Cee-Lo Green first came to the public eye as the singer for Gnarls Barkley. 'Crazy' was the first ever single to top the UK singles chart based on Download sales alone and it is still a great and much loved song.
Cee-Lo Green is currently about to release his third solo album, 'The Lady Killer', and the lead single from the album is the undeniably catchy 'Fuck You' (or 'Forget You' in the UK or 'F. You' in the US if you prefer the radio friendly version).
Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You
I see you drivin round town
With the girl I love and I'm like
Fuck You! Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough
I'm like fuck you! and fuck her too!
Said if I was richer I'd still be with you
Ha, now ain't that some shit? (Ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a
Fuck you! Oo, oo, ooo
Yeah i'm sorry, I can't afford a ferrari,
But that don't mean I can't get you there
I guess he's an xbox and i'm more atari,
But the way you play your game ain't fair
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
(oh shit she's a gold digger)
Well (just thought you should know nigga)
Ooooooh
I've got some news for you
Yeah go run and tell your little boyfriend
I see you drivin round town
With the girl I love and I'm like
Fuck You! Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough
I'm like fuck you! and fuck her too!
Said if I was richer I'd still be with you
Ha, now ain't that some shit? (Ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a
Fuck you! Oo, oo, ooo
Now I know, that I had to borrow,
Beg and steal and lie and cheat
Trying to keep ya, trying to please ya
'Cause being in love with you ass ain't cheap
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
(oh shit she's a gold digger)
Well (just thought you should know nigga)
Ooooooh
I've got some news for you
Oooh! I really hate your ass right now
I see you drivin round town
With the girl I love and I'm like
Fuck You! Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough
I'm like fuck you! and fuck her too!
Said if I was richer I'd still be with you
Ha, now ain't that some shit? (Ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a
Fuck you! Oo, oo, ooo
Now baby, baby, baby, why d'you wanna wanna hurt me so bad?
(so bad, so bad, so bad)
I tried to tell my mamma but she told me
"this is one for your dad"
(your dad, your dad, your dad)
Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy? Uh!
Whhhy lady? Oh! I love you oh!
I still love you. Oooh!
I see you drivin round town
With the girl I love and I'm like
Fuck You! Oo, oo, ooo
I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough
I'm like fuck you! and fuck her too!
Said if I was richer I'd still be with you
Ha, now ain't that some shit? (Ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still wish you the best with a
Fuck you! Oo, oo, ooo
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 25th October '10 - Infant Sorrow - The Clap
I've been having such a fun time here in Kansas and it's a shame it's coming to an end. I've met some amazing people here and can't wait to get back again really soon. I will, however, take away the great memories of the time I've spent here....including dancing around in places like Walmart with my friend Dana singing this week's song to ourselves.
Taken from the soundtrack of 'Get Him To The Greek', 'The Clap' is yet another catchy song performed by Russell Brand as the character Aldous Snow. Full of double entendres and lots of tongue in cheek humour you can't help but enjoy the song.
I still love both the movie and the soundtrack a whole lot so you should check it out!!
Also big congratulations to Russell & Katy Perry on their wedding this past weekend.
Hope you enjoy the song and I'll catch you all next week with (hopefully) a fuller blog than this one!!
Infant Sorrow - The Clap
We got the clap
You got the clap
We kick the rocks
You took the smack
Oh yeah
We got the clap
You got the clap
We took the yellow ones
You took the black
Ohho
We got the itch
You got the scratch
Burns burns burns like the head of a match
You took the front
I'll take the back
Oh Yeah
We got the clap
We got it
We got the clap
You got the clap
Rock my face
Saw the world collapse
Ohho
We got the junk
You got the junk
Shake shake shake
Taste the spunk
Ohho, I said the spunk
We got the clap
can't be beat
Got it off the back of a toilet seat
Shake your hips
Mind your feet
Oh yeah
We got the clap
We got the clap
We got it
We got the itch
You got the scratch
Burns burns burns like the head of a match
You took the front
We took the back
Oh yeah
Catch my drift
Catch that too
Caught it off a buck-tooth prostitute
You took the front
I took the back
We got the clap
(we got the clap, can't be beat)
I got the clap
(got it off the back of a toilet seat
You got the clap
(shake your hips, mind your feet)
Oh yeah
We got the clap
You got the clap
We got the clap!
