Rating:  Summary: The world's best entertainer - Rob and Robbie!! Review: This book is absolutely awesome! I got it for last Christmas and if you like Robbie Williams and his music I suggest you get it *fast*. I have been a Robbie fan for about eight month now and this is the first book I read about him, but it's such a wonderful book, you'll love it no matter if you're already one of his greatest fans or someone who's just getting to know him and his music. Not only does it give some great insight on his life as a famous rock star and his tours, but also on Rob the man. It also includes some of the best pictures I have yet seen of him. Including a bunch of him recording music and performing and some with his dogs! It is entertaining, sad, humorous, exciting, sensitive, sweet, desperate, hilarious... great. I really love that book! The definite best parts for me were his performances on stage and all the anticipation and preparation that goes with it, because I could really relate to that myself. It also shows such a different side to that whole cliché of the famous celebrity who seems so far away from our own little world. That's so not true! Celebrities too have troubles and quirky moments sometimes. And overall their lives are not much different from ours, apart from the fact that they are, well, known to about a million more people. It also introduces you to a whole bunch of the people he works with everyday and how they see the Robbie world and the fame. Overall it takes you into the life of the world's best entertainer and onto his tour. After you read this you'll wonder why you can't find Robbie's e-mail on your computer because you'll feel like you know him in person.
Rating:  Summary: Absolutely true Review: This book was the best auto-biography I have ever read, Its a shame Robbie Williams is not popular in the USA, he can come in use to us over here! His way of expressing everything hes gone through is great, shows his ups and downs in his career, family,drugs,alcohol,sex, everything, but shows he has become a better man. this is truly a motivatiing book and I recommend it to anyone and everyone. Im sure you wont regret reading it.
Rating:  Summary: Wait a minute.... Review: This is a book with Robbie Williams' name on the cover....and it doesn't get five stars?? What's going on? I'll explain. This book, while it claims to be a biography of Britain's biggest pop star, actually has very little information about the star himself. It seems as if author Mark McCrum really had trouble getting access to the star. Most of "Somebody Someday" is either McCrum's own observations or his talks with members of Robbie's entourage. A LOT of space in this book is devoted to the band and crew members and their past and present activities. As much as some of their stories were interesting, I did not buy the book to read about them. I wanted to know more about Robbie's personal life, his relationships, his history with Take That, etc. Let's face it: I really could care less if the accountant is getting girls or if the guitarist is getting drunk. Sifting through all of the tales, and trying to keep who's who straight, makes this a very slow read. It's unfortunate. I really wanted to enjoy this more than I did because I'm an admirer of Robbie and his music. Amidst all of my disappointment, I can't call this book a total loss. The moments that McCrum DOES speak with Robbie are insightful, and it really shows how much the singer has matured since his early days. Fans also get to see just how much of a paradox he really is: how he can be so charismatic and egotistical on stage, but how he hates himself in real life. But by far the most interesting segment of the book tells of an incident at a concert where a mental case rushed the stage. There's a bit of suspense there. In addition, there are some great photographs by Scarlet Page, some B & W and some color. Don't expect any cheap, unofficial calendar-like photos. These are really beautiful shots. Perhaps a more appropriate title for this book would have been "Behind the Scenes on the Sermon on the Mount Tour." Then I might not have felt so misled. If you would really like an in-depth look at Robbie's life (and you have a multi-region DVD player), I recommend checking out the movie "Nobody Someday" instead. It requires a special order or an Ebay hunt, but it is worth it. You'll actually get to see a lot of what is talked about in this book, including the crazy guy rushing the stage. It was filmed at the same time the events in the book took place. I'm willing to wait a while for a better book to come out. If you are a true Robbie Williams fan, you probably should too.
Rating:  Summary: awesome! Review: This was a great book and its a must have for any robbie fan. I also loved the pics@! And well I just love robbie but Micheal did a great job of showing us what its like in robbies world
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