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Old 25-09-2009, 18:01
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Though this could be said of any number of successful acts over the years. I don't care who writes what, so long as the song is good. Though if people are going to get on their high horses and use it as a stick to beat someone with, it would help if they at least got their facts straight.
What facts?

I honestly couldn't care less about Leona full stop. I agree if a song is good that's all that matters but I don't like to see people credited for something they had little to no involvement in. Turning up at a meeting where other people put pen to paper is not contributing, IMO.

The public didn't vote for Leona for her songwriting skills after all. It must have been her voice - it certainly wasn't her charisma.
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:09
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The OP is 100% correct and I hope to god that the previous 6 pages behind this response consisted of nothing more than people agreeing that this 'song' is boring, unimaginative, recycled horseshit.

Anyone who has disagreed have basically signed their entire lives away as:

1. If I employed you I'd fire you
2. If I was married to you I'd divorce you
3. If I was dating you I'd dump you
4. If I was related to you I'd disown you
5. If I met you I'd kill you

(as would anyone else with ears and an ounce of sensibility)

...yeah, your opinion of this song more than likely sums up the shallowness of your personality and worthless existance.

GTFO my planet if you've so much as wasted bandwidth on this song. If you somehow contributed towards its existance - DIE.
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:12
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The OP is 100% correct and I hope to god that the previous 6 pages behind this response consisted of nothing more than people agreeing that this 'song' is boring, unimaginative, recycled horseshit.

Anyone who has disagreed have basically signed their entire lives away as:

1. If I employed you I'd fire you
2. If I was married to you I'd divorce you
3. If I was dating you I'd dump you
4. If I was related to you I'd disown you
5. If I met you I'd kill you

(as would anyone else with ears and an ounce of sensibility)

...yeah, your opinion of this song more than likely sums up the shallowness of your personality and worthless existance.

GTFO my planet if you've so much as wasted bandwidth on this song. If you somehow contributed towards its existance - DIE.
This response has to be a wind up surely?
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:14
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This response has to be a wind up surely?
100% serious. I may not be renowned for factual posts on this board, but I can honestly say I posted the above from the bottom of my heart.
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:15
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The post I had quoted stated that she does nothing but sing the songs. The fact that she has writing credits (and has had since before Syco) would seem to suggest otherwise.

I honestly couldn't care less about Leona full stop. I agree if a song is good that's all that matters but I don't like to see people credited for something they had little to no involvement in. Turning up at a meeting where other people put pen to paper is not contributing, IMO.
Fair enough. Though I'm slightly confused as to why this point had to be made in this thread?
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:26
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What facts?

I honestly couldn't care less about Leona full stop. I agree if a song is good that's all that matters but I don't like to see people credited for something they had little to no involvement in. Turning up at a meeting where other people put pen to paper is not contributing, IMO.
Oh, so were you present as well at these writing sessions? You seem to know that she had "little to no involvement" in the songs she has credits for co-writing.

If they were glory credits, the kind where she just changed a word or two in the song, then I would've thought they'd have given her glory credits for all of the songs on Spirit. Why would they bother just giving her writing credits on just a couple of songs from the album unless she actually did contribute to those particular songs significantly enough to earn them?

The public didn't vote for Leona for her songwriting skills after all. It must have been her voice - it certainly wasn't her charisma.
Her charisma and her personality was part of why I voted for her and why I'm a fan.

Her songwriting is also another reason why I'm a fan - I love some of the tracks that she's written herself.
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:37
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100% serious. I may not be renowned for factual posts on this board, but I can honestly say I posted the above from the bottom of my heart.
Well, that was one of the most ridiculous posts I've ever seen on DS in a very long time.

I deserve to die because I find a particular pop song catchy..?
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:40
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She looks very like Keri Hilson in the video. Leona is the best though.
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:45
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It is terrible.

Cliché, uninspiring, made with the intent to sell as many records as possible, probably trying to catch the American market.

It sounds like something from a few years ago.

It'll probably do well because she'll perform on the Xfactor and the sheep will buy it.

It reminds me of something Christina Aguilera would have done a while ago.

It'd be alright if she had a slight hint of originality but her voice is just... typical as is the music.

Yak.
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Old 25-09-2009, 18:48
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Lol! *popcorn*
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Old 25-09-2009, 19:35
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Some posters seem ill-informed about the X Factor and seem to think it's incredibly easy to win.

FACT - it's not.

It's hard work winning.
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Old 25-09-2009, 19:42
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Some posters seem ill-informed about the X Factor and seem to think it's incredibly easy to win.

FACT - it's not.

It's hard work winning.
Apart from the fact that the winner is decided long before the first show airs of course.
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Old 25-09-2009, 19:53
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Apart from the fact that the winner is decided long before the first show airs of course.
You think Leon Jackson was their chosen winner? Sure, they know who their preferred winner is and they'll happily manipulate us into voting for that person, but it doesn't always work.
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Old 25-09-2009, 19:55
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Though this could be said of any number of successful acts over the years. I don't care who writes what, so long as the song is good. Though if people are going to get on their high horses and use it as a stick to beat someone with, it would help if they at least got their facts straight.



