Tuesday 22 March 2011

Monkeys and typewriters : Take That

In the dark years immediately prior to Britpop, I loathed Take That.
Some of their songs were border-line OK (not that I would dare admit it) but their all-pervasive marketing irked.
It became a badge of honour to pour scorn on Barlow et al.

So, I'm slightly surprised to enjoy their new song Kidz
It's helped no doubt by the fact that ickle Mark Owen sings the opening verse in a very sinister world-weary manner (and completely inverting what I expect from TT).
What's most surprising is that with the lyrics' talk of younger generations rising up against the powers that be, the song seems to echo events in the Middle East.

Take That being political soothsayers? That's scary....

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