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Were Rough Copy too leftfield/urban/edgy/street to be in the final |
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Were Rough Copy too leftfield/urban/edgy/street to be in the final
We all know the Xfactor is a family show manily watched by kids (especially tennage girls) mums, grannies.
I suspect the reason Rough Copy recieved the least votes on Sunday is becuase they didn't fit the ''nicey, nicey'' due to they're criminal pasts and edgy/urban style/attitude. If you look at past finalists and the current finalists, they all fit the ''lovely / nicey, nicey'' mould that appeal to kids, mums, grannies etc,etc. Does anyone agree that their street style and criminal pasts lost them a place in the final!!
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I would suggest it was their inability to sing in tune.
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We all know the Xfactor is a family show manily watched by kids (especially tennage girls) mums, grannies.
I suspect the reason Rough Copy recieved the least votes on Sunday is becuase they didn't fit the ''nicey, nicey'' due to they're criminal pasts and edgy/urban style/attitude. If you look at past finalists and the current finalists, they're all fit the lovely / nicey, nicey' mould that appeal kids, mums, grannies etc,etc. Does anyone agree that their street style and criminal pasts lost them a place in the final!! ![]() Personally they are decent singers individually but as a group it doesn't seemed to blend for some reason. But if they release material, I might buy it...they remind me a lot of the 90s R+B male groups which I was much more accustomed to...even B2K weren't the best vocally and nor was JLS for that matter |
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No. They were too shit.
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The vocals let them down.
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Union J were completely vanilla as anything, but missed the final too. So I don't think that's the reason.
A combination of peaking too soon and terrible song choices imo. |
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I hate to break it to you, but three blokes singing boyz 2 men isnt street urban or edgy.
Its as middle of the road as you can get. They went out because they are a group who have been together for about five years and yet still cannot sing a single note in harmony if their lives depended on it. |
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I hate to break it to you, but three blokes singing boyz 2 men isnt street urban or edgy.
Its as middle of the road as you can get. They went out because they are a group who have been together for about five years and yet still cannot sing a single note in harmony if their lives depended on it. When I saw the title and thought of them murdering that (admittedly already awful) Boyz2Men ballid the last thing I would have described them as "edgy". More like "shit". |
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I think the opposite actually. They weren't urban or edgy enough in my opinion, they sang very safe and boring songs (and not very well). They just seem dated to me, it's a shame as I think with their energy they could really have pulled off some more upbeat modern songs and perhaps I'd have enjoyed them a bit more.
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Just speaking personally, I never felt like they had enough of a commercial look to them. Also some terribad song choices and poor harmonization didn't help either. Was kind of sad to see them go though, and I'm not sure why as I was never really a big fan.
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No! Just no good!
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Wow, I thought this week was Rough copys best week, they got the singing element just right for me, certainly better than Luke, not difficult really, and better than Nicholas this week. I think they went as it was their time. You only really ever have x number of people voting for you.
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I hate to break it to you, but three blokes singing boyz 2 men isnt street urban or edgy.
Its as middle of the road as you can get. They went out because they are a group who have been together for about five years and yet still cannot sing a single note in harmony if their lives depended on it. .....but they need to do more work 1st |
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No, its just because the GBP prefer bland and boring white acts.
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No. They were too shit.
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They're not "urban" at all. They're about as urban as a pair of slippers.
"Urban" is the show's polite way of saying they're black. |
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I think the opposite actually. They weren't urban or edgy enough in my opinion, they sang very safe and boring songs (and not very well). They just seem dated to me, it's a shame as I think with their energy they could really have pulled off some more upbeat modern songs and perhaps I'd have enjoyed them a bit more.
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No. Because most people in Britain are boring, grumpy, moody old farts who listen to terrible music. (waits for people to argue with me for saying that
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They are an R&B band who allowed themselves to be watered down to get exposure on a tv talent show.
Having heard material they've done prior to the show, it is a million miles from most of the dross they were asked to churn out for prime time tv. I think it ended up not quite working as their image and style didn't fit with the songs they were performing. The few times they did do up tempo or showed glimpses of who they really are were their best weeks by far. Hopefully, they'll get something out of this on a label who gets them more than the XF did |
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They had some horrible song choices.
But when they had the right song, they were awesome. |
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No. They were too shit.
This in a word ,they should've gone weeks ago |
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They had some horrible song choices.
But when they had the right song, they were awesome. |
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I completely agree with the posters who've said they, emphatically, were not edgy or "urban", whatever that last term actually means, and with Fatso as their mentor, they stood no chance of maintaining their "street" credentials. However, I thought they were pretty good; if you like that sort of thing.
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Absolutely.....................awful! They couldn't sing and I think it was a damn shame that we lost the likes of Tamera for this lot who did very well to get by judges house stage.
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No , got progressively worse , not bad singing each on their own but piss poor harmonies . I was expecting a lot more and a lot better from them but left disappointed . Like I said in another thread last night , you tube jls when they were on the show and it highlights how bad rough copy are.
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