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** There's also the time an interviewer flat-out asked Mark whether he and Robbie were lovers, and Mark's... somewhat [[ExactWords Exact Words]]-ish response:
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** There's also the time an interviewer flat-out asked Mark whether he and Robbie were lovers, and Mark's... somewhat [[ExactWords Exact Words]]-ish ExactWords-ish response:
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and for so long (to the point where he wanted to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and for so long (to the point where he wanted to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: QuestionableCasting: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and video for so long (to the point "Happy Now", where he wanted as part of the Fake That tribute band, they recruited comedian Creator/JohnBishop, who bears a truly striking resemblance to be anyone Howard Donald... but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.then cast him as Robbie Williams instead.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The video for "Happy Now", where as part of the Fake That tribute band, they recruited comedian Creator/JohnBishop, who bears a truly striking resemblance to Howard Donald... but then cast him as Robbie Williams instead.
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** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
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** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.Record'', especially after it came to light that the documentary's producers never actually told him about the reunion in the first place.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: While ''For The Record'' ended with Robbie not rejoining the band it's comforting to know that only a few years later he and the rest of the band made their peace leading to the "Progress" album with all five of them.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: While ''For The Record'' ended with Robbie not rejoining the band it's comforting to know that only a few years later he and the rest of the band made their peace leading to the "Progress" album with all five of them.
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* FaceOfTheBand: To anyone who wasn't a fan of the band the lineup consisted of Music/GaryBarlow, Mark Owen, Music/RobbieWilliams, and The Two Blokes Dancing Behind Them. While Jason Orange and Howard Donald weren't completely unknown they generally got less attention than the other three. This became downplayed when they reunited without Robbie and attention was more evenly distributed between them which stayed in place when Robbie rejoined them.
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* LyricalDissonance: seem to manage this one in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Y9D4szj3c The Garden]]". Sounds like a swooshy, twinkly love song, seems to reference some kind of ecological disaster - 'we could hear the sound of sirens all around us, and the scent of burning oil was in the air' - and contains a gloriously stirring middle eight with these lyrics:
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Can you hear the soldiers coming?''
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Every man and every woman''
-->''We all fall in the end, we're just miracles of matter''
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Can you hear the soldiers coming?''
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Every man and every woman''
-->''We all fall in the end, we're just miracles of matter''
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Q7HBvM4lM Shine]], especially as it was apparently written for Robbie Williams during his struggles with depression and prescription drug addiction:
--->''Stop (Stop!)''
--->''Bein' so hard on yourself;''
--->''It's not good for your health!''
--->''I know that you can change,''
--->''So clear your head and come round.''
--->''You only have to open your eyes,''
--->''You might just get a big surprise!''
--->''And it might feel good,''
--->''And you might want to smile, smile, smile!''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming on its own.
** Despite (or perhaps because of) the LyricDissonance mentioned below, "The Garden" could count, with its epic instrumentals and its overall theme about finding moments of sublime joy and beauty with a loved one during a time of chaos and disaster.
** "Hold Up a Light":
--->''You can dance if you like''
--->''You can sing every word of every song''
--->''No you don't have to steal the show''
--->''It was your show all along''
--->''[...]''
--->''And if life is your stage''
--->''I'll be watching...''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Q7HBvM4lM Shine]], especially as it was apparently written for Robbie Williams during his struggles with depression and prescription drug addiction:
--->''Stop (Stop!)''
--->''Bein' so hard on yourself;''
--->''It's not good for your health!''
--->''I know that you can change,''
--->''So clear your head and come round.''
--->''You only have to open your eyes,''
--->''You might just get a big surprise!''
--->''And it might feel good,''
--->''And you might want to smile, smile, smile!''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming on its own.
** Despite (or perhaps because of) the LyricDissonance mentioned below, "The Garden" could count, with its epic instrumentals and its overall theme about finding moments of sublime joy and beauty with a loved one during a time of chaos and disaster.
** "Hold Up a Light":
--->''You can dance if you like''
--->''You can sing every word of every song''
--->''No you don't have to steal the show''
--->''It was your show all along''
--->''[...]''
--->''And if life is your stage''
--->''I'll be watching...''
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* TearJerker:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film ''Film/{{Stardust}}''. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing {{Break Up Song}}s ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
--->''When the tears fall away''
--->''And there's no conversation''
--->''There's nothing left to break''
--->''That's not already broken''
--->''You're staring into space''
--->''And every inch of silence''
--->''Been standing here for days, and days, and days...''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO4gR7kPuek The Circus]], especially since RealitySubtext means it can easily be read about being the then-fraught relationship of the rest of the band (but especially Gary) with former member Robbie Williams, the humiliation of their own attempts at solo careers (especially Gary's), or both:
--->''Everybody loves a circus show''
--->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
--->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
--->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
** Absolutely tons in ''For The Record'', the documentary about the band they produced in 2005, just prior to the reunion:
*** Biggest would be Howard's admission that when the band split up, he was so depressed he [[DrivenToSuicide briefly contemplated throwing himself into the river Thames]].
