"After a long time waiting, Take That has finally rejoined, much to the satisfaction of its still enormous fan community. But does Take That work without Robbie Williams? In my opinion it didn’t in the past and it won’t in the future. When TT split - its time had simply come. What, after all did it consist of? Rob left months ago and what stayed behind were four guys that were just as tired, sick and burned out as him. But TT was dead long before Robbie Williams left… TT was dead the day the decision was made to quit life as it was and turn to a darker side of the celebrity lifestyle - alcohol, sex and drugs. Why reunite? Times have changed, certainly. The four spent a long time together, and it could be like regaining lost teenage years; like friends coming together after a long period of silence. And there are millions of former fans who would just love to see all the members together again – after all it might be their lost teenage years too. The five of them could really just come together, have some fun, make some music and turn what once was destructive into something that brings back all the wonderful memories of times that could have been so great. So what could Robbie Williams find in a TT reunion? Old friends or old problems? The answer is both. What might it be like to stand on stage, together again? Would it feel good? Or would it remind him of all the suffering he went through? Would it be like everything never happened or will it open old wounds again? Would it be ok for Robbie Williams to be the number five again, although he has filled bigger stadiums on his own? What would it be like to sing Gary Barlow’s songs or sit and have dinner with Nigel Martin Smith? What’s really in it for Rob?... He doesn’t need the money, he doesn’t need the recognition. Robbie Williams doesn’t even need the publicity. But there are some other things he might feel like needing: The broken days of his youth. The friends he lost. The recognition he never got. The people he desperately wanted to be liked by. For Rob, there is no professional gain in TT. It is only personal defeat he might like to finally get rid of… I ask, is it worth it? The problem is really that Robbie Williams battled with his demons so many years, and although Take That was not bad for him, it has caused him to go through a lot of pain. Yes, maybe he would have found a job, maybe he would have found alcohol and drugs, maybe, maybe, maybe… But I see most of his ‘weary years’ as somehow an effect of the Take That years… Rob, are you really willing to go back there?" by Katharina Murer What do you think about Take That's reunion? If you want to have your say, why not join in the conversations on our messageboard. Simply click on the link below. | 
