Join Chris and Chantel Nicole as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Girls Aloud's groundbreaking debut album, "Sound of the Underground." We take you on a track-by-track journey, discussing the production, vocals, lyrics, videos, performances, and more! Viewer discretion is advised, your fave will be criticized...
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"Sound of the Underground" Tracklist:
- Sound of the Underground
- No Good Advice
- Some Kind of Miracle
- All I Need (All I Don’t)
- Life Got Cold
- Mars Attack
- Stop
- Girls Allowed
- Forever and a Night
- Love/Hate
- Boogie Down Love
- Don’t Want You Back
- White Lies
References:
- “Sound of the Underground” MV: https://youtu.be/V9Wv4SCBiTE
- “Sound of the Underground” Alternative Vocal Mix MV: https://youtu.be/XRtwXbBFd4s
- “Sound of the Underground” Live at Popstars: The Rivals: https://youtu.be/WBn2xKJQSEc
- “Sound of the Underground” Live at Top of the Pops: https://youtu.be/arFuA30v8zQ
- “Sound of the Underground” Live on Tangled Up Tour 2008: https://youtu.be/nVateNFcv38
- “Sound of the Underground” Live on Ten Tour 2013: https://youtu.be/RVEr3lAesxI
- “No Good Advice” MV: https://youtu.be/E8M2FLdwvyU
- “No Good Advice” Live at CD:UK: https://youtu.be/aqfhajgrkSs
- “No Good Advice” Live at What Will The Neighbours Say? Tour 2005: https://youtu.be/OhXFBRM8HxI
- “No Good Advice” Live at Ten Tour 2013: https://youtu.be/oghBxlbEkMY
- “Life Got Cold” MV: https://youtu.be/wurjnwmtrqk
- “Life Got Cold” Live at CD:UK: https://youtu.be/rF4E5dFvNcI
- “Life Got Cold” Live at What Will The Neighbours Say? Tour 2005: https://youtu.be/DbrxtIMrIoI
- “Mars Attack” Live at TOTP Saturday: https://youtu.be/Sn4UjD67J0g
- “Girls Allowed” Live at CD:UK: https://youtu.be/kD_Ef4BHIAE
- “Girls Allowed” Live at What Will The Neighbors Say? Tour 2005: https://youtu.be/CsS8SiabeTM
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00:00:20 --> 00:00:30 That's Shan. That's Chris. And welcome to CCTV, the nonstop pop show. And today we're reviewing Girls Aloud's debut album, Sound of the Underground.
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00:01:15 --> 00:01:36 And today we're talking about pop royalty. It's Girls Aloud. And they're celebrating their 20th anniversary of their debut album. So we have done a Girls Aloud Pop 101 episode before where we did discuss their whole career and journey. So definitely go check that out. But any new thoughts on Girls Aloud, Jan?
00:01:36 --> 00:02:04 Oh, you know, since 2020, new fans still, still a baby and still in my infancy. I like them. I have the pajamas they made because you got them for me. I'm so excited. I wear them all the time. I've worn them things out. Okay. I don't have any other merchandise from them, unfortunately, but I do enjoy them. I don't have like their CDs or anything, but I do listen to them. And they're like my, they were my favorite new girl group before like new jeans came around and like.
00:02:04 --> 00:02:34 a Lucero fan when K-pop side, but I was like, I need a new girl group to get into. So yeah, they've definitely been that for me. So Shower Time has always been fun with the 10 album, and I will say that, okay? What about you? Nice. Yes. I mean, I've been a huge fan since the very beginning. I used to watch Top of the Pops every week, and they got Christmas number one in 2002, and the second I saw that performance, I was already interested, and it just was a downward spiral after that.
00:02:34 --> 00:02:56 not downward but you know ascension i went down the hole of you know girls allowed fandom yes up the hole maybe up the hole sounds more positive yeah ascending ascending into heaven with a bunch of victoria's secret angels i could sing that's that's my that's how i was like chris they're all beautiful they're like victoria's secret angels he's like funny you should say that and then shows me a video of them
00:02:56 --> 00:03:14 Oh, yeah, the show. So this is an interesting era because they didn't really start out looking like Victoria's Secret models, though. You know, they were very young. It took them a minute to figure out their image, figure out their sound. Yeah. Yeah. Before the Invisalign, before the...
00:03:16 --> 00:03:31 I'm teasing because I definitely need braces myself. So don't come at me for coming at them. But yes, that being said, we're going to hop right into it and talk about Sound of the Underground. Yes, so Sound of the Underground is...
00:03:31 --> 00:03:51 British sensation, Girls Aloud's debut album. And it was originally released May 23rd, 2003. And as I noted, it is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, 2023, with a special deluxe release. So it is the perfect time for us to take a little deep dive. Yeah. I'm going down the hole actually now.
00:03:51 --> 00:04:13 Up the hole, up the hole. Oh, we're going up the hole. Yeah, deep dive up the hole. I love that. So after running Popstar's The Rival, a talent competition aired on ITV. Girls Aloud was signed to Polidore Records, and the album is the only project by the group that was not fully produced by the Xenomania team, and it features tracks done by other notable British musicians.
00:04:13 --> 00:04:42 After turning in the first draft of the album to the label, Brian Higgins from Xenomania heard it and was not impressed. And convinced Polydor Records to let him and his team replace some of the songs just a month prior to the album's release date. The album peaked at number two on the UK album charts and the project was eventually repackaged and re-released in November 2003 following the success of Jump. But we will stay true to the original track list for today's episode.
00:04:42 --> 00:05:03 Look at them doing a repackage. You know what? Come on now. We love a good repackage. I want to try one one day. A repackage just throw some songs I didn't. That'd be fun. Just this hair. I just love that that has become a K-pop staple. More on the SM side, right? Like some of the other labels don't really do it anymore. But Girls Aloud were setting the trend too back then.
00:05:03 --> 00:05:25 True that. Oh my God. Look at you guys. Look at you ladies. So let's jump right into it and go track by track to discuss the production, vocals, and lyrics and give our ratings for each song. Be sure to join along in the comment section below and let us know what your ratings are and let us know what your favorite tracks are because you will definitely read them and respond. So let's hop into it. And your least favorite tracks because that's sometimes more fun to discuss, right? Oh snap.
00:05:26 --> 00:05:46 All right, so the very first song on the album is Sound of the Underground. And this one was done by members of Zennomania, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, and Niara Scarlett. And this was Girls Aloud's debut single, released only 16 days after the final lineup of the group was chosen on Popstar's The Rivals.
00:05:46 --> 00:06:06 It was 2002's Christmas No. 1 and remained at the top of the charts for four weeks. And the song remains and is continuously referenced as a timeless British pop classic. An alternative vocal mix of the song was released in 2022 on vinyl, which featured different vocal takes and different members singing different lines.
00:06:06 --> 00:06:36 And all the proceeds went to the Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal, which is part of the Christie Charitable Fund. And this mix and a brand new accompanying music video using unreleased footage was released in April 2023. Oh, man, this song, buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy. You know, I think it's so cool, the genre mixing in this track. And it is, I think every time I've seen the concerts that you showed me, it's always like a big hit with the car. Like, oh, my God.
00:06:36 --> 00:06:59 Oh my God, yes! I mean, again, it's the Christmas number one, but also it's actually good. It's actually good. Yes. I guess with me, like growing up here in America, it's one of those things where it's like when you watch like on American Idol or any of those other shows, the debut single, the Christmas single would always like this cheesy, like ballad. Not even cheesy, it doesn't have to be cheesy, but just a ballad and you're like, what the heck? So I like that pop stars are like, nah.
00:06:59 --> 00:07:20 No, no, no, no. Y'all got two weeks. Let's put something out. Let's put something out right now. I think it fits to not to sit here and be like, ooh, we won the competition. I mean, to be fair, they actually did have the B-side to Sound of the Underground. It was a really boring cover of Stay Another Day, which we'll talk about in another episode. But I think that was it was either that or Sound of the Underground. Yeah.
00:07:20 --> 00:07:31 And from what I read, I don't know if it was members of Girls Aloud or contestants that did not make it in, but some of them were very confused originally by the sound of the underground, so...
00:07:31 --> 00:07:54 That makes sense. This is a little strange one. And it wasn't their rival, like, the guy, the boy group. Oh, one true voice. Yeah. Sorry, guys. Not for nothing. Sound on the ground kicked your butt, okay? They came in with surf guitars and this nice little UK jump pattern that we have come to love and like on the show. I mean, we always liked it, but we talk a lot about it on the show, and it's always, like, a mild bias. I feel like, oh, yeah.
00:07:54 --> 00:08:23 It's UK Garage or like German bass. Ooh, we like it. Mostly me over here. But it makes the song feel really cool and daring, especially with that surf guitar. I feel like, you know, I'm on a jet ski in a Bond movie and they're the Bond girls. I liked it. I think mixing the elements of pop and dance and punk, that's what makes the song, capsulates the whole energy and rebellious spirit of this album and like what music was going at the time. And even the way the girls looked, they had like this really edgy look with the street.
