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Old 22-12-2009, 10:28
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Because the question was posed on DS who have an above average number of Gay posters. Let me guess the top three were..

Girls Aloud
Lady GaGa
Take That
What a sweeping generalisation

Do straight people all listen to the same music, then?
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Old 22-12-2009, 10:30
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You so right there
Let's see how GA do without Xenomenia.
Thank you.
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Old 22-12-2009, 11:27
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You so right there

Let's see how GA do without Xenomenia.
Well Cheryl has done that with FFTL and her album had no Xenomania songs, and look how successful she's been, so I think GA would manage without them.
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Old 22-12-2009, 11:44
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They're able to appeal to the "serious" music critics (best example is Biology) without losing their appeal to their target audience - they've had some cracking songs, everyone's personal top 5 GA songs varies (I know this is true, I've asked different people and no 2 people's top 5 were the same!) - I think Xenomania are due a lot of credit as well for the work they've done as well

Girls Aloud rule!!
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Old 22-12-2009, 12:41
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They've had the right mix. Catchy songs, well styled, and perfected in front of our very own eyes. I think a large part of the appeal is looking at how they started out to where they are now, its been an amazing (albeit costly and fake) transformation. With the celebrity obsessed society we live in this is how this band is successful. They prove that you can go from one thing to something completely different (again albeit with expensive styling etc).

All the while they produce music that is loved and accepted by most.
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Old 22-12-2009, 12:44
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Decent music that appeals to a lot of people.
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:05
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Most people are saying Girls Aloud are the best manufactured band of the decade....but why are they so successful?
Xenomania.
and 4 of them look good. Basically.
Well they used to, they all look pretty bad now, except that northern one that sounds like a narrative 45 record played at 33...
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:17
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Well Cheryl has done that with FFTL and her album had no Xenomania songs, and look how successful she's been, so I think GA would manage without them.
Ok then, without Xenomana and will.i.am
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Old 22-12-2009, 13:33
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Girls Aloud are successful because most young Brits nowadays love bad music.

People are fine with having music dictated to them instead of seeking their own.
I detest this attitude. People like what they like and they don't need you to tell them what they like is "bad".
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Old 22-12-2009, 14:13
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They've had some immensely catchy singles you can't help but listen to and until the last two singles, most of them have been top 5.

A heck of a lot of it is down to Xenomania. As Popjustice put it 'five girls who inspire great producers to write awesome pop songs for them' or something like that. Musically their music is great to listen to, and they have great album tracks to back up the singles (which I think a lot of bands don't have).

Live on their Tours they put on a show, and each one of them is a well known personality and they mesh so well together. Musically they're not the best singers but they have got the X(enomania) Factor.
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Old 22-12-2009, 14:55
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I hope not! What is message is Cheryl Cole sending out in life? To marry a footballer (a dream way too many young girls trive for nowadays anyway) then ignore his cheating because well he's a footballer right and you don't want to lose that WAG tag?
i know im 13 and all of my friends seem to adore them (especially chavyl) and all want to be like them. my mum is a teacher and she got her pupils to bring in something for a show&tell so someone brought in jordan's perfume and said she didnt even like the smell, she just loved jordan
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Old 22-12-2009, 15:28
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For those who criticise the Babes, at least they can all sing live, unlike Chav Cole, party hard Harding and Kimberly.
IMO, the babes were at their best when when it was Mutya, Keisha and Heidi.
The reason for GA's success is Xeomania.
I detest this, their current line up is a shambles, they have no stage presence, all of the live performances I've seen from them over the last few months have been terrible.

Sarah, Cheryl and Kimberley can sing. Kimberley's voice is more suited to the theatre, singing pop songs it would come across as she cant sing, but she can. Cheryl is decent, not the best but it's alright and Sarah can be a little bit shouty, but generally she can sing.

Compare this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxj27WlPlSM (Girls Aloud) to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWk0RUng8-A (Sugababes) and we can see who can sing better, it's obviously Girls Aloud.
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Old 22-12-2009, 15:38
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Girls Aloud are successful because most young Brits nowadays love bad music.

People are fine with having music dictated to them instead of seeking their own.
Bad music?

Who are you to decide what music is bad? And how wrong could you be, I've attended all of Girls Aloud's concerts and there is a higher ratio of adults to children at all the shows I've been at.

I'm into a vary of music myself, and I love to discover music, but the same time, there's nothing wrong with enjoying the music of bands that are highly publicized.
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Old 22-12-2009, 17:27
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The reason why they're successful is for one simple reason - their records are very catchy and easy on the ear.
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Old 22-12-2009, 18:24
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I detest this, their current line up is a shambles, they have no stage presence, all of the live performances I've seen from them over the last few months have been terrible.

Sarah, Cheryl and Kimberley can sing. Kimberley's voice is more suited to the theatre, singing pop songs it would come across as she cant sing, but she can. Cheryl is decent, not the best but it's alright and Sarah can be a little bit shouty, but generally she can sing.

Compare this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxj27WlPlSM (Girls Aloud) to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWk0RUng8-A (Sugababes) and we can see who can sing better, it's obviously Girls Aloud.
I was obviously reffering to a previous line up.
I have my opinion deal with it, some of us can see Chav Cole lacks talent and busy making dsisposable bland pop songs that only a a couple of thousand of people are really interested in.
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Old 22-12-2009, 18:36
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I'm a fan but i'd be the first to admit apart from Nadine & Nicola, the rest have really weak voices. However, the secret to their success is: catchy songs.
Oh LoveBug, I'm afraid the real secret might be to do with a somewhat mindless following.

