Take That

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Nov 2005, 16:07

Anyone notice the "For The Record" program on ITV tonight where the group members are interviewed (they were all interviewed in 2004/05 I think but not sure).
In retrospect, Take That weren't so bad IMO

Certainly better than the likes of Westlife in boyband terms. Back For Good (1995) was a lovely song

biguy · Post by **biguy** » 17 Nov 2005, 18:35

I actually thought they were pretty good at the time.....

But when you look back now and compare them to teh boy bands today...They look like MULTI TALENTED GENIUSES........

ina a rlated note..Saw Robbie Williams new video on tv tonght.......Is he still popular over there...He is like a god in Asia..... :shock:

What happened to the rest of them?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Nov 2005, 18:38

They (TT) like the best band ever compared to the likes of Westlife..

Robbie is still quite popular over here, yeah

biguy · Post by **biguy** » 17 Nov 2005, 18:45

WETlife are big over here....as are BLUE(they are English band huh?..Tahnks for that one guys!!!..They actually came here last year!!!)..in fact ANY crappy pop band can be popular here...kids here just lap it up!!...bledin sheep that they are!!!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Nov 2005, 19:00

Westlife are Irish, they've just had their 12th (?) number one over here with a song called YOU RAISE ME UP, a melody which rips off/is based on a traditional tune called O DANNY BOY.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Nov 2005, 19:11

The only decent Take That song I can think of is 'Back For Good' though there may have been one or two other ones that didn't suck. Their early stuff was particularly awful (I caught some of it on a VH1 Special)

Westlife are worse and still dominate the UK charts. I wish they would move to Korea. No offence Killer.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Nov 2005, 19:51

I think the only 'boyband' I ever liked was WHAM! ...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Nov 2005, 20:19

Club Tropicana drinks are freeeeeeee!!!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Nov 2005, 20:28

That was actually one of the songs I didnt like of them, along with LAST BLOODY CHRISTMAS! AUGH! I liked bad boys, and a couple of those other ones...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Nov 2005, 20:31

I really liked Take That's "Back For Good" and "Never Forget" also but I can take or leave the other stuff.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Nov 2005, 20:41

Huh? How are Take That better than Westlife or Boyzone?

Don't get me wrong I'm not a fan of any of them but all three were huge in their day.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Nov 2005, 00:45

Well, like them or not, Take That were original. Boyzone copied Take That and then Westlife copied Boyzone. Like a generational bootleg, each copy gets worse. The problem with the latter two bands is that Louis Walsh essentially made them cover artists, copying other people's songs (often from Country Music) that had already been done better. Like wedding entertainers they were bland and without substance. Westlife's karaoke version of Terry Jacks' meaningful Season in the Sun made me shudder. A lot of Take That material was crap, but at least it was original crap usually. They tried not to ruin good songs.

I like Club Tropicana and Last Christmas (though it's overfamiliar around the festive season). Ah well, sue me.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 18 Nov 2005, 09:36

I agree, Westlife's versions of the meaningful I Have A Dream (ABBA) and Seasons In the Sun (Terry Jacks) were terrible and destroyed all the emotion of the originals :x. Boyzone's version of Love Me For A Reason was exactly the same as the Osmond's version

That said, I really liked Boyzone's version of Father and Son, IMO better than Cat Stevens' version

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 Dec 2005, 08:01

grim_tales wrote:That said, I really liked Boyzone's version of Father and Son, IMO better than Cat Stevens' version

Cat Stevens doesn't exist anymore, just Yusuf Islam.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Dec 2005, 09:54

Yusuf then. But when he originally sang Father and Son in 1970, he was plain old Cat Stevens, so I think we can call him that without causing offence