How Jimmy Carr And Robbie Williams Wrote A Song Together | Russell Howard's Wonderbox

From Russell Howard's brand new podcast, Wonderbox, Jimmy Carr discusses his love of music, and how he and Robbie Williams once wrote a song together...
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[@xRiizo]

Come on Russell, put the full video form of the podcast here on youtube!

[@Ohverture]

The entire point of this video is that it has more meaning if you have to put in the effort to hear it.

[@bhew7409]

Spotify wont let him as per their contract. Just go there to listen?

[@LapsedPacifist79]

@@bhew7409he’s on contract to Spotify? He just trashed them in this vid and said he never uses it on principle.

[@smallgremlin5385]

I'm 21 and i love to buy CDs. I use Spotify but I always try and get the CDs when and where I can. Pretty decent collection going. It's good to support artists. It's good to own it. It's good to listen and really listen without a phone

[@gavindawson3108]

for me its more the ability to listen to what I want when I want without a stupid monthly subscription and an internet connection.

[@jimigrill]

I have a new found respect for Jimmy Carr.

[@MrFengen]

Nerding in album covers... That's priceless.

[@2462bf2]

Talking about poetic lyrics, I know he's everywhere but Ren really does bring me back to what music is about.

[@kathrynmoore4071]

I’m so glad to hear someone else feels the same way I do about buying songs. I like having the songs in my library and I can listen to them whenever I want! I don’t mind paying $1.29 for songs.

[@Elltheewok]

Russel ‘I hate Spotify’ First link in the description: Podcast on Spotify…

[@acubley]

That just adds to it, he's got personal experience.

[@sebdotjpeg]

I get what he is saying but all the money going to Apple is also not the answer :p

[@timmm1668]

@@sebdotjpegNah man. 70p a song? I get Im gen Z but the cats out the bag. So much content is free these days so why would we pay for individual songs or albums when its so easy ti pirate it or distract ourselves with other stuff

[@sain1536]

@@timmm1668The point he is making is that you ARE watching/listening for free, when it shouldn't be free. The person who made the song or album or movie or tv show or book put a lot of effort and sacrifice into making it. and a right wanker like you, comes in and says well its easy to pirate it. It's also easy to get a job and pay for things.

[@tomkatdj]

My piece of advice is to stop listening to commercial music and start finding the original…….then support the artists directly. As a DJ I refuse the commercial stuff, and find the people who make music for the joy of it, rather than being motivated by money.

[@lanestovall1715]

Absolutely lovely getting to see Jimmy Carr in a genuine conversation. I love his flippant demeanor in his stand-up, and when he's presenting panel shows, but it is really cool to see him being himself. I dunno, it just feels wholesome...

[@R0bobb1e]

When we were kids, it wasn't so much what you are like, but more, what you liked. Especially with music, it was the most important thing in the world.

[@mmmmmmichael]

Wonderbox is incredible, I love this podcast

[@matttrafton2725]

So.many great U.K. bands in the '80s. Most of the vinyl I hung on to is British. The Clash, Modern English, The Jam, Madness.....

[@spinthepickle1244]

I had to almost give up music for several years because my son would get very upset when it was on, most likely a sensory thing. I was so happy when he started to like music. He loves lyrics and really pays attention to them, so we can talk about the meaning of the songs we listen to. He loves musicals as well. I'm just thrilled the ban on music at home has lifted, lol!

[@psykonikk]

please post either more clips like this, or the full podcasts here on youtube, would really love to watch this stuff so much :D

[@Friendship1nmillion]

Yeah agreed ( 2nd like to your comment ) , And Please NO abrupt endings to the videos . ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺

[@deb1229]

My daughter asked me a couple of weeks ago why I still buy CD's and iTunes albums. Because I like to have the music I like available when I want to hear it. I very rarely use Spotify for anything except maybe finding similar artists I might not have heard of before

[@aineomalley6431]

Ha ha...my favourite band/song was Europe, "The final countdown" on tape 😁😂 I miss 80s rock music

[@mrmacc1312]

Great points chatted about, made me think - my first ever song I bought at 10 was Tubular Bells! I am 56 now and remember it like it was yesterday!