I despair for our current generation of teenagers if they like this stuff, instead of real music like (just for example & off the top of my head) Mozart, Rachmaninov, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Enya, Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval, various real blues artists and so on, get the picture??
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Old 22-12-2009, 18:44
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Firstly, Girls Aloud aren't the most successful girlband in the UK, that title belongs to Sugababes by quite a landslide. Girls Aloud don't even register on any international level, where as Sugababes are the No. 1 girlband in Europe, and are about to launch in North America soon. Girls Aloud only appear to be bigger because of their media coverage, nothing else.

Secondly, Girls Aloud is all about production values, with no personality or emotion required. Seriously: Xenomania produce the most awesome and daring pop tracks, but they could be sung by almost anybody, it would make no difference.

I mean, in all honesty, would anyone in the general public really give a crap if, say, Cheryl left Girls Aloud and was replaced by, say, one of the girls from Mini Viva? No.
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Old 22-12-2009, 18:52
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I detest this, their current line up is a shambles, they have no stage presence, all of the live performances I've seen from them over the last few months have been terrible.
You joker. Are you for real?

You just compared one of the most monotonous, standstill and auto-tuned-to-death Girls Aloud performances ever, on ice no less, to the new Sugababes' first all-singing, all-dancing major performance of About A Girl.

Sugababes obviously sacrificed their vocals slightly for the dancing, but they're pretty damn good at managing both, and are on their way to becoming the next Pussycat Dolls. As for Girls Aloud, Sarah is the only one that's impressed me with her dancing, Cheryl's alright but very stiff and she gurns too much.
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:00
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I think we can trace it right back to their very first single - Sound of the Underground. They could not have asked for a better launch pad than that song. They gained immediate respect with that.
In recent years, just when you think GA are starting to sound a little old and stale, they only come out and release their best single, Call the Shots, and gain even more respect again
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:04
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You joker. Are you for real?

You just compared one of the most monotonous, standstill and auto-tuned-to-death Girls Aloud performances ever, on ice no less, to the new Sugababes' first all-singing, all-dancing major performance of About A Girl.

Sugababes obviously sacrificed their vocals slightly for the dancing, but they're pretty damn good at managing both, and are on their way to becoming the next Pussycat Dolls. As for Girls Aloud, Sarah is the only one that's impressed me with her dancing, Cheryl's alright but very stiff and she gurns too much.
Thanks for the laugh PCD are all trained dancers I believe. Doing a side-to-side shimmy and patting each other on the bottom is hardly going to put Sugababes in the same league as the PCD in terms of dancing abilities Not to mention how awkward poor Heidi looks when she has to attempt even the most basic of dance moves. I really don't think Sugababes should be looking to go down this route coz as it is not what they are about.
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:22
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I really don't think Sugababes should be looking to go down this route coz as it is not what they are about.
I agree, it clearly wasn't what they originally thought they'd be doing a few years back, but a first-hand source over at Popjustice confirmed to a bunch of us Roc Nation are investing a lot of time and money into training them to be the best of the best. Like, millions of $$$.

The plan is to use Sweet 7's UK and European promo tours to create confidence in the Babes performing big-scale tours with gigantic set pieces, intense choreography, and of course, their new and old songs.

Then they'll launch in the US as seasoned professionals, synonymous with PCD-style Vegas-like spectacle, by-passing the awkward "newbie" phase many British bands have to endure when breaking the States. Apparently, Sweet 7 will even be keeping its original album title, despite being their debut US album, just to add to the above point.
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:24
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While I would say that Xenomania are hugely important to Girls Aloud, it isn't simply about them. If it was, then Frank, Mania, Gabriella Climi and various other would all be huge (and after this weeks sales, it looks like we can add Mini Viva to that list)
That'd be the Gabriella Cilmi whose between albums, yet still had the most played song of the year this year?

Oh no, shes not successful at all is she?
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:24
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You joker. Are you for real?

You just compared one of the most monotonous, standstill and auto-tuned-to-death Girls Aloud performances ever, on ice no less, to the new Sugababes' first all-singing, all-dancing major performance of About A Girl.

Sugababes obviously sacrificed their vocals slightly for the dancing, but they're pretty damn good at managing both, and are on their way to becoming the next Pussycat Dolls. As for Girls Aloud, Sarah is the only one that's impressed me with her dancing, Cheryl's alright but very stiff and she gurns too much.
GA's performance is auto tuned? I don't think so.

The routine is hardly major, they are moving slowly around each other occasionally lifting their hands and legs. They look like 3 girls who have never met before, told to go on stage and sing. They are awful. Their performance of About A Girl on CIN or GMTV wasn't much better either.
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:26
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GA's performance is auto tuned? I don't think so.
I know so.
All of these pop acts are put through autotune. In fact, nearly every act today is. Pop, rock, indie, dance. It is a given these days in production circles, that the vocal will be put through autotune.
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Old 22-12-2009, 19:28
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I know so.
All of these pop acts are put through autotune. In fact, nearly every act today is. Pop, rock, indie, dance. It is a given these days in production circles, that the vocal will be put through autotune.
I was referring to this live performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxj27WlPlSM

Not something they recorded for CD.
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