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A Take That Christmas

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As a huge Thatter, every Christmas I hunt for festive Take That-related material. I thought it’d be great to put all of my discoveries in one place for all Thatters to look through. This is by no means definitive but there’s a good range of festive Take That content here! If you have any videos or images you think I have missed then feel free to let me know so I can add them here 🙂 Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

VIDEOS

Take That – Babe (Live & Kicking 1993)

Take That live on Live and Kicking back in December 1993 singing ‘Babe’.

Take That – Pray (Top of the Pops Christmas)

‘Pray’, performed on Top of the Pops at Christmas time.

Take That – Silent Night (Live Beautiful World Tour)

Whilst usually beginning live performances of ‘Pray’ with the middle eight, on this particular occasion it was replaced with a gorgeous version of ‘Silent Night’ before launching into their first ever UK number one. Awesome!

Take That – Jingle Bells (Live Beautiful World tour)

Another festive clip from the Beautiful World tour in which Take That sing Jingle Bells whilst Howard plays the trumpet.

Take That – Marks & Spencer Christmas Advert

The brilliant M&S Christmas advert from a few years back!

Take That – Greatest Day (Top of the Pops Christmas)

Greatest Day performed on Top of the Pops Christmas special.

Take That – Festive Message 2010.

Take That’s festive message from 2010. Howard looks extremely happy 😉

Take That – These Days (Top of the Pops Christmas)

‘These Days’ performed on the 2014 Top of the Pops Christmas special.

Take That – Turning on the Regent Street Christmas Lights

Take That turning on the Regent Street Christmas lights in 2014.

Gary Barlow: Let’s Pray for Christmas

This song was a runner up entry into the BBC’s Pebble Mill at One Christmas song competition and is one of the oldest clips of Captain Barlow in existence. Boy, has Gary come a long way from this!

Gary Barlow: Happy Xmas (War is Over)

This is Gary Barlow performing a cover of John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ on a TV show in the late nineties.

Gary Barlow: CBeebies Bedtime Story 2010

An absolutely adorable clip of Gary appearing on CBeebies during Christmas 2010. He reads an Elmer story.

Gary Barlow & Coldplay: Christmas Lights

Gary Barlow joins Coldplay onstage (admittedly rather briefly!) to sing the beautiful ‘Christmas Lights.’

Gary Barlow & Michael Buble: Home & Rule The World

Gary singing ‘Home’ and ‘Rule The World’ with Michael Buble on Michael Buble’s 2011 Christmas special on ITV.

Gary Barlow, Tulisa, Nicole Scherzinger & Dawn French: Fairytale of New York

A pretty comical clip of Gary being joined by the legendary Dawn French, the awesome Nicole Scherzinger and the… well, Tulisa. Great version of ‘Fairytale of New York’.

Gary Barlow – We Like To Love (Live on Text Santa)

I’ve always found this song rather wintry anyway and this was reinforced when Gary performed this on Text Santa.

Gary Barlow & Loose Women – Text Santa

Comical sketch involving the Captain and some of the Loose Women!

Peter Kay’s Geraldine McQueen – Once Upon a Christmas Song

Gary Barlow co-wrote this with Peter Kay himself. It was released in 2008 and reached Number Five on the UK Singles chart. All proceeds went to NSPCC.

Donny Osmond – Christmas Time

Co-written by Gary along with long term collaborator Eliot Kennedy.

Mark Owen – Child (Live Top of the Pops Christmas)

Mark Owen performs his hit single ‘Child’ on Top of the Pops Christmas back in the late nineties.

Mark Owen – Lantern

Mark Owen performed this still unreleased original track at a Charity event a few Christmas’ ago. 

Mark Owen wishing a fan a Merry Christmas

Pretty self explanatory!

Robbie Williams – Walk This Sleigh

Robbie Williams’ tongue in cheek version of a Christmas song. 

Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Somethin’ Stupid

An amazing version of a Frank and Nancy Sinatra classic, Robbie reached Christmas Number 1 in 2001 with a little help from Nicole Kidman with their version of ‘Somethin’ Stupid’.

Robbie Williams – Happy Xmas (War is Over)

Robbie Williams singing John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas (War is over)’ – The Take That lads sure love this one!

Robbie Williams – Merry Xmas Everybody/Merry Christmas Everyone

Taken from last year’s performance for Radio 2, here’s Robbie singing the Slade classic ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ and ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ by Shakin’ Stevens.

Robbie Williams – Candy (Live Top Of The Pops Christmas)

Not really Christmas but Robbie performed ‘Candy’ on the TOTP Christmas special last year.

