ROBBIE WILLIAMS - ADVERITISING SPACE
There's No Earthly Way Of Knowing
What Was In Your Heart
When It Stopped Going
The Whole World Shook
A Storm Was Blowing Through You
Waiting For God To Stop This
And Up To Your Neck In Darkness
Everyone Around You Was Corrupted
Saying Somethin'
There's No Dignity In Death
To Sell The World Your Last Breath
They're Still Fighting Over
Everything You Left Over
I Saw You Standing At The Gates
When Marlon Brando Passed Away
You Had That Look Upon Your Face
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And
No One Learned From Your Mistakes
We Let Our Profits Go To Waste
All That's Left In Any Case
Is Advertising Space
Through Your Eyes
The World Was Burning
Please Be Gentle
I'm Still Learning
You Seemed To Say
As You Kept Turning Up
They Poisoned You With Compromise
At What Point Did You Realise
Everybody Loves Your Life
But You Ahahh
Special Agent For The Man
Through Watergate And Vietnam
No One Really Gave A Damn
Did You Think The Cia Did
I Saw You Standing At The Gates
When Marlon Brando Passed Away
You Had That Look Upon Your Face
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And
No One Learned From Your Mistake
We Let Our Profits Go To Waste
All That's Left In Any Case
Is Advertising Space Ooooohh
I Saw You Standing At The Gates
When Marlon Brando Passed Away
You Had That Look Upon Your Face
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No One Learned From Your Mistakes
We Let Our Profits Go To Waste
All That's Left In Any Case
Is Advertising Space
I've Seen Your Daughter
Man Shes Cute
I Was Scared But I Wanted To
Boy She Looks A Lot Like You
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Stephen Duffy, Robbie Williams
Producer(s): Stephen Duffy, Robbie Williams
This Beautiful Ballad Is About The Late, Great Elvis Presley. It Documents Presley's Tragic Fall From Grace And His Sudden Death From A Cardiac Arrest At The Age Of 42 On August 16, 1977. Robbie Williams Expresses Sadness At How Presley Has Become Little More Than A Commercial Figure To Be Marketed And Profited Off In The Aftermath Of His Death.
"Advertising Space" Makes Reference To Presley's Infamous Encounter With President Richard Nixon At The White House On December 21, 1970. Presley Asked To Meet With Nixon As He Believed He Could Help The President Combat Drug Culture By Reaching Out To The Hippie Community. A Collector Of Police And Law Enforcement Memorabilia, Presley Also Asked Nixon For A Bureau Of Narcotics And Dangerous Drugs Badge During Their Time Together. Even Though Such A Badge Didn't Exist, Nixon Agreed To The Request. Presley Is Said To Have Carried The Badge With Him For The Rest Of His Life.
This Song Also Pays Tribute To Hollywood Actor Marlon Brando. Once One Of America's Greatest Stars, Brando Died On July 1, 2004 After Growing Obese And Becoming A Recluse. Williams Laments How Brando Met A Similar Sad Fate To Presley, Adding: "No One Learned From Your Mistakes. We Let Our Prophets Go To Waste."
According To Williams, "Advertising Space" Was Partly Inspired By The Quentin Tarantino-Directed, Christian Slater-Starring Movie True Romance, In Which The Main Character Clarence Worley Is Able To Communicate With The Spirit Of Presley.
"Advertising Space" Was Written By Williams And Stephen Duffy. They Formed A Creative Partnership After Williams Fell Out With His Former Collaborator, Guy Chambers, During The Making Of Escapology. Williams Called "Advertising Space" His "Candle In The Wind," A Reference To The Elton John Song Originally Written About Marilyn Monroe And Later Rerecorded Following The Death Of Princess Diana.
"Advertising Space" Is Featured On Williams' Sixth Album Intensive Care. It Was The Third Single Released From The Album After "Tripping" And "Make Me Pure."
Directed By David Lachapelle, The Music Video For "Advertising Space" Sees Williams Playing A Presley Tribute Act. The Video Was Shot In Blackpool – The Seaside Resort Frequently Referred To As "The Las Vegas Of England" – Culminating With Williams Performing At A Chintzy Bingo Hall. Williams' Appearance In Blackpool Stopped Traffic At The Time, With 5,000 Fans Gathering To Watch The Former Take That Member Strolling Down The Town's Glittering "Golden Mile."