- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Ted Smart, London; 1st. Edition edition (13 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091881196
- ISBN-13: 978-0091881191
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 19.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 482,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Robbie Williams's Somebody Someday takes fans behind the scenes of his 2001 tour, laying bare both the mechanics of the pop machine and a man who can undoubtedly claim to be one of the biggest stars in the business. Williams rose from the ashes of teeny boy band Take That, confounding critics who had housewives' favourite Gary Barlow down as the only member with a musical future. Robbie had a shaky start to his solo outing but the massive hit "Angels" sealed his position as Britain's Clown Prince of Pop. His 2001 Tour was the pinnacle of his career so far and writer Mark McCrum had unprecedented access. The result is not simply a diary of the energy and vibrancy of live performance and the backstage madness that helps keep the show going, but of a rather vulnerable and sensitive pop star who loves what he does. Robbie talks candidly about himself, revealing a far more mature individual than the egotistical womaniser image perpetrated by the tabloids. The photographs by Scarlet Page are wonderfully unintrusive but at the same time capture many sides of Robbie that are rarely caught on film. Yes, there is Robbie pulling his pants down (again) and weeing against a fence, but we also see Robbie relaxing in his hotel room, strumming away on his guitar and kicking a football about by himself in a stadium corridor. It's a far cry from the bright lights and over-the-top personality he lets emerge on stage. Robbie fans would buy this whatever the quality, but it's a genuinely well-written and enjoyable journey through a few whirlwind months of a true star. In one of his earlier hits Robbie sang "Let me Entertain You"--from the talent and star quality than shines through here, he shouldn't even need to ask. --Jonathan Weir
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In a much-publicised recent poll, Robbie Williams was acclaimed as the singer of the century (against such puny competition as Frank Sinatra), and (on the strength of a few songs) even beat Gershwin and Cole Porter as the old millennium's greatest popular composer. Which shows that there is an audience out there for this remarkable personality. Co-written with Mark McCrum, this is an autobiography that conveys the strange mixture of self-mockery and self-aggrandisement that make up the singer's complex personality. There is clearly more to him than the clown who drops his trousers to moon at photographers, and the energy of the book's text (written on his 2001 European and UK tour) vividly conveys what it's like to be at the centre of the media storm that follows him about. In the countdown to Christmas, here's a sure-fire winner if ever there was one.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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like the saying: "don't judge a book by its cover",
By Jon (sa0u015a@liv.ac.uk) (Liverpool) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Robbie Williams: Somebody Someday (Hardcover)
At first glance this may seem like another shiny glossy item of merchandise you pick up from the stall at one of his concerts. It has all the right moves, the tour jokes, gleaming photographs and personal confessions and bravado. You can take it as that or you can choose to see something else. The small glances and looks in the photos which betray something deeper, the quiet and also load interplay between Robbie and his tour family and the way that this book is not just about robbie himself, but his world and those surrounding him. I'm not saying this is a work of epic proportions, or a cheesy pop profile either. It's a good book, with good people in it just trying to get along in life. How often can you say that nowdays?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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An interesting and surprising portrait,
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This review is from: Robbie Williams: Somebody Someday (Hardcover)
When I got to read a pre-published extract from the book "Somebody, someday" in a German magazine this week, I was really surprised about Robbie Williams' mature views and his sensitivity because the information you usually get about that man present him as a loud, superficial and extroverted character who doesn't worry about essential problems in life at all. But you will see once again that it is just the one-sided artificial position musicians -or famous people in general- are pressed in by the media- the "sun always shines on TV" -image. In my opinion the book is definitely worth reading because you will be reminded of what really counts in life. You realize that having success does not automatically mean happiness and contentment. Surely an interesting portrait showing the vulnerable, thoughtful side of a superstar.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Somebody Someday...he's all that!,
This review is from: Robbie Williams: Somebody Someday (Paperback)
This book was so moving and gave you a real deep insight to what this genious has been through.It took me 3 days to read. Its very compulsive, gripping with emotional ups and downs... when you start reading you dont want to stop until you have reached the end. It makes you feel like you know the guy, especially when you can relate to come of the rollercoaster happenings throughout the time period of when this was written.... bring on the next book Rob!
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