Taken from the soundtrack of 'Get Him To The Greek', 'The Clap' is yet another catchy song performed by Russell Brand as the character Aldous Snow. Full of double entendres and lots of tongue in cheek humour you can't help but enjoy the song.
I still love both the movie and the soundtrack a whole lot so you should check it out!!
Also big congratulations to Russell & Katy Perry on their wedding this past weekend.
Hope you enjoy the song and I'll catch you all next week with (hopefully) a fuller blog than this one!!
Infant Sorrow - The Clap
We got the clap
You got the clap
We kick the rocks
You took the smack
Oh yeah
We got the clap
You got the clap
We took the yellow ones
You took the black
Ohho
We got the itch
You got the scratch
Burns burns burns like the head of a match
You took the front
I'll take the back
Oh Yeah
We got the clap
We got it
We got the clap
You got the clap
Rock my face
Saw the world collapse
Ohho
We got the junk
You got the junk
Shake shake shake
Taste the spunk
Ohho, I said the spunk
We got the clap
can't be beat
Got it off the back of a toilet seat
Shake your hips
Mind your feet
Oh yeah
We got the clap
We got the clap
We got it
We got the itch
You got the scratch
Burns burns burns like the head of a match
You took the front
We took the back
Oh yeah
Catch my drift
Catch that too
Caught it off a buck-tooth prostitute
You took the front
I took the back
We got the clap
(we got the clap, can't be beat)
I got the clap
(got it off the back of a toilet seat
You got the clap
(shake your hips, mind your feet)
Oh yeah
We got the clap
You got the clap
We got the clap!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 17th October '10 - The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
I'm actually in Carman, Illinois right now as we're off visiting friends, but I've spent the past week with my dear friend Dana in Kansas. Near where she lives is a rail track and you can hear the train horns sounding day and night so every day I've had this song in my head.
Formed in 1970 after drummer John Hartman had arrived in California in 1969 determined to meet Skip Spence from Moby Grape with a view to joining the band. Spence introduced him to some other people and end up forming a band of their own - The Doobie Brothers.
Their second album, 'Toulouse Street', saw them shoot to fame with hits such as 'Listen To The Music' and this weeks song, 'Long Train Runnin'', was on their second hit album 'The Captain & Me' released in 1973.
Initially when he wrote it Tom Johnston, guitarist and vocalist for the band , thought it was just a throwaway bar song but it became one of their most memorable hits as well as a song that continued to be covered and to be a hit over 20 years after it had been released.
With it's ultra-hooky guitar intro it is also a popular karaoke favourite and I even did it at karaoke this week!!
Hope you all enjoy it and I'll catch you all next week!!
The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You can see them long trains run
And you watch them disappear
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now, na-na-now
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
Well the pistons keep on churnin'
And the wheels go 'round and 'round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Where would you be now
Formed in 1970 after drummer John Hartman had arrived in California in 1969 determined to meet Skip Spence from Moby Grape with a view to joining the band. Spence introduced him to some other people and end up forming a band of their own - The Doobie Brothers.
Their second album, 'Toulouse Street', saw them shoot to fame with hits such as 'Listen To The Music' and this weeks song, 'Long Train Runnin'', was on their second hit album 'The Captain & Me' released in 1973.
Initially when he wrote it Tom Johnston, guitarist and vocalist for the band , thought it was just a throwaway bar song but it became one of their most memorable hits as well as a song that continued to be covered and to be a hit over 20 years after it had been released.
With it's ultra-hooky guitar intro it is also a popular karaoke favourite and I even did it at karaoke this week!!
Hope you all enjoy it and I'll catch you all next week!!
The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You can see them long trains run
And you watch them disappear
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now, na-na-now
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
Well the pistons keep on churnin'
And the wheels go 'round and 'round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Where would you be now
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 10th October '10 - Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light
The weekend before I came out to the US I saw Scissor Sisters at a TV taping in London performing a selection of tunes from their three albums. I love everything about this band. The attitude, the music, the clothes, the personalities of the members, it's all just so wonderful.
