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Old 11-08-2010, 11:18
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Yes before anyone says i know I've just made another one. I just find it ridiculous how many threads there are about them.

Each and every one of their fans must have an account on here or something because they really are endless, can you lot not just stick to the appreciation thread?
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Old 11-08-2010, 11:27
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Yes before anyone says i know I've just made another one. I just find it ridiculous how many threads there are about them.

Each and every one of their fans must have an account on here or something because they really are endless, can you lot not just stick to the appreciation thread?
well said but they wont because they want to get the sats more publicty to get them no 1
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Old 11-08-2010, 11:34
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'Ohh but we must all buy Missing You this week even though it's a dull song because The Saturdays really deserve to get to no.1!'



I thought Saturdays fans were better than that
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:00
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'Ohh but we must all buy Missing You this week even though it's a dull song because The Saturdays really deserve to get to no.1!'



I thought Saturdays fans were better than that
(Why? )

There seems to be a tendency with girl/boy bands for people to support them more like you would a football team than a pop group - i.e. they want them to get to the top of the league regardless of how well they're playing.

Not saying that's bad. Just an observation.
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:08
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It's their fans life story to get them to number one
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:14
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I just don't get how spamming the media and social networking sites etc justifys them "deserving" a number 1, for this particular song they don't, others yes and that is what I don't like about this.
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:18
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(Why? )

There seems to be a tendency with girl/boy bands for people to support them more like you would a football team than a pop group - i.e. they want them to get to the top of the league regardless of how well they're playing.

Not saying that's bad. Just an observation.
I know but when I see people saying things like 'I've bought 3 copies so far, let's all do the same!' that's what annoys me. I don't know how you can compare it to a football team, it's totally different.

I know every song in the charts gets promotion, but the efforts to get Missing You to no.1 is becoming extremely cynical and desperate. Surely if the song was good enough they wouldn't need things like offering postcard sets to fans on Facebook for telling their friends to buy the song. It's getting stupid. They are trying to sponge every last sale they can possibly get rather than letting the song stand up on it's own.

If people like it they will buy it, but the stupid thing is that there are many people buying it while admitting they don't even like it, just because they are desperate for The Saturdays to get to no.1. It would be an extremely unmerited #1
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:24
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I know but when I see people saying things like 'I've bought 3 copies so far, let's all do the same!' that's what annoys me. I don't know how you can compare it to a football team, it's totally different.

I know every song in the charts gets promotion, but the efforts to get Missing You to no.1 is becoming extremely cynical and desperate. Surely if the song was good enough they wouldn't need things like offering postcard sets to fans on Facebook for telling their friends to buy the song. It's getting stupid. They are trying to sponge every last sale they can possibly get rather than letting the song stand up on it's own.

If people like it they will buy it, but the stupid thing is that there are many people buying it while admitting they don't even like it, just because they are desperate for The Saturdays to get to no.1. It would be an extremely unmerited #1
agree completely.
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:35
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I know but when I see people saying things like 'I've bought 3 copies so far, let's all do the same!' that's what annoys me. I don't know how you can compare it to a football team, it's totally different.

I know every song in the charts gets promotion, but the efforts to get Missing You to no.1 is becoming extremely cynical and desperate. Surely if the song was good enough they wouldn't need things like offering postcard sets to fans on Facebook for telling their friends to buy the song. It's getting stupid. They are trying to sponge every last sale they can possibly get rather than letting the song stand up on it's own.

If people like it they will buy it, but the stupid thing is that there are many people buying it while admitting they don't even like it, just because they are desperate for The Saturdays to get to no.1. It would be an extremely unmerited #1
*applauds*

You've used the word I used just the other day to describe The Saturdays: desperate. And desperation isn't a particularly endearing quality. Why else did Geri Halliwell fall from grace?

And how many of the 'fans' on here are genuine, as opposed to plants paid for by the group's publicists? We shall probably never know, but I have to wonder …
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Old 11-08-2010, 12:35
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I know but when I see people saying things like 'I've bought 3 copies so far, let's all do the same!' that's what annoys me. I don't know how you can compare it to a football team, it's totally different.

I know every song in the charts gets promotion, but the efforts to get Missing You to no.1 is becoming extremely cynical and desperate. Surely if the song was good enough they wouldn't need things like offering postcard sets to fans on Facebook for telling their friends to buy the song. It's getting stupid. They are trying to sponge every last sale they can possibly get rather than letting the song stand up on it's own.

If people like it they will buy it, but the stupid thing is that there are many people buying it while admitting they don't even like it, just because they are desperate for The Saturdays to get to no.1. It would be an extremely unmerited #1
100% agree but what can you do ahey yo usay these things and people on here accuse you of being a hater instead of someone with sense.

the fact that the song itself is falling day by day shows people are sick of the spamming etc. The funny thing is the Girls themselves keep saying things like were not finshed, were not desperate etc, Yet them and there management go on a shamless publcity powertrip even JLS dong sink that low.
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Old 11-08-2010, 13:27
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I know but when I see people saying things like 'I've bought 3 copies so far, let's all do the same!' that's what annoys me. I don't know how you can compare it to a football team, it's totally different.

I know every song in the charts gets promotion, but the efforts to get Missing You to no.1 is becoming extremely cynical and desperate. Surely if the song was good enough they wouldn't need things like offering postcard sets to fans on Facebook for telling their friends to buy the song. It's getting stupid. They are trying to sponge every last sale they can possibly get rather than letting the song stand up on it's own.

