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| JoanneVIP | May 16 2007, 02:39 PM Post #1 |
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Be warned not very nice article. I never posted it i dont htink so i am now... Po-faced but perfectly pleasant slurry of slick, slushy songs Saturday April 21 2007 SUBTLETY has never been a Westlife strong-point and Ireland's last surviving boyband seem to turn more bombastic with age. They open the show looming high above The Point, apparently strapped into a glass bubble. As they mug their way through Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' (given the Westlife treatment, it is reborn as a frightening Wagnerian pop moment), the bubble descends, 'eclipsing' a video of a boiling sun. Later, there are explosions, terrifying strobes and Pink Floyd-tinged solos from a guitarist who lurks in the wings, as though up to something vaguely sordid. If this is to distract from the music, the effort is unnecessary. Obvious As singers Westlife may not be in any danger of coming across as remotely thrilling or dangerous, yet, nearly a decade into their career, they have matured into a slick cabaret act. Gathered around a piano, they could pass for four young Cliff Richards, performing in a style that is syrupy and obvious but, in its two-dimensional way, perfectly pleasant. Still, you wonder whether, as was true of departed member Brian McFadden, Westlife might not nurture sweatier ambitions. Certainly, when the opportunity presents, they try their best to behave like rock stars. At one point the guitarist plays a flurry of soft metal licks, prompting Westlife to attempt a passably whiny impersonation of an emo band. What ultimately takes the edge off the evening, however, is the unstinting po-facedness of the Westlife songbook. As slushy ballad is piled upon slushy ballad, the uncommitted listener may feel they are being slowly smothered in gloop. How you yearn for the knowing pratfalls of Take That, who at least go about their job with a self-deprecating wink. ED POWER - Westlife Independant .ie |
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| jlovenicky | May 16 2007, 05:47 PM Post #2 |
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Jacqueline
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Thansk for posting Jo :D |
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