[@arielatomhc]

I could have listened for another hour.

[@Walperion_Music]

I like that new life-analyzing philosophical Jimmy so much! In the last year or two he's become just riveting. Keep finding myself almost screaming at the screen "OMG YES!" to his takes in the last year or two. Like that "the more effort you put in an activity (reading, listening, watching) the more you enjoy it". Hardly anyone with whom I want to agree about life's philosophies so much, told in such a consice comprehensive way.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content 😊😊

[@kasprooshley1]

I've got albums on original vinyl release and remastered CD, that aren't on iTunes or Spotify. They're great recordings from start to finish, so when I want to listen to them I put the CD on, usually or I go to my desktop PC that has a CD drive and convert them to digital files through iTunes. Spotify is handy for quick research of songs and artists.

[@icetech6]

Are the full videos going to be posted?

[@OisirM]

It definitely might be an 'old man (30) shakes fist at cloud' thing from me, but I have tried and been alienated by all of these new music services, like Tidal, Spotify, etc, because it feels like it just doesn't really deliver the sort of importance that I place on music (which is something I do for a living.) I feel like my opinion on music now is very adjacent if not identical to what's being discussed here; I usually buy CD's. Not least because my car has a CD player only. But also because it's nice to actually own it, to know that at any point if I have the appropriate simple prerequisite mechanism, I have access to it. That I found this music so appealing and important to me that I went out, spent money on it, just so that I have that level of access. I guess there's a nuance in that I mostly listen to classical music, and I'm fairly sure that Brahms is not getting any of the money I'm spending on CD's of his work. So by the same token I'm much more okay with getting that kind of music for free through KZbin, but that still actually carries with it that feeling of being able to highlight how important the music is for me. I'll almost leave a comment on the pieces that I listen to as a sort of token that I recognize that the person who took the trouble to upload it felt that it was important enough to share. And because I get carried away with music opinions.

[@user-sg4ow3jp8h]

Haha Russell with a bang on Joe cole impression got me so off guard

[@claudevieaul1465]

On the upside: I'm playing in various tributebands, ranging from The Doors (60s) to Arctic Monkeys. I'm 58 myself, and often wondered about where music's going to end up with Spotify dictating we should listen to pink Disney characters like Katy Perry or Taylor Swift... But you know what? When we're playing on festivals with our tribute to The Doors, young people - say, from in their mid 20s to mid 30s - absolutely *know* the music! And not just the hits either. They're actually singing along! Which means they did put in an effort to read the lyrics as well as listening to what goes on musically. I wouldn't lose hope just yet 😜

[@gangapoornima]

ahh..you two

[@BarbGordon-bq3gv]

JUST SAW U LIVE TONIGHT RUSSELL! amazing show tysm for making me laugh like a silly idiot

[@MichaelFoley64]

In the movie Demolition Man, famously, "All restaurants are Taco Bell. They won the restaurant wars."

[@spinthepickle1244]

I always buy my music. I do listen to Pandora and it introduces me to new music and then I screenshot it and when I have $$ to spend on music, I buy the track or their whole album. I love owning my music.

[@ednicolle2456]

That joe cole story is so funny

[@charliesmith4951]

I understand that a lot of bands and artists especially smaller ones don’t make a lot of money from streaming but if I didn’t have Spotify i wouldn’t like and be be listening to half the bands I do. I don’t have the money to be buying as many albums as I listen to if Spotify didn’t exist.

[@R0bobb1e]

The Cure, Pictures of you. on the same cassette with Nine Inch Nails, Sanctified. Pretty Hate Machine in general.

[@larssonk22]

I remember when I was a kid the song that got me was Brittany Spears Hit Me Baby One More Time, but probably for other reasons

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Because you were a kid, like Brittany, that makes your interest o.k.

