he’s doing, like the Steve Mason album last year – he just really got where I was coming from. I think people can smell dishonesty a mile away. So it had to be something that was honest to me – if it was trying to be something that was written to tie in with something going on now, you could tell.

 

I think it totally does that. It’s not like you’ve made a banging techno album. Plus the lyrics – they’re so honest. Particularly songs like Silent Valentine and Lie Next To Me.

 

They’re all from what’s in my head at the time. I don’t write from observation so much. On the week I wrote those two in particular I had run into someone from the past and it brought up a lot of, er, stuff. It’s all in the songs. It was weird playing back to people in Sony for the first time, as the lyrics were quite exposing. I remember sitting there, shuffling uncomfortably.

 

And then there’s more positive, carefree tunes like I Just Want A Lover. That’s almost like your Fastlove.

 

Yes, someone else said that. I feel at my age I can say certain things now that maybe I couldn’t before. A few years ago a song like that might have seemed a bit try-hard.

 

We haven’t talked about the new video for Jealousy, yet. We love the whole trapeze artist concept – where did that come from?

 

I was searching on YouTube one day and came across this amazing clip of the classic Tony Curtis film Trapeze. I don’t really remember how. Was I searching for men in Lycra? Anyway, it’s such an amazing film and visually so arresting. And of course Tony Curtis was drop-dead gorgeous. I liked the challenge of learning a new skill too. Plus it was a good excuse to wear Lycra.

 

You always push the boundaries with your videos somehow – they’re rarely straightforward pop videos.

 

I like doing a story that allows for loads of different ways into the song. If it’s boring for me I think it will be boring for viewers too. So with Jealousy there’s some humour and it’s quite camptastic, but it’s also a bit ambiguous – you’re not totally sure who’s jealous of who. It’s a more interesting way of doing things.

 

Let’s talk about some more of your videos, as there’s loads on Vision Music. Let’s go back to the very first – Evergreen.

 

That was the most expensive video I ever made. I think the budget was a quarter of a million or something. We actually shot two videos at the same time – Evergreen and Anything Is Possible. We flew to Havana in Cuba and filmed in this amazing old art deco theatre. I remember it being baking hot. Somehow it ended up being a case of amazing song, not very good video though. Bit of a missed opportunity I think. But it was an amazing time for me – I had just won the show and the next thing I knew I was being whisked off to Havana to shoot my first video. It was Simon’s idea to get me away from everything. That was such a whirlwind, mad time in my life.

 

And Leave Right Now. I think that song and video really confirmed your arrival as a proper artist with longevity and totally removed you from the whole Pop Idol thing.

 

That was a very different type of video for me. It was Kevin Godley who directed it. He’s amazing. We shot it all in one take of course. We did it 21 times and used the 19th take, funnily enough (Will has been signed to 19 Management since the beginning of his career). It wasn’t like the one take thing had never been done before – Baillie Walsh did those brilliant Massive Attack videos and of course there was Sinéad O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U. But no one had done it for a while. And it was a great way to really draw the viewer into the song and make you engage with the lyric.

 

All Time Love was another great video. Quite epic really – it’s like a mini movie set in a courtroom with you on trial for an unknown crime.

 

That’s one of my favourites. That was the first time I played around with the ambiguity of the relationship between the three main characters. It had quite a profound effect on me. It was based on a Cuban poet something similar had happened to who ended up on trial. The director, W.I.Z., was very deep and gave me lots of literature to read about anarchy, politics, and anti-capitalist readings before we did the shoot. And so that intensity filtered through to the performance. And I loved that shot with the judges with the ice cream, it’s brilliant.

 

And finally Changes from your last album. That was a great song – it should have been a bigger hit – and had a brilliant, quite odd and intriguing video.

 

That’s probably the most out-there video I’ve done. The director, Martin de Thurah, is a genius. The concept was a bit Smalltown Boy (the Bronski Beat song) – about leaving your home town and searching for something more, something better. We shot in Kent – near the director Derek Jarman’s old house – though it looks like America. It was all very symbolic – the rain, the bursting into flames. It was quite an ordeal to shoot of course, but the end result was worth it.

 

What’s your favourite Will Young video and why? Let us know with a comment below. And follow our TV, music, sport and film chit-chat at @tvfrombt on Twitter.

http://www.btvision.bt.com/music/will-young

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Hope you can type it up for us phil. :)

 

Doh, its in S magazine, it says 'interview' at the top of the page :lol: in the paper 4th sept

ive had a quick look back and i cant see it in this thread.

i think some of it is a mash up tho, i will type it in full if we havent read seen it,

 

one bit says that he has Mcdonalds, a quarter pounder meal and then 2 cheeseburgers.

he always checks his emails last thing at night as if they come in during the day on his phone its distracting

 

have we read that, i dont remember reading those two bits, its fairly long too (and the article :w00t: )

 

please could someone pop to D and see if its posted over there.... ta :D

Edited September 9, 201113 yr by phil3579

Doh, its in S magazine, it says 'interview' at the top of the page :lol: in the paper 4th sept

ive had a quick look back and i cant see it in this thread.

i think some of it is a mash up tho, i will type it in full if we havent read seen it,

 

one bit says that he has Mcdonalds, a quarter pounder meal and then 2 cheeseburgers.

he always checks his emails last thing at night as if they come in during the day on his phone its distracting

 

have we read that, i dont remember reading those two bits, its fairly long too (and the article :w00t: )

 

please could someone pop to D and see if its posted over there.... ta :D

 

Can't see anything on D phil.

 

If it's a long article just let us know anything we haven't heard before.