Jake Shears (the kind of gay guy straight girls wish wasn't gay as he's so hot!) and Ana Matronic (the kind of girl you wish you could be like) make a great pairing to front the band with the lovely Del Marquis and song guru Babydaddy backing them up.
Formed in 2000 by Jake & Babydaddy - who had met the previous year in Lexington, Kentucky - by 2002 they had recruited Ana Matronic & Del Marquis and recorded their first single (one of my favourites) 'Electrobix'. It was the B-Side, however, that got the majority of the attention and got them a record deal in the UK with Polydor. The B-Side in question, a cover of Pink Floyd's song 'Comfortably Numb', was their breakthrough song in 2004 and they have just gotten bigger and bigger as the years have gone by.
This year they released their third album 'Night Work'. Every track on the album is a winner and I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite but I know that 'Invisible Light', the up-tempo yet dark track that was the first to hit the net prior to the album's release, has been in my head all week.
I hope you like it as much as I do!!
Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light
At the doors of Babylon, You are my Zion,
Pacing Tiger, The keeper's cage,
Invisible light shoots from your eyes,
A sign I can see from my high rise,
Another castle crumbles, another monkey falls,
Just open up your joy and let the sailors climb the walls,
I thought I saw you laughing 10 feet in the air,
It doesn't matter if they touch you where because you can give me...
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light to keep me alive oh,
looking for the tension
I can feel it with the fingers in my mind...
Opiate Utopia is hotter by the hour,
I found you a flower in a field,
My invention, among the tired, among the poor,
Among the broken, the huddled masses,
Its your time...
You answer to a new name that changes all the time,
I'll call you anything you want if I can say it's mine.
This story's never ending.
My footprint's been erased.
Here you are, kiss of Evil,
I see your mouth, Or is it really...
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light to keep me alive oh,
Something really gets dimension,
Can't you feel it bend your sense of time...
Babylon,
Where bricks of water and diamonds tower,
Sailor's lust and swagger lazing in the moon's beams,
Who's laser gaze penetrates this sparkling theater of excess and strobed lights,
Painted Whores. Sexual Gladiators. Fiercely old Party Children.
All waked from their slumber to debut the Baccara.
Come to the Light! Into the Light! The Invisible Light...
Jake Shears (the kind of gay guy straight girls wish wasn't gay as he's so hot!) and Ana Matronic (the kind of girl you wish you could be like) make a great pairing to front the band with the lovely Del Marquis and song guru Babydaddy backing them up.
Formed in 2000 by Jake & Babydaddy - who had met the previous year in Lexington, Kentucky - by 2002 they had recruited Ana Matronic & Del Marquis and recorded their first single (one of my favourites) 'Electrobix'. It was the B-Side, however, that got the majority of the attention and got them a record deal in the UK with Polydor. The B-Side in question, a cover of Pink Floyd's song 'Comfortably Numb', was their breakthrough song in 2004 and they have just gotten bigger and bigger as the years have gone by.
This year they released their third album 'Night Work'. Every track on the album is a winner and I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite but I know that 'Invisible Light', the up-tempo yet dark track that was the first to hit the net prior to the album's release, has been in my head all week.
I hope you like it as much as I do!!
Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light
At the doors of Babylon, You are my Zion,
Pacing Tiger, The keeper's cage,
Invisible light shoots from your eyes,
A sign I can see from my high rise,
Another castle crumbles, another monkey falls,
Just open up your joy and let the sailors climb the walls,
I thought I saw you laughing 10 feet in the air,
It doesn't matter if they touch you where because you can give me...
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light to keep me alive oh,
looking for the tension
I can feel it with the fingers in my mind...
Opiate Utopia is hotter by the hour,
I found you a flower in a field,
My invention, among the tired, among the poor,
Among the broken, the huddled masses,
Its your time...
You answer to a new name that changes all the time,
I'll call you anything you want if I can say it's mine.
This story's never ending.
My footprint's been erased.
Here you are, kiss of Evil,
I see your mouth, Or is it really...
