Album C-View: The Saturdays - "On Your Radar"

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[00:00:07] So here we are. We've talked about Lil Mix, Spice Girls, All Saints, Sugar Babes,

[00:00:15] Flo even and Girls Aloud on our show but finally after many requests throughout the years we are

[00:00:22] doing an episode about the Saturdays. Yes big thank you to our Patreon producer,

[00:00:28] Louis who pushed this up in our schedule. He wanted us to review the On Your Radar album

[00:00:35] and of course we have to shout out our other Patreon producers, Lily, Emily and Juliet as well

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[00:00:49] join us in our conversations as well so head on over. All right so here we are talking

[00:00:56] about the Saturdays, best day of the week. Is it? I like Saturdays. I think Saturdays are

[00:01:02] pretty good. I mean think about they were called the Fridays purpose story. Sure sure yes.

[00:01:08] You know I think with this group they're not as well known as the Brit pop situation for

[00:01:14] girl groups just started to fade right after Spice Girls. I don't know if we kind of were

[00:01:20] like whatever whatever we don't really care and then suddenly was like he knew he was

[00:01:23] going to talk about the Saturdays. Then it was like oh my god here we are but they had two albums

[00:01:28] beforehand you know what I'm saying so it's like were we really checking for them until

[00:01:31] we were told to check for them? I don't know. I think maybe when I was in high school I was

[00:01:36] like I don't know how what grade it was but I remember seeing YouTube videos for them and

[00:01:40] I was like oh my god who's on with the short hair? Gorgeous. Who's on with the short

[00:01:43] hair? I found out it was Frankie but I think maybe because he was doing the whole catching

[00:01:49] up with the Saturdays that's why I was pushing our algorithms back in the day but

[00:01:52] that's the only way I came in contact with them. Yeah and I think overall like listening to their

[00:01:58] old stuff and then listening to what was the last album was like 2013 right? Like it was

[00:02:02] pretty solid like they had a sound dance pop, Euro pop. I will say have some like

[00:02:09] qualms about their style but we'll get into that in the review for sure. How do you feel

[00:02:15] about this group you know the British pop girls and pop boys you are very familiar with.

[00:02:19] I mean I'm quite thankful to the Saturdays because so I remember when they opened for

[00:02:24] Girls Aloud on the Tangled Up tour and everyone kind of knew they were kind of under the same

[00:02:30] label you know that they were kind of the next coming right of the girl group yeah and

[00:02:36] they were holding it down really as the only active British girl group for a while.

[00:02:42] Like between Girls Aloud and Little Mix it was only them yes and even if you look at

[00:02:46] the festival lineups and stuff at the time they were invited to everything because they

[00:02:51] were just like the only ones there yeah but yeah so I'm a huge fan of them. I think their

[00:02:56] Greatest Hits album is one of the best girl group albums ever like every single is pretty solid

[00:03:03] and I so yeah I'm really excited to finally do an episode they've been on our list

[00:03:06] pretty much since the beginning so yeah yeah. Well like we said Louis you know pushed it

[00:03:12] up y'all we're here okay so let's get into the album On Your Radar. On your radar okay so

[00:03:20] this is their third album as I've mentioned and it was released in November 2011. The group was

[00:03:26] inspired to make a more dance heavy and club friendly album and co-wrote a lot on this

[00:03:31] project and the album peaked at number 23 in the UK albums chart and also led to the group's

[00:03:37] first arenas tour so we're gonna get into it because it's a few years away from the 20th

[00:03:44] anniversary but still it is time no time like the present okay we're gonna go track by track

[00:03:50] and discuss the productions vocal lyrics and give our ratings for each song feel free to join

[00:03:55] us let us know how these songs score up in your personal life or their whole discography

[00:04:00] join the conversation in the comments below. Well before we even get to the album I would

[00:04:05] like to ask you what you think of the album cover because it's quite divisive I would say.

[00:04:10] What what the shoulders? Yeah the shoulders. You know what honestly when I'm looking for this

[00:04:15] album I'm trying to find it I just think okay wait the heads I look for their heads.

