Who here remembers Take That and their former member, Robbie Williams?

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Why shouldn't we? They all still have active careers

Well, I found out Robbie is reuniting with TT for an album and a tour

Have you seen the Brokebackmountainesque video?

PANDURITO said:

Have you seen the Brokebackmountainesque video?

You mean this?

JabarR74 said:

PANDURITO said:

Have you seen the Brokebackmountainesque video?

You mean this?

Yass! I loved their 90s hit "Back For Good," their last hit song with Robbie I think. I used to have a thing for lead singer Gary Barlowe.

The tracks were recorded a year ago in NYC... it was big news at the time that RW was back in the studio. Their tour next year with Robbie is a 20th anniversary tour, including what is expected to be a record breaking number of nights in their hometown at the City Of Manchester Stadium.

Btw, Robbie is only on a 12 month contract with Take That. They have the option not to work together again once they've completed the tour which will also include playing for The Queen at her 60th Jubilee concert & the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games where they will be performing for a potential audience of billions.

PANDURITO said:

JabarR74 said:

You mean this?

i couldn't help but think "rob's gonna kick gary off that cliff in a minute"

at the end of the video, lol. you know he wanted to.

IstenSzek said:

PANDURITO said:

i couldn't help but think "rob's gonna kick gary off that cliff in a minute"

at the end of the video, lol. you know he wanted to.

LOL! They look really hot, i would do them both at the same time

Here is Robbie's biggest stateside hit!

robertlove said:

IstenSzek said:

i couldn't help but think "rob's gonna kick gary off that cliff in a minute"

at the end of the video, lol. you know he wanted to.

LOL! They look really hot, i would do them both at the same time

Me too

I mean, kick them both off the cliff

PANDURITO said:

robertlove said:

LOL! They look really hot, i would do them both at the same time

Me too

I mean, kick them both off the cliff

It's never allowed to kick a man with a beard off a cliff

big Robbie fan here.

i enjoy some of Take That's songs. but i have all of Robbie's albums. ESCAPOLOGY is probably my favourite. i think he's a good entertainer all around.

JabarR74 said:

Here is Robbie's biggest stateside hit!

I'm pretty sure his biggest US hit is "Angels."

PANDURITO said:

Have you seen the Brokebackmountainesque video?

This reminded me of his video for "Feel", filmed years earlier in the same Canadian rockies as Brokeback Mountain.

AlexdeParis said:

JabarR74 said:

Here is Robbie's biggest stateside hit!

I'm pretty sure his biggest US hit is "Angels."

Eh-eh, Millennium was his biggest her in the States.

JabarR74 said:

AlexdeParis said:

I'm pretty sure his biggest US hit is "Angels."

Eh-eh, Millennium was his biggest her in the States.

You must be talking about Mexico. Here in the USA:

"Millennium" Hot 100 Peak: 72

"Angels" Hot 100 Peak: 41

"Millennium" was a bigger hit in Canada, FWIW.

AlexdeParis said:

"Millennium" was a bigger hit in Canada, FWIW.

AlexdeParis said:

JabarR74 said:

Eh-eh, Millennium was his biggest her in the States.

You must be talking about Mexico. Here in the USA:

"Millennium" Hot 100 Peak: 72

"Angels" Hot 100 Peak: 41

"Millennium" was a bigger hit in Canada, FWIW.

It still was played heavily here in the States, too.

JabarR74 said:

AlexdeParis said:

You must be talking about Mexico. Here in the USA:

"Millennium" Hot 100 Peak: 72

"Angels" Hot 100 Peak: 41

"Millennium" was a bigger hit in Canada, FWIW.

It still was played heavily here in the States, too.

Yes, it's his 2nd-biggest US single (and the only one besides "Angels" to make the Hot 100).

AlexdeParis said:

JabarR74 said:

It still was played heavily here in the States, too.

Yes, it's his 2nd-biggest US single (and the only one besides "Angels" to make the Hot 100).

It may have been his 2nd biggest single, but "Millenium" got more radio play than "Angels". I can't recall ever hearing "Angels" on the radio.

SEANMAN said:

AlexdeParis said:

Yes, it's his 2nd-biggest US single (and the only one besides "Angels" to make the Hot 100).

It may have been his 2nd biggest single, but "Millenium" got more radio play than "Angels". I can't recall ever hearing "Angels" on the radio.

Of course, that would only be relevant if you actually listened to every second of every radio station across the country at that time. "Angels" was a bigger hit than "Millennium" in America across the board, sales and airplay included (with the notable exception of MTV plays).

TT's first breakthrough hit was this Tavares classic:

Mr. Robbie Williams is one of my most priced guilty pleasures, and I grew up on Take That in the early nineties.

Should they really go on tour, I'm in

JabarR74 said:

TT's first breakthrough hit was this Tavares classic:

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I had such a problem with Take That when I was a teenager. I think it's because I did the whole boyband thing and grew out of it much earlier than most girls, so I was in to NKOTB when I was 9-10 and by the time I was 12 I didn't enjoy that stuff at all - and Take That first hit big when I was 12.

Looking back now apart from awfully shit songs like 'Sure', they were a special boyband compared to a hell of a lot of the ones that came since. They may have been manufactured, but bringing in Gary Barlow who was first and foremost a songwriter was the best thing to do.

Most boybands just kind of grow into "writing" their own songs by their second or third album just to feign some kind of credibility. That usually means sitting in with their existing writers and changing some words in the studio, occasionally coming up with some either terrible or cliched lyrics. Gary Barlow was a proper burgeoning songwriter from the get go.

I still haven't got any of their albums and have only bought a few of their singles since the comeback on iTunes - Rule The World is awesome. I would like to go to one of their latest live shows though. They really look great.

A great moment here: