Robbie reunion with Take That takes the biscuit

Dec 14 2008 by Ken Oxley, Sunday Sun

WILL Robbie Williams relight Take That’s fire? Do they really want him back for good?

Forget the economy, this is surely the burning issue of the day.

I can’t pretend to be a boy band aficionado, but I am willing to concede Take That have been responsible for a handful of cracking pop songs.

The same can also be said for Monkey Boy Williams, though his best days are well behind him.

My gut feeling is that the band are better off without their erstwhile buddy who, I seem to recall, took great delight in rubbing their noses in it when he was enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and they had slipped into obscurity.

Now the tables are turned and Robbie wants a slice of the action . . . you couldn’t make it up.

The trouble is, Take That albums are flying off the shelves faster than discounted Woolworths goods, and they’re filling football stadiums, so what on earth can Robbie bring to the party?

But I’m a bloke, so what do I know? A female colleague insists most women would — and I quote — “wet their knickers” if Robbie rejoined the band.

Apparently, Take That are simply too clean cut without him. She explained: “Howard is a bit grubby, but Robbie is really, really dirty . . . and that’s what the band is missing.” So, now you know.

While we’re on the subject of reunions, it has been rumoured that Morrissey and Johnny Marr have healed their rift, paving the way for the Smiths to reunite.

This would be a disaster. Morrissey may have sung “There is a Light That Never Goes Out” but, believe me, it has.

The Smiths were the perfect 80s English pop band and the antidote to everything that preceded them, but they were of their time.

A Smiths reunion would be like remaking Fawlty Towers . . . and there’s a reason they never did that.