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Girls Aloud vs The Saturdays
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trawets09
15-07-2010
Originally Posted by Crystalline22:
“The Saturdays are dreadful live and their songs are forgettable

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

Have you even heard Cheryl, Kimberley and Sarah live?

like nails scraping over a blackboard.
trawets09
15-07-2010
Originally Posted by Shadow2009:
“The Saturdays are fantastic live.

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

Exactly that performance of Ego is nothing short of breath taking.

Only Nadine could truly sing in GA the rest were sh*te

Vanessa, Una and Rochelle are all incredible singers. Mollie and Frankie not so much.
kryskrys
15-07-2010
Originally Posted by trawets09:
“Exactly that performance of Ego is nothing short of breath taking.

Only Nadine could truly sing in GA the rest were sh*te

Vanessa, Una and Rochelle are all incredible singers. Mollie and Frankie not so much.”

Actually Nadine and Nicola are equally the best singers in Girls Aloud - its always people who don't know anything about the group who assume Nadine's the only one who can sing. Listen to Nicola's middle eight in The Loving Kind or listen to It's Magic or I Say A Prayer For You (her Girls Aloud solo songs), and she has a really beautiful and emotional voice. I think I actually prefer her voice to Nadine's.

Sarah's got a strong voice too and she's pretty consistent live, although I'm not too keen on her tone and she's a bit shouty. Kimberley and Cheryl both have nice tones to their voice and so their studio vocals are good, but they're not very strong live.
trawets09
15-07-2010
Originally Posted by kryskrys:
“Actually Nadine and Nicola are equally the best singers in Girls Aloud - its always people who don't know anything about the group who assume Nadine's the only one who can sing. Listen to Nicola's middle eight in The Loving Kind or listen to It's Magic or I Say A Prayer For You (her Girls Aloud solo songs), and she has a really beautiful and emotional voice. I think I actually prefer her voice to Nadine's.

Sarah's got a strong voice too and she's pretty consistent live, although I'm not too keen on her tone and she's a bit shouty. Kimberley and Cheryl both have nice tones to their voice and so their studio vocals are good, but they're not very strong live.”

I know Nicola's got a good voice but its far from being half as good as the diehard GA fans make out.
kryskrys
15-07-2010
Originally Posted by trawets09:
“I know Nicola's got a good voice but its far from being half as good as the diehard GA fans make out.”

Depends what you class as being a "good voice" I suppose.
darakinss
15-07-2010
1. Sound of the Underground
2. i genuinely cant decide. I love NGA and Up
3. Life got cold
4. Jump
5. Work
6. Forever is over
7. I'll stand by you
8. Wake Me Up

5-2 to Girls Aloud
TylerTango
15-07-2010
OMG Ego on Live Lounge ♥♥
Shadow2009
15-07-2010
Originally Posted by TylerTango:
“OMG Ego on Live Lounge ♥♥”

I know.
kutox
16-07-2010
whoops deleted
davey_wavey
16-07-2010
I personally prefer The Saturdays to Girls Aloud, but here is my pick:

Sound Of The Underground
Up
Issues
Just Cant Get Enough
Work
Forever is Over
Ego
Wake Me Up

I just prefer The Saturdays' songs to Girls Aloud...I can just keep listening to them over and over again, but with Girls Aloud I hear one of their songs and I soon get tired of hearing them.
Gaspanic!
16-07-2010
Originally Posted by trawets09:
“I know Nicola's got a good voice but its far from being half as good as the diehard GA fans make out.”

They all pretty much suck apart from Nadine, and she's even losing it a bit now, probably the smoking.

They were bloody lucky to have such good pop songs written for them, The Saturdays have no such pleasure, they are soooooo bland.
ben1993
17-07-2010
Well I'm not exactly a "fan" but I much prefer The Saturdays
Russyyy
17-07-2010
Sound Of The Underground
No Good Advice
Life Got Cold
Jump
The Show
Love Machine
Ego
Wake Me Up

girls aloud all the wayyyyyy though i do love the saturdays.
kutox
09-08-2010
Originally Posted by Shadow2009:
“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.”

Sorry to quote an old post Shadow, but...

It doesn't matter how big an advantage Girls Aloud had with Sound Of The Underground (or any other song for that matter), that doesn't take away from how brilliant a song it was. It's a modern pop masterpiece. You can't honestly compare it with other reality show winning songs like The Climb or Hallelujah *puke*.

