Getting added to the Radio 1 playlist might help the song stabilise for a few weeks. I still think if they do a performance of this track on X Factor that could really boost the song up the iTunes chart.
Little Mix - Love Me Like You
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An XF performance is a given with them, isn't it? The only time they didn't was last year when the album wasn't ready.
Originally Posted by Master Ozzy:
“This is such a lazy effort from them. It's just bubblegum pop, and they're actually better than that. I'm not their biggest fan, but they have so much potential. I thought Black Magic was ok, but it looks like the whole album might be complete bubblegum pop. I watched them perform tracks from the album the other week in the U.S on YouTube and the songs didn't sound great. They work best when they do stuff like Move and Salute, not this rubbish.”
“This is such a lazy effort from them. It's just bubblegum pop, and they're actually better than that. I'm not their biggest fan, but they have so much potential. I thought Black Magic was ok, but it looks like the whole album might be complete bubblegum pop. I watched them perform tracks from the album the other week in the U.S on YouTube and the songs didn't sound great. They work best when they do stuff like Move and Salute, not this rubbish.”
Originally Posted by spaceygal:
“I agree. I feel they have taken a step back after their more mature 2nd album. I love Move, Salute and other songs like that. Now they seem to be reverting to a teenybopper group. I think the video for Black Magic and this one are so silly and childish. They're not school kids! Plus the chorus for this new song is a complete rip off of Be My Baby by The Ronettes. Oh I know they've gone for the Spector sound but it's not just influenced by that style, the tune of the chorus is almost note for note the same. Btw, what does Love Me Like You mean? It doesn't make sense. Love Me Like You what? Love Me Like You Do makes more sense.
Anyway, disappointed. I have their first two albums but, going by the singles from this new album I won't be rushing out to buy it if the rest of the stuff on it sounds all like this.”
“I agree. I feel they have taken a step back after their more mature 2nd album. I love Move, Salute and other songs like that. Now they seem to be reverting to a teenybopper group. I think the video for Black Magic and this one are so silly and childish. They're not school kids! Plus the chorus for this new song is a complete rip off of Be My Baby by The Ronettes. Oh I know they've gone for the Spector sound but it's not just influenced by that style, the tune of the chorus is almost note for note the same. Btw, what does Love Me Like You mean? It doesn't make sense. Love Me Like You what? Love Me Like You Do makes more sense.
Anyway, disappointed. I have their first two albums but, going by the singles from this new album I won't be rushing out to buy it if the rest of the stuff on it sounds all like this.”
Well, thank god it's not just me then. I have to say that Get Weird sounds like it should've been their 2nd album, and Salute would've made a better 3rd album. They work best when they are doing R&B-pop songs, not crappy Katy Perry-esque throwaway pop. The lyrics for BM and especially LMLY are so stupid and meaningless ("He might got the biggest car, don't mean he can drive me wild" / "They try to romance me, but you got that nasty"). I'm not saying they have to portray themselves as vestal virgins forever, but songs such as DNA, How Ya Doin'?, Pretend It's Ok, Case Closed, Salute, About the Boy, Towers, Boy etc were far superior to this dross.
So obvious they're trying to grab a piece of the US tweeny-bopper audience.
its a good song but for me so 'girls aloud - the promise' stylised ... I prefer Black Magic and Hair ....will watch the video to see if it changes my mind
Originally Posted by TheGraduate2012:
“So obvious they're trying to grab a piece of the US tweeny-bopper audience.”
“So obvious they're trying to grab a piece of the US tweeny-bopper audience.”
I'd say just the opposite. They were going for an older audience to broaden their listeners. Why would tweens who have grown up on RnB and beats oriented songs be going for 80's Pop and Phil Spector ish tracks? That audience doesn't even know this stuff.
Originally Posted by casualviewer:
“I'd say just the opposite. They were going for an older audience to broaden their listeners. Why would tweens who have grown up on RnB and beats oriented songs be going for 80's Pop and Phil Spector ish tracks? That audience doesn't even know this stuff.”
