potsy
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Take That
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I'm with you. Take That are a fine bunch, sing, perform and entertain well and are probably an OK bunch of chaps. Gary Barlow seems a fine musician and pop-song writer. Robbie Williams is a excellent singer with a great voice and performer in his own right whose put out some damn fine stuff IMO. Yep, it's easy to slag 'em off.
If anyone out there can stand up and sing a Robbie song half decently, I'd like to hear 'em... What seems so simple often aint.
ahem, sorry, I meant 
You are Brian Clough and I claim my £5
The thing which has surprised me with Take That this time around is that, having let Robbie climb back on the money-spinning band-wagon, they have pretty much let him take over on the vocals for the whole of Progress. It is partly because he has such a distinctive voice but, really, he seems to be singing across about 95% of the album.
beanzontoast
Guru
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beanzontoast
Guru
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- South of The Peaks
Well, I bought it and I am.I think those buying the album would be disappointed if he wasn't!
A group of 5 singers, you'd expect each singing 20% of the solo work. Of course, it won't work out like that but it's not Robbie Williams and Take That like it was Dianna Ross and the Supremes.
Progress just sounds, to me, like a Robbie album with named backing vocalists.
just jim
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All I ask is that he refrain from looking like a naughty middle aged schoolboy, and wear a nice suit and tie, like that nice one I bought him from TK Max for his birthday.
Lurpak
not interested mate
Not sure why you are why..ing as it's clear everyone's a winner. Robbie Williams has always gurned and his audience love/expect it so now they get more. Indeed Barlow's hair is presenting challenges but this rejuvenated man-band is thankfully providing a mainstream outlet for his arsenal of talents. I find it quite sweet that Howard and Mark are still allowed to be heard despite their debilitating speech impediments but this is what makes them quite unique and somewhat intriguing in a 'what-demographic-this-time-around' way Suggesting Williams is Barlows backing singer is understandably incorrect as this was indeed the main bugbear last time around and won't be repeated for as long as he decides to stay. This new album features Robbie quite heavily and quite rightly so as his voice/presence is the most suited to the new direction they've taken. Saying that, i regard Barlows last track Look Back But Don't Stare as lyrically his best to date and easily the most re-listenable one on the CD. The only 'why' I ask myself is why are they whoring themselves out so much on these reality shows when they all know that the albums and tour tickets will sell themselves. We've seem to have gone from anticipation to saturation in a couple of weeks without any mysticism to feed further allure.
By the way- you know those opening lines of The Flood, well I heard Robbie drop those into a radio interview he did about 3 years ago. Funny that.
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Cletus Van Damme
Previously known as Cheesney Hawks
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I am not a fan of Take That but they seem like decent guys, Robbie Williams on the other hand is really not my thing at all. I never watch any of this Saturday night tv, that's why I have 2 televisions so I can escape and watch something that I enjoy, which no doubt my wife would find as dull as I do Strictly and the X Factor. Mind you as sh1t as I find those 2 programs, they are nothing compared to Take Me Out or whatever it is called, ITV really do make some utter garbage television. It's a toss up for me between Take Me Out or Don't Forget The Lyrics (Sky) which is the worst television program ever made.
