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'Candy' by Robbie Williams is the best pure pop song in ages.

in_limbo [Edit] [Delete] 47 replies 20:12 January 9th, 2013

Just something to dance to at weddings in a silly fashion with no pretentious sulky pouting or guitar strumming. It is the sound of letting a thousand gaudily-coloured helium balloons into the air at once.

You know this is true.

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Proper lad making proper tunes for the man on the street.

DaddyorChips | 9 Jan '13, 20:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

OvertakenByTractors, Pale-eyedBadger, and elspud this'd this
No it's not.

It's fucking dreadful.

justanothersheeldz | 9 Jan '13, 20:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

badmanreturns, OvertakenByTractors, gonad, shinymcshine, Oh_Shangri-La, monoshono, _TheBeautifulOnes_, fidel_catstro, fitzcarraldo, andyvine, Mr_Grieves, and MarwoodW this'd this
Any Taylor Swift deep cut >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

theShipment | 9 Jan '13, 20:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I thought you liked Taylor Swift.
  
  Now you're advocating hacking her to bits.
  
  in_limbo @theShipment | 9 Jan '13, 20:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :')
    
    Whats going on with you, liking chart pop and all?!
    
    theShipment @in_limbo | 9 Jan '13, 20:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - This song wrestles my cynicism to the floor
      
      And playfully grinds against it
      
      in_limbo @theShipment | 9 Jan '13, 21:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm trying to bring to mind the tune

I just can't

wonton | 9 Jan '13, 20:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hey! Ho! What do you know
  
  A little too high or a little too low
  
  Something like that
  
  in_limbo @wonton | 9 Jan '13, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
I really like the introduction

and then lapse into disgust when I remember who it is.

keith | 9 Jan '13, 20:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
I appreciate the todd terje sample

which to be fair is about half the song, but the lyrics and stuff are shite.

littlebirds | 9 Jan '13, 20:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawaOK8C4x8
  
  littlebirds @littlebirds | 9 Jan '13, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  badmanreturns this'd this
  - I can't believe this.
    
    I hear Candy pretty much everyday on the radio at work.
    
    polyethylene @littlebirds | 10 Jan '13, 01:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah it's not just a blatant rip off, I think they paid good money for it
      
      But as a result Candy makes me smile when the sax bit comes in, then quickly depressed as soon as the vocals drop.
      
      littlebirds @polyethylene | 10 Jan '13, 14:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
The lyrics are possibly the biggest pile of nonsense I've ever heard.

Just a bunch of random fragments chucked together.

badmanreturns | 9 Jan '13, 20:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^ they make my mind boggle.
  
  BOGGLE.
  
  Royter-Hatfood @badmanreturns | 10 Jan '13, 11:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Orchestral arrangements

by Owen Pallett!!!

navajo | 9 Jan '13, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

automatik this'd this
- Yeah that's a bit mental tbf.
  
  Whatever pays the bills I guess.
  
  badmanreturns @navajo | 9 Jan '13, 21:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
I thought it was a cutting satire on the middle class and their made up allergies

in_limbo | 9 Jan '13, 20:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- (to BadMan)
  
  in_limbo @in_limbo | 9 Jan '13, 20:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
naaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

gonad | 9 Jan '13, 21:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
robbies made some decent tunes

Kids is MASSIVE. this song is bollocks though

TheKennedyCurse | 9 Jan '13, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 100% agree
  
  the first time I heard it was on Strictly (when the house band did it, not him) and I had no idea it was Robbie. It's sooooo terribly cheesy and stupid and vapid and annoying. Which yes I get it is hardly unique but srsly Robbie you can do better.
  
  Having said that, now I've heard it 20 times and seen the video, yeah it's okay.
  
  Stuzza @TheKennedyCurse | 9 Jan '13, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - remember wen robbie
    
    was probably the most famous man in the country?
    
