I give most new songs a fair crack of the whip. It is rare that I feel the need, less than a minute in, to declare with absolute certainty that this is the worst thing I have ever seen or heard.
This is really, really terrible. It reminds me of the song at the end of the Two Ronnies when they are in a marching band or something with the lyrics deliberately and clearly delivered so that you can get the jokes.
Now, I am no stranger to the concept of So Bad it’s Good and normally I like Robbie Willams enough to let him off he delivers a not so good song. But this song stinks. Really stinks. If you’re feeling good about life and need taking down a peg or two, click on this link. You’ll need a hanky for your crying ears.
Blocked here on copyright grounds, thankfully.
You’ve dodged a bullet there JQW. If I have been reckless copyright-wise, I am quite happy to see it gone. I’ll see if I can do that now.
Seems I’m too late.
He DID tell a great yarn about a hand job on the show, mind…
Well as he told us, he he did become rich beyond his wildest dreams, so why even try any more?
I like Robbie Williams, I really do. I’m always interested to hear what he’s up to. It’s been more miss than hit in recent years, although I still reckon that the Take That reunion album will be hailed as a pop classic in years to come.
Party Like A Russian is the second “single” from the upcoming album. He had put out the title track, Heavy Entertainment Show a few days earlier. HES is the better song, although it might bring you out in hives if you have a problem with amusing lyrics. If it helps, HES was cowritten with Rufus Wainwright.
Can’t play the OP song, but that one reminds me of the two albums Ghostface Killah made with Adrien Younge. AY is very much a la mode as of the dudes responsible for the Luke Cage soundtrack..
Agreed on RW @drj , particularly what you said about Progress. A fine, fine album.
New single’s a dog tho’.
The tattoo on his neck, on the left hand picture, might explain his new direction vis-a-vis marching band songs.
@joe Robert – maybe I am on to something then. The Two Ronnies imagery would not have passed him by. It must be intentional.
Intentional? Yes. RW’s solo output has long had so many layers of recrudescent 90s-00s irony that there is probably no such thing as a conscious “reference” anywhere.
Seriously, between his ADHD and the total head-f**k of being catapulted to fame in “The That” between the ages of 16 and 21, he is probably the most psychologically compromised artist in the history of popular music. The fact that he is totally aware of this, and does it with a Marshall P Knut grin, doesn’t change that.
“Jack your jacksie, Split your keks”
Errh…what’s that, Sam? The ghost of Leonard Sachs would like to congratulate MtM for “recrudescent”.
The new singles bad but it’s not rudebox bad.
And him a Lifetime Achievement Award winner too, pshaw…..
BTW, anyone who hasn’t achieved their lifetime, up to the present anyway, probably shouldn’t be blogging.
I think he is very silly, but entertaining. Trying to be both Morrissey and Norman Wisdom and looking a bit like both. Here’s a second chance to see the OP video. No, you don’t need to thank me.