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"Hearsay "wrong personnel""

Saw a programme about the demise of this "band", and one of the judge from Pop Rivals said the reason they failed was the mismatched people in the band, the lack of chemistry.
In short, he blamed everything but the reason that bands like Hearsay et al crash and burn so quickly.

Because the fans soon discover pregnancy, petrol sniffing and pubs.

The market for this kareoke stuff is pree-teen kids that dont know any better. And their tastes change rapidly and with no indication (where are The Teletubbies now?).
It's nothing to do with "chemistry", it's to do with the fact that these products (I refuse to call them bands) suck.
In every way imaginable. They dont write their own songs, they dont play instruments, they do nothing except mouth words in harmony (using pro-tool and autotuner) and dance like performing seals to an auditorium of screaming children.
Who grow up and think "Actually, I want something more from music" and start to realise that their parent's record collections are goldmines for soul, heart, passion and emotion.

Look at the Pop Idol blokes, G-G-G-Gareth and Will "I'm gay but not predatory in any way whatsoever".
"Oh they've got good voices".
No they dont. They have emasculated, soul-less crooning. How many covers are people going to buy before they think "Hang on, we're getting hosed here"?
Hearsay complained they were abused in the street and reviewers never took them seriously.
So? I'd like to think this was a sea-change in people's tastes in music. I'd *like* to think that people have realised that music should be more than blokes in suits mix'n'matching faces that look good and then sticking them in a house and teaching them to sing and dance like good little bears.

The viewing figures for Pop-This-and-that have been astronomical, with millions of people voting for who should win. Yet the previous elections suffered from a 30% no-turn out.
Worrying? Possibly. An indication of the mindset of "the public"? Yep.

Hearsay etc require no effort, no input from you to listen. It's music to do other stuff to. And that's fine, just dont think that they matter for one single second. Because another will come along in 20 mins, just like the last one, to provide another set of happy faces churning out prefab singles that people will buy,listen to and forget all about.

I'm sitting here laughing my head off, because whilst they were thinking they figured at all in the scheme of this planet? In 2 months time they'll be packing your shopping and saying "I used to be a star".

That's the only sad thing about this product splitting - some people may have had longer to wait for their burger because the local outlet was 5 staff missing.

No longer though, get your P45 and wonder exactly why you now reside in the "I remember them I think...no I don't" file.
Good riddance.

I'm going to write a script about a serial killer that offs boy/girl bands for "crimes committed against humanity".

Somebody bought me The Smurths album for Christmas

Ha ha

What's The Story (Morning Glory) was also bought for me for 9th birthday I think

The first CD I ever bought was the single 'Spaceman' by Babylon Zoo. I was young.

The first CD album I ever bought was 'The Great Escape' by Blur. But the second was the first Foo Fighters album, which I think is pretty cool when you're 13/14.

I have a nasty feeling the first ever piece of music I bought was The Stonk by Hale and Pace, but I was about 8. I also remember having a Derek B album at the same time, that's worth come credit, surely?

I never bought a piece of music till I was 13.

I never liked music because all I ever heard was Spice Girls and All Saints or some dreadful already forgotten about band.

Then I started listening to my dad's stuff:

The Smiths, Bowie, Led Zep, Yes, Pink Flyod etc

Then I bought Ok Computer and Everything Must Go

Errr I forgot what the point was... oh yeah I was a cool pre-teen person

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Itttsssss puuurreee and simmmmpppllleee

Yer pish.

Did you know, if you play Hear'Say records backwards, they sounds better?

And what's with the crappy little ' anyway? That's where the problem lied, if you ask me.

Exactly. Words spoken outloud for hundreds of thousands of people that can't articulate their anger.

"Oh they're such good role models!"
"SIG HEIL! SIG HEIL!"
"So clean cut, such a good image for our children"
"SIG HEIL! SIG HEIL!"

Genius. I'm watching that tonight.

"Since when has banality and mediocrity been a good example for our children? I want my musicians to PLAY FROM THEIR ******* HEARTS!"

Rosalind wrote:

> I bet you would have a good laugh at my CD collection.
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No, because personal choice is just that.
It's not the people that buy it as much as it is the record companies that churn this effluent out without caring.

I know, sorry.

I like Imagine, but it's not a question of personal taste I was making.
It was the point about artistic merit.

I can't help it, I love music.
No offence intended.

Goatboy wrote:

> I get passionate about music and get angry about passionless music.

I used to but these days I can't get passionate about anything.

I bet you would have a good laugh at my CD collection.

Goatboy wrote:
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> Let's discuss cliche cheese.
> One is a song about the system ruining any chance of imagination or
> intelligence, forcing you to conform by systematically destroying and
> sense of self-identity
> The other is a collection of schoolday platitudes along the lines of
> "ooh baby yeah I love you"

I only said I didn't like Imagine. Not everything he has ever written :(