Robbie Williams
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Robbie Williams
Why isnt this guy more popular here in the states? Is it his douche ego? I think he has some really great music tho. Millenium, Feel, Angels, etc. are some great songs. Thoughts?
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I wish to god he was more popular here so I could actually see him on tour instead of just settling for watching his shows on DVD.
Not sure why he is so unpopular here. I mean, a quick look through the top 100 singles at any time clearly shows that being a douche does not keep you off the charts in the USA.
Not sure why he is so unpopular here. I mean, a quick look through the top 100 singles at any time clearly shows that being a douche does not keep you off the charts in the USA.
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rofl, if anything, his ego should almost make him a US star on that alone. Just look at Kanye West, he wouldn't be half as famous if not for being such a pompous douche. Justin Timberlake's ego is pretty massive too, and it seems not to hurt him.
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Timberlake is actually really down to earth. Unfortunately the paparazzi can make anyone annoyed
Robbie Williams is so underrated in the states its not even funny... to hear Jessica Simpson butcher Angels almost made me puke.
Feel is by far his best song.
Robbie Williams is so underrated in the states its not even funny... to hear Jessica Simpson butcher Angels almost made me puke.
Feel is by far his best song.
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He came into his own fame after already being known in Take That. Kylie Minogue launched her singing career off her success as an actress in Neighbors. I think Americans basically just have no reason to be interested or care. Our/their loss.
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I wish to god he was more popular here so I could actually see him on tour instead of just settling for watching his shows on DVD.
Not sure why he is so unpopular here. I mean, a quick look through the top 100 singles at any time clearly shows that being a douche does not keep you off the charts in the USA.
Not sure why he is so unpopular here. I mean, a quick look through the top 100 singles at any time clearly shows that being a douche does not keep you off the charts in the USA.
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It didn't help that they took his first two solo albums (which, I thought were thematically different), and mishmashed parts of them to form his first US release.
I personally think the guy is a great talent and lives up to all the hype.
I personally think the guy is a great talent and lives up to all the hype.
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So weird. On Wednesday, I just pulled out "The Ego Has Landed" after not listening to it for years. He was a bit more successful in Canada than the US. My take on it was always that his sense of humour was (culturally) really British, so it didn't translate to the US. He was neither angst ridden nor seemingly thankful for his fame. It all seemed like a lark, and to me, that just doesn't work in North America. I don't know. I think he's hilarious.
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I checked his wikipedia entry. Does anyone have first hand knowledge, that is, was somewhere in Europe or Asia when he was popular? Was he really like superstar huge? And if he was, has he fallen really far now? I can't tell too much from his wiki entry, other than he seemed like pretty big stuff about 8 to 10 years ago.....
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Originally Posted by Laertes
I checked his wikipedia entry. Does anyone have first hand knowledge, that is, was somewhere in Europe or Asia when he was popular? Was he really like superstar huge? And if he was, has he fallen really far now? I can't tell too much from his wiki entry, other than he seemed like pretty big stuff about 8 to 10 years ago.....
To get to your question however, I believe he's still massive everywhere but here and to some extent the UK.
His success to those in the UK consisted in that he had up to Escapology only written with Guy Chambers and after that was over he didn't have as much success as before in the UK. His first album away from Chambers however was his biggest selling. After that he came out with an electronic and "pop" sounding album whereas before his material was really ballads and guitar driven pop. It went platinum in the UK but I believe was his lowest selling album there.
So in short - he's still massive but the UK don't seem to think so, given the fact that a reunited Take That were pretty successful in the same year Robbie's last album I guess you can say "flopped' there.