LazyLady

Voted Ghosts :) the song is kind of different, it doesn't have a chorus. :unsure:

Magnificent :)

Vertigo.

Robbie

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/Picture2-2.png Robbie Williams gives lucky hopefuls some X-tra tips ahead of his own TV comeback By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 11:14 AM on 07th October 2009 The Daily Mail The X Factor finalists got their first crash course in pop music last night from none other than Robbie Williams. They were holed up at the Soho Hotel with A-list star, who was their mentor and guide for the first week of the finals. The hopefuls, including Jamie 'Afro' Archer, Danyl Johnson and Lucie Jones, were singing Robbie songs with a piano accompaniment, as he coached them and gave advice. Robbie has said he’s a huge fan of the show and will also be appearing live at the weekend to perform his new single Bodies http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-0-06BA7198000005DC-947_468x650.jpg Sharing his tips: Robbie Williams, who admits he suffers 'tremendous stage fright', teamed up with the X Factor finalists for a mentoring session at the Soho Hotel last night He recently admitted he suffers from 'tremendous stage fright,' but he will try to put that aside for his highly anticipated comeback. The 35-year-old already has his eye on one contestant - thought to be Olly Murs - and said: 'There’s this one guy on The X Factor who is amazing. I think he could take my place. I’ve got my eye on him - he’s dead.' http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-0-06BA71AE000005DC-910_224x552.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-0-06BA71CC000005DC-321_224x552.jpg All smiles: Lucie flashed her new smile after Simon Cowell sent the contestants for teeth whitening He was joined by his girlfriend Ayda Field, and they both popped into Waterstone’s after the Soho Hotel where he bought a pub quiz book. It has also been mooted that Madonna could appear on the show. Last year, X Factor mentors included Williams’s former Take That colleagues Gary Barlow and Mark Owen, and Beyonce. Williams announced last month that his first album in three years – Reality Killed The Video Star – will be released in November. He had been keeping a low profile after his previous album Rudebox failed to sell as well as earlier work. There has been speculation about Williams’s recording future because this is his last album under his current EMI contract. He recently caught up with Take That for a recording session in New York, prompting hopes of a full reconciliation for the band. Williams signed a five-album deal in 2002 for an estimated £80million, boasting that it had made him ‘rich beyond my wildest dreams’. The latest series of The X Factor is the most expensive yet, costing £1.5million a week. ITV is spending more in an attempt to turn the programme into a weekend-long event. Last year the show was estimated to have cost between £800,000 and £1million an episode. Production of this year’s live Sunday results show is thought to be costing an extra £400,000 a week. An ITV insider said: ‘The show has got bigger. It is one of our best rating shows and we want to keep viewers excited by it.’ source off TRWS..

get an Apple when you are in the market for a new pc., you don't need any security programmes or do a defrag. and the added bonus...... is:- Robbie looks and sounds great on it. :yahoo:

