Written for Kurrent Music
Published October 20th 2015
Take That – Hey Boy review
Back in the days of Take That’s biggest success, I too was a fan. Altogether, I was into the lighthearted bubbly pop music while growing up. I didn’t really understood the pull to ‘serious’ sounding groups like U2, until much later. That’s not to say, that I didn’t like any of U2’s songs though.
Still, you could say that Take That switched over to that side too, nowadays. I recently blogged about all the changes this former boy band went through and how different the dynamics look in the group now – compared to when I was a fan.
Yes, when I was a fan. I wish I could tell you, that I’m that die-hard fan who sticks by them throughout the years, but no. When they split originally, so did I. It was a good time. Perhaps I could say: “I just don’t do reunions”, but I really do have trouble getting back into what groups do when they do a comeback. I tent to reconnect and disconnect. Today, I connect to Take That because they delivered “Hey Boy” in one of my favorite genres: synthpop.
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