[00:04:20] So it's memorable. Yes it's memorable I think for it to be called On Your Radar

[00:04:25] it doesn't give the sense of them looking I don't know it's just it's almost like a

[00:04:31] it's too stripped down but then it gave you to go with their other album covers it was just like

[00:04:36] them on the scaffolding and all this other stuff like I like it it's simple enough I know their

[00:04:39] faces like I feel like this album was the introduction to a lot of like for me so for

[00:04:45] me to actually see them up close and who they are. Oh interesting yeah yeah so I loved the

[00:04:51] kind of color concept that they had with the first couple albums like if you look at

[00:04:55] the first three oh so the first two albums and then the headlines EP it's all very colorful

[00:04:59] so that for them to then go into this kind of very nude gray thing I think it's more mature

[00:05:07] as a concept but I don't think it matches the album. No and I don't think it's like going into

[00:05:13] a store to buy this album I feel like it would have been embarrassed as a kid to buy this album

[00:05:17] cover. Oh yeah because they look nude yeah they look new totally I agree. I did read from

[00:05:23] like an old interview they were like oh like the concept was that we are like showing skin

[00:05:29] because we wrote so much on this album so we're like feeling more vulnerable I guess about the

[00:05:34] material on this like they're more personally connected to this album than the previous ones

[00:05:39] but that sounds like PR dribble yes. Sure it definitely could have been a lot but like I

[00:05:44] said it just doesn't match the on the radar the album who was that meaning them? Yeah it

[00:05:47] doesn't match the album yeah they're beautiful so luckily it worked out. Yeah no they look

[00:05:52] great but yeah that was it though. Yeah anyway let's get started okay the first song is

[00:05:58] All Fired Up and this was written and produced by the Xenomania team this time it was Annie

[00:06:04] Yule, Brian Higgins, Eliza Dodd-Noble, Timothy Deal, Jason Resch, Matt Gray, Miranda Cooper,

[00:06:10] MNEK and Space Cowboy and this was released as the second single from the album in November

[00:06:16] 2011 and it charted at number three on the UK singles chart and the group has described

[00:06:21] the song as a Ibiza closing party meets Miami poolside rave that's pretty fitting. Yeah Ibiza

[00:06:30] look at you Espanola okay so again I don't remember how I came across this song yeah but

[00:06:36] I do recall liking it because I think at the time it was a Gaga was queen yeah king whatever

[00:06:43] Gaga was everywhere so I think by that point I've really got kind of you know used to the

[00:06:48] whole Euro pop sound I mean hers is a little bit different because she kind of threw in some

[00:06:52] other influences from different either way different influences or whatever but this one

[00:06:57] I was like oh this is nice I like the stabbiness of the synth and this is probably

[00:07:03] one of the only times I'm going to say this as we do this review it fit. The thing about

[00:07:08] this song definitely does sound like the club yeah so I appreciate the what's what the

[00:07:15] world building essentially with this song the lyrics are very simple and they repeat over and

[00:07:21] over again which is completely fine it's very indicative of a dance pop record you're not

[00:07:25] looking for like crazy death I mean any of the old like really cool house songs or the

[00:07:30] diva house songs or whatever those songs are very much like repeat the same phrase

[00:07:35] be someone else's thing or just sing it differently and I appreciate that

[00:07:38] I can definitely hear the writers voices and their styles in this and it's so interesting

[00:07:44] to kind of hear where like MNEK kind of like started and then just kept getting better but

[00:07:50] you can hear certain things that he would sing things or it's interesting to hear that and then

[00:07:54] with Zinomania Girls Aloud had already you know long since passed but then you had like

[00:07:59] oh with like something new and all their other things like that you go like oh this kind of

[00:08:02] leans in toward that dance pop club giving me vocal thing I think lyrically the song is

[00:08:09] simple but the delivery is where the texture comes in and that's why I like it because Vanessa

[00:08:14] and Rochelle like without a doubt they are very much giving me those divas right and they have

[00:08:21] Frankie with the bright tone and Molly's delicate kind of pop vocal giving it a little bit more

[00:08:26] of like a Britney feel I'll say she's Britney Spears but you know that tone that they have

[00:08:29] is very clear very articulate and then is it Una or Yuna I keep I read it is Una thank you

