Dido - The Dido News Thread vol.4: It's not a quiet time anymore! - Page 5

**silver lining** · 02-17-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pure.Magic (View Post)

I'll have to check out the version of Do you have a little time they're talking about here.

I found it on YouTube, here.

It's really lovely. I totally prefer that to the album version - the album track is actually one of my least favourites but I think this live version is really great.

**Pure.Magic** · 02-19-2009, 09:58 AM

Thanks, Kat.

I checked it out. It really is SO much better live. And i agree, its one of the few songs of hers I could never bring myself to like.

The live version is changing that though.

**silver lining** · 02-20-2009, 05:44 AM

It's a great version isn't it? I really like it. I'll have to find a download of it so I can get it on my iPod.

**Pure.Magic** · 02-20-2009, 07:30 AM

I already did that.

I loved it so much, i had to get it on my ipod too.

Its so different than the version on the album. So much better.

**Just Peachy.** · 02-21-2009, 08:33 AM

More questions!

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"Would you like to write a James Bond theme?"
Fri 20th Feb, 2009

Here are a couple more of Dido's answers to the questions you've been emailing to askdido@didomusic.com (keep 'em coming!).

If you were given the opportunity to create a song for a James Bond film, would you take up the challenge?
Nicholas Warren, Bristol

Dido replies: Absolutely!! One of my favourite's is Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better which I think is from the Spy Who Loved Me? Brilliant!

What was your favourite album of 2008?
Bernie, Chicago

Dido replies: My favourite album of the year (always hard this question) was probably the Bon Iver album (For Emily, Forever Ago). I listened to it a lot when I was in LA and driving along the coast. It's a great album to be able to listen from start to finish and get transported into a different world and mood. Absolutely beautiful.

Dido | GB | News | News | "Would you like to write a James Bond theme?"

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Bon Iver

Skinny Love is my favourite song.

**silver lining** · 02-22-2009, 11:17 AM

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One of my favourite's is Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better which I think is from the Spy Who Loved Me? Brilliant!

I

that song.

I really need to check Bon Iver out.

**Just Peachy.** · 02-22-2009, 06:03 PM

Bon Iver is amazing

He performed on Letterman late last year YouTube - The Late Show Musical Guest Bon Iver 12/11/08 [HQ]

**silver lining** · 02-23-2009, 02:53 AM

Thanks for the link, I'll watch it when I get home

**silver lining** · 03-13-2009, 11:22 AM

QUIET TIMES IS US STARBUCKS PICK OF THE WEEK
THU 12TH MAR, 2009
If you head into a US branch of Starbucks this week, you can pick up a card that gets you a free download of Quiet Times, from iTunes. The offer is available until March 16th.

_virgo_ · 03-13-2009, 02:51 PM

That's cool!

**Pure.Magic** · 03-14-2009, 11:45 AM

Wow, thats awesome.

**silver lining** · 03-15-2009, 03:33 AM

Hope it gives the single and album a boost

**Just Peachy.** · 04-18-2009, 05:55 AM

More questions!

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"What was your dream job when you were a child?"
Fri 17th Apr, 2009

Dido's just emailed us her latest answers to the questions which you've been sending in to us at askdido@didomusic.com (keep 'em coming!). Here they are...

How do you pick your setlists?
Emma xx
Dido replies: I definitely think pretty carefully about taking the audience on a journey as I would when choosing the order of an album. I pick the songs that are the most fun to do live and then create highs and lows and quiet moments and jumping around moments. The lighting is also really satisfying to work on as it’s something I really enjoy when I go to a show myself - when I feel like I can see the music.

What's the best thing you've ever made yourself (other than music)?
Fiona, Kent
Dido replies: A painted lampshade. My proudest art moment... :-)

Do you like the cinema? If your answer is yes (like I think) what is the last movie did you see? And what is your favorite movie?
Natalia, Argentina
Dido replies: The last movie I saw was on a plane last week and it was called Elegy. It was good actually. It’s hard to pick my favourite movie. But a few highlights of my life were seeing the Godfather movies, Star Wars (I wanted to watch them every weekend), Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas, most Pedro Almodóvar movies, Midnight Cowboy, the Graduate, ET (I went to see it for my birthday when I was about 10 and it was the first movie that made me cry). The next movie that made me cry uncontrollably was Gone With The Wind. Jaws was another favourite. I didn’t go in the sea for about 2 years after seeing that.

What was your dream job when you were a child? A singer?
Lu Yunhe,China
Dido replies: A tennis player. Completely unrealistic, but I was just obsessed with it.

Dido | GB | News | News | "What was your dream job when you were a child?"

**Just Peachy.** · 05-09-2009, 12:38 AM

More questions answered!

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"Which track means the most to you?"
Fri 8th May, 2009

Here are some more of Dido's answers to the questions you've been sending to askdido@didomusic.com...

I watched that Northern Skies live video in your website and you were playing guitar on it (I think it was the same one you played at the "live at the Brixton Academy" dvd). I loved the sound of the instrument (it's absolutely beautiful) and I'd like to know what kind of guitar was that, because I'm thinking of buying one for me.
Daniele

Dido replies: It’s a Gibson J200. I absolutely love it. It’s quite a big guitar but I just get lost in it and I write tons on it.

I'm curious about which track of yours is the most personal, or which track means the most to you?
Thomy from Hungary

Dido replies: Probably grafton street.

When writing songs at what time of the day are you most creative?
Emerson Smith

Dido replies: First thing in the morning or after a bottle of wine.

What do you feel and think when you hear other people singing your songs? Do they add anything different to the meaning of the original song?
Rob S

Dido replies: I love it. I get to hear the song in a whole new light. Here’s an example – a YouTube video of a guy with a beautiful voice doing a really lovely rendition of ‘Closer’. This made me so happy to hear. Enjoy!

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When writing songs at what time of the day are you most creative?
Emerson Smith

Dido replies: First thing in the morning or after a bottle of wine.

I wonder if that's right? A bottle of wine in the morning? I don't think I could manage that.

**Pure.Magic** · 05-10-2009, 05:22 AM

Wow, its great that she's heard people doing covers of her songs.

And I think she meant that she can write best, early in the morning or after she's had a bottle of wine, not the two of them together. I dont think anyone would be in a state to write sense then.

Thanks for posting these.