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light uh-oh,
An Invisible light, An invisible light to keep me alive oh,
Something really gets dimension,
Can't you feel it bend your sense of time...
Babylon,
Where bricks of water and diamonds tower,
Sailor's lust and swagger lazing in the moon's beams,
Who's laser gaze penetrates this sparkling theater of excess and strobed lights,
Painted Whores. Sexual Gladiators. Fiercely old Party Children.
All waked from their slumber to debut the Baccara.
Come to the Light! Into the Light! The Invisible Light...
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 03rd October '10 - The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
On my flight to LA I saw the movie 'The Runaways'. Having initially been put off because of the involvement of Kirsten Stewart (I really find her face annoying) I actually really enjoyed the movie. I already knew a lot of the songs and a few of the band members but I didn't really know much about their roots.
Formed in late '75 by Joan Jett, drummer Sandy West and producer Kim Fowley, after completing the line up with Lita Ford on guitar, Jackie Fox on bass and Cherie Currie on vocals, they went out there as the only all-girl rock band in a very male-dominated rock world.
Though they never had huge success in the US, they did very well in Europe and Asia and have songs that are still highly recognisable. After Currie left, Joan Jett took over lead vocals and still has a strong career today.
As for me, I've been hearing the wonderful 'Cherry Bomb' everywhere the last few days and can't stop humming it.
This blog is just brief but next weekend it'll be back to normal.
Hope you enjoy this weeks song!!
Can't stay at home, can't stay at school
Old folks say, ya poor little fool
Down the street I'm the girl next door
I'm the fox you've been waiting for
Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I'm your wild girl
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Stone age love and strange sounds too
Come on baby let me get to you
Bad nights cause'n teenage blues
Get down ladies you've got nothing to lose
Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I'm your wild girl
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hey street boy whats your style
Your dead end dreams don't make you smile
I'll give ya something to live for
Have ya, grab ya til your sore
Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I'm your wild girl
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Formed in late '75 by Joan Jett, drummer Sandy West and producer Kim Fowley, after completing the line up with Lita Ford on guitar, Jackie Fox on bass and Cherie Currie on vocals, they went out there as the only all-girl rock band in a very male-dominated rock world.
Though they never had huge success in the US, they did very well in Europe and Asia and have songs that are still highly recognisable. After Currie left, Joan Jett took over lead vocals and still has a strong career today.
As for me, I've been hearing the wonderful 'Cherry Bomb' everywhere the last few days and can't stop humming it.
This blog is just brief but next weekend it'll be back to normal.
Hope you enjoy this weeks song!!
Can't stay at home, can't stay at school
Old folks say, ya poor little fool
Down the street I'm the girl next door
I'm the fox you've been waiting for
Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I'm your wild girl
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Stone age love and strange sounds too
Come on baby let me get to you
Bad nights cause'n teenage blues
Get down ladies you've got nothing to lose
Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I'm your wild girl
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hey street boy whats your style
Your dead end dreams don't make you smile
I'll give ya something to live for
Have ya, grab ya til your sore
Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I'm your wild girl
I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 26th September '10 - The Beatles - She's Leavng Home
This week's song has been in my head for the simple reason that, on Thursday, I'm 'leaving home' for two months. Not off to some handsome young paramour (sadly!) but off to a country I love with a passion - America. Traversing the nation seeing friends and doing volunteer work will be such a great experience I'm sure, but fear not dear readers as I'm going armed with my laptop and my music collection on a back up drive so I'll never be far from the net or from the music!
'She's Leaving Home' by The Beatles appears on their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and was the first track not to be arranged by George Martin.
Inspired by a story in the Daily Mail about a teenager, Melanie Coe, who had disappeared one night aged 17 the actual lyrics of the song were not based on any facts - though later Melanie said that it hadn't been too far from the truth.
The lyrics are written from the perspective of the parents unable to understand why their young daughter would just up and leave. At the time the song was written young girls, like Melanie, running off and leaving with men they'd fallen for was fairly common place as it was a period of time where young people were beginning to feel more liberated and the old traditions of staying at home til you were married were becoming less relevant to the younger generation.
