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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".

I suppose thats a reason I will never grow out of listening to Pink Floyd. They were never a band that was marketed or distributed when I was younger and still not now, they are a old band and you can't really grow out of something that you never really grew up with.

Good points made though Goatboy, its true, they are all products.

Rosalind wrote:
> Your argument and comparison is a silly thing
> Um Sorry

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No worries.
I get passionate about music and get angry about passionless music.

I'd like to be able to subscribe to "Let that which truly bothers you slide away".
But when we're faced with an endless stream of performing seals and dancing bears, it gets hard to sift through the plankton to discover that which truly matters.

I'm going for a fag and to punch a teeny-band fan in the face.

Working Class Hero by John Lennon:

As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home, and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Til you're so f###### crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

When they tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion, and sex, and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still f###### peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
There's room at the top, they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill

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Hearsays (only) hit lyrics:

Pure and simple
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
It's pure and simple
I'll be there for you
You've been saying that I'm driving you crazy
And I haven't been around for you lately
But I've had a few things on my mind
When I am with you I am filled with emotion
Can't you see that I'm giving you devotion
And a love like this is hard to find I know I've been walking around in a daze
You've got to believe me when I say

Wherever you go {I'll always be there}
Whatever you do {I know I'm gonna be there}
It's pure and simple {yeah, yeah}
I'll be there for you {pure and simple, gonna be there}
I swear it's true {you know I'm gonna be there}
It's pure and simple {yeah, yeah}
I'll be there for you {pure and simple, gonna be there}

I've been through the stormiest weather
Always trying to make things a bit better
And I know I've gotta get through to you
You can love me in a way like no other
But the situation's taking you under
So you need to tell me now what you wanna do I know I've been walking around in a daze

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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"

> Your argument and comparison is a silly thing
Um Sorry

But the fact you want to defend Hearsay negates your views on music.

Sorry but that's fact.
John Lennon vs Hearsay? Not even a competition.

Working Class Hero
Watching The Wheels Go Round
All You Need is Love
Help
I wanna hold your hand
Come Together
Instant Karma
Penny Lane
Eleanor Rigby

Lennon & Mcartney are responsible for The Beatles.
An album called 21. 21 number one singles from the most important band in history, whether you like them or not.

Your argument and comparison is a silly thing

If you want to talk about travesties of music polls, remember the greatest song ever. Imagine by John Lennon was at No 1. It only has 3 cords and the most cliched cheesey lyrics ever. He can't sing and I disagree entirely with his opinons.

Mr.Snuggly wrote:
So, who cares?

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I do when it's reported as news. Like the demise of a bunch of circus seals matters at all.
I understand that kids and stupid people watch these shows and buy the records, just don't expect me to bark away and clap my fore-flippers together for nobodies, zeroes, the smegma of organic life

Goatboy wrote:
> That bloke that looks like Shrek can't

I love it!

greatest female singer that should be.

I'm with goaty on this one.

In a recent poll to see who was the greatest singer of all time Geri Halliwell finished three places behind Billie Holliday and above Nina Simone.

Which is a sad guage of the lack of public taste.