And quite honestly I don't care about the fact Girls Aloud were formed by a reality show - they and The Saturdays are both manufactured girl bands. Simple as. Might seem an unbelievable thing for me to say considering how much I slate reality shows on here, but The Saturdays have still become just as publicised as any X Factor artist - they're in the papers everyday, their songs are played on radio stations across the land, and they've appeared and performed on most primetime tv shows (similar to Pixie Lott). I think it's fair to say they are now just as well-known as Girls Aloud.

Anyway, back to the manufactured issue...

Of course Girls Aloud hit the jackpot with Xenomania - it doesn't need me to say why they are so good. But they weren't exactly well-known before they worked with Girls Aloud, so it's not really as if Girls Aloud automatically got to work with some well-known producers. Xenomania have in fact worked with big artists like Britney in the past, but it didn't work out. Girls Aloud and Xenomania just seem to have come up with a winning formula which has resulted in some of the finest, most defining pop music of the last decade. I know it's all subjective, but Girls Aloud's music has been critically-acclaimed - and not just by pop fans, serious critics too.

None of The Saturdays' songs so far come close to matching GA's best imo. They are yet to come up with a song which blows us all away and becomes a truly massive hit. Even if Missing You hits no.1 - which I've said all along it could easily do, considering how they are marketed and how desperate some of their fans are for them to get a no.1 single - that doesn't make it any more memorable. It's still a pretty average song. Forever Is Over managed to reach no.2 even though it got a lukewarm reception (and we all know what happened next with the album). Let's say for instance that it did reach no.1 that week. Would that make it any better or memorable? No chance. It's pretty much been forgotten about already as it is.

Ego was a decent enough song, but imo it's still nowhere near as good or memorable as Sound Of The Underground, Love Machine, Biology, Call The Shots, etc. It sold a lot but they did perform it on Dancing On Ice in front of 10 million viewers, and it was featured in a tv ad for a while. Don't get me wrong - I do like The Saturdays, but they've just not built on their first album success the way they should of. I'm getting fed up of them releasing average songs, regardless of where they end up in the charts.
Nuartey1
09-08-2010
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 - can't, the latter is a cover.
The Show or Work
Love Machine or Forever is Over
I'll Stand by You or Ego - the former is a cover
Wake Me Up or Missing You

I much prefer Girls Aloud but you chose all their weaker work. Their later work is better.
Nuartey1
09-08-2010
Originally Posted by jodiemg :):
“Agreed
The saturdays are probably just a tempory group to make the label some money while girls aloud are on a break. if they get back together, the sats will be dropped like that.”

It's horrible to think of any artist being used in such a despicable way but it's probably true. Their days are numbered in the business.
lulu25
09-08-2010
Sound Of The Underground or If This is Love
No Good Advice or Up
Life Got Cold or Issues- Life got cold is one of my fav GA singles
Jump or Just Cant Get Enough
The Show or Work- although I do quite like work
Love Machine or Forever is Over- not a big fan of either song
I'll Stand by You or Ego
Wake Me Up or Missing You- This is a hard one- love them both!!
theone82
09-08-2010
Originally Posted by Nuartey1:
“It's horrible to think of any artist being used in such a despicable way but it's probably true. Their days are numbered in the business.”

Not really they are on course for a number 1 single whilst Girls Alouds chances of a successful comeback get slimmer and slimmer by the month.
Nuartey1
09-08-2010
Originally Posted by kutox:
“Sorry to quote an old post Shadow, but...

It doesn't matter how big an advantage Girls Aloud had with Sound Of The Underground (or any other song for that matter), that doesn't take away from how brilliant a song it was. It's a modern pop masterpiece. You can't honestly compare it with other reality show winning songs like The Climb or Hallelujah *puke*.

And quite honestly I don't care about the fact Girls Aloud were formed by a reality show - they and The Saturdays are both manufactured girl bands. Simple as. Might seem an unbelievable thing for me to say considering how much I slate reality shows on here, but The Saturdays have still become just as publicised as any X Factor artist - they're in the papers everyday, their songs are played on radio stations across the land, and they've appeared and performed on most primetime tv shows (similar to Pixie Lott). I think it's fair to say they are now just as well-known as Girls Aloud.

Anyway, back to the manufactured issue...

Of course Girls Aloud hit the jackpot with Xenomania - it doesn't need me to say why they are so good. But they weren't exactly well-known before they worked with Girls Aloud, so it's not really as if Girls Aloud automatically got to work with some well-known producers. Xenomania have in fact worked with big artists like Britney in the past, but it didn't work out. Girls Aloud and Xenomania just seem to have come up with a winning formula which has resulted in some of the finest, most defining pop music of the last decade. I know it's all subjective, but Girls Aloud's music has been critically-acclaimed - and not just by pop fans, serious critics too.

