Thanks so much to Kara for sending this in :)<\/p>\n
This is in the September 2000 issue of Request Magazine, a free music magazine found at Sam Goody stores.<\/p>\n
On Further Review<\/strong><\/p>\n
Dido
\nNo Angel
\n(Arista)<\/p>\nIt’s downright bizarre that Eminem, the gun-toting, alpha male of hip-hop’s
\nhe-man woman-hater’s cliub, would be partly responsible for the new interest
\nin a young, English, woman soft-rocker who released one of the most
\nauspicious and woefully overlooked debuts of 1999. Dido Armstrong, part-time
\nmember of her brother Rollo’s trip-hop dance band Faithless, dropped No Angel
\nlast year to breathless critical praise but indifferent public attention.
\nThis summer’s release of Eminem’s best track to date, “Stan,” which
\njuxtaposes a sample of Dido’s blissfully gentle “Thank You” against the
\nrapper’s chilling tale of an obsessed fan, is resurrecting interest in the
\nangelically cynical No Angel. Add the use of Dido’s slinky shrug “Here With
\nMe” as the theme song to the WB’s spacey television series Roswell, and lo
\nand behold, her extraordinary album is crawling back up the Soundscan charts.
\nLike Everything But he Girl’s Tracey Thorn, and even Dusty Springfield,
\nDido’s dusky vocals — balanced by clean, fragile acoustic arrangement and
\nbody-swaying, Bristol-style backbeats — evoke sea, sand, stars, and the
\npleasures and sorrows of nightfall. Dido rarely takes a lyrical phrase for
\ngranted. No Alanis Morrisette-stoked tantrums for this artist. Dido’s battles
\nare waged with forceful whisper, not a roar. The stunning romantic sigh
\n“Thank You,” which catches the same melancholy and mesmerizing wave as
\nSting’s “Why Should I Cry for You?,” is one of the prettiest contemporary
\nlove songs written in years. The ear-catching vocal hook is on Eminem’s disc,
\nbut the song’s lyrical grace and the way the chord changes follow Dido’s
\nrising spirits can only be appreciated in full view on No Angel. 95 (scale of
\n1 – 100)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThanks to Kris, DogBitz, Rachel, and JelloBeann for sending this in :)<\/p>\n
A link to this was on Welcome screen when I logged onto AOL tonight:
\n(btw, “Don’t Be a Geek” is a regular music review done by AOL on new
\ngroups\/artists\/albums)<\/p>\nDon’t Be a Geek<\/p>\n
Dido
\n‘No Angel’<\/p>\nYou’ve heard her hit single ‘Here With Me’ on The WB’s hit show ‘Roswell’ and
\nsampled on Eminem’s latest CD. Who is she? She’s England’s Dido and she’s
\ninfecting the States with her sultry voice and her warm blend of acoutstics
\nwith driving beats. Be the first to have it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThanks to Brian for sending this in–I know it’s sort of old and I apologize :(<\/p>\n
hi i found this on pagesix.com here’s the link too…. PageSix.com: Celebrity
\nNews:<\/p>\nDIDO-MITE:
\nSHE’S STILL A REGULAR GIRL
\nBy DAN AQUILANTE<\/p>\nIT all started at London’s Dorchester Hotel in 1997, where Arista honcho
\nClive Davis requested a few songs from a woman named Dido Armstrong, who lent
\nher voice to a demo by her brother’s band.
\nIt’s reputed that Davis was so moved by her voice that he actually sang back
\nin that informal session.<\/p>\nDavis gave her an album deal that resulted in “No Angel,” Dido’s slow-burn
\nscorcher released 15 months ago with little fanfare. But it has been steadily
\nbuilding a fan base ever since.<\/p>\nWho’s in Dido’s corner besides Davis?<\/p>\n
How about the creators of the TV series “Roswell,” who tapped her “Here With
\nMe” as the show’s theme song?<\/p>\nAlso add hip-hop bad boy Eminem, who intertwined her tender love song
\n“Thankyou” into his much-talked-about stalker song, “Stan,” which appears on
\nhis hit disc “The Marshall Mathers LP.”<\/p>\nDido, a 28-year-old, one-time literary agent, is unfazed by her success. She
\nrevealed to The Post her life has changed little (except she now has a
\ncleaning service spiff up her London flat).<\/p>\nAfter a summer when she opened for fellow Brit Sting and played her first
\nmajor-venue headlining tour, Dido is set to solo Monday at Roseland Ballroom
\nand she’ll appear on “The Late Show With David Letterman” that night. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks so much to Kara for sending this in :) This is in the September 2000 issue of Request Magazine,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[93,542],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roswell","tag-dido","tag-mishmash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}