*** Gary, when asked about the failure of his solo career, especially compared to Robbie's:
---->'''Gary:''' I didn't want to be something I wasn't. ''[pauses, voice cracks]'' Maybe I should have done. ''[Main/TearfulSmile]'' Maybe I should have tried that.
*** And when Robbie is asked about Gary's comparatively happy family life, he at first laughs it off (''"Fourteen [=BRITs=], fuck off!"'') Then...
---->'''Robbie:''' In all seriousness... [[CelebrityIsOverrated I would trade everything I have for that]].[[note]]Although this moment is a good deal more HeartwarmingInHindsight given Robbie's 2010 marriage to actress Ayda Field, them having started a family and seemingly being very HappilyMarried.[[/note]]
*** The final scenes where Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason are all reunited, and sit around wondering whether Robbie will join them. [[DownerEnding He doesn't]]. Which became much HarsherInHindsight in 2011, when Robbie said he was never actually told the rest of the band would be reuniting, and the producers [[ManipulativeEditing lied to him]] [[RuleOfDrama just to enhance the drama of it all]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film ''Film/{{Stardust}}''. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing {{Break Up Song}}s ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
--->''When the tears fall away''
--->''And there's no conversation''
--->''There's nothing left to break''
--->''That's not already broken''
--->''You're staring into space''
--->''And every inch of silence''
--->''Been standing here for days, and days, and days...''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO4gR7kPuek The Circus]], especially since RealitySubtext means it can easily be read about being the then-fraught relationship of the rest of the band (but especially Gary) with former member Robbie Williams, the humiliation of their own attempts at solo careers (especially Gary's), or both:
--->''Everybody loves a circus show''
--->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
--->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
--->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
** Absolutely tons in ''For The Record'', the documentary about the band they produced in 2005, just prior to the reunion:
*** Biggest would be Howard's admission that when the band split up, he was so depressed he [[DrivenToSuicide briefly contemplated throwing himself into the river Thames]].
*** Gary, when asked about the failure of his solo career, especially compared to Robbie's:
---->'''Gary:''' I didn't want to be something I wasn't. ''[pauses, voice cracks]'' Maybe I should have done. ''[Main/TearfulSmile]'' Maybe I should have tried that.
*** And when Robbie is asked about Gary's comparatively happy family life, he at first laughs it off (''"Fourteen [=BRITs=], fuck off!"'') Then...
---->'''Robbie:''' In all seriousness... [[CelebrityIsOverrated I would trade everything I have for that]].[[note]]Although this moment is a good deal more HeartwarmingInHindsight given Robbie's 2010 marriage to actress Ayda Field, them having started a family and seemingly being very HappilyMarried.[[/note]]
*** The final scenes where Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason are all reunited, and sit around wondering whether Robbie will join them. [[DownerEnding He doesn't]]. Which became much HarsherInHindsight in 2011, when Robbie said he was never actually told the rest of the band would be reuniting, and the producers [[ManipulativeEditing lied to him]] [[RuleOfDrama just to enhance the drama of it all]].
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* FaceOfTheBand: To anyone who wasn't a fan of the band the lineup consisted of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams and The Two Blokes Dancing Behind Them. While Jason Orange and Howard Donald weren't completely unknown they generally got less attention than the other three. This became downplayed when they reunited without Robbie and attention was more evenly distributed between them which stayed in place when Robbie rejoined them.
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* FaceOfTheBand: To anyone who wasn't a fan of the band the lineup consisted of Gary Barlow, Music/GaryBarlow, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams Music/RobbieWilliams, and The Two Blokes Dancing Behind Them. While Jason Orange and Howard Donald weren't completely unknown they generally got less attention than the other three. This became downplayed when they reunited without Robbie and attention was more evenly distributed between them which stayed in place when Robbie rejoined them.
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** The North American market was the only market the band failed to crack. They had one hit in those two countries, but then their breakup screwed everything and they vanished from the American consciousness. This was the first in a long line of apathetic reactions towards U.K. boy bands in America since Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock codified the "modern" boy band concept. The only British boy band who successfully broke through has been Music/OneDirection.
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** The North American market was the only market the band failed to crack. They had one hit in those two countries, the U.S., but then their breakup screwed everything and they vanished from the American consciousness. This was the first in a long line of apathetic reactions towards U.K. boy bands in America since Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock codified the "modern" boy band concept. The only British boy band who successfully broke through has been Music/OneDirection.
