"Let us be Your Energy"
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From Nicole Galled...............

Hi,
i am the author of the book "Let us be your energy", a book written about singer/songwritter Robbie Williams and about why his fans love him and his music that much. The book was published by the German publishing company Noxxon (www.noxxon-verlag.de (http://www.noxxon-verlag.de)) in March last year.

My proceds are promised to go to the Donna-Luise-Trust, and I hope to introduce the book a bit and make it more public.

You can check out my own site www.ngalland-jugendbuecher.de (http://www.ngalland-jugendbuecher.de)

The book contains personal fan reports from all over the world, 23 countries were involved. The book is also available at www.amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de). http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gifhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif



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It took Nicole (pictured) five months to collect and put together the fans' stories (as well as having to translate a few stories from German into English. She lives in Germany herself).


For sale
The book is available to be ordered by mail from Noxxon Verlag (http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/stoke/robbie/2004/nicole_book.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.noxxon-verlag.de/16601/15517/index.html) and soon at Amazon.
The ISBN number is 3-86587-064-3.



One of the accounts in "Let us be Your Energy" came from Joe Ravipinto, from the United States... This is his contribution...

... I'm proud to say I'm an American Robbie Williams fan! We have not had a male solo artist of his caliber in this country in over a decade. Finding a solo artist with back-to-back quality albums is a challenge of itself these days.

Robbie's songwriting team is magnificent.

He is quickly moving into the same class as that of The Beatles and Billy Joel, which are known by most as being the last two-generations' songwriting pioneers. His usage of harmonies and orchestration of various instruments is superb. Each song's depth and detail is superior to any act currently in the industry.

It is clear that he is a student of the best musicians who ever lived. He has absorbed his influences and more importantly has been able to create his own unique masterpieces.


Without a doubt, Robbie's vocal range is amazing. His voice is the Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Ray Charles of our time. Like those legendary singers, his voice and music will live forever.

The fact that he is a natural born entertainer is icing on the cake. It is hard to argue that he is not one of the best front men in music history. He is part of a small group of entertainers who has earned the right to say they truly own a concert stage when they step onto it. Yes, Freddy Mercury would have been proud to watch him strut across the stage.
It is my hope that someday Robbie will tour the US so that American audiences would understand what a brilliant performer he is.


As a man, it is natural to relate to his songs. The emotions to his music and lyrics tug at my heart, inspire my soul to dance and make it easy to smile while "living the dream."


I'm a die-hard fan who would be honored to "grow old with him." Long live Robbie Williams!!!

Joe Ravipinto


Review of Let Us Be Your Energy

It's no secret that Robbie is a really handsome man - we see hordes of fans flocking around him and thousands at Knebworth-like concerts - but before now we've never had a real way of finding out the stories of their so-called 'robsessions'.

He's won handfuls of Brit awards and sold millions of albums but for some of Robbie's most dedicated fans his music goes much deeper.

Nicole Galland's book contains over 50 moving and heartfelt stories by Robbie's fans from all over the world.

The book takes its readers through an interesting journey of Rob's career, seeing it from the eyes of his fans. Some compare him to Elvis, some identify with his past drink/drug problems, some have been given hope by his music but each fan tells a unique story.

One girl even says his music has taught her the English language, but here's a little of what Marinka from Germany had to say:

"Rob fills up my life with plenty of joy. His music, his performance or just his photos cheer me up every time I'm sad or depressed. I fever on his concerts, get infected by his emotions. I'm glad when he's happy and sad when he feels terrible. "He's present every single day in my life because of his music, his honesty, vulnerability and sensibility."

Nicole has done a fantastic job of compiling the stories and has worked hard translating some of them into English. For something which seemed a little thrown together at first, the book is utterly hard to put down.

It is a great read and good means of giving the fans their own voice, or as Kirsty from South Africa wanted to say to him:

"Thank you for making yourself part of our lives, now let us make ourselves part of yours"

Let Us Be Your Energy certainly gets my thumbs up - not only did it remind me of all of the Robster's charms but had me reaching for his entire back catalogue.

I might even say it's one to make even the biggest Stoke supporter show a feeling for Vale's famous fan.
Hayley Harp
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looks interesting,

Sounds good ...

Probably very sentimental. I'd like to read a review first.

I'm going to interview Nicole soon so if you've any questions drop them in here and i'll put them to her :)

She got in touch with me after teh protest letter stuff in the winter. A really nice lady. .. runs a wonderful fansite as well.
www.rw-fanclub.de it's in german and english and worth seeing.

Probably very sentimental. I'd like to read a review first.
same here ! I'm not keen on books that aren't official but it does sound good !

same here ! I'm not keen on books that aren't official but it does sound good !
Might not be too bad because it sounds like it is not about him just his affect on fans. Not sure.

Ok,I've read your comments and I think I need to tell you a bit about the content of the book and about the reasons for me to make it.

We all have different reasons to like music in general and some musicians for something special. Why does RW have such a special and strong influence on ppl? Why is there a terrified, distressed teenager who finds relief in Robs songs? You can find out by reading Danielle's story. Why are there people who accompany Rob since his TT days until today? I thought it would be interesting to find out HOW Robs music and personality changed people's lifes. And I found out. I received reports from all over the world and people opened their hearts to tell me their stories. Sad ones, stories that made me think, funny ones, stories that just said: thanks Rob for making music, for cheering up my life! I received letters from 13-year-old girls up to 48-year-old ladies. Letters from men and women. I enjoyed it a lot to work on this book and who knows...maybe I'll start something similar again one day. That's a bit of the content so far. Now my charity idea. I had some reasons to give the proceed to charity. First of all I think we all have a responsibility on this earth. We all have to offer help when it's possible. In every country of this world are people who have to suffer from something. The poorest, but, are the kids. I have 3 myself, all fine, happy and healthy. It's a present that they are ok, but something terrible could happen to them and I would beg for help then. The Donna Louise Trust supports kids and their families, as you all most probably know. Kids who have no chance to get healthy and fine any more, kids who have to die due to an illness or accident. I think the best way to support the Trust is: donating. I want to give the proceeds of the book to the Trust, because the book has something to do with Robbie Williams and Robbie Williams has something to do with he DLT. The publisher got his money now (first 100 books are sold), and everything else now can be donated to Give it Sum. I am asking for your help, because I can't manage by myself. Please take a look at the book (reading rehearsals included) on my page www.ngalland-jugendbuecher.de, tell me what you think (pros and cons are welcome), talk about it. Make it public as good as you can.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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it is available at www.amazon.de

many thanks for looking, themissus!

Sound really interesting, now that you say it!
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I saw that at amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de), you can get both an english and a german version...

Unfortunately, I don't like ordering things when I cant understand the website (amazon.de is German). If it becomes available at a uk site, I would buy it http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/froehlich/a013.gif

I will forward it to the publisher, he can arrange something, hopefully

I will forward it to the publisher, he can arrange something, hopefully
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I talked to the publisher today and unfortunately it's not possible to get the book via amazon.co.uk. I would need an international booknumber to put it in there, but as the number is quite expensive I can't do that. He said, but, you can email him for any enquiries, there is an English form on his website www.noxxon-verlag.de . As there are a good few books sold to UK, USA and even South Africa it should work somehow. I am really sorry that I can't be more helpful at the moment and I thank you all for your attention. As far as I know there is some sort of help for the English speaking visitors on amazon.de, maybe that will do? I hope that all interested people finally find a way to get the book.

this book is brill and well worth the read :guitar:

Thanks Kelly *bighug*

this book is brill and well worth the read :guitar:
hi kelly, can i take it from your name your the Kelly from Knebworth?