Posted March 26, 200916 yr http://dailystar.co.uk/thebiz/view/73761/T...arlow-is-back-/ Should he, should he not? This is the question :naughty: .
March 26, 200916 yr http://dailystar.co.uk/thebiz/view/73761/T...arlow-is-back-/ Should he, should he not? This is the question :naughty: . Its absolute rot Iris! The Star is almost as bad as the Sun. The only thing that makes it marginally better is it is about 20p cheaper! :lol: Gary has said numerous times he has no plans whatsoever to re-launch a solo career. There is a very recent interview with him in a German publication (The Focus?) It was posted in the official forum. I'll just pick out the bit that Kadillawei translated: Focus: How do you try to control your ego when you play with the thought of trying a solo career again? Or are you healed from that idea? GB: I can promise you here and now that I will never again release a solo album! The band is brilliant and I love to be creative with the band. I never have the feeling that I could do better without them. I love to be on stage with them. That is the key to everything. It is brilliant to have the support of the other three guys. And to be honest: If I were to do something outside of the band, I´d be more interested in finding and helping new artists. I´d rather do that than release my own album. I think I'd believe something I read in a German publication any day over a British tabloid. If his two (old) solo albums do get put out - it'll be Sony BMG trying to squeeze every last penny out of him by jumping on the Take That bandwagon. Norma Edited March 26, 200916 yr by Norma_Snockers
March 26, 200916 yr Author LOL we have also our tabloids as well , as bad as yours. And worse even the serious newspapers take news from TheSun over :naughty: ! As he seems to be very good friend with that Smart from TheSun, i suppose if it were true, it will be there first :lol: . That was also a halv year ago about Howard rereleasing (or better said releasing) his "lost" album. It didn't happen. I expect in a year to see an article about Mark rereleasing his solo work. But serious, if one would have success rereleasing something, it will be Gary. And also there i am not so sure about success with old material, but more if he will do a complete new album. Mark will remain the not-accepted indie, and Howard , i think, doesn't like too much to be himself under the lightspot . Howard gives me always the impression he likes to be in a band and don't want something else. I don't know about Jason what to think, if he will take the challange to be alone on the way...
March 26, 200916 yr In a way i would love to see 12 months 11 days re released even as a budget priced album asi have always felt the album truly deserves more than it got and i would love to know how much the album sold,if the rumnour is true i wonder will there be bonus material? if this happen its not really gary starting his solo career so many acts just re release albums like greatest hits for example but never actually do new material,although i know it wont happen id love 12 months 11 days top be re released and go top 10.
March 26, 200916 yr But serious, if one would have success rereleasing something, it will be Gary. And also there i am not so sure about success with old material, but more if he will do a complete new album. Mark will remain the not-accepted indie, and Howard , i think, doesn't like too much to be himself under the lightspot . Howard gives me always the impression he likes to be in a band and don't want something else. I don't know about Jason what to think, if he will take the challange to be alone on the way... I disagree ... none of them would have success solo. Gary and Mark tried once and failed. They won't try again. The only solo success story from Take That is Robbie ... got to hand it to him ... apart from the US - he's conquered the world. Apart from The Beatles ... I can't really think of any band that has had more than one member go on to 'sustained' solo success. And Take That (then and now ... are not The Beatles! :lol: ) Norma
March 26, 200916 yr true over all the solo efforts apart from robbie failed although open road did quite well for gary,i have always been a huge fan of garys solo work and i have continously listen especially to 12 months 111 days and i have always felt is songs like lie to me and yesterdays girl had been take that singles they would have been big hits
March 26, 200916 yr Author I really do think Gary would have the most success of them four. But take a look, if Keating can have an album as no 1 with only one original song on it and the rest covers, Gary can have it better! Ok, perhaps not in november when are too many album released, but the rest of the year for sure!
March 26, 200916 yr I really do think Gary would have the most success of them four. But take a look, if Keating can have an album as no 1 with only one original song on it and the rest covers, Gary can have it better! Ok, perhaps not in november when are too many album released, but the rest of the year for sure! Even an album by Gary would flop. Seriously Iris. For one - the press would crucify him like the last time (perhaps even worse) so no support there. Secondly no way would Gary would be happy with a couple of thousand sales around Mother's Day - not after the mega success Take That have had this second time ... it would in comparison be a total and abject failure. He is quite right to give up all notion of ever doing anything solo again (as a singer) even if he does have one of the best voices around ... sometimes it take more than a voice to make it. And if I'm honest ... I prefer the stuff he writes with Take That this time and for them the first time. Apart from one or two songs (that were admittedly brilliant - like Lie To Me) I'm not that fond of his solo stuff. Norma
March 26, 200916 yr i agree and dis agree ,the press would support him i think as gary by far gets the most positove press from all take that incluidng robbie,also i think his solo material is just as good as any take that material but music will always have a for and agsinst which is fair,personnally i dont think he should go down the solo route again after what he went through the last time and from that i mean depression,but i think he is in a far position now for a solo career than he was the last time as take that are bigger now then they ever were in the uk. Gary as person is far better known now than phase one as people have got to see what he went through how he recovered and his public apperances lately have let more of the real gary shine than ever before,also if he went for a solo career he will have learned from all is past mistakes. But in general i would be shocked if he done a new solo album to be honest id say its a case of geting a chance to air his solo material from before,maybe they should have done a best of gary barlow release instead of re releasing both solo albums and have it a 20 track cd or something by just putting the 2 albums on one cd and call it the ultimate gary barlow,if promoted properly it could shift 100,000 which was what take that originally thought never forget ultimate collection would sell.
March 26, 200916 yr it could shift 100,000 which was what take that originally thought never forget ultimate collection would sell. But I think that would reflect as an embarrassment to what Take That are achieving now. And lets face it ... the press (no matter how kind they seem to be now) would just compare 100K copies with the several million copies a 'best of' Robbie album would sell. I can't see Gary having anything to do with this to be honest. He's too clever (even though he does seem to like coming across as a clown now and again). Norma
March 27, 200916 yr a budget album selling 100,000 would be a remarkable achievement as not many acts manage it,if the album was promoted properly and released at the right time it could work very well,ronan keatings songs for my mother is a perfect example of excellent marketing and the album has done so well considering his last studio album and the current boyzone re union didnt go as big as expected.
March 27, 200916 yr a budget album selling 100,000 would be a remarkable achievement as not many acts manage it,if the album was promoted properly and released at the right time it could work very well,ronan keatings songs for my mother is a perfect example of excellent marketing and the album has done so well considering his last studio album and the current boyzone re union didnt go as big as expected. To me ... releasing two old albums would be seen as an attempt to kick-start a solo career, which he has said he has no intention of doing. Nevertheless that is what it would be seen as. And for the sake of even 100,000 copies ... would it be worth it? I think not. Norma
March 28, 200916 yr 12 months 11 days in my opinion was far far better to open road I thought Open Road was distinctly 'meh' and 12M11D was far better. Norma
March 28, 200916 yr I didn like open road but you always know the differnce with brilliant albums,good albums and bad albums,brilliant albums you listen to alot even years after they are released which i do with 1 months 11 days,good album you listen to occasionally years after their release and bad albums you dont listen to at all or you just dump them,open road falls into the good catelgory for me. I must say from all the take that,solo albums etc nobody else is the only album i dont listen to anymore i do adore never forget so i listen to that on the greatest hits plpus a brilliant live version i have but i dont listen to the others songs at all ,everything changes and take that and party i still stick in the cd player every so often.