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** The USA was the one market they failed to crack. They had one hit there, but then their breakup screwed everything and they vanished from the American consciousness. This was the first in a long line of apathetic reactions towards U.K. boy bands in America since Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock codified the "modern" boy band concept. The only British boy band who successfully broke through has been Music/OneDirection.
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** The USA North American market was the one only market they the band failed to crack. They had one hit there, in those two countries, but then their breakup screwed everything and they vanished from the American consciousness. This was the first in a long line of apathetic reactions towards U.K. boy bands in America since Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock codified the "modern" boy band concept. The only British boy band who successfully broke through has been Music/OneDirection.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: "Underground Machine", off ''Progress'', is most commonly referred to by one of its more notable lines, "Oh What a Beast, Oh What a Man." It helps that the actual title is barely saved from being a NonAppearingTitle by being nigh-inaudibly whispered over the instrumental break near the end.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "The Flood".
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* GrowingTheBeard: generally considered better when they reformed in their thirties, after a decade's absence, than they ever were before their 1996 split. Lead [=singer/songwriter=] Gary Barlow's post-reformation PermaStubble is probably no coincidence.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Whilst popular in their native United Kingdom, they are also popular in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark.
* GrowingTheBeard: The group are generally considered better when they reformed in their thirties, after a decade's absence, than they ever were before their 1996 split. Lead [=singer/songwriter=] Gary Barlow's post-reformation PermaStubble is probably no coincidence.
* GrowingTheBeard: The group are generally considered better when they reformed in their thirties, after a decade's absence, than they ever were before their 1996 split. Lead [=singer/songwriter=] Gary Barlow's post-reformation PermaStubble is probably no coincidence.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The video for "Happy Now", where as part of the Fake That tribute band, they recruited comedian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop John Bishop]], who bears a truly striking resemblance to Howard Donald... but then cast him as Robbie Williams instead.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The video for "Happy Now", where as part of the Fake That tribute band, they recruited comedian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop John Bishop]], Creator/JohnBishop, who bears a truly striking resemblance to Howard Donald... but then cast him as Robbie Williams instead.
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** Robbie has said on multiple occasions his extreme bitterness toward the rest of the band (but especially Gary) during the early years of his solo career was motivated by just how much he loved them, giving the whole thing a decidedly FoeYay vibe. [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/ICzYAJBx_gs?start=54 Occasionally popping into Gary's interviews to stick a tongue in his ear didn't help.]] And then there's this quote from [[https://youtu.be/5LXbPD8Mxaw?t=4m45s an interview on Swedish television]]:
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** Robbie has said on multiple occasions his extreme bitterness toward the rest of the band (but especially Gary) during the early years of his solo career was motivated by just how much he loved them, giving the whole thing a decidedly FoeYay tense vibe. [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/ICzYAJBx_gs?start=54 Occasionally popping into Gary's interviews to stick a tongue in his ear didn't help.]] And then there's this quote from [[https://youtu.be/5LXbPD8Mxaw?t=4m45s an interview on Swedish television]]:
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: typically very soft, as one would expect from a BoyBand, but a couple of the tracks on ''Progress'' and ''Progressed'' creep into 4-5 territory, notably "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlapv48d7VQ Kidz]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxEVPe7XMcs Love Love]]".
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* AwardSnub: "Rule the World" was submitted for Best Original Song at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] due to being on the soundtrack for ''Film/{{Stardust}}''. It ultimately failed to secure a nomination but became one of the band's biggest-selling singles and a concert staple.
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* FaceOfTheBand: To anyone who wasn't a fan of the band the lineup consisted of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams and The Two Blokes Dancing Behind Them. While Jason Orange and Howard Donald weren't completely unknown they generally got less attention than the other three. This became downplayed when they reunited without Robbie and attention was more evenly distributed between them which stayed in place when Robbie rejoined them.
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** Despite (or perhaps because) of the LyricDissonance mentioned below, "The Garden" could count, with its epic instrumentals and its overall theme about finding moments of sublime joy and beauty with a loved one during a time of chaos and disaster.
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** Despite (or perhaps because) of because of) the LyricDissonance mentioned below, "The Garden" could count, with its epic instrumentals and its overall theme about finding moments of sublime joy and beauty with a loved one during a time of chaos and disaster.
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** Despite (or perhaps because) of the LyricDissonance mentioned below, "The Garden" could count, with its epic instrumentals and its overall theme about finding moments of sublime joy and beauty with a loved one during a time of chaos and disaster.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: typically very soft, as one would expect from a BoyBand, but a couple of the tracks on ''Progress'' and ''Progressed'' creep into 4-5 territory, notably "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlapv48d7VQ Kidz]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxEVPe7XMcs Love Love]]".