Well, hopefully the new one ("Happy") will be a hit. Not seen the final tracklisting for the new album, but supposedly there are many more writing credits on this album than her first (just 2 for the UK version, 3 for the US).

"Footprints" was apparently based on a poem of the same name. I would guess that it was Cowell's idea to turn it into a song, hence the credit. AFAIK he has never been credited before nor does he claim to be a songwriter.

i didnt say he does. i was just curious.
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Old 25-09-2009, 19:59
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This response has to be a wind up surely?
either that, or they care wayyy too much
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Old 25-09-2009, 20:00
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Some posters seem ill-informed about the X Factor and seem to think it's incredibly easy to win.

FACT - it's not.

It's hard work winning.
Yea it is hard work to win especially if you are not one of Simon Cowell's chosen ones
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Old 25-09-2009, 22:43
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Oh, so were you present as well at these writing sessions? You seem to know that she had "little to no involvement" in the songs she has credits for co-writing.

If they were glory credits, the kind where she just changed a word or two in the song, then I would've thought they'd have given her glory credits for all of the songs on Spirit. Why would they bother just giving her writing credits on just a couple of songs from the album unless she actually did contribute to those particular songs significantly enough to earn them?
Maybe on certain songs her contribution wasn't even worthy of a 'glory credit'?

You do not honestly believe she wrote a single song on that album do you? Crediting her is not the same as writing it.

Her charisma and her personality was part of why I voted for her and why I'm a fan.
Obviously my TV was broken at the time...
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Old 25-09-2009, 22:56
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I'm not a fan of hers at all.....

but credit where it's due, she has an amazing singing voice, the woman can most certainly sing.

just a shame about her attitude, apparently she ignores fanmail, hard to get along with, and also stated - she thinks she's a better singer than Mariah Cahrey.
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Old 25-09-2009, 23:04
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I'm not a fan of hers at all.....

but credit where it's due, she has an amazing singing voice, the woman can most certainly sing.

just a shame about her attitude, apparently she ignores fanmail, hard to get along with, and also stated - she thinks she's a better singer than Mariah Cahrey.
Well come on.. she sort of is.

"And you and you and you and you and you and you and you"

"And you"

*shudders*
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Old 25-09-2009, 23:04
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I'm not a fan of hers at all.....

but credit where it's due, she has an amazing singing voice, the woman can most certainly sing.

just a shame about her attitude, apparently she ignores fanmail, hard to get along with, and also stated - she thinks she's a better singer than Mariah Cahrey.
Well she replies to her fans on twitter so that just isnt true.
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Old 25-09-2009, 23:19
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Maybe on certain songs her contribution wasn't even worthy of a 'glory credit'?

You do not honestly believe she wrote a single song on that album do you? Crediting her is not the same as writing it.
I didn't say she wrote any of the songs by herself. But it's not hard to believe she had a significant contribution to the few songs (and it's only a few... if they were giving her writing credits that she didn't deserve, just for the sake of making it look like she can write songs, then they probably would have done that for most of the album and not just a few tracks on it) considering that she did write write her own music before going on the X Factor.

Obviously my TV was broken at the time...
Either that, or you simply don't like her, which is fine. But she does have fans who appreciate her as a singer, as an artist and as a person.
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Old 25-09-2009, 23:41
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Ofcourse, if the Beatles was singing it then there would be white stuff all around this forum about how amazing it is.

There is music for everyone, this caters for people who like general popular music. Like myself, i like a varitey of singers and bands. I like The Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Bob Marley, but also have Steps, S Club, 90s Club Classic and so on in my collection. Their is music for everyone and i absoulty hate it when people put those who like certain music into boxes with bad names or saying they have no taste.

And this sheep malarky, i think Steve and Leon are proof that just because you win does not mean you have the platform to get to number 1 or do well.
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Old 26-09-2009, 07:26
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Well she replies to her fans on twitter so that just isnt true.
I heard she kills puppies
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Old 26-09-2009, 09:05
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I'm not a fan of hers at all.....

but credit where it's due, she has an amazing singing voice, the woman can most certainly sing.

just a shame about her attitude, apparently she ignores fanmail, hard to get along with, and also stated - she thinks she's a better singer than Mariah Cahrey.
At the moment I'd say she is. But Mariah in her prime was better than Leona. Christina's the only one near Mariah yet, IMO. Because she nearly has the range and she has the power in her voice that Mariah had.
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Old 27-09-2009, 14:24
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I don't wanna hear all this "yea but music is subjective" nonsense, there is such a thing as universally bad music in some cases and if you like this song then you have incredibly bad taste.
I agree with the title but not with your post lol.
Music IS subjective. The thing is most people actually like this song so you can't say that ALL of them have bad taste.
I actually really like Alex and would buy a good ballad off her in a minute but Bad Boys is really quite terrible. And after watching the video a couple of times it really annoys me because she's a good dancer but she's just strutting most of the time or moving about a little bit. It seems like they're not utilising her strengths at all to me.
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