Robbie Williams

[jdkwfan4ever]

I freaking love him. He's an AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING live performer, makes the catchiest and coolest songs, and has all the charisma and wit in the world. I cannot for the life of me understand how he has not made it big in the United States.

[boontown]

I love him too. He's great. I didn't realize he hadn't made it in the states though. He's on much music all the time.

[Deleted]

I cannot for the life of me understand how he has not made it big in the United States

We like our pop stars pretty, bland and easily malleable?

I adore him as well. I really wanted to go to one of the Knebworth concerts a couple years back, but they sold out incredibly fast, and I'm poor. So I had to make do with a live Mark Owen concert, and the television broadcast from Knebworth, which was fantastic all the same. He really does put on a great *live* show, and even if his stage persona is fake, it really does connect with the audience. And Kids is one of the best car rock-out and sing-along songs out there.

That said, I really don't like Millennium. Cute video, tepid song.

[mariposalabrown]

Oh he is so so awesome. One time I was riding with an uberhipster-cooler-than-thou friend and brought a Williams cd for the ride. He complained the whole time, but was nice enough to let me play it. For some reason, I never got the cd back. Last I heard he was burning it for his little sister. Hmmm.......

[indygirl]

I love him! For all the reasons already listed and for the fact that he tried to pass of Jane Seymour's castle as his own on Cribs!

[mariposalabrown]

Ooh and when he was dry-humping the bed describing the magic that goes on, then said that the magic was actually him just dryhumping the bed most of the time...... the love, the love. Ok, I must leave the thread before I double post.

[clementine74]

Love him. The last two albums have been pretty disappointing, I think, but "Sing When You're Winning" is probably one of the best CD's I own.
AND he's very sexy, even though he's looking a little rough lately...

[Deleted]

I cannot for the life of me understand how he has not made it big in the United States.

Two reasons I can think of:

1. He was a decade too late. Had Take That made it during the 1980s a la Wham! with George Michael, he would've been a major star. Take That was a one-hit wonder in the States and he didn't even sing lead on "Back For Good." So when "Millenium" came out in '99, he was a blip on the radar.

2. He really didn't have a gimmick or a hook in this country for him to make it. For instance, James Blunt's hook was that he was a former British soldier; the Beatles were known for the moptop hairdos along with their music; the Stones had that "bad boy" image; Duran Duran and Culture Club had MTV breaking them into America; Tom Jones had the tight clothes and the soulful voice. I could go on and on.

Let's face it, Robbie Williams is his generation's Cliff Richard; famous in the U.K., a footnote in this country.

[mariposalabrown]

Maybe if he takes advatange of those Is He/Isn't He rumors and shows up at parties with Wentworth Miller or Jake Gyllenhaal, America will pay attention. A girl can dream.....

[jdkwfan4ever]

That said, I really don't like Millennium. Cute video, tepid song.

That hurts my heart. I love that song. But I love Kids too.