“I'd say just the opposite. They were going for an older audience to broaden their listeners. Why would tweens who have grown up on RnB and beats oriented songs be going for 80's Pop and Phil Spector ish tracks? That audience doesn't even know this stuff.”
LMLY, I could see your point. But I don't see how BM is targeted towards an older audience, to be honest
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Originally Posted by TheGraduate2012:
“But I don't see how BM is targeted towards an older audience, to be honest.”
“But I don't see how BM is targeted towards an older audience, to be honest
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http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...1&postcount=83
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=9533
Originally Posted by casualviewer:
“http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...1&postcount=83
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=9533”
“http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...1&postcount=83
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=9533”
Handful of people. The video is certainly immature.
Originally Posted by TheGraduate2012:
“Handful of people. The video is certainly immature.”
“Handful of people. The video is certainly immature.”
You've never encountered a philanderer then?
Originally Posted by TheGraduate2012:
“Handful of people. The video is certainly immature.”
“Handful of people. The video is certainly immature.”
I'm not sure if you were around during the runup, but were you reading the comments under the video at the time? There were more than a "handful" from 30 and overs. Those were the ones I happened to post from online that I retrieved last night. I kept posting more in the LM thread at the time. The older audience didnt go Social Justice Warrior on the video like the 15-20 year olds but were nostalgically recalling The Craft and their 90s tv shows like Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Also, a handful wouldnt have gotten the song onto R2 and Heart adult contemporary radio. The song is still near the top of Heart's playlist.
http://hitsdailydouble.com/heart_london
Exactly. Many people regardless of age enjoy music for what it is. Black Magic is just one example of a pure pop single appealing to a much larger audience than say Move did.
Another example of a pop song that was popular with older people at the time was Whole Again by Atomic Kitten. I remember going up to Bolton with some mates at the time and we couldn't help but laugh when we saw a group of women (I'd guess were in their 40s!!!) sat in this cafe singing along to the song playing over the speakers.
When pop music is done right, it will appeal to all ages. Not just teenagers. Plus, if you're 40 and have a 10 year old son/daughter who loves Black Magic, chances are the parents are going to love the song from a different perspective.
Another example of a pop song that was popular with older people at the time was Whole Again by Atomic Kitten. I remember going up to Bolton with some mates at the time and we couldn't help but laugh when we saw a group of women (I'd guess were in their 40s!!!) sat in this cafe singing along to the song playing over the speakers.
When pop music is done right, it will appeal to all ages. Not just teenagers. Plus, if you're 40 and have a 10 year old son/daughter who loves Black Magic, chances are the parents are going to love the song from a different perspective.
Originally Posted by boysforpele:
“its a good song but for me so 'girls aloud - the promise' stylised ... I prefer Black Magic and Hair ....will watch the video to see if it changes my mind”
“its a good song but for me so 'girls aloud - the promise' stylised ... I prefer Black Magic and Hair ....will watch the video to see if it changes my mind”
You mean... 60s stylised? Girls Aloud did not invent Motown and/or beehives you know.
I really like the Salute album however listening to it recently it's a bit of a slog to listen to all the way through. It is very samey. Although the songs do sound different individually not alot sticks out when played all together. I'm a through and through mixer but I'm glad theyre mixing their sound up. All five tracks we've heard from get wierd so far have all been different from each other whilst still maintaining that Little Mix sound. I think this is definite progression and not at all going backwards like others have said.
I think they need this album to show they can do versatile genres but still keep the Little Mix sound throughout. For example each Spice Girls and Girls Aloud track sound different but you always knew when you were listening to a Spice Girls or Girls Aloud track and I think that is coming through with Little Mix now.
I think they need this album to show they can do versatile genres but still keep the Little Mix sound throughout. For example each Spice Girls and Girls Aloud track sound different but you always knew when you were listening to a Spice Girls or Girls Aloud track and I think that is coming through with Little Mix now.
