RIP William Orbit

[Suedehead]

 

[straightorbroken]

I guess many of us are awaiting Madonna's words. I wonder if she knew.

 

[Suedehead]

 

[Suedehead]

 

[Suedehead]

 

[Suedehead]

 

[ExcitableWoof]

Also I loved his sugar free gum

 

[K.C.]

Tribute from Mel B (the business owning one)

 

[Art Decade]

 

[Suedehead]

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I hope Madonna sees this.

 

[lolly]

 

[ExcitableWoof]

I mean that is lovely and obviously very felt. Lovely.

 

[Suedehead]

It’s sad because I was hoping he would be around for a 30th edition celebration / reissue in 2028.
I remember Guy Oseary wanted her to tour and play the album in its entirety as a tour / residency for one of its anniversaries and she wasn’t interested. Who knows - maybe this will ignite her to revisit that material and that time as a tribute to Orbit.

 

[Suedehead]

 

[lolly]

Do we know who the producer she was planning to go into the studio with originally was?

 

[lolly]

Genuinely just teared up a little bit listening to The Power Of Goodbye. Although in fairness it can do that on most days.

 

[straightorbroken]

Well he had a UK top ten in the outfit he was in, Bass-O-matic (Fascinating Rhythm, UK #9, 1990) and it's a bit odd not to mention his previous Madonna remixes, but we're seeing through Guy's lenses and he came later - it's still a lovely tribute.

 

[jyxz]

Well he had a UK top ten in the outfit he was in, Bass-O-matic (Fascinating Rhythm, UK #9, 1990) and it's a bit odd not to mention his previous Madonna remixes, but we're seeing through Guy's lenses and he came later - it's still a lovely tribute.

Yes, I sit squarely on the pedant bus too. If it didn’t happen in the USA, it didn’t happen at all (or matter)

Aside from that, these are lovely words from them both.

 

[supermassive]

Their first performance together and technically first performance of Frozen - filmed January 1998 in London and broadcasted April 1998 in Japan.

 

[Suedehead]

Do we know who the producer she was planning to go into the studio with originally was?

She did some sessions with Babyface and Nellee Hooper..some songs have leaked eg Like a Flower

 

[Suedehead]

There was that letter that leaked a few years ago where she slagged off nellee hooper so I suspect it was him. I think she fired him and William Orbit entered the picture. The babyface stuff didn’t really go anywhere and was shelved.

 

[Suedehead]

Yep - deffo Nellee Hooper

 

[Lobster]

The album she refers to as sounding like different producers worked on, surely that's Bedtime Stories, no? A bit odd describing it as a nightmare experience.

 

[Jark]

lovely photos from WO's birthday party in London, 1999



Guy in the last slide is the literal twin of Rocco today

 

[supermassive]

The concept of Madonna in China Whites

 

[Finn]

EDIT: wrong thread

 

[Suedehead]

lovely photos from WO's birthday party in London, 1999



Guy in the last slide is the literal twin of Rocco today

Never seen those before!

 

[Jark]

sorry if posted already

 

[ExcitableWoof]

The concept of Madonna in China Whites

They had nice scatter cushions i seem to remember.

 

[Suedehead]

 

[Jark]

I find it wonderfully quaint now to be reminded that people once wrote letters for non bureaucratic purposes. her letter to Pat explaining the new direction for ROL was fabulous.

disturbing lack of typos and freewheeling punctuation though...

 

[FannyFaudrey]

sorry if posted already

Awww was that the Celebration tour?

 

[VoR]

disturbing lack of typos and freewheeling punctuation though...

Her panicky gay PA at the time wouldn’t DARE!

 

[GNL]

Her panicky gay PA at the time wouldn’t DARE!

That letter was definitely written by Maverick's panicky gay PR team to accompany a direct mail campaign to target music journos.

 

[supermassive]

His version of Barber's Adagio for Strings (stretching and cool down) and the Ferry Corsten remix are spin class STAPLES.

 

[Suedehead]

Stuart Price
Mirwais
William Orbit

Celebration tour

 

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[Suedehead]

I've been in a proper ROL zone since the sad news.



This is great.

 

[Jark]

full length interview with William filmed the night after he'd seen the Celebration tour.



I do enjoy how the caption rather makes it sound like he'd been on an all night bender.