疯狂英语阅读：DIDOTHESWEETESTVOICEOF2001

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Interviewer: We were going to 1)come around to your house earlier. We got a phone call. We were travelling over from the airport and we got this call to say, “Change of 2)venue, youre going to Didos house.” And we were like “Wow, were going to Didos house!” And then we got another call about two minutes later to say, “Youre not going to Didos house anymore.” I thought we were going to come around.

Dido: I 3)came up with a more sensible plan. I didnt have to run around tidying up. You know what I mean?

Interviewer: I see. So it was a bit of a mess, is it? I get ya. Theres a lot of people who dont know a great deal about you. Your brothers Rollo from Faithless, isnt he? Ive got a quote here from your brother. Correct me if Im wrong. “When youre singing, dont give up your day job.”

Dido: Yeah, now that was quite a few years ago. Thats not now and yeah, no, when I first started it wasnt sort of so much think about your day job, but it was like, look, you know, its a really tough industry. And he knows it because hes in the business, you know, hes seen you know many, many singers who havent, you know, done that well. But really the thing about it is that as soon as he said that Im like, “Right, OK,” you know gave up my job.

Interviewer: Even more determined.

Dido: Yeah its like, now I got to sell more records than ever, ever!

Interviewer: Youve got this massive success over in the states and nobody can kind of see it here.

Dido: Yeah, nobody can relate to it really. Its you know, its only recently when they sort of see things happening here, theyre like, “Well, OK, you really are singing.”

Interviewer: Is that where Eminem spotted the famous sample from the single Thank You?

Dido: Yeah, he basically got sent it on a B tape that was done by The 45 King, hes like this old hip-hopster...

Interviewer: Yeah, yeah I remember that 900 number...

Dido: Absolutely and you know, its on most of the great old hip hop tunes, and he did a B tape for Eminem like thats what happens when youre doing a new album. Its lots of people send your B tapes to write over so you think...

Interviewer: Ah right, OK...

Dido: ...and he had happened to sample the first verse of Thank You which is my song off the TV ‘’cause it was promoting a film Sliding Doors.

Interviewer: Sliding Doors, yeah.

Dido: So he didn’t even know what it was and he sampled it off the TV and just sort of 4)looped it over and over and sent it to Eminem, and then Eminem wrote a jack over it. So that’s sort of how it happened basically.

Interviewer: Amazing...

Dido: Even though nobody actually knew what it was, I think it took them a while to sort of work it out.

Interviewer: Really?

Dido: You see, I heard it as a rumor that there was this track going around and I just didnt believe it. I was just like, “Nah. Thats just too good.”

Interviewer: Id be thinking “Chiching!” Here we go.

Dido: Not just so much that but just that I was a big Eminem fan, you know, and if someone you respect takes something of yours, you know but by the same token I was sort of thinking, “Hmm, I wonder what hes done with it.” Cause you know, you got to think with him, “What has he done?”

Interviewer: I listen to the album and I think the full version of the song is just superb when it goes into the chorus and stuff. Oh its amazing.

Dido: Thank you very much.