Take That: From boyband to manbandGary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams were hailed as Britain's biggest boyband in the 1990s, evoking hysteria reminiscent of The Beatles. From left: Jason Orange, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Michael Owen and (separate pic) Robbie Williams. Photo: REUTERS - PAUL GROVER Teenage girls screamed to hit after hit including Back For Good, Pray and A Million Love Songs. The band had eight number one hits and sold 10 million albums during the 1990s. But tensions began to show between Barlow, seen as the serious songwriter of the group, and Williams. Williams walked out in 1995. The band broke up in February 1996 and fans were so distraught that the Samaritans set up a special helpline. They reformed a decade later without Williams, after appearing in a tell-all ITV documentary watched by nearly six million viewers. Barlow confirmed the news with the words: "Thank you very much for giving us the last 10 years off, but unfortunately the rumours are true - Take That are going back on tour." Take That's comeback anthem Patience went straight to number one and won a Brit Award for best British single. The band have continued their success and saw their 2009 stadium tour The Circus - Live smashing UK box office records. Asked about the possibility of rejoining Take That, Williams told GQ previously: "It will happen. But not in the next 18 months, two years. "There's contracts to fulfil. And then I can do what I want." Williams has also spoken of a "healing" chat he had with Take That in 2008 while the band were mixing The Circus in Los Angeles. For his part, Barlow has said it was "inevitable" that Williams would perform with the group again. Williams was reunited with the band by sharing a stage during a Children In Need concert last year. The singer has already revealed he is releasing a single, Shame, with Barlow, the first time they have recorded together for 15 years. |
Since the article mentioned three songs, I'm picking the better two and let's see what we can learn from their past. Have an easy weekend!
Back For Good -- with lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b960CyRtoyM
"Back For Good" lyrics:
I guess now it's time for me to give up
I feel it's time
Got a picture of you beside me
Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now
Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood
Unaware but underlined I figured out this story
It wasn't good
But in the corner of my mind I celebrated glory
But that was not to be
In the twist of separation you excelled at being free
Can't you find a little room inside for me
Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood
And we'll be together, this time is forever
We'll be fighting and forever we will be
So complete in our love
We will never be uncovered again
Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood
I guess now it's time
that you came back for good
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"Pray" lyrics
When the time gets near for me to show my love
The longer I stayed away for hiding from a word
I need to hear now don't think I'll hear it again
But the nights were always warm with you
holding you right by my side,
But the morning always comes too soon
Before I even close my eyes
All I do each night is pray
Hoping that I'll be a part of you again someday
All I do each night is think of all the times
I close the door to keep my love within
If you can't forgive the past I'll understand that
Can't understand why I did this to you
And all of the days and the nights ok I'll regret it
I never showed you my love
But the nights were always warm with you
Holding you right by my side
But the morning always comes too soon
Before I even close my eyes
All I do each night is pray
Hoping that I'll be a part of you again someday
All I do each night is think of all the times
I close the door to keep my love within
Surely we must be in sight of the dream we long to live
If you stop and close your eyes you'll picture me inside
I'm so cold and all alone, straight on back to me
All I do each night is pray
Hoping that I'll be a part of you again someday
All I do each night is think of all the times
I close the door to keep my love within
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Vocabulary:
hail sb/sth as sth --
phrasal verb
[often passive]
to praise a person or an achievement by saying that they are similar to someone or something very gooddistraught -- (adj) extremely worried, nervous or upset
shatter -- (vb) [T] to end or severely damage something
for good -- forever
Homework: What do the Samaritans do?
Resource:
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2010/05/song-shes-one-robbie-williams.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7893493/Take-That-From-boyband-to-manband.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYzNNF_d3wA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b960CyRtoyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-Z3LnYh-I
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Pray-lyrics-Take-That/C42BC29DA74ECF6348256897001D0F50
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Back-For-Good-lyrics-Take-That/7B065127AABC1E6248256897001D77F4
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/hail-sb-sth-as-sth#hail-sb-sth-as-sth__2
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/distraught
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/shatter
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/good_15#good_15__3
