That "Blisfully tortured" feel is all over his lyrics, so it can't be a coincidence, it must really mean something. Like he's bit of a masochist, in an emotional sense... Like the story behind "What you want from me". Emma goes away for a few days and the first thing he thinks about is whether she would come back and not wanna be with him anymore. As he said himself, the fear was coming from his insecurity.
I like how you described Robbie/Mark and Robbie Gary. Intensity vs playfulness and stability, sounds very true! With Barlowen I also get that sense of certain stability, maybe that's what both Robbie and Mark seek from Gary, someone to rely on. A solid shoulder, in Mark's words ;) It's obvious Gary is looking after Mark a bit. I also love how Gary often has this amused smile on his face when Mark says or does something silly or random. He's not laughing with him, he's laughing at him, but in a loving and caring way LOL! Apart from the certain protectiveness, it seems that's Gary has really enjoyed having Mark as a writing partner during the OT4 times, meaning that he doesn't have to do all the writing alone anymore and can bounce on ideas with someone. (Howard and Jay's contribution has of course been extremely important as well)
Btw, have you seen that interview the boys did on radio 1 last october/november time? Imo it's the best interview they've done during the Progress era. It's all five of them + it's soooooo funny :D Part one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOu-m20ts4Y
"when I finally got hold of For the Record I expected big revelations from Mark about how Rob leaving the band affected him. And then there was...virtually nothing. Which first I found frustrating, but on further reflection becomes very interesting." You're right. It actually says quite a lot that says basically nothing about how he felt back then. Obviously he was not ready to do so, at least not for a camera...
"He's obviously a very physically demonstrative guy, and that's in a band that extraordinarily touchy." Again, very true! Have you noticed that Mark has a tendency to kind of hold on to one of the boys' arms, usually it's Gary or Robbie, when they're standing or standing up and starting to walk after an interview ec? It's quite adorable! And when they were doing the Echo awards in Germany it seemed that most of time on the red carpet Mark was either holding on to Gary's arm or hiding behind him, haha ;) And the way his face lightens up when one of them touches is beautiful to see :)
The contrast between the insecurity and maintaning his unique style is very interesting. Could you imagine any of the other boys wearing a sparkly jumpsuit on stage in front of 80 000 people?!? And apparently that suit was all Gary's fault ;)
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I like how you described Robbie/Mark and Robbie Gary. Intensity vs playfulness and stability, sounds very true! With Barlowen I also get that sense of certain stability, maybe that's what both Robbie and Mark seek from Gary, someone to rely on. A solid shoulder, in Mark's words ;) It's obvious Gary is looking after Mark a bit. I also love how Gary often has this amused smile on his face when Mark says or does something silly or random. He's not laughing with him, he's laughing at him, but in a loving and caring way LOL! Apart from the certain protectiveness, it seems that's Gary has really enjoyed having Mark as a writing partner during the OT4 times, meaning that he doesn't have to do all the writing alone anymore and can bounce on ideas with someone. (Howard and Jay's contribution has of course been extremely important as well)
Btw, have you seen that interview the boys did on radio 1 last october/november time? Imo it's the best interview they've done during the Progress era. It's all five of them + it's soooooo funny :D
Part one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOu-m20ts4Y
"when I finally got hold of For the Record I expected big revelations from Mark about how Rob leaving the band affected him. And then there was...virtually nothing. Which first I found frustrating, but on further reflection becomes very interesting." You're right. It actually says quite a lot that says basically nothing about how he felt back then. Obviously he was not ready to do so, at least not for a camera...
"He's obviously a very physically demonstrative guy, and that's in a band that extraordinarily touchy." Again, very true! Have you noticed that Mark has a tendency to kind of hold on to one of the boys' arms, usually it's Gary or Robbie, when they're standing or standing up and starting to walk after an interview ec? It's quite adorable! And when they were doing the Echo awards in Germany it seemed that most of time on the red carpet Mark was either holding on to Gary's arm or hiding behind him, haha ;) And the way his face lightens up when one of them touches is beautiful to see :)
The contrast between the insecurity and maintaning his unique style is very interesting. Could you imagine any of the other boys wearing a sparkly jumpsuit on stage in front of 80 000 people?!? And apparently that suit was all Gary's fault ;)