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* GrowingTheBeard: generally considered better when they reformed in their thirties, after a decade's absence, than they ever were before their 1996 split. Lead [=singer/songwriter=] Gary Barlow's post-reformation PermaStubble is probably no coincidence.
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-->'''Robbie:''' Gary in particular I was incredibly hard on... [[ThatCameOutWrong sounds sexual]]. [[DeadpanSnarker See, that's the problem Gaz, I've always loved you in a gay way!]]
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** There's also the time an interviewer flat-out asked Mark whether he and Robbie were lovers, and Mark's... somewhat [[ExactWords Exact Words]]-ish response:
--->'''Mark:''' Not [[ChastityCouple sexually]], no! But we were very close, and if he walked into the room right now, I would throw my arms around him and kiss him.
** Howard's status as "[[MrFanservice the body of the band]]" perhaps inevitably leads to this, but Gary in particular is prone to going on about it, frequently slipping into StupidSexyFlanders territory. From his second autobiography, ''A Better Me'':
--->''[[IAmNotPretty I never felt sexy]], not in the way that Howard can pull off with his six pack and all that. It's natural to him. He's an incredibly sexy guy.''
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* IdiosyncraticShipNaming:
** For reasons possibly lost to internet history, the most common ship name for [=Gary/Robbie=] is "Cream Cakes". Although the more traditional [[PortmanteauCoupleName Barlliams]] also gets used.
** There's also "Cream Keys" sometimes used for [=Gary/Howard=], stemming from the nickname they gave to when they used to have a coffee together whenever the band went out for dinner, according to Gary's (first) autobiography. Funnily enough, this seems to be entirely unrelated to the "Cream Cakes" nickname.
* LyricalDissonance: seem to manage this one in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Y9D4szj3c The Garden]]". Sounds like a swooshy, twinkly love song, seems to reference some kind of ecological disaster - 'we could hear the sound of sirens all around us, and the scent of burning oil was in the air' - and contains a gloriously stirring middle eight with these lyrics:
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Can you hear the soldiers coming?''
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Every man and every woman''
-->''We all fall in the end, we're just miracles of matter''
* PortmanteauCoupleName: typically using the band members surnames, rather than their first names, since those are all fairly short and don't blend well. The four biggest pairings are Barlowen (Gary [=Barlow/Mark=] Owen), Donage (Howard [=Donald/Jason=] Orange[[note]]which should technically be spelt ''Donange'', but isn't, for whatever reason[[/note]]), Willowen (Robbie [=Williams/Mark=] Owen), and Barlliams (Gary [=Barlow/Robbie=] Williams[[note]]also known as "[[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Cream Cakes]]"[[/note]], but there are others.
** The one exception to this is "Hobbie", the most commonly used name for [=Howard/Robbie=], but that's probably the least popular pairing in the fandom anyway.
** For reasons possibly lost to internet history, the most common ship name for [=Gary/Robbie=] is "Cream Cakes". Although the more traditional [[PortmanteauCoupleName Barlliams]] also gets used.
** There's also "Cream Keys" sometimes used for [=Gary/Howard=], stemming from the nickname they gave to when they used to have a coffee together whenever the band went out for dinner, according to Gary's (first) autobiography. Funnily enough, this seems to be entirely unrelated to the "Cream Cakes" nickname.
* LyricalDissonance: seem to manage this one in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Y9D4szj3c The Garden]]". Sounds like a swooshy, twinkly love song, seems to reference some kind of ecological disaster - 'we could hear the sound of sirens all around us, and the scent of burning oil was in the air' - and contains a gloriously stirring middle eight with these lyrics:
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Can you hear the soldiers coming?''
-->''Everyone, everyone''
-->''Every man and every woman''
-->''We all fall in the end, we're just miracles of matter''
* PortmanteauCoupleName: typically using the band members surnames, rather than their first names, since those are all fairly short and don't blend well. The four biggest pairings are Barlowen (Gary [=Barlow/Mark=] Owen), Donage (Howard [=Donald/Jason=] Orange[[note]]which should technically be spelt ''Donange'', but isn't, for whatever reason[[/note]]), Willowen (Robbie [=Williams/Mark=] Owen), and Barlliams (Gary [=Barlow/Robbie=] Williams[[note]]also known as "[[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Cream Cakes]]"[[/note]], but there are others.
** The one exception to this is "Hobbie", the most commonly used name for [=Howard/Robbie=], but that's probably the least popular pairing in the fandom anyway.
