Friday 14 August 2020

The Chief Mourner

I do like a bit of Take That, I wouldn't say I was their biggest fan but, they are, so I'm told, national treasures and of course their standing went up somewhat when they reformed with Robbie (but bizarrely not Jason), for a lock down performance on the Meerkat Music channel. As a family we decided we were all ready for a bit of popular culture, so we sat down to spend our evening singing along (well humming as I didn't know most of the words), glass in hand with the boys. After about 45 minutes, I was starting to get a bit agitated and I think everyone else was slightly puzzled , as we had only seen one song with Gary and Robbie, and the rest was just Take That through the years. I was muttering something along the lines of what a scam, when