Billboard is gonna lose a lot of credibility in 10-20 years anywayZ, all of these sucky 'records' being made and the chart changes are making them go downhill so quick.
While Robbie clearly needs the U.S., it’s by no means clear why the U.S. needs Robbie. In the U.K. Robbie is a the king of karaoke pop, on a chart full of karaoke pop acts, but in his adopted home of L.A. every schmuck waiting their turn in a karaoke bar on a Tuesday evening is a better singer. In Britain his lack of great talent is seen as democratic and reassuring; in America it’s probably just uninspiring.
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Once again, the problem with selling this shtick in the U.S. is that few people apart from some aging gay men in San Francisco have heard of Robbie Williams. So how are Americans expected to relate to his problems with his “massive” fame, which is all his songs are about these days? Robbie is Eminem without the hip-hop, without the wit, and without, finally, the (global) success. Robbie tried and failed to crack the American market a few years ago with a compilation album called “The Ego Has Landed” — which once again appears to be putting the apologetic cart before the career horse, “wittily” referencing a mediocre 1960s British film, “The Eagle Has Landed,” that his target teen audience has never heard of. As one American critic’s daughter said when Robbie Williams’ face popped up on MTV: “Daddy, why is that guy being so goofy?”
I had a professor who worked with Bono on apartheid initiatives in SA. She said Bono has an American attitude cus he's a giving spirit but so pompous lol
This is seriously one of the best things I've ever seen you post. I kind of love this song. I remember listening to more and more of this stuff and now I have this aggressive dubstep thing for some reason.
Yassss let's have bad taste together. I only like dubst3p when I'm drunk.