00:08:23 --> 00:08:45 the pin straight hair and the humps and the hair and the eyeliner and the eyeshadow and the lack of eyebrow. Like that was all the rage back in the day because I remember not having eyebrows. I read somewhere, speaking of reading in places, that Samantha Mumba actually passed on this track, which is crazy, but I can think, I can hear it, right? The first verse and the second verse are so
00:08:45 --> 00:09:05 And I can't lie, Nicola and Sarah, their voices lean more toward like a higher pitch. So when they start going lower, it gets a little thin and it sounds almost a little too innocent. It's not the right word, but like it's almost too thin. But other women like Kim, Nadine, Cheryl, let me say Kim like we're best friends, but Kim
00:09:05 --> 00:09:22 You know, they kind of have thicker tones so they can sit on that comfortably and go into their lows and make it kind of sound a little bit more like sultry. But yeah, I would have been so interested to hear what Samantha would have done with it because she opted for I'm right here. And I'm like, girl, I'm right here.
00:09:22 --> 00:09:50 No offense, but overall, the song is definitely cool. Like I said, coming from a survival show or a reality show, excuse me, a competition show, it sets a nice tone for the group in general because it's just like after this, they can either get really even more cooler or they can just get worse. And luckily, it just, you know, as we continue throughout this album, we'll find out what happens, right? And shoot, even their name is cool. Girls Aloud. Like, come on. It's so much better than No Boys Aloud.
00:09:50 --> 00:10:05 Right on the nose. It's like, no, the girls are allowed and they are allowed. Their voices are allowed. So I love that. And the iterations of the live performances definitely show a lot of vocal growth. Because that first one that they did at Top of the Pops was like, it was nice. But they started adding more...
00:10:05 --> 00:10:21 experimentation and take more risk with the melodic interpretation of certain parts. So it just made things more fun. For sure. I think this song is cool. I like it. Yes. And it's aged really, really well, actually. Yeah. Yeah. I mean,
00:10:21 --> 00:10:38 That guitar riff, that's already cool. Like, I remember the first time I heard that, like, no other girl group was really doing any sound like this. So already when it gets kind of metallic and the bass line is so strong and it just stood out immediately from the second I heard it.
00:10:38 --> 00:10:55 And, you know, when you have a title like Sound of the Underground, you know, you naturally think of the subway and like dark tunnels and stuff. And the song does feel like that. Like it, yeah, it genuinely feels like you're like underground. Some subculture.
00:10:55 --> 00:11:15 So yeah, the whole build of the song is really cool. I love the keyboard hits that come in the pre-chorus that really build a lot of tension. And then, you know, the train arrives when the chorus comes. You know, like it's super rocky. The guitar riff becomes really upfront in the mix as well. And then it pulls back again for the verses. So I think the whole dynamic is really well done.
00:11:15 --> 00:11:42 um mentioning the vocal like you yeah like you had mentioned that the whole song is sung pretty low and i think as they got older their voices also naturally got older so it became a bit easier to sing but it was kind of a struggle for them i think at first to kind of project like when you watch some of the first few performances um especially the one when they on pop stars um when they had like found out that they had gotten the number one like that was a bad vocal um
00:11:42 --> 00:12:06 But in the recording, I think they did a good job. I think, you know, the whole point of it is to be kind of icy and kind of cold throughout the whole thing. And really, aside from Nadine's kind of more soulful bridge, they all handle that pretty well. I do think Nicola did get shafted a little bit in the vocal distribution. So it was nice to hear her sing a couple more lines in the alternative version. Yes, totally. Yeah.
00:12:06 --> 00:12:36 Yeah, and then Kimberly actually noted in her autobiography that I think the very first version that they had heard. So basically, Brian recorded all 10 of the final contestants. And so they had all these different versions of the songs depending on the different lineups. But I guess the first version he submitted, Kimberly wasn't in it at all. So it was just the other four. So the version they recorded the video to actually was like not the final one, which is why they have the footage of them all singing the entire song. So that's interesting. That's dope. That's dope. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You never know what's going to happen.
00:12:36 --> 00:13:04 Exactly, yeah, yeah, yeah Going on to the music video though I love it, what do you think of the video? The video is interesting because it's just in this cage Again, it's giving subculture Like, it's where the freaks live You know Except they're like, what, 17? Right The youngest, I think Oh my god, that's right, yeah, she was a baby at the time Oh my goodness But yeah, no, it's just giving You know, we're the cool girls, you know, we smoke cigarettes out here Pink ladies, but not
00:13:04 --> 00:13:31 You know, it's so funny, like last night, well, last night, we were recording this on May 22nd, but last night I performed and I sang with the mic stand. Now that I'm watching the video, I was like, oh, snap, I should have done the Sound of the Underground choreography. I literally thought you did that because you were thinking of this. I was like, oh, she's doing Sound of the Underground. That is so funny. I think it's so fun because I jokingly say that they couldn't dance in our Pop 101.
00:13:31 --> 00:13:49 But this was fun choreography. Like they can dance. I just think it's so funny how sometimes they have to do certain things. You can tell who's comfortable, who's not, but whose personality makes up for the lack. Like, Sarah is not a dancer, but you can't tell her she ain't got personality. Right. So I think those are kind of things that you look at and you're like, you know what?
00:13:49 --> 00:14:08 these girls are going to be fine. They're going to be darn fine, okay? And that's what I liked about the video. It was just one scene kind of just looking around at each other. Ooh, ladies smoldering and such. But you see the personality. Not one scene, but that one performance scene specifically, I think it's just you can tell, like, there's still...
00:14:09 --> 00:14:38 they're still good at what they do individually, not like, or a group yet, but it still doesn't feel like I'm trying to outdo the other. So I appreciate that for sure. Yeah, it is kind of insane that they literally filmed it, I think maybe two days after they got into the group. Yeah. They did a really good job. Like, you're right, they didn't try and overdo it. They're all quite subtle in it. And Cheryl and Nadine, yo, that star quality is jumping out already. Yeah, yeah. That smizing that you get from them is insane.
00:14:38 --> 00:15:06 They're good at it. So good at it. And I do love the mic stand routine. It's definitely one I'd point to a lot. Because, you know, I love a mic stand routine. But I think a lot of that comes actually from this as well. Right. I also love, in the music video, the part that always makes me laugh is Nadine's bridge. Because she's lip syncing. It's the sound. Like with an M. Have you noticed that? It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound. It's the sound.
00:15:06 --> 00:15:35 Like a toothless. She's great. Yeah. But yeah, going into the performances and kind of just the evolution of it. I like that they, for a lot of it, they've not always done the mic stand routine. Oh, yes. But they do still reference it. Like, I think the tangled up one is my favorite where they kind of use their male dancers. That's the props instead. But if you actually watch the routine that they're doing, it's actually an interpretation of the mic stand routine. Yeah.
00:15:35 --> 00:15:51 So I kind of love that. Like, it's kind of awesome that they did that. And yeah, just watching their confidence grow as performers. Like, when you watch the 10 performance, like, vocally, it's kind of a mess. That whole tour kind of is. But just...
00:15:51 --> 00:16:19 You can just feel, though, like how powerful they are as a unit. Yeah, totally. And it's just such a huge evolution from, you know, the beginning, when obviously it took a minute to get the chemistry right. So, yeah. Yes, yes, yes. Chemistry, we love that album, too. Let us know if you want us to have a review of that. You see how I did that? Look at that. That's what we do. Give us a comment. Give us a comment. All right. So what do you rate this one? I'll give this one a 10. I can't lie. I liked it when I first heard it, too. I'm a sucker.
00:16:20 --> 00:16:44 It's a 10. Up next is No Good Advice by the members of Xenomania, Miranda, Brian, Nick Cooler, Lisa Cowling, Lene Nystrom of Aqua, best known for Barbie Girl. This is the lead single from the album, and it peaked at number two. And Brian said he was feeling inspired by a failed deal with a record label and the idea of persisting in spite of people's advice. Felt that.
00:16:45 --> 00:17:01 He also noted that the Girls Aloud members were unsure if the song fit their sound when they first heard it, but he questioned them and they changed their mind and their historic partnership was solidified. Come through, alliance. Yes.
00:17:01 --> 00:17:18 It's so funny because reading those interviews, you know, about kind of after the fact when Brian was like, yeah, they didn't like these songs I was giving them. Like they thought they wanted to just kind of do the generic girl group thing. And I'm just very happy that...
00:17:18 --> 00:17:41 they rethought it and also the label didn't let that happen oh should i hear that this song is awesome like what a perfect follow-up to sound of the underground like it's it's still accessible to all the fans that loved it but it's still different enough that it's not derivative and it fits their age as well like this kind of like middle school high school brattiness of it mm-hmm
00:17:41 --> 00:18:00 It's kind of awesome. While still be accessible to like a slightly older audience as well. Like I can still sing along to this song and still relate to like a lot of it. Oh, heck yeah. He hasn't made a bad decision. I was just like, you know what? It's okay. I'm not going to listen. And also someone gives you advice and you're just like, I don't need your advice. I don't need to take that. Please don't. Yeah.
00:18:00 --> 00:18:24 But yeah, so the production is really cool. It's rocky, but it's super processed too. So it's not just like a bad rock song. Like it's actually like a cool dynamic there. The drums are clearly fake, but then the guitars are really prominent. And like that riff is really, really cool. And I love the staccato production of the verses like, and then you get kind of the longer kind of,
00:18:24 --> 00:18:40 more wide feeling kind of guitars and everything that come in for the chorus it's just again a very nice build um vocally Nadine owns this one like I think Brian from the very beginning I mean she got the you know she got the whole bridge in Sound of the Underground like he was
00:18:40 --> 00:18:57 I think from my understanding, he was very captivated by her voice from the very beginning. So even though, you know, there isn't an official lead singer here, but, you know, you look through their discography and she clearly was that role. Dominating, yeah. And it's just such a unique vocal tone and she sounds awesome. Mm-hmm.
