04-30-2001 – NME – Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams has rediscovered the colour of adrenalin. It’s brown. Apparently.

According to the Daily Star today (April 30), colour-conscious Robbie made the startling find when recording his version of Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions,’ and felt obliged to tell the world of this contribution to medical science. “Some of the original Queen members were there – Roger Taylor, Brian May… I was in the studio singing the lead, singing Freddie Mercury’s part. It was amazing,” says Robbie, forgetting, obviously, the name of the other one in Queen – the one who played the bass and had an outsize head. Queen are said to have been “more than impressed with his performance” – impressed, no doubt, as they have rediscovered the colour of money, following, as it will, a new round of royalty cheques and a lucrative tour of the US.