http://www.britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/ Brit Music Scene Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 Sophie Ellis-Bextor Makes Comeback, Or Maybe Not : Brit Music Scene - Brit Music Scene Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:47:34 +0000 http://britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/#comment-2032 [...] having been huge on the back of Eminem’s Stan sample, then again in her own right, before disappearing off the face of the planet. And Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the daughter of a Blue Peter presenter who was many young [...] [...] having been huge on the back of Eminem’s Stan sample, then again in her own right, before disappearing off the face of the planet. And Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the daughter of a Blue Peter presenter who was many young [...]

]]> http://www.britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Jonny Dodds Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:22:53 +0000 http://britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/#comment-1237 I am a huge Dido fan, and I was also a little disappointed when i first heard "Don't Believe In Love". However, I gave the track a chance, and was definately going to buy the new album the week it came out. To be honest, "Safe Trip Home" did not have much of an impact on me the first time I listened to it, but it has steadily grown on me and is within my top 5 albums of 2008. Her absence was mainly due to the death of her father, by which the album is inspired. This explains its darker, and less uplifting effect. But it is full of raw and genuinely pure emotion, which is so very rare in todays music business. All her words come from the heart. When "Life for Rent" was released, she was all over TV and radio, smiling and looking brilliant. Even with the release of "Safe Trip Home" in Nov 2008, she was nowhere to be seen in the UK. No airplay, no TV interviews, nothing. According to a few reports (of which there are very few) she is not her usual self. "Safe Trip Home" has dropped out of the charts, and will probably not be seen again. In the UK it sold a small fraction of what "No Angel" and "Life For Rent" did. I put this mainly down to the absence of a catchy, radio-friendly single, which is essential nowadays for a successful album due to downloads. So in a way, the old Dido is gone, but this has not stopped her from creating a fantastic album, which too few people have given the chance. I am a huge Dido fan, and I was also a little disappointed when i first heard “Don’t Believe In Love”. However, I gave the track a chance, and was definately going to buy the new album the week it came out. To be honest, “Safe Trip Home” did not have much of an impact on me the first time I listened to it, but it has steadily grown on me and is within my top 5 albums of 2008. Her absence was mainly due to the death of her father, by which the album is inspired. This explains its darker, and less uplifting effect. But it is full of raw and genuinely pure emotion, which is so very rare in todays music business. All her words come from the heart. When “Life for Rent” was released, she was all over TV and radio, smiling and looking brilliant. Even with the release of “Safe Trip Home” in Nov 2008, she was nowhere to be seen in the UK. No airplay, no TV interviews, nothing. According to a few reports (of which there are very few) she is not her usual self. “Safe Trip Home” has dropped out of the charts, and will probably not be seen again. In the UK it sold a small fraction of what “No Angel” and “Life For Rent” did. I put this mainly down to the absence of a catchy, radio-friendly single, which is essential nowadays for a successful album due to downloads. So in a way, the old Dido is gone, but this has not stopped her from creating a fantastic album, which too few people have given the chance.

]]> http://www.britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Mònica Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:31:13 +0000 http://britmusicscene.com/whatever-happened-to-dido/#comment-1014 I totally agree with you. I own "No angel" and "Life for rent" and I love both of them (specially the last one, which I think goes far beyond magnificence), but her latest record is just terrible. I don't know what's happened to her, but whatever it is, it has made her go the wrong direction. I miss the old Dido too. I totally agree with you. I own “No angel” and “Life for rent” and I love both of them (specially the last one, which I think goes far beyond magnificence), but her latest record is just terrible. I don’t know what’s happened to her, but whatever it is, it has made her go the wrong direction. I miss the old Dido too.

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