Robbie Williams, his new CD and how he's taking the world by storm all over again By LOUISE GANNON Last updated at 9:30 PM on 03rd October 2009 The Daily Mail. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-06923431000005DC-18.jpg He's back: Robbie Williams' new album, Reality Killed The Video Star, is out next month. He is giving away his greatest hits to Mail on Sunday readers next week Why would Robbie Williams give away his greatest hits to Mail on Sunday readers for free? Louise Gannon, who has known and worked with Robbie since he was 16, explains why he's ripping up the industry rule book yet again. The first time I met Robbie Williams was in the back of a second-hand Transit van parked outside a school playground in Rotherham. It was 1990. Williams was 16 years old and, with his as yet unknown band Take That, was touring round junior schools, performing in lunch breaks in school halls to slightly mystified pre-teens. It was hardly rock 'n' roll. Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange were a strange mix of shy, polite, awkward and over-eager boys waiting to be told what to do and say by their then manager, the mercurial Mancunian Nigel Martin-Smith. Gary was keen to talk about the music. Mark, the budding diplomat, did a lot of nodding and grinning. Howard and Jason struggled to think of anything to do or say, clearly unsure whether next week would bring a break-time performance in Hull or a trip down to the dole office. But it was Robbie, the baby of the band, who instinctively understood how to handle the situation. Buzzing on the thrill of speaking into a tape recorder (he wanted it played back to hear his voice on tape), he swaggered, pulled faces, made jokes, came out with the (what then seemed) completely ridiculous statement that 'we're going to be the biggest band in Britain' - and effortlessly dominated the situation. When it came to photographs, the Stoke-on-Trent-born son of a pub entertainer insisted on climbing on top of a wall to jump into the path of the lens, screaming his head off as he fell. In the bland suburban surroundings of a northern primary school, in a totally unknown band, Robbie was the showman, the natural born rock star. And then it happened, as Robbie predicted. Take That became not just the biggest band in Britain, but the biggest in Europe, too. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-06965FD1000005DC-92.jpg Robbie shooting the video for his new single, Bodies, at the aeroplane graveyard in the Mojave Desert Over another half decade of interviews in flash hotel rooms throughout Europe, I saw him go from being thrilled at his fame to being trapped by the constraints of it. The Robbie Williams from the playground in Rotherham was always too large a character for a boy band. Initially he didn't bother trying to hide his pleasure in being famous. In 1992, taking refuge in a London hotel room, safe from the adoring mob in the street outside, he told me: 'I love it. I love the fans. I love the screaming. At concerts you can't even hear us singing for the screaming. It's wicked. There's absolutely nothing I don't like about it. I'm never going to complain about any of it. It's all great.' http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692D4A7000005DC-8_.jpg 'I'm at a turning point in my career. This next record decides my path,' said Robbie Two-and-a-half years later in Frankfurt, it was a different story. 'I want to do my own thing, my own music, hear my own voice,' he said. 'I want this (fame) but I don't want it like this. I don't want to be a pop star. I want to be a rock star. No one takes pop stars seriously.' It was that realisation that brought about some of the British music scene's most brilliant, memorable tracks - the ones, indeed, that every the British music scene's most brilliant, memorable tracks - the ones, indeed, that every Mail On Sunday reader will be getting on a free CD in each copy of next week's issue. Robbie decided the surefire way to gatecrash his way into rock credibility was to turn the whole squeaky-clean boy-band image on its head. He announced his departure from Take That by appearing alongside the rock nemesis of all boy bands, Oasis, at Glastonbury in 1995. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-06965E6C000005DC-40.jpg Robbie with girlfriend Ayda Field, who appears alongside him in the video as the two cruise through the desert in a dune buggy http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692D54C000005DC-62.jpg Robbie on the vintage Husqvarna trail bike he rides through the desert in the video - it's identical to the machine once raced by Steve McQueen The reinvention of Robbie Williams was about to start. Drawing on an eclectic selection of idols ('Who do I like? Loads of people. Tom Jones. David Bowie. Frank Sinatra...') Robbie immersed himself in the business of becoming a solo artist. He moved to Los Angeles, hooked up with songwriter Guy Chambers and produced some of the biggest hits of the decade from Angels to Come Undone, Let Me Entertain You and Rock DJ (all of which are on the Mail On Sunday album). As a live performer, he was untouchable, effortlessly able to play his audience. 