i don't care what anyone says all his albums have been great. I know i'll get lynched for this but I do think his latest single was a bit Morrissey-inspired. I canny wait for both their new albums!

I think Robbie has made a decission to be Morrissey-esque. He was on the radio this morning talking about living in LA, I'm just waiting for him to say he's celibate.

No matter how hard he tries. Robbie will never really "get it".

He's a light entertainer in the mould of Tommy Steele and he'll never be more than that.

He can try Morrissey's clothes on, but they will never quite fit.

How much in love is that journalist with Robbie?

I don't think I've ever read a more arse licking profile of someone who'd done so little to deserve it.

Robbie Williams is just another karaoke star. He could have been a pop idol 'graduate'. I hate him. I knew people like him at school. They would fart and everyone would laugh. They were show-offs. And that's all his music is - showing off with big farts. I recommend lethal injection.

Williams is someone with no musical talent, who through his big ego and the gullibility of the British public, has managed to flog loads of records to people who think they like music.

We shouldn't even be discussing this rat faced leper, on a Morrissey messageboard.

Stop it NOW !

Maybe in the next life...
He can't ever succed in emulating Moz's talent nor even be compared to the man's perfect-pop-songs-making abilities.

During the extensive interview, quite an achievement, we are reminded that Robbie has sold 40 million albums and won eight Brit awards.

Robbie explains it thus: “There are three things that go together to make up my success. I do something on TV performances that you don't get from other pop stars. There's the live thing, which people seem to really like. And then there's radio, which has been really, really fucking kind to me.”

Morrissey does the live thing but doesn't pander more than minimally to radio or TV. The Morrissey influence was, I also felt, strongly in the background for Robbie's recent quirky single, with its berserk video, and an insert from "The Specials" at the end. So is Morrissey more the top-quality wholesaler providing the substance that, with some unashamed marketing gloss, is what people really want? Already Robbie's new album is shaping up for mega-success. Oh well, enough said: lasting kudos to Moz, less the demon dosh!

club singers, is what Robbie is. He'll never be Moz, and you don't have to like him, but you can't deny that the lad has had some great pop moments. He's not one of those crappy 'talent' show chancers either, because he actually has the nounce to write some of his tunes and the stage presence to entertain an audience; he was probably the best thing at Live 8 for getting the crowd going ... and ok he was simply lucky to get his first break with the godawful Take That, but fair play to him for persevering with a solo career. Also, before he damaged his voice with the drink and drugs, his pipes were some of the best in the biz (you've only to listen to the amount of people murdering the overplayed 'Angels' to realise how hard it is to match his range).

His albums have never really done much for me, but one or two of the singles off his last effort were great pop songs. Don't discriminate just because someone is a commercially successful act ... fine if you don't like the songs, but I can't stand these snooty indie types who won't even spit on an act unless they have a fanbase of less than twenty anorak wearing, incontinent intellectuals who vomit in the presence of a radio ... A good tune is a good tune.

How dare Rob, a formerly manufactured pop act, be compared to our Moz, who loves everything obscure like, oh, the manufactured pop acts of Motown and Elvis.

Robbie who ?

This story is borrowed from the loveable lardarse's secret press conference, that occurred last month and was featured in the Telegraph. He basically barracked a select few journalists, who had incurred his wrath at some time, and made them read out their bad reviews of his previous work. The denouement was Robbie revealing that his new album would take him back to his musical roots, namely The Smiths and New Order, thanks to his new co-writer (read ghost writer) Steven Tin Tin Duffy. As someone who well remembers seeing Robbie on the Hitman and Her all those years ago, I was somewhat taken aback to hear of the long, proud musical lineage he has inherited. Perhaps, somewhere out there, are those Morrissey songs I must have missed; the immortal 'Self pitying coke head dance monkey gets lucky' or Ian Curtis's poignant 'Fat Stoke Boy on the Make'

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/discuss/index.cgi?no frames;read=284443

2 full tracks, you decide!

......listen to this & hear a song that Morrissey would be proud to 'own'. RW has a similar irreverent turn of phrase & has written quite a few good tunes & made quite a few good performances...

wants Moz's talent and his (well-earned) position of respect in the pantheon of pop.

Yes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and RW does seem to be fawning at Moz's feet in this regard. You could even call it blandishment, with a sly wink to the first sylable in that word. I say this without a whisp of sarcasm, but you already know that Robbie.

Occasionally, RW drops out a decent song in a pleasant voice with a nice-enough melody. Of course he gets high marks for his image-makers and stylists (and tattooist). But a true original, pushing-the-envelope, eccentric, intelligent, individual artist like our Stephen Patrick? In your dreams, Robbie, only in your dreams...

So where will history's pen ink your spot Mr. Williams? Try somewhere just above a winning Idol contestant and, hard as you will try; copy as you might; still several hundred stratospheres below Our Mr. Morrissey.

I personally don't like RW, but it has struck me that his singing ability far exceeds that of other contemporary pop "stars" or singers in the same category.

This is something I've noticed for quite some time now.
Last week RW performed on a Dutch TV-show. Having always had a soft spot for the lad (I mean he is gorgeous, funny, can actually sing and has made tremendous progress since his boyband-days) I was eager to watch. It was great. He was incredibly chatty, witty and played around with the (gay) host. He did two songs and I couldn't believe how "Morrissey-esque" he behaved. The posing, his dance, the remarks, even the quiff, jacket and jeans.
Make me pure sounds like large parts of it could've been written by Moz.

And what's the harm in that? Morrissey's in a league of his own, no doubt about it. So, Robbie's leaning towards it a tiny little bit. Bringing some of Moz's quality towards mainstream can only be appreciated. Robbie defenitely doesn't need to make the effort. He's so big people'll buy his CD's anyway. He could be bland, boring an thicker than pigshit if he wants to. He chooses not to.
I say cheers to him!

All this "championing Morrissey" is complete crap.

His music has nothing in common, being showy, brash and tacky. He's a poor man's GHeorge Michael.

Morrissey may not be perfect, but he never comes across as some sort of arrogant, smug, diseased lothario.