英國女歌手 Dido 和她的歌《白旗white flag》

I know you think that I shouldn't still love you,
I'll tell you that.
But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it
where's the sense in that?

I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused but nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of it's over
then I'm sure that that makes sense

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was then
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971 in London, England) professionally known as Dido (pronounced /ˈdaɪdoʊ/ DYE-doe) is an English singer-songwriter.

Biography

Dido was born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrongat St. Mary Abbots hospital in Kensington, London on Christmas Day 1971.Because she was born on Christmas Day, she also celebrates an "official birthday" on 25 June, following the example of Paddington Bear.Her mother, Clare (née Collins) is a French poet and her father, William O'Malley Armstrong was an Irish publisher and former managing director of Sidgwick & Jackson.She has an older brother, Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong^[8] who is better known as record producer Rollo. Despite their impressive birth names, the pair were known from childhood by the names that are famous now — Dido and Rollo. Dido has made it clear that "Dido" is now her real name and not simply a stage name or nickname.

Dido was named after the mythical Queen of Carthage. As a child, she had to deal with the ambiguous and unusual nature of her name, which led to her being bullied and even to her pretending to have an ordinary name. As she explains:

To be called one thing and christened another is actually very confusing and annoying. It's one of the most irritating things that my parents did to me. ...Florian is a German man's name. That's just mean. To give your child a whole lot of odd names. They were all so embarrassing. ...I thought it was cruel to call me Dido and then expect me to just deal with it.

—Dido, Interview published in The Observer in 2001

Dido was educated at Thornhill Primary, Dallington, City of London Girls' and Westminster School. After she stole a recorder from school at age five,^[10] her parents enrolled her at the Guildhall School of Music in London, England. By the time she reached her teens Dido had learned to play the piano, recorder and the violin. She later studied law at Birkbeck, University of London, while working as a literary agent. She never completed the degree, deciding instead to take up music full-time. After learning the guitar, she showcased her skills to audiences during her 2004 Life for Rent tour.

Upon the release of No Angel in 1999, after a long time promoting the album, Dido broke up with her fiancé, entertainment lawyer Bob Page, after a seven-year relationship.^[17] While she has described her departure from him as her becoming "a free agent in every sense", the two remain friends. A few songs on her No Angel album were written with him in mind ("Thank You" was written about missing him), and she thanked him overtly and publicly upon winning the Songwriter of the Year award at the Ivor Novello music awards, adding, "The song 'Thank You' still sums up that relationship. Being single might make my album more psycho this time".

Awards

• 2001: Nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video – "Thank You"

• 2001: Won the MTV Europe Music Award for the best new act

• 2001: Nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video of the Year, Best Rap Video, Best Male Video, Best Directed Video and Best Cinematography – "Stan" (Eminem featuring Dido)

• 2002: Won the NRJ Award for Best Newcomer

• 2002: Won the NRJ Award for Best Album No Angel

• 2002: Won the BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist

• 2002: Won the BRIT Award for Best British Album – No Angel

• 2003: Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – "White Flag"

• 2003: Won the Ivor Novello award for the Songwriter of the year with "White Flag"

• 2004: Won the BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist

• 2004: Won the BRIT Award for Best British Single – "White Flag"

• 2004: Won the NRJ Award for Best international artist

• 2004: Won the NRJ Award for Best Album – Life for Rent

• 2007: Won an ASCAP UK Award

• 2008: Won an ASCAP UK Award for Songwriter of the Year

Discography

Main article: Dido discography

• No Angel (1999)

• Life for Rent (2003)

• Safe Trip Home (2008)

• Dido's Fourth Album (2010)

 （ from wiki)