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* CoveredUp: released a few covers in the nineties, which have an interesting relationship with this trope:
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "The Flood".
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and for so long (to the point where he wanted to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. HarsherInHindsight:
** [[https://youtu.be/sdsvm02kv0A?t=5m5s This quote]] from Garyends in 1993, given everything he went through after the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing band's split:
--->'''Gary:''' It must be horrible to get to thatjust a few months before, he couldn't stage where, you know, you've gone down and you've lost your fans, and you still want to go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed and tour. That must be the worst thing in the media and world. That's something I'm dreading. ''[laughs]'' I hope it never happens!
** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' take on their break-up emphasised the [[SeriousBusiness setting up of suicide hotlines forso long (to distraught fans]], with the point where he wanted punchline being Gary[[note]]then expected to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned the BreakupBreakout, which itself might qualify for this trope[[/note]] walking off and giving the number to the [[LesserStar rest of the band]], who call in Gary's favor.
tears, wondering what they'll do now. In 2005, Howard Donald revealed that the band's split left him so depressed he did in fact contemplate suicide.
** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
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** [[https://youtu.be/sdsvm02kv0A?t=5m5s This quote]] from Gary
--->'''Gary:''' It must be horrible to get to that
** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' take on their break-up emphasised the [[SeriousBusiness setting up of suicide hotlines for
** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
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* HarsherInHindsight:
** [[https://youtu.be/sdsvm02kv0A?t=5m5s This quote]] from Gary in 1993, given everything he went through after the band's split:
--->'''Gary:''' It must be horrible to get to that stage where, you know, you've gone down and you've lost your fans, and you still want to go out and tour. That must be the worst thing in the world. That's something I'm dreading. ''[laughs]'' I hope it never happens!
** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' take on their break-up emphasised the [[SeriousBusiness setting up of suicide hotlines for distraught fans]], with the punchline being Gary[[note]]then expected to be the BreakupBreakout, which itself might qualify for this trope[[/note]] walking off and giving the number to the [[LesserStar rest of the band]], who call in tears, wondering what they'll do now. In 2005, Howard Donald revealed that the band's split left him so depressed he did in fact contemplate suicide.
** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** [[https://youtu.be/sdsvm02kv0A?t=5m5s This quote]] from Gary in 1993, given everything he went through after the band's split:
--->'''Gary:''' It must be horrible to get to that stage where, you know, you've gone down and you've lost your fans, and you still want to go out and tour. That must be the worst thing in the world. That's something I'm dreading. ''[laughs]'' I hope it never happens!
** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' take on their break-up emphasised the [[SeriousBusiness setting up of suicide hotlines for distraught fans]], with the punchline being Gary[[note]]then expected to be the BreakupBreakout, which itself might qualify for this trope[[/note]] walking off and giving the number to the [[LesserStar rest of the band]], who call in tears, wondering what they'll do now. In 2005, Howard Donald revealed that the band's split left him so depressed he did in fact contemplate suicide.
** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
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* TearJerkerSugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and for so long (to the point where he wanted to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.
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* TearJerker:
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing [[Main/BreakUpSong Break Up Songs]] ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing [[Main/BreakUpSong Break {{Break Up Songs]] Song}}s ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
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** The final scenes where Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason are all reunited, and sit around wondering whether Robbie will join them. [[DownerEnding He doesn't]]. Which became much HarsherInHindsight in 2011, when Robbie said he was never actually told the rest of the band would be reuniting, and the producers [[ManipulativeEditing lied to him]] [[RuleOfDrama just to enhance the drama of it all]].
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* CoveredUp: released a few covers in the nineties, which have an interesting relationship with this trope:
** "It Only Takes a Minute" is perhaps the most curious example, in that everyone seems to know it was a cover, but no-one seems to know who it was a cover ''of''. It was seventies soul group [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavares_(group) Tavares]], for the record.
** The Take That and original Music/BarryManilow versions of "Could It Be Magic" are roughly equally well-known. Notably, for Series/ChildrenInNeed 2013 Gary, Robbie, and Barry Manilow [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXH6Gf6YhJQall all performed the song together]].
** "Relight My Fire" is probably the straightest example: the original was by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hartman Dan Hartman]], but the Take That version is the one everyone knows (at least in the UK), and many don't realise it was a cover.
** "How Deep Is Your Love?" is probably better known as a Take That song in the UK, but the original by Music/TheBeeGees [[FirstAndForemost reigns supreme]] everywhere else.
** "It Only Takes a Minute" is perhaps the most curious example, in that everyone seems to know it was a cover, but no-one seems to know who it was a cover ''of''. It was seventies soul group [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavares_(group) Tavares]], for the record.