'My best performances of songs are live,' he said in 1997. 'There's something about singing in front of thousands of people that just takes it to the next level.' Two of the songs on our CD are from Robbie's spectacular 2003 Knebworth shows - he played to 365,000 people over three nights, which makes the event the biggest ever in UK live music history; no one has come close to this achievement before or since. He has consistently set new records for album and ticket sales, not least when he entered the Guinness Book of Records for selling 1.6 million tickets on one day for his 2006 tour. But soon after Robbie began to withdraw from the limelight. And with time out of the spotlight he has clearly turned a corner. The Robbie I once knew as an eternal reckless teenager with something to prove has matured, mellowed and settled into himself. And even as he grew a beard, stayed home (with girlfriend Ayda Field) and retired from evenings out at bars and nightclubs ('those places never appealed to me - I was just looking for someone to stay in with'), he never stopped working on new songs. With his new-found inner peace, old scores with Take That have been resolved, scars have healed and a deep affection for his past has grown. His new album, Reality Killed The Video Star, out next month, is set to be a massive evolution. Already the industry buzz has suggested it is his greatest to date. It was written at Robbie's Los Angeles home studio and recorded in London. It's had major input from Chambers and is produced by the legendary British music guru Trevor Horn. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692D4E2000005DC-78.jpg Robbie laughing on the set of his latest video http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692DAAF000005DC-54.jpg 'Trevor's added something to the record that I haven't had on previous releases - his genius,' says Robbie. 'I just think it sounds big - track after track after track. 'Some of the new songs come from finally having the time to reflect on spending a few years on the planet, notching up a few records from the start of my career and thinking, "Where did all that time go? What happened?" I still feel 23. Nothing's changed. Everything's changed. 'I'm at a turning point in my career. This next record decides my path. There have been a few great songs here and there along the way, but that's all in the past. I'm a bit scared, because I haven't done anything for three years, but then again I'm always scared when an album comes out.' But, ever the iconoclast, Robbie is continuing to be and do the unexpected. The CD he is giving away next week is unique: a one-off album of some of his biggest ever hits - including several rare live performances and images from his new album. It is also the gateway to exclusive clips of every track of his new CD. In industry terms, it is the biggest nod to the power of the consumer since Prince gave away his CD in the Mail On Sunday two years ago. Like that - and like a performance from Robbie himself - it is not to be missed. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692D414000005DC-70.jpghttp://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692D522000005DC-68.jpg The video is directed by Vaughan Arnell, who also made Rock DJ and Angels ROBBIE'S SONGBOOK CD - IN HIS OWN WORDS http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692D6C0000005DC-23.jpg 1. LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU LIVE FROM KNEBWORTH 'I was beyond terrified. There was a sea of 135,000 people in front of me and I felt like anything but a rock god. They hadn't paid to see someone petrified from Stoke-on-Trent, so I had to override my feelings for the sake of entertainment.' 2. FEEL LIVE FROM KNEBWORTH 'By this point in the show, I had dusted away the self-doubt and just let the song do the talking.' 3. COME UNDONE 'My favourite "me" song.' 4. VIVA LIFE ON MARS 'The first song written for the Rudebox album, dictating where the album was to go.' 5. THE TROUBLE WITH ME 'This is me trying to be from "art school."' 6. MAN MACHINE 'A song about one drink before blackout.' 7. ME AND MY MONKEY 'I had a conversation with a girl in a pool in Singapore. She said,"How do you write a song?" I said ,"You write about anything that comes to mind: give me two things and I will write a song for you this afternoon." She said, "Monkeys and rollerblades".' 8. NO REGRETS LIVE FROM SLANE CASTLE 'A bitter, younger me being a bit of a drama queen about the band I used to be in.' 9. PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES 'It is my crew's favourite Robbie song, I think.' 10. NAN'S SONG 'A song dedicated to someone made of love, and the reason I have a B on my neck - Bertha Talbot.' 11. ROCK DJ LIVE FROM MUNGERSDORFER STADION, KOLN 'I don't want to Rock DJ - still don't!' 12. ANGELS 'It's a toss-up between the Irish and the Scots for the most mental audiences I have performed in front of. I haven't been fortunate enough to write another song as good as this - maybe one day.' http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/article-1217429-0692CE65000005DC-99.jpg source

