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The Wanted- She Walks Like Rihanna
I'm surprised there is no thread on this yet - but I'm still flabbergasted that The Wanted are still planning to release this track.
After all they have said about doing a mature cooler style of music, they sell out by going for a one direction sound and doing it badly. By that I'm referencing mainly the theme and lyrics of the song. This of course is done as an outright ploy to cash in on the popularity of Rihanna. Isnt this embarrassing? Am I the only one that see this? How will they perform this live and retain any credibility whilst singing 'She Cant's Sing, She Cant dance, but who cares she walks like Rihanna' ? |
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i heard the song on the radio this morning and i have to agree, the lyrics are cheesy.
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Sounds awful tbh
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No-one can walk like Rihanna >>>>
But yeah, the song is a bit embarrassing for them. I was expecting something a little bit more mature as they seem quite old for this wannabe teen/disney sound. They should have continued in the direction of Chasing The Sun, not this Dr. Luke teen-pop imitation.
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I'm surprised there is no thread on this yet - but I'm still flabbergasted that The Wanted are still planning to release this track.
After all they have said about doing a mature cooler style of music, they sell out by going for a one direction sound and doing it badly. By that I'm referencing mainly the theme and lyrics of the song. This of course is done as an outright ploy to cash in on the popularity of Rihanna. Isnt this embarrassing? Am I the only one that see this? How will they perform this live and retain any credibility whilst singing 'She Cant's Sing, She Cant dance, but who cares she walks like Rihanna' ? ![]()
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I never knew Rihanna had a 'walk' to her
I feel like they are trying too hard for attention now. As much as 1D are not everyone's favorites Unfortunately TW can only wish for that type of successful. |
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Heard this on the radio before. How embarrassing. A five year old could produce better lyrics...
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Oh well I like it
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I tend to find with The Wanted their better songs IMO are always album tracks that never get released. I could sit and listen to Lie To Me and Last To Know constantly, but most other songs of theirs are just either trying to chase the Ibiza crowd or general pop...which One Direction do so much better. They should be trying to sound more adult than this
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Yeah I do think it sounds like One Direction sound.
The songs okay but maybe a different single the song would be better for the album. I wish The Wanted would just be themselves they've made better songs. This isn't a mature sound if thats what they were aiming for more teen pop. |
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Is it a dig at Katy Perry??
I know they don't right their own material but the song is obviously written as a dig at someone and she is the only one who fits imho. |
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Is it a dig at Katy Perry??
I know they don't right their own material but the song is obviously written as a dig at someone and she is the only one who fits imho. |
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They do write their own material
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I must be getting old. Last night Radio 1 posted an image called "Fan Wars" on their facebook page. The top half of the image had one direction and the bottom half had the wanted. Is this what music is coming to?
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I must be getting old. Last night Radio 1 posted an image called "Fan Wars" on their facebook page. The top half of the image had one direction and the bottom half had the wanted. Is this what music is coming to?
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I must be getting old. Last night Radio 1 posted an image called "Fan Wars" on their facebook page. The top half of the image had one direction and the bottom half had the wanted. Is this what music is coming to?
The production is ok, but the lyrics ruin the song. Their last 2 singles have been awful. |
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I must be getting old. Last night Radio 1 posted an image called "Fan Wars" on their facebook page. The top half of the image had one direction and the bottom half had the wanted. Is this what music is coming to?
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Oh my god...what is this crap?
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my problem with the wanted is that they don't have a sound. they've done the sort of Ibiza dance sound, this is a 1D rip off amongst the darker 'chasing the sun' sound, the ballads etc. by now they should have a sound that is synonymous with them or at least a style of music that defines them like JLS and 1D have. they're all over the place!
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Using a singers name just to get their ailing career some attention... you have to feel for them.
The fact there is so much SHADE in the chorus makes it worse too. |
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I never knew Rihanna had a 'walk' to her
I feel like they are trying too hard for attention now. As much as 1D are not everyone's favorites Unfortunately TW can only wish for that type of successful. Like you had to ask.
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Awful! 2013 is becoming the worst year musically.
I have gone off them. Bar Nathan and Siva who seems to be down to earth and keep out the limelight they have become so far up their own arses and its about fame not music. Could not care less if they split. |
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I thought the sound they were going for was the "chasing the sun" "glad you came" "I found you" direction that really suited them well .
The song is really catchy that you will end up liking it . If the album is anything like the first single that would be bad but if it's gonna be more the "chasing the sun" etc sort of sound then they're alright. |
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That's not what the writing credits on their songs say!
10 out of 15 on 'Battleground' |
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I actually really like it, very catchy, the chorus is pop heaven, a great hook, it may be a bit cheesy of them to name-drop Rihanna but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. One thing I was glad about is that Siva doesn't get a solo, thank GOD, the boy is a looker that's for sure, but by God his voice is awful.
Anyways, back to the song, production is good and their voices sound good, the only thing that irked me was Max doing the high note, it shoulda been Nathan, his voice is made for belting, Max's definitely isn't. Anyways, I'm trying to give a fair review here, I'm not keen on some of the things the members have said but their music is dance/pop and they're good at it, why fix what aint broke? |
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