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przedA few weeks ago, I finally broke down and got a used copy of Take That In Private on the Amazon UK marketplace. I've had it for a few weeks, but I only just noticed today that it came with a bit of a bonus tucked into the back cover:
Yep, that would be an actual 45 RPM single of Babe, Mark's first lead song with the band back in the day. Also, if you squint, you can see that at the top of the back flyleaf the previous owner has recorded when TT split up. I feel like I'm the keeper of a little piece of someone else's history.
In celebration of this little discovery, I thought I'd put up a quote from the book, with a few illustrating Markie pics. Because one can never have too many pics of Mark Owen. Srsly!
First, the quote, wherein the writer describes Mark taking a bath. (Really. I could not make this stuff up.):
First of all, awww for the other boys worrying about Mark. But now let's investigate the rest of that quote.
Here's Mark, in a bath – though not taking a bath, darn it – and yep, looking a bit on the skinny side.
The wilderness years, and he's still almost alarmingly skinny, though with nicely buff arms I definitely appreciate.
Then there's that last bit. Does he have legs that belong a footballer? Let's check:
Yes. Yes, he does. Is it hot in here?
Yep, that would be an actual 45 RPM single of Babe, Mark's first lead song with the band back in the day. Also, if you squint, you can see that at the top of the back flyleaf the previous owner has recorded when TT split up. I feel like I'm the keeper of a little piece of someone else's history.
In celebration of this little discovery, I thought I'd put up a quote from the book, with a few illustrating Markie pics. Because one can never have too many pics of Mark Owen. Srsly!
First, the quote, wherein the writer describes Mark taking a bath. (Really. I could not make this stuff up.):
"He's thin – all of Take That worry that he's too thin. His ribs are showing as he stretches across to reach the soap, but his legs belong to a footballer."
First of all, awww for the other boys worrying about Mark. But now let's investigate the rest of that quote.
Here's Mark, in a bath – though not taking a bath, darn it – and yep, looking a bit on the skinny side.
The wilderness years, and he's still almost alarmingly skinny, though with nicely buff arms I definitely appreciate.
Then there's that last bit. Does he have legs that belong a footballer? Let's check:
Yes. Yes, he does. Is it hot in here?