00:18:57 --> 00:19:14 I do love the unison pre-chorus because it kind of just adds to that kind of angstiness of like a bunch of like young people yelling. And then I'm very excited for the uncensored version to come out because that last line in the pre-chorus never made any sense. So it finally will.
00:19:14 --> 00:19:36 I'm in tears, you know, when you're trying to keep it clean and pop, right? And then, of course, have to shout out the talkie ending of the song. Again, just the perfect amount of sass there with all the vocals. I love Nicola's last line. And frankly, I don't even care. Like, so nonchalant. You like that one? I like dirty sheep. Ha ha ha!
00:19:36 --> 00:19:53 Yeah, you know, I agree with you. I think this is such a rebellious little track. It is bratty, but it's not like petulant. And I think that's because the catchy hooks, the harmonies, the unison singing, the believable attitude. That's what helps. It doesn't feel like, you know.
00:19:53 --> 00:20:11 Oh, here I go. Oh, and it's just like, no, it's like, here I go, and I'm on a metal finger to the wall. That's so fun. And also again, it's just rebellious. It has like that punk spirit without being a punk song, right? And so I think that helps their appeal.
00:20:11 --> 00:20:29 And I feel like this song, because of all those collective qualities that I listed, it makes the song feel like an anthem with some depth rather than some tune for a tantrum. This song truly embodies, let me F around and find out for myself. It's definitely...
00:20:29 --> 00:20:47 Definitely something that I think anyone could relate to. And I know I can't say that I relate to it. I don't take people's advice. I was kind of a goody goody. But as I've gotten older, I'm just like, you know what? I'm starting to see that you are saying something that doesn't make any sense.
00:20:47 --> 00:21:16 or nothing I want to apply to myself. So I kind of go, I don't need no in my head all the time. I don't know why, I know why, I just said it, why. And I love the Sunday trips that they mentioned like in the speaking part two, or like, you know, going to church and church visits and stuff like that. Because it then kind of leans itself to like the tambourine sound you hear and the tambourines. Like, I think it's so cheeky to have something like this going on in terms of like the verses and I mean the lyrics and then kind of have like a visual cue like in the music video.
00:21:16 --> 00:21:31 That music video, man. What's going on? Can you explain that? Because you were around for that. I find it hilarious. I mean, I assume they were trying to just, you know, have a unique look. And those silver outfits were a choice. Yeah, they were. Definitely a choice.
00:21:31 --> 00:22:00 I will say, even though those outfits are slightly hideous, though, I love the album cover. Like, I think it is a very memorable look. It does stand out like on a shelf, you know what I mean? Yeah, I'm crying. So at the end of the day, I know they're embarrassed about the outfit in this video, too. But it did its job at the time. It did. Okay. I will say, I think it's, I like the car and like the phone booth and all that. It's more like the overuse of effects that really kills this video for me. Oh, yeah.
00:22:00 --> 00:22:16 You know, like, obviously the fire near the end is awful. But even like them like glitching in and out, moments of that were cool, but it was happening so much. I was like, okay, like, I'm up with something else here. He said no. Yeah.
00:22:16 --> 00:22:37 I will say, though, like them again as performers, like they did a good job. Like, you know, they got they got some new haircuts. You know, the confidence has grown a little bit. A lot of them are kind of feeling themselves a lot while they were like, you know, on the car and rolling around. Oh, my God. Yes. Kim with her hair and her leaning. She's great. Yeah.
00:22:37 --> 00:23:00 So you know what? I enjoyed it. I think it did what it was supposed to do. You know, it just has not aged well at all. No, I think the whole thing was just like, you know, not angels with dirty faces, shout out to Sugar Babes, but it's giving like, you know, sexy little devils, you know. It's just they're proudfully naughty. Those tambourines were giving, tambourines are a church staple. So for them, it's like, I'm not going to church.
00:23:02 --> 00:23:19 It kind of made sense. And I started watching it more and I listened to the lyrics. I was like, oh, that explains those random jingle, jingle, jingles on those performances. Because at first I was like, why y'all got sonic rings right now? Like, it just, ching, ching, ching, ching, ching, ching, ching, ching. I was like, oh my God, it's killing me. But now I understand. I totally get it now. It's so cheeky. I love that.
00:23:20 --> 00:23:40 I will say the dancer team, though, is awful. I think they used the same choreographer for this whole era. I think it wasn't until the show that maybe someone else came on. But, like, this choreography, and we'll reference it for the other album tracks and stuff that they performed as well. But, like, all the, like, bending over and, like, it's just, like, a lot of hair fade.
00:23:40 --> 00:24:10 flips that it's just like not very creative so sorry to whoever you were that did it but it just was not inspired um but the later kind of tour performances and stuff i love the what will the neighbors say tour performance um you know obviously they're in the school girl outfits yes they do have the nod to the tambourine for that little extra dance break they added so i think that culminated it in a really good way um and then once they started performing it
00:24:10 --> 00:24:28 that they had was absolutely perfect. Like Nadine was doing the absolute most, like in a good way during the song. I'm crying in a good way. Yeah. So how would you rate this song? I will also give this one a 10. How about you? Yeah, I think this is a 10. This is 10 quality for sure.
00:24:28 --> 00:24:46 All right, so moving on to track three, which is Some Kind of Miracle. And this one was done by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Lisa Cowling, Tim Powell, Sean Lee, and Adele Lynch of Bewitched, who are all part of the Zenomania team, and it had additional production by Jeremy Wheatley.
00:24:46 --> 00:25:06 And so this song was originally chosen as the third single from the album, but Life Got Cold received a huge reception from the fans. So the track was pushed to being the fourth single, but then the group had the opportunity to record Jump for the film Love Actually. So the song was never released as a single. So yeah, it just was not meant to be.
00:25:06 --> 00:25:21 But the group did actually re-record a single version in a different key and with brand new production. And this version ended up appearing on the re-release or repackage in November 2003. This one is interesting. I mean, I could hear this in a rom-com from the 2000s.
00:25:21 --> 00:25:40 or one of those like Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan fronted movies. It's like a light and bright and has some twangy guitar riffs. And it reminds me of something from the seventies. I don't think psychedelic would be a stretch of a description. I think, I think what really kind of made me feel like, Oh, this is going to be in a, in a, like a,
00:25:40 --> 00:26:05 a hillary duff movie or anything like that like a freaky friday even um was just the kind of just the tone that it had it's it's bright and it's almost kind of pedestrian and i don't know that pedestrian it's not the right word it's not fair to say but i i don't get the dynamism oh yeah there it is i don't get the dynamism that we got with the other two songs right so we're starting to kind of hit that low point um and i have to say lyrically like like
00:26:05 --> 00:26:23 the hanging out with the slacker friends pretending that I'm cool line, again, it just gives me teenager. Yeah. So I was just like, yeah, I could see, you know, straight to cassette kind of, you know, movie thing, ABC family kind of movie thing going on here. The higher key version is,
00:26:23 --> 00:26:50 I can't say I don't like it. I actually think it added a little bit of life to the track. The distribution line speaking though, isn't great throughout this song. So I'm sitting here just like, okay, where the rest of them at? Like if I was a new fan and I was trying to, which I was at the time, I was like, where the rest of them at? You know what I'm saying? Like that's my first question, where the rest of them at? It would have been nice to have tones like Nicholas or even Sarah, you know, hit those higher notes.
00:26:50 --> 00:27:18 But maybe it wasn't a comfortable place for them to hit those notes. Like maybe they recorded it and it was just like, okay, let's get someone else to do it. You know, who has a little bit more of a control over their voice. I mean, it happens in K-pop all the time. Like you'll have members record a song and then you're like, you know what? Let so-and-so come in. Or even when we spoke to Belinda Chappell of Bardot, she mentioned that everyone recorded this one song. But then they realized that one of their members just knocked it out the parts. They let her have those parts, right? So, yeah.
00:27:18 --> 00:27:47 Yeah, I think with the vocal distribution stuff for this song, it's interesting. Because the original album version had way more of Sarah and Kimberly. They got a line here or there. And Nadine and Cheryl didn't really come in as often. They all kind of... It was much more even. Then the second one was basically all Nadine and Cheryl. You had some kind of weird duet stuff happening in the pre-chorus, you know, where the other three would kind of come in. And Kimberly still got a couple lines. But, like, I also wonder if maybe they thought that...
00:27:47 --> 00:28:13 people kind of recognize Nadine and Cheryl's voices more from the past two singles. So maybe they wanted them to lead the single version. I think that's possible as well. I do not like the single version at all, actually. I think it does add some energy and there are some interesting added elements in the production. Like Nadine does this extra little ad lib at the end of the first chorus that's nice. But I think it actually takes away from...
00:28:14 --> 00:28:44 I think going back to kind of the school girl kind of thing, it felt like I was at a middle school, high school dance and you have this like awkward girl in the corner watching her crush dance with someone else and like having a little mini breakdown in the corner. So that kind of like awkwardness, that innocence, like I think even with the way the vocals are like Sarah and Kim and everyone, they sound more innocent. Like Nadine and Cheryl, naturally, I think just the way they sing, they sound more confident.