For me it's always been one of the Beatles songs that I've loved as, even as a young child, I could picture the song in my mind. I could see the visual interpretation like a movie in my head. I still feel it's one of the most 'visual' songs they ever recorded.
As for me, I'm looking forward to my adventure and I hope you enjoy this week's song! See you Stateside!
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
Silently closing their bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.
She (We gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me.
She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.
She (What did we do that was wrong)
is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years. Bye, bye
She's leaving home. Bye, bye
'She's Leaving Home' by The Beatles appears on their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and was the first track not to be arranged by George Martin.
Inspired by a story in the Daily Mail about a teenager, Melanie Coe, who had disappeared one night aged 17 the actual lyrics of the song were not based on any facts - though later Melanie said that it hadn't been too far from the truth.
The lyrics are written from the perspective of the parents unable to understand why their young daughter would just up and leave. At the time the song was written young girls, like Melanie, running off and leaving with men they'd fallen for was fairly common place as it was a period of time where young people were beginning to feel more liberated and the old traditions of staying at home til you were married were becoming less relevant to the younger generation.
For me it's always been one of the Beatles songs that I've loved as, even as a young child, I could picture the song in my mind. I could see the visual interpretation like a movie in my head. I still feel it's one of the most 'visual' songs they ever recorded.
As for me, I'm looking forward to my adventure and I hope you enjoy this week's song! See you Stateside!
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
Silently closing their bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.
She (We gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me.
She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.
She (What did we do that was wrong)
is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years. Bye, bye
She's leaving home. Bye, bye
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 22nd September '10 - Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow - Shame
Trying to finalise plans for a 2 month trip to the US, including booking all the flights, a mere 13 days before flying out is a tad stressful as I've discovered. The thought, therefore, of doing a blog just made me want to scream but I'm calm now. All is booked, I have somewhere to stay for my first week (I didn't until 2 days ago!!) and I am now calm...I hope!
In the early 90's in the UK Take That were THE boyband of choice for almost every girl in the country. They had catchy, yet well written, songs and their energetic performances. Add to that the obligatory 'boys that all the girls want' styling and they were the perfect boyband package. Of the boys it was baby-faced Mark Owen and the cheeky 'baby' of the band Robbie Williams that garnered the most attention.
All was going so well - in the period between 1991 & 1996 they sold over 25 million records - until 1995 when, after having several run-ins with band members and management due to his escalating drug problems, Robbie quit. This would be the last time they would all be in contact with Robbie for 12 years. After he left the rest of the members fulfilled already sold-out tour obligations before disbanding in February '96.
Main songwriter for the band Gary Barlow. baby-faced Mark Owen and the black sheep Robbie Williams all went on to have solo careers. While Gary and Mark had moderate success, Robbie's career just went through the roof seeing him perform to massive sell-out audiences and selling over 55 million records worldwide.
Over the years Robbie made his animosity towards Gary Barlow and former manager Nigel Martin-Smith well known through not only interviews but song lyrics too. This helped to keep the walls up between them and let the feud ripple on.
In late 2005 ITV broadcast a documentary about the band where all the members were interviewed. For Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen & Gary Barlow it was the first time they'd all been in a room together in many years. Robbie, however, declined to attend though he did do an interview on video which was played to the rest f his former band mates where he was apologetic about how he'd behaved in the past and saying how he'd swap all of his fame and fortune for the happy family life Gary now had. While not bringing him back into the fold, it did start to thaw the ice.
2006 saw Take That reform as a four piece with a new album and new sell-out tour. The band were as popular as ever, if not moreso. Robbie, meanwhile, saw his album 'Rudebox' flop (by his previous sales standards) and retreated to a rehab clinic in early 2007 for addiction to prescription drugs and, bizarrely, Lucozade while his former bandmates picked up their first Brit award since they'd split over a decade earlier.
It was during 2007 that Gary & Robbie started to communicate again. They've said in recent interviews that they just sat down, talked over all the things that caused the problems between each other and both apologised genuinely for any of the things they'd done in the past to hurt each other. This prompted the moves towards a full reconciliation of the original line-up of Take That (they've a new album out in November this year and a tour for next year, though dates haven't been announced yet) and now Robbie & Gary are closer friends than they ever were before all of the falling out.
