Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to Westlifefanaticvip. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
The Next West Thing
Topic Started: Jan 19 2007, 08:45 AM (189 Views)
JoanneVIP
Member Avatar
THE BOSS
the next west thing

OK, THIS is rather embarrassing but I have a confession to make. Not like an Usher cheating-on-my-missus-type confession, but one far more humiliating. You see, I had a listen to the new Westlife album the other day and, gulp, it's actually not that bad.

''Westlife,'' I hear you splutter as you spit out your coffee. ''But they're the single lamest, most boring group in the world.'' I know,

I know. It gets even worse when people find out the CD, entitled The Love Album, has the Irish lads crooning classic ballads such as The Rose and You are so Beautiful (To Me) -- not to mention a duet with Our Delta on Our Air Supply's brilliant All Out of Love.

But here's the thing. If the songs are awesome (which these are) and the singers have half-decent voices and remain true to the originals (which Westlife do), does this make it bad? Park your cynicism for a sec and disregard the blatant money-grabbing nature of the CD -- what you have are good songs, sung well.

Surely it's more palatable to listen to faithful renditions of great songs than some half-baked dance or punk-pop remix of them. And if Robbie Williams and Micky Buble are considered uber-cool for covering swing standards, why should the 'Loife and, locally, the 'Naitch, cop flak for reintroducing power ballads and Motown to the masses?

Music, especially pop music, should be an entertaining distraction from the real world. Westlife may not gain much in the cool stakes, but they've provided a little ray of sunshine in this increasingly negative world. The Love Album may be crassly commercial and disgustingly unoriginal, but it's still a damn sight better than Sandi Thom's CD, so don't the ends justify the means? Choose 'Life.

Herald Sun (Australia)
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ShouneesFilan
Member Avatar
Westlife Angel
Idiots,why people so jealous of westlife,they can sing and they are great????I don't get it.Austrailia sucks anyway:( :( :( Thnx for posting Jo.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
JoanneVIP
Member Avatar
THE BOSS
i know hunnie xx
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Villy Feehily*McDaid
Member Avatar
Villy
:ph43r: <_< :angry: :blink: :huh: ::con

that's all i can say!!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ShouneesFilan
Member Avatar
Westlife Angel
LOL VILLY
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
« Previous Topic · Westlife single and album Topic · Next Topic »
Add Reply