00:28:44 --> 00:29:03 The other three feel a little more tepid, I think. And so that was kind of the awkward girl thing. So like, I think if that's what they're going for, I prefer that if they're going to do that. But I think as a song, like, I'm very glad the universe never let this be a single. I don't think it would have done well for them.
00:29:03 --> 00:29:29 Because I do think it's just a tad boring. Like the chorus melody is a little hypnotizing. Yeah, it is a little. And then, you know, there's no bridge like the ba-ba-bas or like, okay, I don't know. It's lazy. It's very pedestrian. Yeah, it just didn't feel fully fleshed out. So yeah, the universe didn't want this as a single either. So it was never meant to be.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:37 I will personally give this one a 7 because it's just average to me. Yes, I will go with a 7.5.
00:29:37 --> 00:30:00 Up next is All I Need, All I Don't by Ava Knox. Not Ava Max. I almost said Ava Max. Chris Peters and Drew Peters. Are they brothers? I believe so. Amazing. Keep it in the family. We love that. All right. So, Chris, what do you think about All I Need, All I Don't? Sorry, I was like a terrible rendition of that one. No, I enjoyed that. Thank you.
00:30:01 --> 00:30:29 Yeah, I actually like this one a lot. I think it's one of the more experimental tracks on the album. Like the production reminds me of something Kylie would do. Yes. Totally. Like the wiry kind of techno situation with the really breathy delivery. And I think Cheryl and Sarah do a really good job. The like vocal fry that they put on throughout the whole thing and how kind of dry it sounds. It's like, yeah, the whole thing just, it has a really cool vibe to it.
00:30:29 --> 00:30:43 And then the harmony is super tight in that chorus. And then you have Nadine leading it. So there's kind of a different energy for that as well. So I think the dynamic is pretty cool. It does feel like kind of just like a group of female robots. Oh my God. Yeah.
00:30:44 --> 00:31:05 Like they can't have water, which is why there's like so much vocal fry. Like, I don't know. I'm in tears. Very, very electronic. Like very, yeah, metallic again. And then there are like little ad libs at the end too that just give it a little bit more life. Oh my god, you're funny. So I really enjoyed this one. I remember the first time I heard it, I didn't really think much of it. But through the years, I've grown to appreciate it more. Yeah.
00:31:06 --> 00:31:34 Right, that's a good word to say, kind of describe that kind of feeling to the sentiment I have toward the song. It's appreciation for the attempt at something different. I think on the album, it doesn't, like after listening to everything together, there's nothing that really kind of calls back to it. It's not bad at all. I enjoy it. I think my notes are very similar to yours in terms of like the harmonies. And there's like this weird like spinny wood sound. I do not know that instrument, that percussion instrument that goes, I sound stupid because I can't make a wooden sound.
00:31:34 --> 00:31:57 Little things like that just kind of just give it this little quirky feel. And I'm like, how does Xenomania not do this? And I think maybe if they would have kind of taken the reins a little bit on this one, they could have added some more funkier things or just something else. I think the bridge is where it kind of just starts to chill out a little bit because before they start singing again, there's this instrumental that just vamps. And I'm like...
00:31:57 --> 00:32:27 Okay now. Any day now. So that's the only thing I'm just like, yeah, okay, whatever. But I think this song is so hypnotizing. And yeah, I can just imagine a bunch of like robots. All I need, all I don't. Have they ever performed this one? I don't think they look right. See? Yeah. This is a track I would love, personally, me, myself, would love to sing on stage just to kind of chill out and kind of have fun with the crowd. Because this is, it's fun. You just kind of sing. It's just...
00:32:27 --> 00:32:51 It's easy, but it also requires a lot of like, kind of sultriness. And I think all the girls had it, you know, even Nicola with her young self, cause she could deliver this and still have a good time without feeling the pressure of needing to like belt her face off or anything like that. So I really do appreciate the vocal ease, but then the, also the technique that's required to actually deliver the song properly. So yes. But yeah, sonically, I just don't think it fits.
00:32:52 --> 00:33:21 Yeah, that makes sense. It's funny, though, because I remember back when it was first released, that album cover is kind of what I would imagine this music video to be like. Like another callback to more kind of silver, like wires and stuff everywhere. Like, I don't know. I always felt that like the album cover could have been like a single cover for this song. A little bit nice. Yeah. Anyway, what do you rate this one? I'll give it a 7.5. I actually like the song. Probably because it's not like a Kylie track.
00:33:22 --> 00:33:44 Right? Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to give it an 8 also. The next song is Life Got Cold. And this one was done by Miranda, Brian, Nick, and Lisa of Xenomania. And there is a credit to Noel Gallagher of Oasis, which was added after the song's release due to the similarities of the song's guitar riff and chorus melody with Oasis's hit.
00:33:44 --> 00:34:00 Wonderwall. And the song, written about the directionlessness of modern life, was chosen as the third single from the album following a positive reception from fans after the album was released. And it peaked at number three following its release in August 2003.
00:34:01 --> 00:34:29 Did you not notice the Oasis similarities? I was getting so angry. Lastly, before we were going to go see Janet last week, I was going to the bathroom and the song was playing, right? And I'm like... Like I said, I kept singing. I kept going back to the lyrics of this song because I could not pinpoint. I literally hear in my notes, this song has a familiar melody that I can't pinpoint. I sing the song on my mind, but cannot figure out the lyrics. The song sounds familiar to a track I've heard before.
00:34:31 --> 00:34:50 There you go. I'm so irritated. But yeah, I like this song because it's one of those not a girl, not yet a woman, like life without direction kind of tracks. It's very wistful. I saw somewhere that someone said it was wistful. I thought, oh, yeah, that's a great word. And I would say a little cynical as well because the whole I don't believe in Romeos and heroes anymore. I think that is ugh.
00:34:50 --> 00:35:13 Man, that's tough. Like when you've given up on like finding love or even people being able to save you, like what else is there? And I think that song, the song leans itself to that. Like once all this is done, once all the words are said, all the things are done being done, what do you have to do? When you look inside yourself, I'm like, girls, go off. Okay. Because down at the underground, the lyrics were very abstract, like water running in the wrong direction. That's not really...
00:35:13 --> 00:35:28 you know, it's fun, but it isn't substantial as much as this song is. So it's nice to kind of hear these ladies who are very beautiful, very surgery and awesome do this kind of song and deliver this kind of lyrics and losing one's soul as a lyric is kind of,
00:35:28 --> 00:35:46 tough to hear too because it's like wow um but uh i'm gonna let you talk about the production point but when we talk about the music video i've got to make comments about that because there was so much going on in terms of the thematic element of this song in contrast to what was going on on stage in the video too yes so uh yeah i'm gonna let you go
00:35:47 --> 00:36:06 Yeah, so I was definitely one of the fans at the time that was advocating for this as the single. I think the first time I heard, the first couple times I heard this album, this song always really stood out, like was always super memorable. And of course, the Wonderwall comparison as well, because I remember loving that song too. So I also heard that immediately.
00:36:06 --> 00:36:31 um but the production overall is nice you know it's a nice kind of pop rock guitar led a little moment and i do love how melancholic and pensive the whole thing is you know you get again the vocal delivery is really good like again they all kind of sound a little innocent but then they all sound a little sad you know it's just really yeah it's really really dynamic there and um
00:36:31 --> 00:36:52 I love the lyrics, especially in the verses. We text as we eat, as we live. Some of the cadence of it is really interesting. Some of the words chosen to rhyme are not very conventional. So yeah, I think it's just super memorable in that way. And, you know, the song has no unison singing.
00:36:52 --> 00:37:12 Yes, yes, yes.
00:37:12 --> 00:37:26 oh my god totally totally I mean they were taking all those European tracks honestly speaking of like the tones that you were mentioning and like the cadences I was like oh my god how would Sugar Babe sound singing this like Mutia's voice oh my god on some of these oh
00:37:27 --> 00:37:55 Oh, that would have worked for sure. I'm talking about the MKS version of Sugar Babes. No offense to Heidi. Even Heidi. Heidi has a good high voice. She's good. But I would love to hear like Lost Tapes version of Sugar Babes do this song. Like, oh my God, that'd be so cool. But also we can talk about Sugar Babes on the show as well. So be sure to tune that in. It's a plug episode apparently. But yeah, what do you think about the video, my friend? What are your thoughts? I'm no more excited to hear your thoughts after you just gave us that little preview.
00:37:56 --> 00:38:00 It's not as special as I'm making it sound, but I'm just like, where is it going?
00:38:01 --> 00:38:28 I mean, to be honest, I think the music video is kind of boring. It matches the song, at least, you know, but like the blue hue that they put on it is just like really, really dramatic. Some of the scenes are nice. Some of the shots are nice. Like I love Nicola kind of sitting in, is it a kitchen or like a cafe or something? They had a kitchen. I like the bus scene, I think is memorable. But yeah, this doesn't have much replay value for me.
00:38:30 --> 00:38:59 Not at all. Man, this video is so weird. Cause it's like, it's one of those things where the video doesn't really, I don't know what the direction was in this video. I don't know what the director said to them before they started. I'm not sure if they really know what the lyrics are about cause they know maybe I wrote them and I get it. What are you talking about sipping on Coke and stuff? What is happening? Cause Nicola and Sarah are like somber in the beginning, right? Even Kim, she's sitting there. You know, she understand, she understood. But then you got Cheryl and Nadine serving face
00:39:00 --> 00:39:24 Yeah. Strutting like it's the runway in the Matrix. And I was like, what's going on? Their jackets are flapping. And they're like, go watch it. And I'm like, ladies, you know what the song's about? And even the live performances with the choreo, I think what made me go like, oh, what's the da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-
00:39:24 --> 00:39:45 Whoever got this, no offense, but full on offense. What the heck were you thinking? Okay. My favorite is after the first course when they all turn back and they do this weird like thing where they like lift their heads up and like, oh man, the choreography for this is awful. Yeah. Which luckily on tour, they just kind of stood there or sat there. Just sat. That was the right decision.
