As I’ve mentioned before most boyband resurrections or reunions are no more than ridiculous attempts to squeeze out the last drops from the old cash cows. Even cows that in some cases are no more than carcasses! Therefore they almost always fail. The British Take That is an exception however, since they reappeared after almost a decade with a lot of integrity and dignity.
Meaning that they might have the same members and name as the manufactured boyband they once were, essentially however they are different. Their image and music reflect now their actual ages and personalities. Its more sublime and mature.
While the group reunited officially a few years back and have since then had a rather successful career as a quartet, they are now once again joined by the long lost member of theirs, namely Robbie Williams, for an original line-up reunion album and tour. Robbie left the band with a lot of arrogance, immaturity and a feud with mainly the lead singer Gary Barlow (however they recently showed that the bad blood is gone by singing a duet about their relationship), and although he was vocally the less credible member he managed to beat the others as the only spin-off solo career that took off with a success! Mainly due to his charismatic persona and sense for the right type of material. And even more ironically, mainly due to the darker side of the same persona, his solo career lost drive and viability just when the new Take That’s career relaunched! So in a way the tables turned, and now the once cocky Robbie has returned to his brothers in band with a more humble tail dangling between the legs. The result is an album titled “Progress” and a single called “Flood”, a very well-made song and video that sums up the style and strengths of both Robbie and Take That altogether.