[@designedbyrobots320]

Slough Record Centre was the place, I'd go in there with the intention of buying 1 12" record and leave with an armful of vinyl

[@sig861]

I want to buy songs but it's so hard to find a shop

[@justanote1696]

Can you imagine Jimmy dancing as a kid

[@SinisterSkyler]

He’s looking a lot better in the face now tbf

[@conanlucas6183]

you all should try the independent artists like ren. ive paid for his music first album i bought in years lol.

[@martyheresniak5203]

Wow. Two of my Shag-Marry-Kill of British comics.

[@the_real_opacus]

Why isn't it on KZbin?

[@joannmay-anthony1076]

the artists don't get as much as you think from record sales.

[@paulforryan4253]

Is it me, or is the term vinyl fairly new. I always referred to them as a record.

[@XopheAdethri]

I _used_ to pay 10-20$ for an album of 8-15 songs... in 23 years ago money. I think $1 New Money for a song is pretty damn good. And I only had a single copy of them to copy to tapes until the CD got too fucked up in constant travel and had to _buy_ it again.

[@XopheAdethri]

And often you only really cared about the 1-3 songs you bought the albums for. Swapping discs and/or recording mixtapes so you practically never heard the rest of the albums. so 10-20$ for 1-3 songs mostly.

[@endlessrage4062]

Mainstream music isn’t the only option. If you want to find good music, you can.

[@matttrafton2725]

I still buy CDs. F all that down loading c r a p.

[@Al-cynic]

Russell's with the muscle's...hilarious...don't compensate princess...own wimpiness and dorkishness.

[@MrFluffyBunnikins]

Paying for a song still doesn't give the artist near as much money as going to their live shows and buying their merch. It's not the consumer's fault, it's the music industry's fault. If you pay that 79p for a song, the artist is only getting .1p of that sale. the other 78.8p goes to the label and 30% of that goes to the host of that sale ( ie Apple music, Google music, etc) and the other 70% goes to the label. We don't pay for the music directly because it doesn't benefit the artist near as much as supporting them live. Spotify is definitely no better. They pay pittance per stream of the song and actually pay artists less if they're less popular. This is why piracy has been so rampant in the age of the internet and why concerts still persist. Encourage people to see their favorite artists in concert. That's how they make the majority of their money. OR start a music service that properly pays their artist and doesn't have greedy execs in charge that don't try to get paid for something they have no contribution in other than providing a platform.

[@adityarao9793]

Jimmy Carr is Rowan Atkinson's Rolls Royce but Russell Howard is Mr. Beans Mini Cooper

[@Megancookie640]

😂😂😂

[@Thai.Farang]

He hates Spotify. Isn't this podcast on Spotify?

[@ShadoeLandman]

The algorithm is showing you the hits because you’re listening to the hits. Find some little independent labels or artists and listen to them and ignore the hits and the little guy is mostly what the algorithm will give you.

[@oscar_n_t]

i feel like thats not true, music is broader than ever because its more accessible than ever. there are more artists getting discovered by people because of the internet and soundcloud than ever before. sure theres less money in selling the songs themselves, but you can still make a lot of money from performances. i do think that the money is going in the wrong pockets, but i also think art should be freely accessible by everyone and that you should only contribute financially if you are able. a couple hundred years ago music performers got paid next to nothing, but now even with spotify they get waaaay more money than the effort it takes to make it (mostly, if youre somewhat successful)

[@likebot.]

I think that's not entirely contrary to what they're talking about. Music is presented to the world in a different manner and is incredibly accessible to listen to. A problem is that there's significantly less ancilliary knowledge around the song wafting into the zeitgeist. It's not important, but boomers like to know that: who wrote it, who the artist worked with before, history of the genre... that kind of stuff. Liner notes on vinyls and tapes are manna in God's waiting room.

