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Robbie Williams' shoddy BRITs performance of Candy.
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Did anybody thing Robbie's performance was anywhere near good enough? He is married with a kid now so seemingly has something to live for at last, but he still seems dead behind the eyes.
iTunes 'tweeted' me this morning telling me I could pay the bargain sum of 99p to own the recording of the momentous performance forever, but I didn't take them up on the offer.
Here is a further review of that awful affair and 5 better ways to spend your 99p and get a better return.
http://tunewaffle.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/robbie99pbargains/
iTunes 'tweeted' me this morning telling me I could pay the bargain sum of 99p to own the recording of the momentous performance forever, but I didn't take them up on the offer.
Here is a further review of that awful affair and 5 better ways to spend your 99p and get a better return.
http://tunewaffle.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/robbie99pbargains/
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Which is a shame as his Knebworth concerts were something special.
But he was awful at the brits. His voice a bit meh but that could be forgiven, but he was lifeless and stiff. Musically and performance wise, he hasn't as good since his work work with Guy Chambers.
Actually he is on a new record deal, so he must owe them a few albums
His music is just beyond irrelevant, he was never a good singer or songwriter, he has some "personality" ok, but please for the love of god put this man out to grass.
I saw him at the O2 in November last year and his vocals were fantastic; best I'd heard from him for a good few years. His performance of Candy at the Brits was pretty poor though imo.
I heard him interviewed on Radio 1 by Greg James before his performance and he said he was struggling to remember the words and that he would rate his rehearsals as being about 5 or 6 out of 10, so he said not to expect too much from him and he would probably be somewhere between a 5 or a 6 out of 10 on the night. His interview came across as a bit tongue in cheek, but I think he knew himself that he wasn't really up for it and actually said as much when he was interviewed on ITV2 after the show.
He was up for an award that he knew he wasn't going to win, singing to a load of record execs that he probably couldn't give a toss about and singing a song that no doubt he was told he had to perform as it was up for best single. Personally I don't like Candy and would have preferred him to sing something else instead. I guess Robbie looked as though he felt the same and was just going through the motions on stage and gave the impression that he would rather have been watching it on telly at home with the missus! Thought the staging was fantastic though!!
However, his suit is fabulous.
Robbie is the perfect example of someone who should write songs for others for a living but never set foot behind a microphone himself.
I guess others don't agree with you. Three sell out nights at the O2 last year, a sell out stadium tour this summer and a number one single and album last year says as much.
Spot on.
2013 and this country is still indulging this buffoon and his sub- schoolboy level rhyming couplets.
Sad.
He is. The wife and baby are just part of the cover-up. Actually, they're all secretly gay in Take That. - DS Showbiz forum way of thinking
Lololol! So true!
My point exactly!
Even more unfortunately, for him Olly Murs has already taken his place in all ways except as a member of Take That. Murs, a far more likeable fellow, has much better songs. Compare Candy with Troublemaker, and there is no comparison.
but i do kind of like the extended edit which is 8 minutes long and practically the first 3 minutes is instrumental
I thought the performance was okay. No worse than I am generally used to hearing from him these days. I actually think the song is his best for donkey's years.
My problem with Robbie, though, is that he's such an unlikeable arse, but clearly holds himself in quite high regard. His whole "oh I am poor tortured Robbie, I have poor self esteem" act got old about a decade ago.
I felt he dropped that ages now. He is very much the "family man" image now.