Robbie Williams – Different (NYE Top of the Pops)

Robbie performs the brilliant ‘Different’ on a New Years Eve Top of the Pops special.

Robbie Williams – Soul Transmission

This isn’t strictly a Christmas track although christmas is mentioned so I think I can be forgiven!

Robbie Williams – The Promise

Robbie refers to this as his Christmas song so I thought it worthy to be included in this post.

Robbie Williams – Dream a Little Dream

This is Robbie’s interpretation of a classic, released at Christmas time with a festive video.

GALLERY

Take That get their Christmas jumpers out with Reggie Yates and Fearne Cotton for the 2014 Christmas Day Top of the Pops Special.(Broadcast on BBC1-2pm, Thursday 25th December) Photo by Mark Allan EMBARGOED UNTIL 20/12/14

 

Music Monday – Volume Eighty

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1) Shura – Touch

Slick and smooth, this is an effortlessly cool R&B jam by Shura.

2) Tame Impala – Yes I’m Changing

Melancholic and moody but a brilliant track which mirrors lots of ’80’s pop.

3) The 1975 – Ugh!

The 1975 dropped another incredible track this week. This is reminiscent of some of Prince’s funkiest material and it’s bloody awesome.

4) Girls Aloud – The Loving Kind

Completely forgot about this track until it appeared as a suggested video on YouTube the other day. Written by The Pet Shop Boys, this is one of their best.

5) Donny Hathaway – This Christmas

Smooth and soulful, this is old-school Christmas music at its best. Absolutely brilliant track.

6) Snakehips ft Tinashe & Chance the rapper – All my friends

Love the chilled out nature of this and the chorus is very anthemic.

7) Roxette – It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)

Before this track came to prominence, it was actually a Christmas song. Not a lot had to be removed to turn it into a generic track and both versions are lovely. One of the best and most emotive power ballads from the ’80’s.

8) James Bay – Hold Back The River

This is still an incredible, rousing and uplifting track. James performing it on the BBC Music Awards reinforced that for me.

9) Cliff Richard – Young Love

Anything by Cliff is a guilty pleasure. I have no idea how I came across this but it’s a nice little song.

10) The Pretenders – 2000 Miles

An often forgotten about Christmas song. It’s not the most cheery of festive songs but it’s a brilliant song and Chrissie Hynde’s vocals are still some of the best out there.

Christmas Crackers – Day 14

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1) CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Ricardo Montalban & Esther Williams – Baby It’s Cold Outside

2) CINNAMON COVER: James Taylor & Natalie Cole – Baby It’s Cold Outside

3) WINTER WARMER: Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone – Baby It’s Cold Outside

 

 

Check back everyday this month for more festive hits!

Christmas Crackers – Day 7

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1) CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2) CINNAMON COVER: Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

3) WINTER WARMER: S Club 7 – Perfect Christmas

 

Check back everyday this month for more festive hits!

Music Monday – Volume Seventy Nine

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1) A$ap Rocky –Fashion Killa

Built around a mesh of jittery synth clips, this is just so damn good.

2) Burial – Shell of Light

UK garage music at its best.

3) The 1975 – Me

It was only when I saw The 1975 live a couple of weeks ago that I finally paid full attention to this song. Prior to that, it was the one song by them I didn’t care much for. On closer inspection of the lyrics, I found it beautifully haunting and very relatable in some areas.

4) Shura – Kids N’ Stuff

I’ve been even more obsessed with Shura since seeing her live last week. This was a new track from her forthcoming album and I fell head over heels in love with it. Bittersweet, gentle & so eighties it hurts! It transported me into another world whilst there and I cannot stop listening to this even when the quality isn’t brilliant. Studio version soon please!

5) Coldplay – Kaleidoscope

Beautifully haunting instrumental which features on Coldplay’s latest album.

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6) Coldplay – Amazing Day

Lovely waltz-like ballad from the latest album ‘A Head Full of Dreams’.

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7) Coldplay – Up & Up

For any Coldplay fans disappointed with the very Pop-inspired direction of the new album, this song is likely to be the album’s redemption. Powerful and uplifting track with Noel Gallagher contributing his guitar playing.

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8) Troye Sivan & Betty Who – Heaven

Troye Sivan’s début album is probably one of the best of 2015. This is a gorgeous song and one of many which documents his experience of coming out as gay.

9) Troye Sivan – Youth

Bouncy pop track with an awesome hook.

10) Troye Sivan – for him.

A slightly lighter and more breezy track from Troye Sivan’s début album.