Originally Posted by Mark-Anthony:
“I think they need this album to show they can do versatile genres but still keep the Little Mix sound throughout. For example each Spice Girls and Girls Aloud track sound different but you always knew when you were listening to a Spice Girls or Girls Aloud track and I think that is coming through with Little Mix now.”
“I think they need this album to show they can do versatile genres but still keep the Little Mix sound throughout. For example each Spice Girls and Girls Aloud track sound different but you always knew when you were listening to a Spice Girls or Girls Aloud track and I think that is coming through with Little Mix now.”
That's a good point although by association, you could apply that to a number of girl groups.
With Little Mix, what is encouraging (for them especially) is that they're on the verge of releasing their third album and have just had their biggest single of their career. Love Me Like You is still hanging around the top 20 on iTunes and if the song starts to climb up the rather difficult Spotify chart (where one song in a blue moon actually climbs quickly up the daily streaming chart) then it will help stabilise the songs performance in the charts. If they use the song next week on Strictly Come Dancing (just as they used Sam Smith's latest song on the show last night) then that might even boost sales of the song.
Sometimes a song takes time to really click with people as they become more familiar with the song. For e.g. I downloaded Naughty Boy's single Runnin' on iTunes this morning as I've really started to like the song a lot recently, yet it's been out for 4 weeks now.
Originally Posted by Hitstastic:
“That's a good point although by association, you could apply that to a number of girl groups.”
“That's a good point although by association, you could apply that to a number of girl groups.”
Totally...and that's what I mean that all the girlbands that have had longevity have had a signature sound be it Spice Girls, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Destiny's Child etc. Little Mix shine best when they have their sound EG Wings DNA Move How Ya Doin LMLY Black Magic where as songs off Salute such as Salute and Little Me and even Change Your Life from DNA couldve been sung by anybody which I found with most of the Salute album. It couldve been anybody singing those tracks...and the less said about Word Up the better however I do think a rock tinged Little Mix track would work.
Originally Posted by Mark-Anthony:
“ however I do think a rock tinged Little Mix track would work.”
“ however I do think a rock tinged Little Mix track would work.”
Some of us have been begging for that. Taylor Nation got the video deleted as usual, but a fan had posted the entirety of their Black Magic appearance with her and you should have heard the guitar solo from the live band on the outro as they all left the stage. It was incredible! I want them to filch it for their tour. Perrie in particular would unleash on a rockier track.
LMLY is #16 as some new releases fall.
Originally Posted by scratchy23:
“You mean... 60s stylised? Girls Aloud did not invent Motown and/or beehives you know.”
“You mean... 60s stylised? Girls Aloud did not invent Motown and/or beehives you know.”
so when on earth did I say they invented Motown ..? beehives were not Motown either ... Motown was far greater ...
grow up ...
this song has a very similar style in terms of production and even melodically to that of Girls' Aloud's 'the promise' .... that was a recent pop song led by a girl group that was stylised to the Motown beat with current pop ... that is what I was saying ... nothing in relation to stereotypical misogynistic narrow minded views that you may have ...
I adore Little Mix ... and actually I grew up with Motown... so please don't try and troll any one for their view ... appreciate musical appreciation and expression of positive views
I like the song ... enough said ...
Originally Posted by Mark-Anthony:
“Totally...and that's what I mean that all the girlbands that have had longevity have had a signature sound be it Spice Girls, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Destiny's Child etc. Little Mix shine best when they have their sound EG Wings DNA Move How Ya Doin LMLY Black Magic where as songs off Salute such as Salute and Little Me and even Change Your Life from DNA couldve been sung by anybody which I found with most of the Salute album. It couldve been anybody singing those tracks...and the less said about Word Up the better however I do think a rock tinged Little Mix track would work.”
