....without Keisha.
In all honesty, I never rated Keisha that much as a vocalist. Her replacement, Jade is probably a stronger technical singer, . But listening to the re-recorded version of the new Babes single, About A Girl...and it sounds like it could have been sung by any random girl band. It didn't sound like a Sugababes track. I used to be able to recognise any Sugababe song instantly, particularly when Mutya and Keisha were still in the group. I don't think Heidi or Amelle's voices ever really defined what the group sounded like, and that may be a problem.
It's only now that she's gone, that I can see how important Keisha was to giving the group it's distinct sound. I'm not even sure the other members of the band or the management realised how much Keisha imprinted her vocal style onto the group. I used to to laugh when I read some of Keisha's more hardcore fans say "Keisha IS the Sugababes", but I'm not so certain they were wrong anymore. I really didn't realise that her voice and it's tone dominated their sound so heavily.
In all honesty, I never rated Keisha that much as a vocalist. Her replacement, Jade is probably a stronger technical singer, . But listening to the re-recorded version of the new Babes single, About A Girl...and it sounds like it could have been sung by any random girl band. It didn't sound like a Sugababes track. I used to be able to recognise any Sugababe song instantly, particularly when Mutya and Keisha were still in the group. I don't think Heidi or Amelle's voices ever really defined what the group sounded like, and that may be a problem.
It's only now that she's gone, that I can see how important Keisha was to giving the group it's distinct sound. I'm not even sure the other members of the band or the management realised how much Keisha imprinted her vocal style onto the group. I used to to laugh when I read some of Keisha's more hardcore fans say "Keisha IS the Sugababes", but I'm not so certain they were wrong anymore. I really didn't realise that her voice and it's tone dominated their sound so heavily.




