That Was Take That, That Was
The Thats were on telly over t’weekend (ooh-er). I watched it and I have to say they were good.
Shush now.
It’s only when you realise how many rubbish ones there are trying to copy the good ones, that you realise something is actually not that easy. Like blogging, a bit.
I’ve always wondered about Gary Barlow. He writes songs and those labours stay in the blood, so he’s probably got bags of new tunes knocking about that he can’t use because people don’t want to hear them.
But they busted one out on the show after the usual standards, and it was just wierd. It was a bit Sergeant Pepper on LSD.
What?
It was?
OK, it was Sergeant Pepper on loads more LSD.
Can I say, in the highbrow defensive style of Tom Paulin: “I rather liked it.”
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Cliff Jones is on annual leave. This was not written by him and I do not share my opinions.
His.
I don’t share his opinons.
December 4th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
I liked the Take That show too, and I feel I can now admit that I was gutted when they didn’t play Babe. I’d also like to take this opportunity to stand up and be counted as a fan of both Keane AND Coldplay.
I don’t suppose your replacement also watched the X Factor, did s/he?
December 4th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
My replacement has no idea what you are talking about. X Factor? Is that rude?
I was once at a wedding with Jason Orange’s cousin. He looked alot like him and obviously dug the fact.
He got very drunk, started talking to girls and when Want You Back came on, he stumbled to the dance floor on his own and did the moves from the video while lipsynching.
December 4th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Is he single?
December 4th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
This was a while ago, but I’m guessing yes.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
You know, I had exactly the same feeling as your “friend”…
(I want you to know that I did that annoying “drawing quotes in the air with your fingers whilst hunching your shoulders” thing when I said “friend” there)
… when I watched the Audience with the Thats the other night.
I turned to the Chairwoman during “A Million Love Songs” and said, “It says something about the crap they churn out in the charts these days that this song now actually sounds like a quality love song.”
I then realised that I am old. Old before my time.
It’s at times like this that I start wondering if the birth registrar made a mistake and I was actually born in 1956 instead of 1976.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Katy - 76! I’m 34, so if it’s not your time, then my number was up a long ways ago.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
I didnt’ watch it. IT wasn’t on in this country. But, if I was in that coutnry I might not have watched it either. I’m just not much ofa tv kinda guy.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Oh, and whoever you are, tell Cliffs to have a nice vacation.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Didn’t watch it, cos whichever way you look at it, it was Take That. And that can’t be a wholly healthy pursuit for any 30-something man on a Saturday night.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
Ohhh! Take THAT, THis is THis!
December 4th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
It seems too long since I heard Tom Paulin say “…I rather _liked_ it”
Thking back, I rather liked it.
December 5th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Did you get a reciept for it, o.n.e?
December 5th, 2006 at 9:33 am
Ooh, I saw 10 minutes of the repeat last night. I saw them do a new song called “Shine”. I was embarrassed when they danced. Terrible.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:31 am
I’d just like to say Cliff, how proud I am of you to put aside your musical snobbery that pervades this blog on a daily basis and admit to enjoying something not very cool.
I loved the show in fact I got quite emotional watching it (mostly because it reminded me of my uni days and dancing a the disco) I thought they were very brave to do it live.
Interesting that Robbie’s new album has done comparatively badly to his other albums now that the rest of the group are doing so well…I fear a backlash.
December 5th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Why do people spend their time making unpleasant comments on peoples’ blogs? If they don’t like them - why don’t they not look at them?
I watched a few little bits of Take That and thought they did quite well although I didn’t like all the celebrity ‘gushing’ that was done.
Fair play to them - they did bloody well without Robbie - and that’s no mean feat!
December 5th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
And I KNOW I put an apostrophe in the wrong place but that’s because I CAN ok?
December 7th, 2006 at 10:10 am
I read this blog sooz because I know Cliff and I want to support him. I also think that if you can’t take any comment from a reader that is not necessarily complimentary, then you’re probably in the wrong job.
Anyway he admits to being a musical snob!
December 7th, 2006 at 10:36 am
There’s ‘not necessarily complimentary’ and destructive negativity though isn’t there Mel?
Nobody minds constructive criticism - it’s healthy and it can be inspiring. However, destructive (accusatory) negativity serves no purpose but to make the recipient feel bad. How can that ever be a good thing?
December 7th, 2006 at 10:57 am
You know, this is a lot like my childhood.
December 7th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
I read this blog cos I like it, but I don’t know Cliff. Were my comments mean?
December 7th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
* noooo! Now I’m feeling like a ‘bad parent’! (are there any good ones?!)
I’ll crawl back under my stone shall I?
December 7th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
*, I first read that as “I read this blog cos I know it, but I don’t like Cliff”. All kinds of trouble.
December 7th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Phew!