If people like it they will buy it, but the stupid thing is that there are many people buying it while admitting they don't even like it, just because they are desperate for The Saturdays to get to no.1. It would be an extremely unmerited #1
Agree completely.
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Old 11-08-2010, 13:30
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I know but when I see people saying things like 'I've bought 3 copies so far, let's all do the same!' that's what annoys me. I don't know how you can compare it to a football team, it's totally different.

I know every song in the charts gets promotion, but the efforts to get Missing You to no.1 is becoming extremely cynical and desperate. Surely if the song was good enough they wouldn't need things like offering postcard sets to fans on Facebook for telling their friends to buy the song. It's getting stupid. They are trying to sponge every last sale they can possibly get rather than letting the song stand up on it's own.

If people like it they will buy it, but the stupid thing is that there are many people buying it while admitting they don't even like it, just because they are desperate for The Saturdays to get to no.1. It would be an extremely unmerited #1
THANK GOD YOU SAID THAT, I WAS BEGINING TO THINK I WAS ALONE
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Old 11-08-2010, 13:42
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Gonna jump on the "agree" bandwagon based on Kutox's post.
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Old 11-08-2010, 13:56
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I agree as well, but it's not just the Saturdays, you see trends of threads and post urging people to go "buy a song", doesn't matter if you like it, just buy it.

Campaigns to get songs to the top of the charts based on publicity, not merit, have been going on since long before the Rage one last Christmas.
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:00
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Wasn't expecting this lol
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:01
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I agree as well, but it's not just the Saturdays, you see trends of threads and post urging people to go "buy a song", doesn't matter if you like it, just buy it.

Campaigns to get songs to the top of the charts based on publicity, not merit, have been going on since long before the Rage one last Christmas.
Of course - but we are on a website very obviously being hijacked by The Saturdays' publicists: fabricating 'stories' about the group which actually say nothing at all of any interest or intelligence … they are just cynical attempts to keep the group's name in the 'headlines'. Taking a leaf out of Katie Price's book is no way to instill any sense of musical credibility. Any more than stuffing your music with Autotune …

As for all the threads on here - I've said my piece …
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:10
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Of course - but we are on a website very obviously being hijacked by The Saturdays' publicists: fabricating 'stories' about the group which actually say nothing at all of any interest or intelligence … they are just cynical attempts to keep the group's name in the 'headlines'. Taking a leaf out of Katie Price's book is no way to instill any sense of musical credibility. Any more than stuffing your music with Autotune …

As for all the threads on here - I've said my piece …
I wonder how many are Street Teamers? When I used to do that (yeah, sorry guys ) one of our "missions" was to go on message boards and enthusiasticly post about groups. We were also told to e-mail radio stations requesting their songs as well as drop leaflets and posters everywhere.

A lot of the threads on here seem exactly like what we used to do.
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:10
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I agree as well, but it's not just the Saturdays, you see trends of threads and post urging people to go "buy a song", doesn't matter if you like it, just buy it.

Campaigns to get songs to the top of the charts based on publicity, not merit, have been going on since long before the Rage one last Christmas.
But the Rage campaign was specifically an attempt to stop X Factor getting another boring Christmas no.1. People bought it as a statement of intent that we are all fed up of Cowell thinking he owns the Christmas no.1.

And all similar campaigns which have run since then (and have all rightfully failed) were started by a few silly people on Facebook, that's all it was. The attempts to get Missing You to no.1 is coming largely from the management and The Saturdays themselves which is one of the things that annoys me about it. Surely they should just settle for how the song is doing now and let it be, instead of desperately trying to sponge a few more sales just to get a higher chart position.

And I don't blame fans for wanting them to get to no.1, but when there are people buying multiple copies, and buying the song while admitting they don't even like it, that's when it starts to get silly.
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:15
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I wonder how many are Street Teamers? When I used to do that (yeah, sorry guys ) one of our "missions" was to go on message boards and enthusiasticly post about groups. We were also told to e-mail radio stations requesting their songs as well as drop leaflets and posters everywhere.

A lot of the threads on here seem exactly like what we used to do.
Hmm … very interesting.
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:18
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But the Rage campaign was specifically an attempt to stop X Factor getting another boring Christmas no.1. People bought it as a statement of intent that we are all fed up of Cowell thinking he owns the Christmas no.1.
I totally agree, I was just using a famous campaign as an example in the contest of my previous post.

I was at Rage Factor, great day out that was
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Old 11-08-2010, 14:53
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Yes before anyone says i know I've just made another one. I just find it ridiculous how many threads there are about them.

Each and every one of their fans must have an account on here or something because they really are endless, can you lot not just stick to the appreciation thread?
because (most of) this forum has no taste in music
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Old 11-08-2010, 15:08
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because (most of) this forum has no taste in music
How did you come to that conclusion, then?

Kutox, I agree with your post. To be fair though, it's not just The Sats fans who do that (buy multiple copies)
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Old 11-08-2010, 15:57
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How did you come to that conclusion, then?
Looking at the threads and noticing that most of them are about acts and "music" in the uk top40.

Nothing against it but its sad knowing that this is the extent of what people consider music to be.
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Old 11-08-2010, 16:13
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Looking at the threads and noticing that most of them are about acts and "music" in the uk top40.

Nothing against it but its sad knowing that this is the extent of what people consider music to be.
Oh great, more snobbery, just what we need. I'm not saying I like most of what's in the charts - far from it, but most of us can always find some decent stuff that we like, whether you personally like any of it or not. But to generalise and suggest that we're all idiots for liking chart music - or to suggest chart music is the only music we listen to - is arrogant and insulting.
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Old 11-08-2010, 16:14
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I've noticed a huge number of threads about female artists on here lately and they all feature the same thing:
Madonna is the queen,
Britney is an icon,
Christina is voice of her generation.

Do we need this in every thread?
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