“Totally...and that's what I mean that all the girlbands that have had longevity have had a signature sound be it Spice Girls, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Destiny's Child etc. Little Mix shine best when they have their sound EG Wings DNA Move How Ya Doin LMLY Black Magic where as songs off Salute such as Salute and Little Me and even Change Your Life from DNA couldve been sung by anybody which I found with most of the Salute album. It couldve been anybody singing those tracks...and the less said about Word Up the better however I do think a rock tinged Little Mix track would work.”
Yeah, I said that before anyone else. It wasn't well received as I recall, a lot of mixers seem fixated on 'dark' R&B for some reason. Although Perrie has the rock voice, Jesy looks more the part.
As for LMLY, it's a Spector/Phillie sound more than Motown to my ears but it has a bit of the smutty LM humour in it. It's great. Maybe they should listen to The Kursaal Flyers (Little Does She Know) before the next album?
For me it was one of those songs I didn't really like at first. But then the chorus gets stuck in your head, so then you listen to it again and get hooked.
Originally Posted by casualviewer:
“Incidentally, one of the Billboard editors in the US said in his upcoming Must Hear podcast that he "praised LM for 15 minutes". He exclaimed earlier that he thought LMLY was really good, so when his podcast comes out I'll link it. Currently there isnt a plan for LMLY to be a US single but who knows?”
“Incidentally, one of the Billboard editors in the US said in his upcoming Must Hear podcast that he "praised LM for 15 minutes". He exclaimed earlier that he thought LMLY was really good, so when his podcast comes out I'll link it. Currently there isnt a plan for LMLY to be a US single but who knows?”
Forgot to link this when it came out. It was actually 8 minutes they were going on about LM. They really praised the group for not being dull and samey for coming out with LMLY so they found them refreshing. The editor Jason Lipshutz correctly predicted a few months ago that Black Magic would not be a Top 40 song on the Hot 100 so its something to hear him going on about the track. Starts at 33:20.
https://soundcloud.com/billboard/mus...ittle-mix-more
i feel like they've been told to go down their current route as fifth harmony have kind of taken over the sound they were going for, and we know syco won't want to two of their groups doing the same thing.
They just put up a snippet from the next grat track Weird People. Sounds Prince influenced?
Click on the middle image.
https://instagram.com/w31rdp30p13/
Click on the middle image.
https://instagram.com/w31rdp30p13/
LMLY performance on XF Australia
https://www.yobutube.com/watch?v=pRZtaB3hrPA
It moved the song up 29 spots on iTunes.
https://www.yobutube.com/watch?v=pRZtaB3hrPA
It moved the song up 29 spots on iTunes.
They are releasing a LMLY EP this Friday. The Christmas and Reggae versions sound interesting (I think its only in the countries that have it as a single?) For some reason they didnt include an acoustic, but here it is from Australia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrET4ClkGs
From the LM Facebook:
Little Mix
14 hrs · Edited ·
Stop scrolling ❗ The Girls release 'Love Me Like You: The Collection' of remixes this Friday, which contains album track 'Lightning'. LM HQ x
Full Track Listing:
1. Love Me Like You (Christmas Mix)
2. Lightning
3. Love Me Like You (J-Vibe Reggae Remix)
4. Love Me Like You (Bimbo Jones Remix)
5. Love Me Like You (7th Heaven Remix)
6. Love Me Like You (Exclusive Interview)
7. Love Me Like You (Instrumental)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrET4ClkGs
From the LM Facebook:
Little Mix
14 hrs · Edited ·
Stop scrolling ❗ The Girls release 'Love Me Like You: The Collection' of remixes this Friday, which contains album track 'Lightning'. LM HQ x
Full Track Listing:
1. Love Me Like You (Christmas Mix)
2. Lightning
3. Love Me Like You (J-Vibe Reggae Remix)
4. Love Me Like You (Bimbo Jones Remix)
5. Love Me Like You (7th Heaven Remix)
6. Love Me Like You (Exclusive Interview)
7. Love Me Like You (Instrumental)
The Australia XF performance was amazing, it really helped me click with the song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZtaB3hrPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZtaB3hrPA
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