[@oscar_n_t]

@@likebot. I feel like that’s true of young people today as well though. Like finding the next big soundcloud rapper, or whatever, before they make it. Then you follow them on social media and track their whole come up, find out who inspires them from like TikTok podcast clips etc. When I was younger it was similar but with MySpace and Facebook bands and dj’s/producers. And, like they said, people formed their identities around the music they discovered and who they listened to. I think when you get older you pay less and less attention to it but certainly throughout my late teens and early twenties I knew exactly who I liked and what albums etc. I think that was pretty common among people I knew. I think it’s the same for the next generation too, just the medium has changed

[@likebot.]

@@oscar_n_t Oh my goodness, I can't imagine following an artist on social media. That's too intense because to replicate "the old days" you'd have to discover hundreds and follow them all. That's one pathetic argument in favor of the gatekeeper. Besides, artists not only aren't all on the same social media so you'd have to have mutiple platforms, but most content creators spread themselves over multiple platforms. It's dogs living with cats - madness. I'll stumble on the odd artist on KZbin, but I rely on radio. Social media would require a significant leap for me from the comfort state of having an attention span and lack of anxiety in life. I can't possibly join Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, LinkedIn and on and on and... I only use KZbin because it was a way to learn to play Minecraft easily and it comes with having a G-Mail account (shudder).

[@Pegaroo_]

the socket behind Jimmy being squint is triggering me!

[@samuelggg3801]

Ren 🤷‍♂️

[@TitanSummers]

Pentatonix can do every genre and they don't need instruments.😁

[@poowey]

Nah, Jimmy was an Our Price in the Queensmere chap, doubt he visited Slough Record Centre.

[@acubley]

and now, Taylor Swift sings Metallica... 🎸

[@roystonrubble7103]

Regime comedians

[@danmayberry1185]

Idiocracy: Brawny and Taylor Swift only.

[@Creammm113]

why is he called jimmy carr- when he looks like he parks outside schools in a white van! okay thats my 2 pence! appreciate your guys perspectives :)

[@Creammm113]

and the music thing is very fascinating! to think everything resonates and humans hold a frequency and vibration. And somehow to receive the same from an external source but to be manipulated through tempo, tone etc can produce us with deep senses of joy or sadness depending on the way the music has been constructed! this world got more lure than any tv series out thereee!

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Looks can be deceptive. I appreciate a pun, but not if it's suggesting defamation.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

​@@Creammm113What you wrote about music was poetic. The wonder and mystery of music. :)

[@jlee4039]

Sorry boys, but that has more to do with your ages than the age we live in. One unfortunate feature of getting older is that music is no longer a primal need the way it used to be.

[@2462bf2]

There's always been a "Taylor swift" in every generation. But going from having a whole album you can listen to start to finish, knowing exactly what song comes next. Naming every song. I probably listen to more music now than ever, but I listen to so much all random and I just don't know the names or anything anymore. The days of streaming deffo changed how we perceive music

[@2462bf2]

Albums today are 2 hits that make money and 10 songs that are just filler meh.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Music still is a primal need for many people. Humans haven't changed their primal nature, because, so far, it is not possible. What we do with our primal nature may change over time.

[@julejustjule]

​@@2462bf2always has been. Maybe you would get 4 songs if you were lucky.

[@ShadoeLandman]

It’s still a primal need for me and I’m 50

[@GintsPolis]

Do not musicians earn enough Russell? Compare money they earn to medics saving lives.

[@RunsWithNeedles89]

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are fantastic but completely over hyped.

[@Glisern]

Talking like you're saying profund stuff, when in reality it's just showing lack of understanding. If spotify didn't play a capaldi song, I would not go buy it. It's not a lost sale

[@inhha]

I see your point, but still despise Spotify for its monopsonistic fuckery. If you manage to read* _Chokepoint Capitalism_ by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow without becoming livid, well done, I guess. *I don't know if there's an audio book or if it might be on Spotify.