00:39:47 --> 00:40:11 life sucks don't believe in heroes romeos no more like come on al i will say i have to shout out the what will the neighbors say torah version the live band sounds so good and you get so many extra harmonies like when nadine and sarah are like belting like the second verse the start of the second verse like ah the live version is just second to none like it's so much better than the original yeah
00:40:11 --> 00:40:27 That's hilarious. That's what I like when they perform because they actually differentiate from the track itself. No need to eat the CD all the time. K-pop. So yeah, that being said, what rating would you give this song? I will give this one a nine. How about you?
00:40:27 --> 00:40:54 All right, I'm going to give Wonder Cold also, I'm going to give Wonder Cold a nine. Up next is Bars Attack. And it's done by Alison Clarkson, a.k.a. Betty Boo, Paul Carter, Amanda Glanfield, and produced by Betty Boo and the Beatmasters. Rumor has it that this song was at one point considered to be the second single before No Good Advice came along. Okay.
00:40:54 --> 00:41:21 Thank God. Because it would have been too much of a repeat after Sound of the Omegas. Sometimes music labels don't. Why would you do that? I know. I do remember the rumors, though. I think it was called Can't Stop Rockin'. And that title was kind of being, you know, it was in, like, news articles and stuff. Like, Can't Stop Rockin'. So, like, I think that's why everyone was like, oh, this must have been the second single at some point. But, you know, Betty Boo and the Beatmasters are very interesting artists.
00:41:21 --> 00:41:38 partnership, I guess. I would have loved to see what they would have given the group kind of later on. Like after Girls Aloud sound was kind of more established. I think it would be interesting for them to come back and actually kind of adapt to that. Because I think these songs...
00:41:38 --> 00:42:07 they don't feel like they were written for a girl group, right? I mean, yeah, I'm talking about this song and then a couple other ones that we're going to talk about later. You know, like this song is interesting. Like, first off, it's called Mars Attack, and there's no reference of planets or really anything to do with that in any of the lyrics. But I will say it does sound like an alien invasion, you know? Like it's like aliens partying on a beach or something is what I picture with this one.
00:42:07 --> 00:42:24 But it is fun. It has a really catchy chorus. I think the verses have some interesting moments. Like there's some weird structures and little moments that only happen once. And I do love the little moment before the final chorus as well. Get down, sister. I'll dance with you.
00:42:24 --> 00:42:46 It gets weirdly soulful there. Yeah. And yeah, I could definitely see, as you mentioned, like why, like if you got Sound of the Underground as the only brief and it's like, hey, we have this brand new girl group. This was their number one single. Like, we need more stuff like this. It makes sense that this is what you would give or come up with. You know, it's a little sillier than Sound of the Underground, but it still fits in. Yeah.
00:42:46 --> 00:43:05 sonically um but really my biggest gripe with this song is how prominent betty's vocals are yeah like way louder than some of the other members like what choice is that like in the performance like nicola's lip-syncing to something but it's not her that's my note
00:43:05 --> 00:43:22 That's my note. I said the Nicola, Nicola, Nicola boop part. The Nicola, Betty part said boop. Boo, the Nicola boop part. It's great. It's fun though, but let the girl sing. Yeah, like Betty, like you, it's fine if you recorded the demo, but like take yourself off.
00:43:23 --> 00:43:48 It was giving J-Lo track. It was giving early 2000s J-Lo track. I was like, what's going on? Who left this on here? But yeah, no, it's one of those things where I think it's a good callback to Sound of the Underground, like you said. And the title reminds me of one of those beats that you find on YouTube where they'll name the beat something, and they think they have to name the title of the song that too. You're like, no, that's just the name of the beat. It's what I had in my mind.
00:43:50 --> 00:44:08 But, you know, being a singer that writes songs whose titles will never appear in the lyrics whatsoever, I understand it because of how frantic, as you mentioned, it sounded. I think it definitely injects a dose of fun, futuristic pop into this album.
00:44:08 --> 00:44:24 Along with the sound we already heard, the sound of the underground, right? That UK, that drum pattern. And the song blends all these elements of like, I want to say disco, but it's almost a little funky. Electro pop, and it's really groovy. It almost feels like...
00:44:24 --> 00:44:54 Not groove is in the heart, but again, it's from this era of music that is just so strange. And then when you hear like dance acts recreate 70s music, 50s music, this is what we get. It's like we have all these synths now. We have computers. It's not just a band playing. Let's see what the heck we can do. And I think this is fun because that's like really catchy, hooky moments. The one is so frantic that I like so much is Nicolas and Betty's part. The hey, baby.
00:44:54 --> 00:45:07 hey baby and I love that they get a dance break because they shake and wiggle so much again I know I keep joking and saying that they can't dance but
00:45:07 --> 00:45:28 Well, I didn't say that now, but in the pop 101, but whoever choreographed for them has them doing this weird body roll where they scoop down super low, like 90 degrees and come back up. And I hate it so much. No, like to be fair to what you were saying, like they're not giving choreography that is like catered to their abilities. Yeah.
00:45:28 --> 00:45:54 Like it's inherently awkward. Yeah. And so when you have people who are not natural movers, like if you watch Cheryl and like Kimberly, like they learn to adapt to it. So they kind of make it look as good as they can. But then you have like Sarah and Nadine. They're like, you told me to bend over and roll. I'm going to do that. All that being said, though, what would you rate the song? Because I don't know if we had any negative notes, but what's your rating? Yeah, I think it's a solid album track. I'll give it a 7.5.
00:45:54 --> 00:46:10 Okay, yeah, I think it doesn't fit on the album that, well, again, if it was like, oh, here's the brief, like you mentioned, I think that would explain the sound. Yeah. But yeah, I'll give it a 7.5 till I'm at you. All right, so the next one is Stop.
00:46:10 --> 00:46:30 which was done by Miranda, Brian, and Matt Gray of Xenomania. So from my understanding, this was one of those last minute tracks that he added, you know, when he was like, these songs suck. Like, I need to write replacements very quickly. I believe this was one of them. And you can kind of tell because it's a little half-baked.
00:46:30 --> 00:46:49 I would say it's a nice kind of summer Pop track I like the kind of distorted Guitars and the pre-chorus they're kind of fun But everything's just a little muted You know there's nothing too creative Production wise Nadine sounds good You know I think she did what she could with it Um
00:46:49 --> 00:47:18 And melodically, I would say parts of it are fun to sing along to. I like the na-na-na's that kick in for that second chorus as well, just to give it a little bit of a build and a little bit of a structure. But otherwise, it's just a bit forgettable for me, especially given kind of the later albums and stuff. Like, this is not a song I ever really turned back to in any way. But I'm so curious. I wish with the deluxe version that they gave us these horrible tracks that Brian had to replace, because I'm just so curious. Yeah.
00:47:18 --> 00:47:38 what they sounded like, you know? This is a quote? Right. I forget what word he used, but obviously he felt the need to replace them last minute. Yeah, they were that bad. He was like, listen, I'll risk it all. I'll risk it all right now. Just please let me change something. This song is...
00:47:39 --> 00:48:06 Um, okay. Okay. Okay. It's going back to what I said about the other song. What was it? The pedestrian one? Oh, Some Kind of Miracle. Some Kind of Miracle. Yeah. It's just, it's not bad. It's just a little effort. And yeah, I mean, it's one of those things where it's like, we got like a day left, put your best hitter in the, in the stoop. Do not do anything else. Don't just throw her in there. Don't worry about like trying to get the notes, right? Just she can do it.
00:48:06 --> 00:48:31 And I think that's kind of, again, it's a testament to what I was saying. It's just, she's good, right? But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but I do wonder, why not just try, go for it? Like, were you doing this US formatted approach? Or was it like me just kind of like over here speculating with my jokes? I don't know. I mean, she sounds good. But there are some fun parts that the girls could have jumped on. Like, Sarah's starting that second verse. Like, it's a, um...
00:48:31 --> 00:48:52 It's a good time rolling to one. She could have did that. Like that's so her. She could have been did that. Like little things like that, or even harmonies that were like that could have been stacked in that bridge, especially with that wonk, the wonky sounds there. Like there's so many opportunities that were missed. Like how hard is it to go? All right, love, sing this part. Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah. And she goes, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah. OK, you love.
00:48:52 --> 00:49:14 Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah. It's not that hard. Just do it. It's not that hard, right? I will say, like, sonically speaking, it sounds like a Reject Alley and AJ song. And granted, they would release music, like, three years later. But I could hear it on their earlier stuff with Disney. I could totally hear it. And again, I'm just trying to figure out if the song is meh.
00:49:15 --> 00:49:39 Because of just the one voice, even though it's a good voice, it's still just a metal like arrangement. Or if it's because the song structurally, and I'm leaning more toward the latter because I don't think Nadine could have did anything that wasn't asked of her. So I'm, yeah, I think if the production was given a way more oomph, I think, yeah, the other members got some moments and stuff. This would have been elevated. It just feels rushed.