** The Take That and original Music/BarryManilow versions of "Could It Be Magic" are roughly equally well-known. Notably, for Series/ChildrenInNeed 2013 Gary, Robbie, and Barry Manilow [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXH6Gf6YhJQall all performed the song together]].
** "Relight My Fire" is probably the straightest example: the original was by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hartman Dan Hartman]], but the Take That version is the one everyone knows (at least in the UK), and many don't realise it was a cover.
** "How Deep Is Your Love?" is probably better known as a Take That song in the UK, but the original by Music/TheBeeGees [[FirstAndForemost reigns supreme]] everywhere else.
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-->''Stop (Stop!)''
-->''Bein' so hard on yourself;''
-->''It's not good for your health!''
-->''I know that you can change,''
-->''So clear your head and come round.''
-->''You only have to open your eyes,''
-->''You might just get a big surprise!''
-->''And it might feel good,''
-->''And you might want to smile, smile, smile!''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie Stardust, also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming on its own.
-->''Bein' so hard on yourself;''
-->''It's not good for your health!''
-->''I know that you can change,''
-->''So clear your head and come round.''
-->''You only have to open your eyes,''
-->''You might just get a big surprise!''
-->''And it might feel good,''
-->''And you might want to smile, smile, smile!''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie Stardust, also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming on its own.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie
** "Hold Up a Light":
--->''You can dance if you like''
--->''You can sing every word of every song''
--->''No you don't have to steal the show''
--->''It was your show all along''
--->''[...]''
--->''And if life is your stage''
--->''I'll be watching...''
* HarsherInHindsight:
** [[https://youtu.be/sdsvm02kv0A?t=5m5s This quote]] from Gary in 1993, given everything he went through after the band's split:
--->'''Gary:''' It must be horrible to get to that stage where, you know, you've gone down and you've lost your fans, and you still want to go out and tour. That must be the worst thing in the world. That's something I'm dreading. ''[laughs]'' I hope it never happens!
** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' take on their break-up emphasised the [[SeriousBusiness setting up of suicide hotlines for distraught fans]], with the punchline being Gary[[note]]then expected to be the BreakupBreakout, which itself might qualify for this trope[[/note]] walking off and giving the number to the [[LesserStar rest of the band]], who call in tears, wondering what they'll do now. In 2005, Howard Donald revealed that the band's split left him so depressed he did in fact contemplate suicide.
** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
** [[https://youtu.be/sdsvm02kv0A?t=5m5s This quote]] from Gary in 1993, given everything he went through after the band's split:
--->'''Gary:''' It must be horrible to get to that stage where, you know, you've gone down and you've lost your fans, and you still want to go out and tour. That must be the worst thing in the world. That's something I'm dreading. ''[laughs]'' I hope it never happens!
** The ''Series/SpittingImage'' take on their break-up emphasised the [[SeriousBusiness setting up of suicide hotlines for distraught fans]], with the punchline being Gary[[note]]then expected to be the BreakupBreakout, which itself might qualify for this trope[[/note]] walking off and giving the number to the [[LesserStar rest of the band]], who call in tears, wondering what they'll do now. In 2005, Howard Donald revealed that the band's split left him so depressed he did in fact contemplate suicide.
** Robbie failing to turn up for the reunion at the end of ''For The Record''. See TearJerker below.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film Stardust. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film Stardust.''Film/{{Stardust}}''. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
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-->''When the tears fall away''
-->''And there's no conversation''
-->''There's nothing left to break''
-->''That's not already broken''
-->''You're staring into space''
-->''And every inch of silence''
-->''Been standing here for days, and days''
-->''And there's no conversation''
-->''There's nothing left to break''
-->''That's not already broken''
-->''You're staring into space''
-->''And every inch of silence''
-->''Been standing here for days, and days''
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-->''Everybody loves a circus show''
-->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
-->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
-->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
-->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
-->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
-->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
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** Absolutely tons in ''For The Record'', the documentary about the band they produced in 2005, just prior to the reunion:
*** Biggest would be Howard's admission that when the band split up, he was so depressed he [[DrivenToSuicide briefly contemplated throwing himself into the river Thames]].
*** Gary, when asked about the failure of his solo career, especially compared to Robbie's:
---->'''Gary:''' I didn't want to be something I wasn't. ''[pauses, voice cracks]'' Maybe I should have done. ''[Main/TearfulSmile]'' Maybe I should have tried that.
*** And when Robbie is asked about Gary's comparatively happy family life, he at first laughs it off (''"Fourteen [=BRITs=], fuck off!"'') Then...