However, prior to all the Take That reunion fun, is this single. It's a touching ballad-esque song with Robbie & Gary singing about all their 'lost' years as friends and if the song didn't give it enough emotion for you then the video will. You can just tell they don't need to act the emotions on their faces and that's what makes it so moving.
This song more than deserves to be a huge success, even my Dad said it's the best thing either of them have done in their careers and he thinks quite highly of both of them as it is.
I hope you enjoy it!
Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow - Shame
Well there’s three versions of this story mine, yours and then the truth
And we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain, but it came back return to sender
I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall, is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame.
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind, about a man I can’t remember
I don’t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time, is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
And that’s how they stay
Oh what a shame.
Words come easy, when they’re true
Words come easy, when they’re true
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
And that’s how they stay
Oh what a shame.
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame
Such a shame, what a shame
In the early 90's in the UK Take That were THE boyband of choice for almost every girl in the country. They had catchy, yet well written, songs and their energetic performances. Add to that the obligatory 'boys that all the girls want' styling and they were the perfect boyband package. Of the boys it was baby-faced Mark Owen and the cheeky 'baby' of the band Robbie Williams that garnered the most attention.
All was going so well - in the period between 1991 & 1996 they sold over 25 million records - until 1995 when, after having several run-ins with band members and management due to his escalating drug problems, Robbie quit. This would be the last time they would all be in contact with Robbie for 12 years. After he left the rest of the members fulfilled already sold-out tour obligations before disbanding in February '96.
Main songwriter for the band Gary Barlow. baby-faced Mark Owen and the black sheep Robbie Williams all went on to have solo careers. While Gary and Mark had moderate success, Robbie's career just went through the roof seeing him perform to massive sell-out audiences and selling over 55 million records worldwide.
Over the years Robbie made his animosity towards Gary Barlow and former manager Nigel Martin-Smith well known through not only interviews but song lyrics too. This helped to keep the walls up between them and let the feud ripple on.
In late 2005 ITV broadcast a documentary about the band where all the members were interviewed. For Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen & Gary Barlow it was the first time they'd all been in a room together in many years. Robbie, however, declined to attend though he did do an interview on video which was played to the rest f his former band mates where he was apologetic about how he'd behaved in the past and saying how he'd swap all of his fame and fortune for the happy family life Gary now had. While not bringing him back into the fold, it did start to thaw the ice.
2006 saw Take That reform as a four piece with a new album and new sell-out tour. The band were as popular as ever, if not moreso. Robbie, meanwhile, saw his album 'Rudebox' flop (by his previous sales standards) and retreated to a rehab clinic in early 2007 for addiction to prescription drugs and, bizarrely, Lucozade while his former bandmates picked up their first Brit award since they'd split over a decade earlier.
It was during 2007 that Gary & Robbie started to communicate again. They've said in recent interviews that they just sat down, talked over all the things that caused the problems between each other and both apologised genuinely for any of the things they'd done in the past to hurt each other. This prompted the moves towards a full reconciliation of the original line-up of Take That (they've a new album out in November this year and a tour for next year, though dates haven't been announced yet) and now Robbie & Gary are closer friends than they ever were before all of the falling out.
However, prior to all the Take That reunion fun, is this single. It's a touching ballad-esque song with Robbie & Gary singing about all their 'lost' years as friends and if the song didn't give it enough emotion for you then the video will. You can just tell they don't need to act the emotions on their faces and that's what makes it so moving.
This song more than deserves to be a huge success, even my Dad said it's the best thing either of them have done in their careers and he thinks quite highly of both of them as it is.
I hope you enjoy it!
Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow - Shame
Well there’s three versions of this story mine, yours and then the truth
And we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain, but it came back return to sender
I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall, is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame.
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind, about a man I can’t remember
I don’t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time, is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
And that’s how they stay
Oh what a shame.
Words come easy, when they’re true
Words come easy, when they’re true
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
And that’s how they stay
Oh what a shame.
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame
Such a shame, what a shame
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