I would say, apart from the UK, Rudebox single & album was a smash hit. and I find it most odd that Robbie made the decision to go out of the limelight based on the UK alone, he was on a high everywhere else. still it will be great when he comes back that is for sure.

thanks to Jo on http://forum.rwap.co.uk/ for this review. Rudebox: Mixed reviews (2006–2007) Williams' seventh studio album was announced in early 2006. It was originally scheduled to be called 1974, the year Williams was born, and then Rudebox '74. It is a dance/electro album with collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys, William Orbit, Soul Mekanik, Joey Negro, Mark Ronson and more. The first single, "Rudebox", was premièred on radio by Scott Mills on his show on BBC Radio 1. The event caused some controversy, as the record label's embargo date was broken, although the artist himself later backed the presenter for doing so. Right after the single was unleashed, it caused controversy due to Williams' radical change in the single in direction from his other releases. British Newspaper The Sun named the song "The Worst Song Ever". However, Victoria Newton stated that there were sure-fire hits on the album. When the song was released in September that year, it reached number four in the UK Singles Chart; elsewhere the song did a lot better, hitting number one in Honduras, Argentina, Chile, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Lebanon, Turkey, and on the Australian Airplay Chart; it also peaked at number two in the Williams released his much anticipated dance/electro album, Rudebox, on October 23, 2006. It received mixed reviews: The All Music Guide gave it a four star rating, the NME 8 out of 10, and Music Week and MOJO were equally positive, but it received much weaker reviews from some of the British press. Despite reaching the number one spot, sales were far below what was expected by his label, and overall sales in the UK were overtaken by his former band, Take That,'s Beautiful World. The album has sold a little under 500,000 copies in the United Kingdom, becoming his lowest-selling album in the country, being certified 2x Platinum by the BPI. Elsewhere, the album was received with a warmer reception by the public, hitting number one in fourteen countries including Argentina, Australia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and Switzerland, and reaching number two in the United World Chart selling 378,000 copies in its first week. On November 8, 2006, IFPI certified the album 2x Platinum in Europe with sales of over 2 million making it the fastest platinum selling album of 2006. The album finished at number eighteen in the list of 2006's best selling albums worldwide, Neil Tennant from the the Pet Shop Boys commented the album had sold 4.5 million copies by early 2007. Promotion for the album was almost non-existent due to Williams' Close Encounters Tour around Latin America and Australia. The second single, "Lovelight", came out right before the release of the album, and was commercially released on November 13. The single reached the top ten in the United Kingdom and many other European countries, reaching number two in the Eurochart. The track became also a hit in Latin America and Australia, but failed to reach the success of Williams' previous releases when the track showed no longevity in the charts. Williams finished 2006 as the 16th most played artist in Latin America and the third most played international artist. During this time, Williams entered the The Guinness Book of World Records when he announced his World Tour for 2006, selling 1.6 million tickets in one single day. The third single, "She's Madonna" incl. Remixes from Kris Menace and Chris Lake, was released to European radio in late January to precede the commercial release which was scheduled to March 5, 2007. The track failed to be a massive success in the United Kingdom, reaching number sixteen on the Singles Chart, but it did far better in Continental Europe hitting the top ten in most countries and rose to number one on the European Airplay Chart after spending four weeks at number two, a feat his former band, Take That, failed to achieve. It was confirmed that this single was not going to be released in Latin America or Australia, but did receive heavy airplay in the later of the two. Despite this, the single was released as Digital Download in Mexico in four different formats. In August 2007, the single reached number 12 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart. "Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'Aime Plus", a collaboration with British singer Lily Allen, was released as the third single in Latin America and other European countries, hitting radio in January 2007, and as a Digital Download in February. It managed to chart in Mexico and Latvia. To promote his album, Williams commissioned a series of short films. Goodbye to the Normals was directed by Jim Field Smith and features "Burslem Normals" by Robbie Williams. On 17 January 2008, it was reported that EMI planned to ship one million unsold copies of Rudebox to China to be recycled and used for resurfacing roads. Source : Wiki

I was gutted when Diana Ross was booted off, I don't get that, she was the best Tony Lewis is singing Millenium and Supreme this week, not too sure about this, both songs are hard to sing, Robbie has gone wrong once with Milllenium, but being a true pro he got it back on key and the band behind him with Supreme got it total wrong at Knebworth. So why a tribute who's vocals are not that great has to sing these heaven knows. He could have picked something easier, like Radio or something, Advertising Space would have been a good choice too. apparently if he gets thru the first round vote he will have to do a 3rd number and that will be Let Me Entertain You. so stay glued to a nerve racking Saturday night for whatever reason lol.

BREAK AMERICA :yahoo:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBBIE, BIT LATE, BUT HEY, YOU ARE 12 HOURS BEHIND US, SO I MIGHT GET AWAY IT :blink: http://usera.imagecave.com/TRWS/TRWS2/41200432_1971862.gif

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/therobbiewilliamssite/51628946_119924.gif http://usera.imagecave.com/truetoyou/CC/33333.jpg http://usera.imagecave.com/truetoyou/CC/44444.jpg http://usera.imagecave.com/truetoyou/CC/55555.jpg whoops, got carried away :heart:

did I hear Valentine and Robbie :wub:

FAB