None of The Saturdays' songs so far come close to matching GA's best imo. They are yet to come up with a song which blows us all away and becomes a truly massive hit. Even if Missing You hits no.1 - which I've said all along it could easily do, considering how they are marketed and how desperate some of their fans are for them to get a no.1 single - that doesn't make it any more memorable. It's still a pretty average song. Forever Is Over managed to reach no.2 even though it got a lukewarm reception (and we all know what happened next with the album). Let's say for instance that it did reach no.1 that week. Would that make it any better or memorable? No chance. It's pretty much been forgotten about already as it is.

Ego was a decent enough song, but imo it's still nowhere near as good or memorable as Sound Of The Underground, Love Machine, Biology, Call The Shots, etc. It sold a lot but they did perform it on Dancing On Ice in front of 10 million viewers, and it was featured in a tv ad for a while. Don't get me wrong - I do like The Saturdays, but they've just not built on their first album success the way they should of. I'm getting fed up of them releasing average songs, regardless of where they end up in the charts.”

Well said. If anything, being made by a reality TV show should have worked against them, they should have never lasted as long as they did. But they had a great song-writing team behind them. Their chemistry with Xenomania is a match made in heaven, and the songs keep getting cooler and edgier. And because their songs aren't written by lots of different writers and producers they have a definitive sound. Girls Aloud are Unique. When they came out people were comparing them to the Spice Girls but today that would seem so farfetched since the Spice Girls are totally different.

Saturday's songs sound like any other pop song today autotune and harsh synthesisers in all. The problem with the Saturdays is that they have no identity of their own, it’s really forced and desperate. They've quite obviously been put out to capitalise on the success of Girls Aloud and the explosion of Cheryl Cole. I feel sorry for them.
Nuartey1
09-08-2010
Originally Posted by trawets09:
“Spot on except I dont think Missing You is a weak song in the slightest.

Highers gonna be HUGE imo”

"Missing You" sounds like it should be a fast dance track. I think making it a ballad was a mistake.
gagafan2010
09-08-2010
Sound Of The Underground or If This is Love love both
No Good Advice or Up by miles
Life Got Cold or Issues by miles
Jump or Just Cant Get Enough love both
The Show or Work TS is ok, I love Work
Love Machine or Forever is Over both great
I'll Stand by You or Ego by MILES
Wake Me Up or Missing You BY MILES
kryskrys
09-08-2010
I won't quote it because its quite long, but I completely agree with everything Kutox said.

Originally Posted by Nuartey1:
“Well said. If anything, being made by a reality TV show should have worked against them, they should have never lasted as long as they did. But they had a great song-writing team behind them. Their chemistry with Xenomania is a match made in heaven, and the song keep getting cooler and edgier. And because their songs aren't written by lots of different writers and producers they have a definitive sound. Girls Aloud are Unique. When they came out people were comparing them to the Spice Girls but today that would seem so farfetched since the Spice Girls are totally different.”

Agree with this too. I think Girls Aloud deserve a certain amount of respect for the fact that they've received so much critical acclaim, despite the fact they're a pop group manufactured on a reality show.

But of course they were incredibly lucky to be paired up with Xenomania. Without Xenomania they'd probably be no Girls Aloud. And without Girls Aloud they'd probably be no The Saturdays. So I think The Saturdays fans should also have some respect for Girls Aloud.
Nuartey1
09-08-2010
Originally Posted by trawets09:
“Have you even heard Cheryl, Kimberley and Sarah live?

like nails scraping over a blackboard.”

Sarah is very hit and miss. Here is one of her best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBph4_xgT9E at 3:57

And her worst:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_L3ZsR05bk

As for Kimberely she has MUCH improved but still lacks control, and Cheryl just sings like she has a really cold.
theone82
09-08-2010
Quote:
“And without Girls Aloud they'd probably be no The Saturdays”


I dont see why you reckon The Saturdays wouldn't have existed without Girls Aloud? its not like GA were the first girlband ever. They may share the same record label but that means nothing.

Strange analysis
Chardonnay-Anne
09-08-2010
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

Pretty weird, here I prefer a lot of The Saturdays' stuff. GA have got better over time IMO *cough* new album please *cough*, which is why I like them more than The Sats.
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