TriviaNewtonJohn
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The tax avoidance got me. So much charity work in the public eye but not actually paying his taxes in the first place.
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Phil Anne Throw Pee
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Each to their own. I think he sounds like a hamster on helium.
PrincessCharming
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He always looks to me as if he’s holding in a big fart.
PollyPerks
Well-known member
I love Take That but have never warmed to GB or his solo career. I can never understand how he can write such amazing tunes for TT but his solo stuff is so awful! Also, one of his eyebrows is constantly trying to escape his face, it's very distracting when you're watching TT DVDs 
Having said all that, many many years ago a friend and I trekked to his house on a frozen winter's afternoon and stood outside it for a bit (I want to stress that I would never do this normally, but I felt I should accompany her as she was 16 and on her own in a foreign country as she had come over from America.) He came out to talk to us and was very friendly despite the fact that we were basically stalking him, so I'll always think well of him for that. It made my friend's day as Gary was her fave! (Mark and Robbie are the ones for me)
Having said all that, many many years ago a friend and I trekked to his house on a frozen winter's afternoon and stood outside it for a bit (I want to stress that I would never do this normally, but I felt I should accompany her as she was 16 and on her own in a foreign country as she had come over from America.) He came out to talk to us and was very friendly despite the fact that we were basically stalking him, so I'll always think well of him for that. It made my friend's day as Gary was her fave! (Mark and Robbie are the ones for me
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Phil Anne Throw Pee
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Tax dodging cunt. Thread closed.
FunkyMonkey
Chatty Member
Hahahahaha what a melt.
BoujeeBabe
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I can't stand him, he's such an arrogant, smug bastard! 
abitfairytale
Well-known member
I loved Four Minute Warning by Mark - proper good song!!
FFS he's on my show Saturday Kitchen - hope he gets Hell choice
Also I think he exaggerates his northern accent to be more relatable A la cilla black
Also, one of his eyebrows is constantly trying to escape his face, it's very distracting when you're watching TT DVDs
Also I think he exaggerates his northern accent to be more relatable A la cilla black
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...don't all pounce at once please! 
LennyBriscoe
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I was watching the Now 90s channel last night and they played Child by Mark Owen, what a blast from the past that was! Funny how you forget a song, hear it and you’re suddenly back 25 yearsI love Take That but have never warmed to GB or his solo career. I can never understand how he can write such amazing tunes for TT but his solo stuff is so awful! Also, one of his eyebrows is constantly trying to escape his face, it's very distracting when you're watching TT DVDs
Having said all that, many many years ago a friend and I trekked to his house on a frozen winter's afternoon and stood outside it for a bit (I want to stress that I would never do this normally, but I felt I should accompany her as she was 16 and on her own in a foreign country as she had come over from America.) He came out to talk to us and was very friendly despite the fact that we were basically stalking him, so I'll always think well of him for that. It made my friend's day as Gary was her fave! (Mark and Robbie are the ones for me
Twirliegirlies
Well-known member
I prefer Gary over creepy little Mark Owen, he gives me the same skin crawly vibe as Joey from NKOTB, and I don’t know why.
I'm so sorry but I read that as my husband is a massive knob
Somebody will read my text as:
My husband has a massive knob
Whatsallthis
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He’s so far up his own arse 
maytoseptember
VIP Member
My husband is a massive music snob, but even he admits that Four Minute Warning is an absolute banger.
Mark is so weird these days, I don’t know what happened to him. One minute he was still boyish and handsome, then two years later he’d lost loads of weight, grew his hair straggly and grew a hideous moustache. Tragic.
Howard on the other hand is a proper Covid denier
Gary is a product of his upbringing. He started out in working mens clubs and the cheesiness never left him. I know he’ll never live down the tax avoidance, but he wrote about it in his book and basically said “someone said I could save money if I entered his scheme so I agreed”. I don’t think he’s shrewd enough to have woken up one day and thought “I know, I’m going to avoid paying tax!” he was just advised by someone to do it, and went with it.
His solo stuff is rubbish. He’s a talented and prolific songwriter but he really needs Take That to rein in the big band shit.
Mark is so weird these days, I don’t know what happened to him. One minute he was still boyish and handsome, then two years later he’d lost loads of weight, grew his hair straggly and grew a hideous moustache. Tragic.
Howard on the other hand is a proper Covid denier
Gary is a product of his upbringing. He started out in working mens clubs and the cheesiness never left him. I know he’ll never live down the tax avoidance, but he wrote about it in his book and basically said “someone said I could save money if I entered his scheme so I agreed”. I don’t think he’s shrewd enough to have woken up one day and thought “I know, I’m going to avoid paying tax!” he was just advised by someone to do it, and went with it.
His solo stuff is rubbish. He’s a talented and prolific songwriter but he really needs Take That to rein in the big band shit.
PollyPerks
Well-known member
I genuinely think Mark is massively underrated as a singer and songwriter. I think he is vastly more talented and original than Gary! By rights he should be hugely respected as an artist in his own right, especially after his last two solo albums, but he's just written off 'cos he comes from a boy band. I would kill for a new solo album and tour from Mark!
(once tours can happen again of course, whenever that may be...)