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Musically just so-so
Topic Started: Sep 7 2006, 07:54 AM (135 Views)
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Musically just so-so


By Pocholo Concepcion
Inquirer
Last updated 09:21pm (Mla time) 09/06/2006

Published on Page E8 of the September 7, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

VISUALLY, it was a spectacle: four good-looking Caucasians turning on the charm offensive in all-white outfits; in the background a band of four in all-black attire.

Monday night, the Manila leg of Westlife’s Asian concert tour pulled in a fair amount of screaming females, not enough to fill up the Araneta Coliseum but causing a gleeful ruckus as the overzealous raced from back to front row, cameras in tow.

Musically, it was a so-so affair. That Westlife holds the record as the only group in UK pop chart history to have seven straight No. 1 singles didn’t impress one looking to understand how these Irish superstars gained worldwide acclaim.

For the Big Dome gig, the best thing Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Fila and Nicky Byrne could do was slip into colorful costumes to match the most exciting part of the repertoire—covers of Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” and an original that ironically sampled the music of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”

That, aside from yet another batch of covers like Terry Jacks’ “Seasons in the Sun” and Barry Manilow’s “Mandy,” which helped Westlife sell millions of albums.

And who bought these albums? At the Big Dome, they were represented by a cross section of middle-class women, mostly in their ’20s and some in their teens, hopelessly in love, it seems, with cute boys singing cute lyrics of songs with titles like “Queen of My Heart” in cute-sounding voices.

There were wild screams, especially when Westlife suddenly switched to a cover of Pussycat Dolls’ “Don’t Cha.” The women hissed at the sight of the guys grinding their hips. Wasn’t this how rock ‘n’ roll exploded with Elvis in the mid-‘50s?

Westlife was earlier dubbed “Fab Five” (prior to fifth member Bryan McFadden’s leaving the group in 2004), obviously an allusion to the Beatles’ “Fab Four” tag.

Then again, to be called the “Irish Fab Five” at the time was just hype. People should never have fallen for it.

Westlife is just an updated version of Boyzone and Backstreet Boys. Only, the choreography has become sloppy. Hopefully, this boy-band thing would finally be put to rest.



source:http://showbizandstyle.inq7.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=19396
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