00:49:41 --> 00:50:04 And just half-baked, like I mentioned. So, yeah. So what do you rate this one? I'll be nice. I'll give it a six. I was going to put it lower, but I was like, that's harsh. It's not a bad song. It's just not good. I'll do 6.5. I mean, yeah, it's not a bad song in itself. I think it more just suffers in the actual production and stuff of it. All right. Up next, we have Girls Aloud.
00:50:04 --> 00:50:26 With Girls Aloud. And it's written by Brian McFadden of Westlife and Jonathan Shorten, produced by Graham Stack. Well, first, I'm sure these writers thought they were so clever with this little wordplay here. Oh my gosh, leave it alone. I will say, I wish Xenomania produced it.
00:50:27 --> 00:50:43 Because it's such a generic dance pop production. And I think that really takes away from it. Because the song itself is actually pretty good. Yeah. And I think the way it was done, like the over kind of...
00:50:43 --> 00:51:02 The overly done, just like disco influence, distorted, like sits and like, you know, really generic dance beat and everything. It's just, I think it's a solid like girl group pop song, but it just makes it very faceless. And it's just the fact that it's called Girls Aloud that it's like, oh, it was written specifically for them.
00:51:03 --> 00:51:29 If you didn't tell me that, you know what I mean? It could go to anyone. So I think if Xenomania took it, they could have done something really cool with it. So that disappoints me a little bit. That makes sense. And I do love, though, that a random Westlife member wrote it because this is very not Westlife at all. But I do actually like the vocal production on it, though. Like, at least each member gets a moment or two. There's some nice unison moments that have a really...
00:51:29 --> 00:51:53 good blend in the way that they produced it um i love i love sarah getting to randomly take some leads in the final courses as well so clearly they were thinking about like who was singing what because nadine was doing the ad libs at the time so they were like oh she's singing the ad libs so then now this member needs to take lead here um so you know there was some thought put into that uh and i think the lyrics are really really fun i love the second verse with sarah and nicola
00:51:54 --> 00:52:13 So yeah, I think as a song, like I said, it's good, but the production is just not there. Yeah, yeah. I got a lot of you, man. This feels like a Max Martin wannabe kind of track to me. It's not like a dead ringer. I won't go that far as to say like, oh, it is a cop. It's a derivative. I won't say that, but I'm like...
00:52:14 --> 00:52:39 Come on. Come on. And I think the track is fun. Like, it thematically fits in with the girls, like, rebellious in a flurry style. I like the concept about going to the only place, like, where a girl's a loud, wow, wow. That was cute. I love that. Like, hello. I will say that the bridge section, like, that Never Give Up, remind me of the Spice Girls. Yeah.
00:52:39 --> 00:53:07 there's certain moments of the sun that reminds me of Spice Up. Again, this is like the DJ mashup brain in me, but it's just, it's welcomed. It's not bad. It's like, never give up. And then, never give up. I'm like, interesting. And also the drums toward the end, there's like a slight section of drums that sound very Samba-y. So I was getting Spice Up Your Life for like two seconds. Again, again, I could be reaching, but my brain is like whirring, whirling, excuse me, with like different kind of like,
00:53:07 --> 00:53:27 We got to get you some DJ equipment so you can demonstrate your mashups. Yeah, y'all. Because I'm like weirdly stroking the air. Join our Patreon and we'll start building a fund. Oh, my God. Yes, y'all. Help me. Help DJ Shan get her life together. But, yeah, the whole never give up. Like things like that. Again, I was just like.
00:53:28 --> 00:53:51 I like that. I like the bridge. It's so much fun. The song is fun, but it's just, yeah, it's just, I don't think it was for them specifically. It's because this girl's allowed. Y'all change the lyrics around. It doesn't mean y'all wrote it for them. I don't do that. Or maybe they did write like, Hey, we have a girl group. Just go off. They're called girls allowed. And they weren't expecting sound of the underground to be the sound or anticipated. Zendimina saying, this is my baby. Don't touch it. Like, you know, like,
00:53:51 --> 00:54:15 This is my squishy. So who knows? At this point, I feel like a lot of people were just throwing their tracks at these girls. You know? And this one kind of feels like that. And whatever was trendy at the time. So they did promote this randomly on TV as well. There is a CD UK performance. So what do you think of that chair choreography? The pre-the show chair choreography.
00:54:15 --> 00:54:25 You see my face right now? Just smiling at you very... Man, that performance, whoever came up with that choreo for Mars Attack was throwing the same choreography, but just on a chair, yo.
00:54:25 --> 00:54:55 Yo, the fact that they were hiding behind the chair. Oh my God, that's my favorite part. For like four eight counts. They're just like hiding behind the chair. Oh my God, it's hilarious. Like, what is that? See me, I would have had some male dancers on the stage, kind of like, you know, doing something, something. I mean, they got male dancers later on on tour, but that would have been perfect. There's empty chairs with the open toward the front. If you would have turned it around with the opening, the back, maybe it would have been like, okay, we just see lumps.
00:54:55 --> 00:55:18 But oh, my God. Oh. And then again, they get me to cheer. You know what they do? Bend and roll. And I'm like, yo, whoever choreographed me, stop, stop. We had them sitting down with the handheld mic kicking their legs and doing fans and stuff. I'm like, get me out of here. More hands, too. You get the life got cold little hands, too. Yeah. Not very creative choreographer that they had at the beginning.
00:55:18 --> 00:55:38 Luckily, they changed the choreo for the tour, the What Will the Neighbors Say tour, which I love that performance. First off, they made it just full on disco, which was great. And then we have the whole Le Freak, C'est Chic little moment in there. Perfect. So yeah, redeemed it. Redeemed the song.
00:55:38 --> 00:56:07 Being performed live really brings it to life. I like the song. It's just for me, I'm like, this ain't y'all. But then performing it that way you described, the way we saw it, I'm like, okay, I can see this. I can see this a little bit more. But yeah. Yeah. So yeah. So for the recording, I will give it a 7.5. Because yeah, I think that's a song. It would be higher. But the production brings it down. How about you? I'm going to stick with an 8. I like the 8. Yeah. Okay. I like it. Up next is Forever and the Night.
00:56:08 --> 00:56:29 Done by Gary Miller, Mark Mueller, Andy Goldmark, and Brian Rowling. If you didn't like my generic singing, but you like this generic song, I question your taste and you're not invited to the CCTV brunch. Chris, would you please kick us off? Oh, my God. Bring the brunch back. I think...
00:56:29 --> 00:56:54 When they were A&R-ing this album, they probably sent Sound of the Underground and then their very boring cover of Stay Another Day as the two briefs. And this is what we got. We got this really bad attempt at another kind of like ballad winter single. And it even actually has the same structure as Stay Another Day.
00:56:54 --> 00:57:21 in kind of every way, even vocally. You have Cheryl doing all the verses, you have Nadine leading the choruses. The song itself is quite boring, especially those verses. Oh my gosh, that melody is just so boring. So humdrum. At least the chorus is pretty. I think if you could use that chorus and write a better song around it, but the production is so horrible on this song. I don't know if it's the production or if it's the mixing, but it's so muddy. You know?
00:57:21 --> 00:57:47 You know what? I thought the same thing. It sounds like something from the 90s, like the production itself. So I'm thinking the mixing might be leaning toward that because I'm just like. Very muddy. It's giving like a cassette tape or like late 90s B-side. And then also, who are all the random women singing the BGVs? There are so many random women on this song. And I don't think Kimberly, Nicola, or Sarah are on it at all.
00:57:47 --> 00:58:11 I thought I was tripping. I was like, you know, I mean, I'm not paying attention. So I put, I rewinded it, rewound it, rewound it. I rewound it a couple of times and I thought I was tripping. I was like, there's no way y'all sat here. It was like phoning in. I was like, come on. It's annoying because I know I'm a fresh fan, still a toddler here in the fandom. I get it. But like this kind of ballad compared to like,
00:58:12 --> 00:58:29 how good their ballads get as they progress. It's so irritating. Even without that kind of knowledge, I could listen to that and be like, no, like I know ballads don't have to be. So you're the love of my life. No one else has what we have. Like you don't have to do that.
00:58:30 --> 00:58:52 like who does that like and then throw some women on it it's be a hit god no don't do that like oh it just makes things feel a little flip fillery and uh the chorus is too simple i'm sorry with that guitar the guitar solo with the bridge and the wind time pipe thing before nadine takes us home meh
00:58:52 --> 00:59:17 It's giving 90s demo. Listen, again, if you like this song, I do apologize, but you are not invited to the CCTV brunch. If you are new to CCTV, I mentioned this back in our forever Spice Girl review. The brunch is where you want to be, but we can't play this song. It's not on the playlist. Oh, lordy. Yes. So, yeah, I'll give this one a five. How about you? It's a five for me, too. Yeah.
00:59:17 --> 00:59:35 All right, so moving on to track 10, and we have Love Hate by Brian, Niara, and Eve Bicker of Zenomania. All right, man, that intro was funky, boy. It's just like, let me not recreate sounds that I know are computer-generated because I'm not a computer.
00:59:35 --> 00:59:55 But it is interesting because it draws your attention right before those drums come in. And it's a third track right at the end, kind of sort of toward the end, that keeps the spirit of Sound of the Underground alive. And it still sounds fresh. So it's like the genre is familiar. Yeah.
