QuoteI just think Shane or Markare the best looking. I like some of their songs too, I wouldn't buy their cds mind.
In fairness, even most Westlife fans would admit this, only Shane could continue on his own, Kian can most certainly not sing, if he can, why is he never given a solo bit? It's always Shane and used to be Bryan tooOriginally Posted by Eire06
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
I just think Shane or Mark
Mark can singIn fairness, even most Westlife fans would admit this, only Shane could continue on his own, Kian can most certainly not sing, if he can, why is he never given a solo bit? It's always Shane and used to be Bryan too
in fairness sligoman,mark can sing aswell as shane.
the other 2 cant sing thats why they never do.
The can all sing its just Shane and Mark are the better singers
There's an easy way to get to the bottom of this ...but I'll need some cable ties, telegraph poles, rope and some well hung Fianna Fáil County Councillors.
...oh ...plus a railway sleeper and Mary Harney for which ever one of them is the gay lad.
Then we'll find out just exactly who can sing.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
yep he can I heard him
Give me Westlife over the Beatles any day.
At least Westlife don't claim to be anything other than a boyband.
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is this something to do with bigger than jesus?
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu usssssssssssss!!!!!!!!! Christians just never let anything go do they
What else are they likely to claim to be -Astrophysicists? Quantum Mathematicians? Musicians?
BTW Peadar -try to compare like with like. I know boybands try to trace their origins back to the beatles and the the stones but even their connection to the monkees is a tenuous one. these groups origins can more accurately be traced back to the likes of the osmonds, brotherhood of man and showaddywaddy.
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" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I meant that the beetles were a boy band who couldn't read music, couldn't sing but yet were very popular.
All the beetles have ever done is give us simple melodies which were easily converted into football songs.
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very true
I'll go along with that to a point. For lads who had no formal music training beyond the Lonnie Donegan records they were listening to though I think it's reasonable to opine that the Beatles pushed the boat out a good but further than any boyband would have the remotest interest in doing.
I find it hard to see an act like westlife taking a chance on composing and releasing even a track like Penny Lane -which notwithstanding a lovely melody -would be considered highly parochial by the standards of modern pop as it relates to the bands own social and geographical origins.
The Beatles ability to sing, as with any boybands actually, is a subjective matter. I'm not a great fan of virtuoso if there's nothing of substance to it and that's where The Beatles win hands down for me.
Likewise I can appreciate that Celine Dion or Barbara Streisand have mechanically good vocal chords -yet there's nothing I find attractive or pleasant in the way they use them. Truthfully I could listen Pampered Pets Kennels go up in a blaze with less discomfort than listening to either those lasses.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Sounds like something a lot of bands strive towards. Writing a simple melody is a lot more difficult than it sounds. Just ask the people who write Westlife's songs. Whoever they are.
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If fact they have had more UK numbers ones than the beetles , I think Elvis is the only artist above them.
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A stat that is distorted beyond recognition by the fact that single sales these days are a fraction of what they were in the past, that pretty much anyone with a profile can get a number one these days due to a combination of those declining sales and the mass media marketplace. Also these days most singles are only number one for a week thereby meaning more records make it to the "top spot" whereas even as recently as the 80's they averaged a month at the top and -finally -I don't think the Beatles released 4,5, and 6 singles off the same 12 track lp.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I cant believe any of ye are even comparing Westlife to the Beatles . they were one of the most sonically inventive bands ever and their music will live on forever. Thats the Beatles by the way.
Just about to post something similar.......have just come back to this thread after a few days and can't believe how it's evolved into a Westlife v's Beatles discussion....it's all crazy talk
"Inflatable hammers and Leprechaun suits, & a chorus of "Here we go" or Olé, Olé"....
I'm glad I started this thread. It's really livened up the Music forum.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Crazy talk because you like the Beatles but don't like Westlife. You may need to consider that just because that's your preference, someone who prefers the opposite isn't wrong, just has a different opinion to you.
I can't see anything significant about the Beatles and therefore hold them with less regard than Westlife. Simply because, they don't entertain me.
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