    TheKennedyCurse @Stuzza | 9 Jan '13, 23:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - *fattest
      
      funkycow @TheKennedyCurse | 10 Jan '13, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
The lyrics are dreadful but it's a nice catchy tune.

theguywithnousername | 10 Jan '13, 00:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

urbanfox this'd this
RUDEBOX

CHECK YOUR RUDEBOX

WHY YOU SO NASTY?

gonad | 10 Jan '13, 00:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

partyheart, andyvine, furio, and Mandela this'd this
- if you think thats bad
  
  listen to dickhead
  
  the tufty rap bit especially
  
  TheKennedyCurse @gonad | 10 Jan '13, 09:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Many of Robbie Williams' songs are a bit "music for people who don't like music"

But yeah, this is a pretty good un. I like its kitsch spirit.

MajorCriiimes | 10 Jan '13, 02:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

niallKP this'd this
Yeah it's wicked.

Did an actual rofl at how dreadful it was when I first saw him do it on the X factor, then I became OBSESSED with it. I love it.

unfamiliar | 10 Jan '13, 09:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Are you sure?

Even the Robbie Williams fan I occasionally live with hates it with a passion!

wibblypig007 | 10 Jan '13, 09:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
can't believe how 80s the production on this is

thewarn | 10 Jan '13, 09:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's like they sat in a room and worked out what tempo and rhythm would be perfect

for him to do his awful pouty lips drum march Butlins Redcoat dance to.

84joe | 10 Jan '13, 09:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

the_bread_museum, badmanreturns, monoshono, and funkycow this'd this
- Bunch of room sitting bastards
  
  Royter-Hatfood @84joe | 10 Jan '13, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  littlebirds this'd this
Really, really annoying.

hip_young_gunslinger | 10 Jan '13, 10:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
no idea what "pure" means these days?

by getting some bloke to write it for you?

mrdaniels | 10 Jan '13, 11:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
AAAAAAAAHH - GAAAAH - DO DO DO

SHAG PINEAPPLE SHAKE THE TREE
AAAGADO-DO-DO
OLD FAT ROBBIE DOES PLAGARY

<dances round handbag with tits out, spilling fruity alcopop with ice with pint glass, watching the girls of summer>

amyblue | 10 Jan '13, 11:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
ill say it calmly

staealing the melody from a nursery rhymme that you already know makes it catchy, apparently he co wrote those awful lyrics with Gary Barlow.
Gary Barlow likes to appear on television and is apparently a judge of talent.
Modern pop music needs a fucking word with itself.

bj72 | 10 Jan '13, 15:17 | X | ^ This | Reply

monoshono this'd this
- Which nursery rhyme?
  
  hip_young_gunslinger @bj72 | 10 Jan '13, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ring a Ring o' Roses
    
    monoshono @hip_young_gunslinger | 10 Jan '13, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Ah, was thinking of the chorus.
      
      hip_young_gunslinger @monoshono | 10 Jan '13, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It doesn't sound anything like Ring a Ring o' Roses
  
  He just says 'ring a ring o'roses' once in the song
  
  in_limbo @bj72 | 10 Jan '13, 20:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Shit off!

You're making out like its Girls Aloud - Biology or something!

Mandela | 10 Jan '13, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's in the same vein
  
  Just daft, giddy pop music, without pretensions to indie, R&B, rock etc.
  
  It reminds me of a simpler time in music where you didn't have to get your head stoved in by your boyfriend or collaborate with Jimmy Eat World to appear interesting.
  
  in_limbo @Mandela | 10 Jan '13, 20:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
im making out its shit

because it is.
These pricks are at the forefront and the future of pop music,
if you like it well more power to you, but i dont.

bj72 | 10 Jan '13, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- plus
  
  The bush is high
  But in the hole there's water
  
  all a bit fucking sinister for a pop song aimed at kids.
  
  bj72 @bj72 | 10 Jan '13, 16:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I don't really think Robbie's at the forefront of modern pop music
  
  He's just a neurotic fat bloke who likes UFOs that no-one outside the UK cares about. I don't see what's to hate in that.
  
  in_limbo @bj72 | 10 Jan '13, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Nah

It has no chorus for a start it's one long garbled verse...

godisinthetv | 11 Jan '13, 02:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

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