This is gonna be a post divided in 2 parts. Part one random thoughts, part two a "10 list".
Part 1
We need to do a flashback: in the nineties I was a teenager and NO, I didn't like Take That. I listened to a different kind of music: Pink Floyd, R.E.M., U2, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Beatles and Rolling Stones, Bryan Adams... Why and how could I appreciate 5 boys dancing around in their underwear and singing pop-dance songs? I looked at my friends and at girls in my school and I didn't understand them. I'm sorry about that.
I had always been a nerd, the different one but after they came out from nowhere it became even harder to fit in. One of my best friends during that period tried to convert me. She literally used the term "convert" because she thought there was something wrong with me. She made me watch the tapes with live concerts, interviews and music videos. It was even worst...
So I could say that Take That ruined my teenager years. I couldn't understand them and they looked at me like I was crazy. Can you even imagine how hard it was? Because it was really, really, really, really hard. When you grow up you look back and realize it was childish, stupid and so on but not at that time, when all you want is to be accepted.
Then they split. No tears for me at all. When Robbie started a solo career I listened to his first album a week after it was released and I liked it. I have never been a real fan, but I could say I have been a supporter: I've all the albums but never had the chance to see him live.
End of flashback.
Last year one day I was having lunch and on tv there was the announcement that Robbie was back in Take That. I admit I didn't even remember they were still making records. I could remember Shine because radio aired it a lot and Rule the world because I loved Stardust. That was all. The day after I found out that Take That with Robbie in had recorded the new album with Stuart Price. Big surprise! I love him and his work. So it was Robbie + Stuart Price + the (no more boy)band that haunted my teenage years. The Shame duet Gary (the only one I almost liked at the time because I thought he didn't seem to fit in the band)-Robbie was nice and my mother loved that song so I gave a chance to The Flood, it was a good track and my mother fell in love with Gary since that video...(the reason why I write such an embarassing thing will be explained later).
Anyway, I checked the album and I liked some of the tracks. Then I found out that the 80% of my friends (20% are males) was planning to go to the concert and they asked me to go with them. I wasn't sure about it but 1- it was a good chance to see everyone 2- my mother would have finally approved 1 concert as she loves Gary but she can't even remember who is Michael Stipe or Eddie Vedder(-.- that's so sad!!) 3- I had never been to a show like theirs...so I said yes.
Everything went okay since the concert day. I also appreciated the Progressed tracks (X-Men soundtrack: Fassbender+McAvoy is always a wonderful thought) even if Stuart Price didn't remember he was working with Take That not The Killers or Brandon Flowers (Beautiful is Human part 2 mr Price, just to say...).
The day of the concert I arrived at the train station and I realized I wasn't ready at all! First: it looked like there was a female invasion in the city. Second: they were singing and wearing memorabilia from the past. Teenage memories. Bad. Third: I couldn't stop wondering "What am I doing here?".
I didn't stop thinking for a long time. I thought about running away when I saw my friends behaving like teenagers in love even if some of them now are married with children, when I heard the loud screams and I saw everyone crying, when a group of 13 years old girls started arguing about who was supposed to be the best in bed (seriously?!? They could be your father!!). I started relaxing only when Robbie finished his first solo song because 1- I remembered Robbie dvds as one of my friends during university had them on tv at least once a week so everything looked normal, 2- I got used to all the unusual things.
The worst part it's that I don't remember at all the Pet Shop Boys show because I was so shocked listening to the young girls explaining the sex life of Take That members... and I like Pet Shop Boys! I wanted to enjoy that moment and I didn't.
In the end I even loved the show. Probably on dvd it's even better because there were many moments where you had to turn your head and watch the big screens to have an idea of what was going on stage and if you weren't in the right position you missed many details but I really liked it.
But now...part 2
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