---->'''Robbie:''' In all seriousness... [[CelebrityIsOverrated I would trade everything I have for that]].[[note]]Although this moment is a good deal more HeartwarmingInHindsight given Robbie's 2010 marriage to actress Ayda Field, them having started a family and seemingly being very HappilyMarried.[[/note]]
** The final scenes where Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason are all reunited, and sit around wondering whether Robbie will join them. [[DownerEnding He doesn't]]. Which became much HarsherInHindsight in 2011, when Robbie said he was never actually told the rest of the band would be reuniting, and the producers [[ManipulativeEditing lied to him]] [[RuleOfDrama just to enhance the drama of it all]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Q7HBvM4lM Shine]], especially as it was apparently written for Robbie Williams during his struggles with depression and prescription drug addiction:
-->''Stop (Stop!)''
-->''Bein' so hard on yourself;''
-->''It's not good for your health!''
-->''I know that you can change,''
-->''So clear your head and come round.''
-->''You only have to open your eyes,''
-->''You might just get a big surprise!''
-->''And it might feel good,''
-->''And you might want to smile, smile, smile!''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie Stardust, also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming on its own.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Q7HBvM4lM Shine]], especially as it was apparently written for Robbie Williams during his struggles with depression and prescription drug addiction:
-->''Stop (Stop!)''
-->''Bein' so hard on yourself;''
-->''It's not good for your health!''
-->''I know that you can change,''
-->''So clear your head and come round.''
-->''You only have to open your eyes,''
-->''You might just get a big surprise!''
-->''And it might feel good,''
-->''And you might want to smile, smile, smile!''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule the World]] - especially since it's inspired by the movie Stardust, also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming on its own.
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** Robbie has said on multiple occasions his extreme bitterness toward the rest of the band (but especially Gary) during the early years of his solo career was motivated by just how much he loved them, giving the whole thing a decidedly FoeYay vibe. [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/ICzYAJBx_gs?start=54 Occasionally popping into Gary's interviews to stick a tongue in his ear didn't help.]] And then there's this quote from [[https://youtu.be/5LXbPD8Mxaw?t=4m45s an interview on Swedish television]]:
-->'''Robbie:''' Gary in particular I was incredibly hard on... [[ThatCameOutWrong sounds sexual]]. [[DeadpanSnarker See, that's the problem Gaz, I've always loved you in a gay way!]]
** The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOzgW6HeMzg Hey Boy]], while not as homoerotic as some of their nineties output (if only because few things in life are), still features [[FemaleGaze long, lingering shots]] of the band getting dressed in some spectacularly camp disco seventies fashions, before heading out for a night on the town together, overlayed with the lyrics "hey boy, what you got, don't leave me on the floor" which easily read as a come on upon first listen.[[note]]The song itself is actually more of a PepTalkSong than anything, but that's easily missed.[[/note]] As one fan on tumblr put it: "this round of boyband member or [=pimp/rentboy=] looks like a tricky one."
-->'''Robbie:''' Gary in particular I was incredibly hard on... [[ThatCameOutWrong sounds sexual]]. [[DeadpanSnarker See, that's the problem Gaz, I've always loved you in a gay way!]]
** The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOzgW6HeMzg Hey Boy]], while not as homoerotic as some of their nineties output (if only because few things in life are), still features [[FemaleGaze long, lingering shots]] of the band getting dressed in some spectacularly camp disco seventies fashions, before heading out for a night on the town together, overlayed with the lyrics "hey boy, what you got, don't leave me on the floor" which easily read as a come on upon first listen.[[note]]The song itself is actually more of a PepTalkSong than anything, but that's easily missed.[[/note]] As one fan on tumblr put it: "this round of boyband member or [=pimp/rentboy=] looks like a tricky one."
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* TearJerker
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film Stardust. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing [[Main/BreakUpSong Break Up Songs]] ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
-->''When the tears fall away''
-->''And there's no conversation''
-->''There's nothing left to break''
-->''That's not already broken''
-->''You're staring into space''
-->''And every inch of silence''
-->''Been standing here for days, and days''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO4gR7kPuek The Circus]], especially since RealitySubtext means it can easily be read about being the then-fraught relationship of the rest of the band (but especially Gary) with former member Robbie Williams, the humiliation of their own attempts at solo careers (especially Gary's), or both:
-->''Everybody loves a circus show''
-->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
-->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
-->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film Stardust. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing [[Main/BreakUpSong Break Up Songs]] ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
-->''When the tears fall away''
-->''And there's no conversation''
-->''There's nothing left to break''
-->''That's not already broken''
-->''You're staring into space''
-->''And every inch of silence''
-->''Been standing here for days, and days''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO4gR7kPuek The Circus]], especially since RealitySubtext means it can easily be read about being the then-fraught relationship of the rest of the band (but especially Gary) with former member Robbie Williams, the humiliation of their own attempts at solo careers (especially Gary's), or both:
-->''Everybody loves a circus show''
-->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
-->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
-->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
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* WTHCastingAgency: The video for "Happy Now", where as part of the Fake That tribute band, they recruited comedian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop John Bishop]], who bears a truly striking resemblance to Howard Donald... but then cast him as Robbie Williams instead.
