in the words of justin bieber - NEVER SAY NEVER!

And as for the Sats vs Girls aloud argument I much prefer The Sats. Girls Aloud, like it or not, had a massive advantage in that they were watched by millions on TV for weeks and then won it at Christmas time guaranteeing a massive selling debut single. Their album was obviously going to either be massive or a flop (as most reality TV albums are) and they were lucky in that the public took well to them. They got numerous top tens at a time when sales were awful and they had Xenomania producing all their music. The public knew each member individually and could relate well to them. They managed to progress their sound into the electropop genre and fit in well with the music of their time. They were also lucky in that they were managed well and didn't have any awful decisions made, unlike The Saturdays.

The Sats had to debut with a poor choice of lead single. To the public they were just a random bunch of girls. For some reason If This Is Love went to #8 and got them a minor hit. Up then came along and sold over 300K and got them a reputation as the girls with the coloured tights and the catchy song. They then released the ballad Issues which thankfully sold some albums and also got a decent peak in the singles charts. Everything was going well - a #8 single, a #5 single and massive hit and a #4 single plus a #9 album which was still selling.

They were building in popularity and their management got too cocky and got them to do Comic Relief. They then missed out on the #1 spot which was a bit embarrasing (even though they got to #2), after that they released a 5th single which was handled terribly (promo on Ant and Dec in March, release date in June) and yet still got to #22 after MJ died and a bunch of his songs charted above it. Then there was the two month break before Forever Is Over was leaked and released. Obviously that got to #2 and plummeted, then the album was released a week after and completely bombed too. Ego was then released and thankfully got to #9 and sold around 300K as well. Now we're starting their third era and management are releasing a very marmite lead single Missing You ahead of Higher (which has been recieved well at their gigs) and now they're releasing in a massive week with an album (only five new songs) released the week after.

IMO The Sats could have had a massive era with Wordshaker but the early release, poor lead single and silly decisions completely ruined it. The third era looks set to bomb as well, and it's all down to decisions like putting a song like Missing You out ahead of Higher.

Ha, thats true! But I mean if they keep releasing the same sort of music they won't get any critical acclaim. Apparently they've been working with Xenomania though, which sounds like a good move - although I don't want them just to copy Girls Aloud.

Oh and how are sales figures/charts positions even relevant to this thread? The opening post is about which songs you prefer, so surely whats more important is the quality of the music, rather than which group is more successful?

Sound Of The Underground
Up
Issues
Jump
Work
Love Machine
I'll Stand by You
Ego
Wake Me Up

Sound Of The Underground or If This is Love
No Good Advice or Up
Life Got Cold or Issues
Jump or Just Cant Get Enough
The Show or Work
Love Machine or Forever is Over
I'll Stand by You or Ego
Wake Me Up or Missing You

If This is Love
Up
Issues
Just Cant Get Enough
The Show
Forever is Over
Ego
Wake Me Up


yeah so more of a Saturdays fan... but I love The Show, Biology, Call The Shots and The Loving Kind but the latter 3 aren't on thr list

Sound Of The Underground
No Good Advice
Life Got Cold
Jump (very close this one)
The Show (prefer Cahill Mix of Work though)
Forever is Over
I'll Stand By You (also close)
Wake Me Up


Am I the only one who really loves Life Got Cold?

If This is Love
Up
Life Got Cold
Just Cant Get Enough
Work
Forever is Over
Ego
Missing You

Spot on except I dont think Missing You is a weak song in the slightest.

Highers gonna be HUGE imo

I would choose:
If This Is Love
No Good Advice
Life Got Cold
Just Can't Get Enough
Work
Forever Is Over
I'll Stand By You
Missing You

Which makes it 5-3 to The Sats!

nope thats one of me fav girls aloud songs.

Oh and this:


IMO The Saturdays are girlband 101, they don't often veer away from typical girlband material (except for their last two lead singles, which showed with FIO's high peak but huge fallout) and they are better than others who have done the same thing: Atomic Kitten for example.

But Girls Aloud have always been different and out there, from their boozy lyrics in Wake Me Up, to rejecting the glam life to go Live in the Country (album track from Out Of Control). By their second album you could tell their material was far out of the ordinary. Chasing Lights and Wordshaker both have very good songs and potential hits but they are pretty interchangeable. I don't think they've taken their sound anyway, except some better production on their club stompers.

Sound Of The Underground
No Good Advice
Life Got Cold
Jump
The Show
Love Machine
I'll Stand by You
Wake Me Up

Girls Aloud > Saturdays.

Love both groups

My choices -

Sound Of The Underground
No Good Advice
Issues
Jump
The Show
Forever is Over
I'll Stand by You
Missing You

Girls aloud for me

The saturdays have only wowed me by one album. I only like one album from girls aloud but they have a huge back catalogue. I don't think it's fair to really have The sats up against Girls aloud in something like this with just 2/3 years in the business and only 2 albums worth of material compared to Girls aloud who have 7/8 years with six albums.

Sound Of The Underground
Up
Issues
Just Cant Get Enough
The Show
Love Machine
Ego
Wake Me Up

I agree with this, but I'm actually glad The Saturdays are more typical girlband in their material because while I prefer Girls Aloud's sound overall, I think it should be unique to them and I wouldn't like a band that tried to copy them. At the moment I couldn't name a Saturdays song that I think sounds like something Girls Aloud could have done and vice versa, and I hope it stays that way!

Girls Aloud for all of them tbh.

Sound Of The Underground
Up
Issues
Just Cant Get Enough
The Show
Forever is Over
I'll Stand by You
Missing You

I prefer the 3 best Saturdays singles (Up, Issues and Forever Is Over) to any GA single (my fave being Biology)

The Saturdays are dreadful live and their songs are forgettable

Early Girls Aloud tracks are good and they aren't too bad live

Sound Of The Underground or If This is Love
No Good Advice or Up
Life Got Cold or Issues
Jump or Just Cant Get Enough
The Show or Work
Love Machine or Forever is Over
I'll Stand by You or Ego
Wake Me Up or Missing You

Girls aloud's later singles are much better than their earlier ones, songs such as

biology
call the shots
can't speak french
sexy no no no
the promise
untouchable

are all brilliant

If This is Love
Up
Issues
Just Cant Get Enough
Work
Love Machine
Ego
Missing You

The Saturdays are fantastic live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0znVBrsZnnQ

The Saturdays will never be as good as Girls Aloud, their music just doesn't cut it. I don't care who is the most 'credible' - they are both manufactured girl bands, simple as.

Sound of the Underground
No Good Advice
Issues
Just Can't Get Enough
The Show
Love Machine
Ego
Missing You