"The Femme Fatale Tour" Music Director Simon Ellis: "I did Gimme More stoned. All the voices that you hear, all the more. That's me completely stoned" (From The Original Doll Podcast)

[BritneyGuy]

"The Femme Fatale Tour" Music Director Simon Ellis was a guest on The Original Doll podcast with James Rodriguez. He shares one of the funniest stories about how he created the "Gimme More" egyptian remix. Moreover, he talks about "If U Seek Amy" and "Lace & Leather" tour versions.
Have you heard it?

 

Listen to the interview here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gimme-more-if-u-seek-amy-lace-leather-britney-spears/id1528417596?i=1000569918369

 

Took from his Facebook Simon Ellis Music:

"#tbt to 9 years ago this week on the Britney Spears Femme Fatale Tour. What a gig that was!! Did any of you come see us? #FromBradfordToBritney #MusicalDirector"

 

 

 

[agustinmalandra]

16 minutes ago, BritneyGuy said:

 

 

That Make up 

 

That version of Gimme More is epic, so I guess being stoned worked out well, biiish

[BritneyGuy]

3 minutes ago, agustinmalandra said:

That Make up 

 

That version of Gimme More is epic, so I guess being stoned worked out well, biiish

Yeah, he is a genius!

[UncannyX-Man2099]

Always loved this tour version and this part of the concert has always been a highlite

[super.nova]

omg so painful to see britney on the FFT she looks miserable... understandably. her body looks so good tho' omg.

[BritneyGuy]

6 minutes ago, UncannyX-Man2099 said:

Always loved this tour version and this part of the concert has always been a highlite

Same here! Great tour but with mixed feelings

[BritneyGuy]

11 minutes ago, leviathan said:

omg so painful to see britney on the FFT she looks miserable... understandably. her body looks so good tho' omg.

I agree with you. Looking differently at everything now after her testimony, 2011 was a rough time for her.

[jokobish]

Ah I love Britney, but her re recorded vocals for gimme more were horribleeee 😩😩😩

[BritneyGuy]

8 minutes ago, jokobish said:

Ah I love Britney, but her re recorded vocals for gimme more were horribleeee 😩😩😩

Gimme me any re-recorded vocals. I will take anything!

[Daniela.tomasseli]

No wonder the remixes were complete and utter horsesht tbqfh 

 

that toxic remix and performance must be the worst thing ever created. Everyone wearing kimonos just because the Asian dancer was the one who choreographed the number 

[ToxicMadness]

Simon is amazing. Please Britney bring back Him and Mark for the next tour.

The Toxic remix from the circus tour is amazing. Really bass powerful AND still similar to the original song, for me the best remix until today and SUPERBOWL material, just like the baby one more time one. This video has the most clear audio ever i think, he never released those two: :(
 

 

[BritneyGuy]

2 minutes ago, ToxicMadness said:

Simon is amazing. Please Britney bring back Him and Mark for the next tour.

The Toxic remix from the circus tour is amazing. Really bass powerful AND still similar to the original song, for me the best remix until today and SUPERBOWL material, just like the baby one more time one. This video has the most clear audio ever i think, he never released those two: :(
 

 

You're right!
No, he didn't release them. The only ones were "MATM" and "Slave" as far as I remember. Have you went to one of these tours?

[Deepheat01]

16 minutes ago, Daniela.tomasseli said:

No wonder the remixes were complete and utter horsesht tbqfh 

 

that toxic remix and performance must be the worst thing ever created. Everyone wearing kimonos just because the Asian dancer was the one who choreographed the number 

They were wearing Kimonos because in the storyline of the show Britney had fled to Japan... 

[BritneyGuy]

17 minutes ago, Daniela.tomasseli said:

No wonder the remixes were complete and utter horsesht tbqfh 

 

that toxic remix and performance must be the worst thing ever created. Everyone wearing kimonos just because the Asian dancer was the one who choreographed the number 

So you don't have any favorite remixes from this tour?

[Cqleb]

Was this why FF was his last Britney gig? 

[s&m]

this remix and the womanizer one are epic 

[Jordan Miller]

 Feels like the crowd is saying

[Duff Man]

1 hour ago, agustinmalandra said:

That Make up 

 

That version of Gimme More is epic, so I guess being stoned worked out well, biiish

And she's rocking 2 different shoes ? Bish is stoned too 

 

As am i  

[ToxicMadness]

3 minutes ago, BritneyGuy said:

You're right!
No, he didn't release them. The only ones were "MATM" and "Slave" as far as I remember. Have you went to one of these tours?

I went to the femme fatale tour. While i enjoyed it, those remix weren't the best work from Simon and Mark.  The Toxic kimono remix was nice for being something different, but not for a tour.  Gimme More in my opinion was cute too, the rest sounded like the cd versions.  The circus tour was the best work until now.

Simon  worked with the spice girls in the "the return of the spice girls" tour in 2007/8 and was NOT called in for the Spiceworld in 2019. 

You can see the power on his remixes. Compare the intro and the powerful for the "who do u think you are" numbers.:

SIMON: 
 

 NOT SIMON:
 

 

[kneetap]

1 hour ago, BritneyGuy said:

You're right!
No, he didn't release them. The only ones were "MATM" and "Slave" as far as I remember. Have you went to one of these tours?

We got Circus and piece of me too, but not from him - he did give us the opera intro for circus tho

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