00:59:55 --> 01:00:23 but the approach is a little different. Like the lyrics tell a story, like a very generic story of a situationship, but at least the arrangement is so much more stimulating than the last track. Oh my God. I like the guitar section toward the bridge. It is interesting and it's a nice break from all the vocals. But speaking of the vocals, I like the spaces in between each verse. Like they're singing and it's a little slight break and they sing some more. And I don't know if it's,
01:00:23 --> 01:00:38 Nicola or Sarah, but someone hits a nice little head voice moment, I think in one of the verses and I'm like, oh yeah, that's new. I haven't heard that in a second. No, it's interesting cause I haven't heard a lot of headways with them singing them. I'm like, ooh, or no.
01:00:39 --> 01:01:02 None of that. And I'm like, y'all could do it. And some of you have the perfect vocals to have a nice clean little or something. There's a couple of songs that could use some ooh, ooh, oohs. But I digress. But yeah, I think this is an interesting one for sure. And it's definitely a little bit better than Mars Attacks. Not as fun, but still, still, still, still, still, still solid for sure. Mm-hmm.
01:01:02 --> 01:01:25 Yeah, I think that's Nicola who is doing that little moment you're referencing. And I just have to say in general, Nicola has been shafted during this entire album. I think it's really only Life Got Cold that she gets kind of a real moment in a song. She's literally not in a lot of these songs or she only gets a little bit. So I'm very glad she kind of gets her flowers later on in the discography, but...
01:01:26 --> 01:01:42 I remember being very mad about that in the beginning. But yeah, this one's great. The whole kind of drum and bass and garage thing, those two influences are just so prominent in this one. And obviously they're prominent in Sound of the Underground and stuff too. But in this one, it's just very, very clear.
01:01:42 --> 01:02:08 Um, I love how it kind of mixes that dreaminess with that really harsh beat in the production. It's just a really cool dynamic. And the chorus is super fun to sing along to. I think it is a very generic story, but the whole kind of opposites kind of love, hate, you know, you, me. Yeah. Like it's catchy and it's fun. Um, and yeah, they do all sound great. Um, yeah.
01:02:08 --> 01:02:35 I also think it's interesting in Cheryl's verse. I don't know if you noticed. They have her exhaling at the end of each line, but the exhale is a separate take. So it kind of overlaps sometimes with her line. And that's just for some reason, always something that I've listened to and looked out, looked for, I guess, or something I've noticed every time I've listened to the song. And I think this song is a great indicator of what,
01:02:35 --> 01:03:00 they kind of were going to do after this album because i think this song could actually be on some of the other later albums it sounds a bit more mature i think yeah a great way to kind of bring back the xenomania because we haven't had them in the last couple tracks uh so i think sequence wise i i like that they kind of place this one near the end yeah yeah no honestly i think this song kind of has like some stakes
01:03:00 --> 01:03:22 to it like it's just like it feels very like you know like a fight scene between like those action movies yeah there's a frustration there's a nice frustration yeah that's the way it's nice yeah i think thank you god scene how many it came back goodness i need something to a palate cleanser that's the word you use when we talk about certain things or yeah we listen to certain soundtracks we're like oh that's terrible he goes i need a palate cleanser i'm like oh
01:03:22 --> 01:03:50 Love that. Yeah, this one's a palate cleanser for sure. And it actually has a pretty good rating. I almost gave it a 10. Almost. Almost. But then I was like, you know what? No. I'm sorry. No. Because the lyrics are just a little. It's not quite there. Like you can hear the potential and the top line. The melody is almost there, but it's not quite. So I'm going to give it an 8.5. Okay. I'm going to go a 9. Okay.
01:03:51 --> 01:04:08 All right. So the next one is Boogie Down Love, which was written by Betty Boo, Paul Carter, and Amanda Glanfield. And again, produced by Betty Boo and the Beatmasters. So they're back after their little Mars attack. And they did do a B-side. I think they actually submitted a couple other tracks as well that
01:04:08 --> 01:04:32 we'll talk about in our part two um but this one's interesting uh it sounds kind of like 70s and 80s but then still kind of has that futuristic alien thing going on for it um my favorite part is nadine's kind of soulful pre-chorus that comes in for that second verse and i do think the chorus is fun the love me yeah chance and then that kind of distorted and kind of
01:04:32 --> 01:04:56 kind of those little whispers that come in afterwards like it's just an interesting chorus and again mildly chaotic but not to the point where it's noisy which i appreciate not to make it super noisy a little bit just a little bit because i think it's chaotic but i think yeah i wasn't like overwhelmed at all during it maybe toward the ending i didn't care for it was toward the end for me honestly oh like when all like the lasers come in
01:04:56 --> 01:05:08 Bruh, bruh. Oh my god. Don't get me started. Yes. Thank you, the lasers. But I actually appreciate all the energy at the end. Like, I think this would have been a fun one to see them perform.
01:05:08 --> 01:05:37 Oh yeah. I think so too. But we would have gotten more of the bend over and body roll so maybe not. Love me! Bend, roll, roll. Love me! Bend, roll, roll. Join us if you're watching. But yeah, I think it is quite interesting because the song shocked me at first. I was sitting here like, mind my business. Just left the last one.
01:05:37 --> 01:05:52 I was like, what's going on? It's very wiry and wonky. And I felt like I was in that. You've seen that Batman dancing, like from the Adam West Batman. I was in a. Going off in the business. Yeah.
01:05:52 --> 01:06:14 I felt like I was in an episode of Batman. Just in there. Na na na na na na na na na. Or even a SpongeBob episode. But yeah, it was interesting because when I heard the chorus, the love me, I was just, I thought of pick me, choose me, love me.
01:06:14 --> 01:06:41 I was like, so I just like, not me. I'm like, why, why? What's the context? I listened to the rest of the words. I was like, okay, I get it, I get it. It's not as like pick me as I thought it was. But you know, at the end it gets a little crazy because you get the bells and the whistles and the distorted sounds. And then again, I felt like I was locked in a galactic battle and I was just trying to find the bathroom. Like, you know, you're just like, oh wait.
01:06:41 --> 01:06:59 just trying to get out so it was a bit much for me a little bit but no I think they sound so cool the champs cue they sound kind of sexy the song is sexy in tone
01:06:59 --> 01:07:18 The production is just a little quirky. That's it. That's not a bad thing, though. It's just crazy. So that being said, on my way to the bathroom, I did catch a groove. So I will give this. I'll give it a seven. I'll give it a seven. It's not bad. Okay. I'll do a 7.5. I enjoy it.
01:07:18 --> 01:07:36 Up next, we have Don't Want You Back by Anders Badge, Michelle Bell, and Arthur Ferguson. And this is the only track on the original track list of the album that was not included on the November 2003 repackage. And I wonder why. Um...
01:07:36 --> 01:08:03 I don't agree with that at all. I think that was the wrong decision. Because this was actually another standout track for me, actually, when I first heard the album. You know, I love a British girl group. So while this song is quite generic and could be like an Atomic Kitten song or something, that's probably why I love it. Because I actually think the song itself is great. I think it has a really, really nice melody. Yes, the lyrics are a little cheesy, but...
01:08:03 --> 01:08:25 I think just as a nice pop song, it does its job. You know, the Swedish people came through, you know. And again, they all sound really, really good. Again, Nicola, I don't think is even on it. But Nadine sounds great on those pre-choruses. And then you get Sarah's bridge, which I think is with Kimberly with the harmonies. And she gets that nice big note. That's the first kind of big note.
01:08:25 --> 01:08:47 Belts that we've had in a minute now. So I actually really, really like this song. I think maybe not so much for Girls Aloud, right? For Girls Aloud, maybe it's a bit meh. Okay. But for a girl group song, I think it's good. And maybe that kind of speaks to like just how good Girls Aloud are as well. But I still listen to this one. I enjoy it.
01:08:48 --> 01:09:17 I hear you. I see you. But I do not agree with you. No, I'm joking. I'm teasing. But, you know, I'm not going to lie. I think because it does sound so generic, I'm just like, ah. I think the chorus is nice. I think that's where I like the vocal stacking. I just don't care for the melody of it. I don't want you back. Na, na, na, na. I don't want you back. I just feel like...
01:09:18 --> 01:09:24 Even for a generic pot girl, pot girl group song, it could have been so much better.
01:09:25 --> 01:09:54 and they have so many fun tracks on this album and you get to this song, I'm like, I began to wonder, when will it end so I can get back to the fun? Because it was just like, oh, come on. Listen, I like the harmonies and the chorus, like I said. And yes, Nicola, keeping her up until the end, it's not okay. Y'all need to stop doing that. It's not fair. Because I only heard her like, oh, there she is. Is she even there? That wasn't Sarah singing, right? It was Nicola, right? For which part? Right before Sarah's bridge.
01:09:55 --> 01:10:17 No, that's Sarah. The whole time? Oh, no, poor baby. Damn, I was trying to give Nicola a bone. Dang. No, I don't think Nicola's even in this. Damn. I wish we could have got a live performance. I feel like this is one of those songs that they would totally deliver because they know how to emote well. I will say that a lot of the songs have been a little bit fun in nature. But this one, I feel like was like a true...
01:10:17 --> 01:10:43 serious track and i would have been interested in maybe seeing a performance maybe that would kind of maybe change my mind um the lyrics are a little bit generic um but i do appreciate the sentiment of like not letting someone back until they love you for real but still you know that you could have better so i like that because that's relatable as hell um so relatable and uh yeah that's pretty much all i have to say about it's not there's not a standout track for me okay yeah so why would you rate it
01:10:43 --> 01:10:49 It's sitting at a seven right now. Okay, I'm going for 8.5, because I do enjoy it.