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** The Manchester concert. This troper wasn't there but her anti-Yaoi friend was and even she saw it. And liked it. Apparently, it involved tight trousers and butt-groping. Yay.
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** The USA was the one market they failed to crack. They had one hit there, but then their breakup screwed everything and they vanished from the American consciousness. This was the first in a long line of apathetic reactions towards U.K. boy bands in America since Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock codified the "modern" boy band concept. The only British boy band who successfully broke through has been Music/OneDirection.
** A later story had Gary describing a meeting the band had with record executives from New York during their first run as a band. The execs had excitedly told them about doing a promotional tour throughout the US and went into great detail about what they would do. At the end of it, Howard simply said: "Can't be arsed" and that was the end of Take That entering the US market.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and for so long (to the point where he wanted to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "The Flood".
* HoYay: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat01.png A]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat02.png whole]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat03.png lot]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat04.png of]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat05.png it.]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/take-that-censored.jpg Even]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leatherlook_boys.jpg more]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/take-that-pic.jpg of]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/take_that_touchy.jpg it.]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_couples.jpg Yeah.]] Add to that the somewhat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHnqmw9QRM Hi-]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ckzBJ7YtY NRG]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH2_ouIgUGM nature]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PEY8nY7vo of]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reWpbs334KI a sizable]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQ05OT-kN0 part]] of their oeuvre, occasionally with some more [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-Z3LnYh-I sensitive but no less homoerotic music videos]] it's no wonder this band can be considered the gayest band that isn't actually gay. Let's also include Robbie Williams' and Gary Barlow's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv49bC5xGVY tribute to Brokeback Mountain]].
** Not an actual example within the band, but their song "Love Love" was written specifically for the movie ''Film/XMenFirstClass', and it adds a whole new layer of [[HoYay Ho Yay]] to an already Ho Yay filled flick.
** The Manchester concert. This troper wasn't there but her anti-Yaoi friend was and even she saw it. And liked it. Apparently, it involved tight trousers and butt-groping. Yay.
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** The USA was the one market they failed to crack. They had one hit there, but then their breakup screwed everything and they vanished from the American consciousness. This was the first in a long line of apathetic reactions towards U.K. boy bands in America since Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock codified the "modern" boy band concept. The only British boy band who successfully broke through has been Music/OneDirection.
** A later story had Gary describing a meeting the band had with record executives from New York during their first run as a band. The execs had excitedly told them about doing a promotional tour throughout the US and went into great detail about what they would do. At the end of it, Howard simply said: "Can't be arsed" and that was the end of Take That entering the US market.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The performance of "Love Ain't Here Anymore" on the Ultimate Tour DVD. Gary ends the song by himself, triumphantly hitting the final note as a sold out Manchester City Stadium cheers him on. Knowing that just a few months before, he couldn't go out in public without a disguise because he'd been ridiculed in the media and for so long (to the point where he wanted to be anyone but himself) makes you realize just how dramatically things had turned in Gary's favor.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "The Flood".
* HoYay: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat01.png A]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat02.png whole]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat03.png lot]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat04.png of]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoyaytakethat05.png it.]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/take-that-censored.jpg Even]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leatherlook_boys.jpg more]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/take-that-pic.jpg of]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/take_that_touchy.jpg it.]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_couples.jpg Yeah.]] Add to that the somewhat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHnqmw9QRM Hi-]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ckzBJ7YtY NRG]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH2_ouIgUGM nature]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PEY8nY7vo of]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reWpbs334KI a sizable]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQ05OT-kN0 part]] of their oeuvre, occasionally with some more [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-Z3LnYh-I sensitive but no less homoerotic music videos]] it's no wonder this band can be considered the gayest band that isn't actually gay. Let's also include Robbie Williams' and Gary Barlow's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv49bC5xGVY tribute to Brokeback Mountain]].
** Not an actual example within the band, but their song "Love Love" was written specifically for the movie ''Film/XMenFirstClass', and it adds a whole new layer of [[HoYay Ho Yay]] to an already Ho Yay filled flick.
** The Manchester concert. This troper wasn't there but her anti-Yaoi friend was and even she saw it. And liked it. Apparently, it involved tight trousers and butt-groping. Yay.
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