01:10:50 --> 01:11:15 Let me know which one you agree with. Yes, comments. Do you like this song? All right. So we're at the last track of the standard album. Yes, we know the UK had two bonus tracks, but you'll just have to stay tuned for part two of our review when we talk about those and also all the other B-sides from this era. Yes. So track 13 is White Lies, which was done by Tim Kellett and Sandria Nordstrom.
01:11:15 --> 01:11:36 I think Sarah's, yeah, yeah. I think if she was more R&B influenced with her singing style, she could have gone to a cute little riff with it, as opposed to just like this blur, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I feel like she could have told me else because the song leans itself toward like that, that Spice Girls style of R&B where it's still pop.
01:11:36 --> 01:11:55 or the way the pop sounded at the time. Like, I feel like she could have just, like, really gave it. Because Cheryl, she sounds really good on this. I feel like this kind of style fits her voice. And if she would have ended up in, like, some generic girl group that came from, like, a show, she would kill this because she sounds good on it. Because she has a nice, like, balance between...
01:11:55 --> 01:12:13 the pop tone and like being able to kind of get a little soulful a little bit. I mean, she's not Nadine, but they both have their strengths. And I think this is Cheryl's kind of style for sure. Especially when you see what she does, like kind of solo. But yeah, I can imagine them strutting down the street, singing to the camera with this chorus. It is so like,
01:12:13 --> 01:12:37 Yeah. It's angry, but it's really pretty. The song, again, is generic. But the girl's personality is heard in the song. So the vocal production, whoever vocal produced it, did a really good job. It's not too much. It's not too little. And then Nicholas Bridge. Oh, my God. I love it. But I also do think they use only one take because there's no differentiation in the one tone. And I'm like...
01:12:37 --> 01:12:57 Give the girl a chance. Dang. Ugh. But no, I do enjoy this song. It sounds like How Soon Is Now from the Charmed soundtrack and also some other, like, again, random pop song from this time period. So I like the quirky little weird...
01:12:58 --> 01:13:14 electronic sounds in it, as well as some of the, like, quote-unquote natural sounds of the guitar and the drums. So, yeah. What about you? Yeah, it's kind of that, it's kind of that kind of classic Swedish pop thing, like the rock influence with the pop sensibilities, all these Max Martin trainees
01:13:14 --> 01:13:38 you know, all come out to like write their own songs. Yeah, I enjoy this one. I think, like you said, it is, again, a tad generic. And again, that really is just a testament to how awesome Xenomenia was at making Girls Aloud really have their own thing going. But again, I think this is a great girl group song. I think any other number of girl groups could have released this as a single.
01:13:38 --> 01:14:00 As a successful single. I think this song is actually very, very good. And almost it was kind of wasted by giving it to Girls Loud in a way. But I think it's super, super catchy. The chorus is awesome. I love the ruining everything. Like that little hook is really, really fun. And super memorable. And the...
01:14:00 --> 01:14:25 Yeah, like you said, the vocal production is really nice. Like the little unison vocals through the chorus and kind of the post-chorus as well. Like just really, really well structured. And yeah, again, a nice amount of sass, a nice amount of frustration from each of them as well. Yeah. So yeah, I think it's a solid track. Again, an outlier in Girls Aloud's discography. Yeah. But a peek at what...
01:14:25 --> 01:14:52 maybe a generic album would have looked like for them. Like this really could have been a single in another timeline for sure. Yeah, for sure. For sure. I think this one's good. And I think maybe because the two back-to-back like clinical generica songs, I think this one appeals more to my personal taste of around that time, what was out. So I think that's why I'm like, oh yeah, this one, I don't mind it being generic, but I just don't think it fits on this album. Yeah.
01:14:52 --> 01:15:18 For them, right? So, yeah. Ooh, it's so hard to do these ratings and not consider the whole scope of, like, the album. Not even, like, what they're going to do next, but just the album itself and, like, their image and everything. You know? So, what do you rate it, though? I'm curious. I will give it a 9. I think it's one of the highlights from this album. How about you? Yeah, it's a pretty solid outro. I'm going to give it, um, hmm. I'm not being too jealous. I'll give it an 8.5.
01:15:18 --> 01:15:42 Okay. All right. So we're at the cut or keep section now. So if you had to cut a song off this album, what would you choose and why? Before I get my response, if you would like to cut one song from this album and keep one song on this album, please definitely drop a comment below. We'll read it. We love your responses because some of y'all are so funny. Yes, please join in.
01:15:43 --> 01:16:03 I choose to cut forever in a day and a night, in a day and a night and a night and a day. I just, I just, I just, no. It's not strong enough. Even with the other ones that we rated pretty like on the lower side of the spectrum, it just doesn't even stand, it doesn't even hold a candle to even one of the lower tracks that I rated. So, nah.
01:16:03 --> 01:16:18 get rid of it. Nope. Nope. Yeah. I'm going to have to agree with you on that. I was trying to justify it at one point where I was like, maybe they felt like they needed a ballad on the album just to like, give it a little bit more of, you know, just a range, but like just as a song, it sucks. It sucks.
01:16:19 --> 01:16:42 Like the actual song is terrible, like in every way. So I can't even justify it with that. Yeah. Okay. If I had to keep a song, that's really hard. I think the one that still jumps out the most to me is No Good Advice. Like even more than Sound of the Underground. I think No Good Advice is such an awesome track.
01:16:42 --> 01:16:57 yeah i'm gonna agree with you on that one too look at us yeah yeah that one's yeah i look because all the good songs became singles at this point it's just like i mean keep them keep all but a couple yes exactly
01:16:57 --> 01:17:21 All right, so I guess as a final rating and just overall thoughts, I think at the end of the day, it's a solid girl group album. I think like we've been alluding to this whole time, this is Girls Aloud's least successful, least popular album, like among the fans in general. Like they were clearly still trying to figure out what they were going to do. And...
01:17:21 --> 01:17:39 there are so many flashes of brilliance. And yes, there are a couple duds, and it's not the most cohesive project. But I appreciate some of the risks they took, like with the Betty Boo tracks. I think it's interesting to listen to, to kind of just hear their potential vocally and kind of just...
01:17:39 --> 01:17:57 what they were trying to do. I don't know. I think it's kind of just interesting to listen to just in the breadth of their discography because it's the only album that Xenomania didn't do. I think I'll actually give it an eight. Like I think if you took this album and compared it to a lot of other girl groups and their debut albums, it stands up.
01:17:58 --> 01:18:27 Yeah, and one thing I've noticed with UK pop, especially around this era, it was a lot of, no, a lot of is not a fair word to say, but I noticed there was this trend of hearing what was cool and popping in America and Brit popping it a bit. It's not a bad thing because every country needs their representative so-and-so, right? It happens throughout music. But I can say without a doubt because they decided to lean towards sounds that were very prominent in the UK soundscape, it made it like, oh...
01:18:27 --> 01:18:54 Hang on now. What are they doing? What are they doing? So I think that's what definitely set them apart, too. They were just like, here is UK Pops new sound, right? Even if they didn't know that was going to happen, the goal was it's a UK-based group. Here it is. Spice Girls are kind of like, where are they? Here's what we got. And I think this is a good kind of like attempt at trying to capitalize on the success of a TV show group, you know? So I agree. I wouldn't give it an eight.
01:18:55 --> 01:19:23 Nice. Yeah. So, yeah. So the socials have been posting a lot of unseen pictures and we got the alternative mix of Sound of the Underground and the accompanying video with the unreleased footage, which was a nice surprise. So I'm just glad they are celebrating all of this. I think, like I mentioned, this is arguably their worst and least successful album. So if they're doing the most for this project, I'm excited to see what they're going to bring out for the other albums. And I'm excited to do our part, too, because some of these B-sides are a mess.
01:19:23 --> 01:19:39 Oh, stop. Oh, my God. No. That's nice. Oh, no. Honestly, this mess that you're talking about. We'll see what happens because I want something that's probably never going to happen. And I don't want to say it.
01:19:40 --> 01:19:57 to have someone say, it's never gonna happen. They said it's not gonna happen. But you know, I want to say it's never gonna happen. But it's nice to kind of see them together, you know, people talking again and such. If they wanna release more pajamas, I will buy them. Cause they're, I mean, well, you will buy them for me and bring them please.
01:19:59 --> 01:20:12 But yeah, no, it's nice to kind of see this them as like cool again and being willing to release things and talk about it and talk about the fun they had. I do wish...
01:20:13 --> 01:20:43 I do wonder if any girl groups coming down the line will acknowledge them a little bit more. And I think it would be fun to kind of talk about like their, their effect on K-pop, even with Zena Mae. I think it's a fun episode to kind of talk about, but I think a lot of my wishes for them are pretty similar to yours. Pretty much in alignment with yours. I'll take what I can get. Yeah. I think, you know, and mix it's time do it biology cover. Like that'd be awesome to bring that back. I was going to say one of the Betty boo songs and mix me to take.
01:20:43 --> 01:21:03 that was rude well thank you all so much for listening and or watching we would love to know what you think about the album have you purchased any versions of the new 20th anniversary edition let us know and if you haven't yet go check out our Girls Aloud Pop 101 episode where we discuss the group's entire career
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