[00:08:35] yeah she ties it all together because she's right in the middle of the each of the other four

[00:08:41] members like you have this very strong soulful and then you have like a pop vocal she's like

[00:08:45] right in the middle or she has a rasp but it's still very clear so she can articulate both of

[00:08:49] the lisma and the quick like you know agility like a pop vocal would need and the video we'll

[00:08:55] get to it but yeah all right yeah there's a lot of things that came in with this video

[00:08:58] just in the song that just all came together really well I think for a single yeah I really

[00:09:05] enjoy this I think Zenomania's production is pretty perfect on here like the energy is really

[00:09:11] good it feels really powerful there's and there's a great tension in there like you really can

[00:09:17] feel the grungy dark club like you can just imagine that when you listen to the song

[00:09:23] and kind of put yourself there yeah very well so they really did a good job with that

[00:09:28] like vision I guess yeah and I think it was a good progression for the girls as well

[00:09:33] definitely more mature a little cooler than a lot of their previous stuff yeah I would say

[00:09:39] Una's little outro the keep me on your radar that's probably my favorite part yeah I do

[00:09:45] wish there was because there's nothing at climax production-wise but I wish Vanessa had

[00:09:52] like a big no for that final blow my mind you know like some diva ad-libs at the end would have

[00:10:00] yes really yes exactly also my other gripe with that part is that the lyrics should really be

[00:10:07] I put my head against the speakers because then it's like you're blowing your mind like

[00:10:11] why are you yeah your hand against the speakers doesn't make as much sense yeah the head oh

[00:10:17] right cyst but yeah I enjoy this one I don't think it's one of their best singles at all

[00:10:26] but I enjoy it for what they were going for and so if you're gonna say you're gonna do a dance

[00:10:33] club song this very much fits what I would envision and I kind of love that they got

[00:10:38] space cowboy to work on this as well because that you mentioned Lady Gaga so it's like they

[00:10:43] really were trying to kind of keep up so yeah okay so yes the video what did you think you

[00:10:47] know what I've noticed even with this other girl group Japan called Femme F-E-M-M the whole black

[00:10:53] latex water reflective surface like you know tube light thing was huge oh my god but it looks

[00:11:02] very sleek it makes things look extra wet and sexy without taking things off so I get that

[00:11:09] kudos to the way they filmed it because these ladies are not dancers yeah I'm coming if I want

[00:11:15] no but they're not dancers but you know what they're going to give you vocals face and that's

[00:11:20] what I got from it like I was feeling it I was in when I was younger and even now looking at it

[00:11:25] I look at I was like wow the video is not that dynamic but they are whoever choreographed

[00:11:29] it I love the little diadom they're flipping their hair because Rochelle's ponytail gets

[00:11:32] stuck I'm like yeah give me that give it to me and I like the juxtaposition of them

[00:11:36] in the white dresses on the little microwave spinning thing maybe the camera was spinning

[00:11:41] I need the cameraman but I just think those kind of pictures do help add to their visual appeal

[00:11:50] and it adds to the vocal appeal because when we think of like vocal divas we think of with

[00:11:54] the women singing in the clubs they look like goddesses and dresses goddesses and great body

[00:11:59] suits just very slick and sleek and that's what they're giving the dancers had me in

[00:12:04] tears I don't know what the heck they were wearing but you know it they were giving like

[00:12:10] the eels from Little Mermaid just all in the water and so I'll take what I can get because

[00:12:15] like I said they're not dancers I appreciate at least the dancers got some screen time so we

[00:12:18] didn't know who was dancing uh it's just that was in that video didn't matter nope yeah yeah

[00:12:26] I think the video is effective I think it matches the song and they do look great and

[00:12:31] I would say they needed one more scene maybe or something just to match that

[00:12:36] climax because like you've seen everything there is to see in this video within the first like

[00:12:41] minute or so and it doesn't really go anywhere so that's my only thing with it

[00:12:47] they needed fire that's what they knew that's what I'm surprised there was no fire

[00:12:51] the opposite water yeah choreography wise yes you're right they are definitely not dancers

[00:13:00] I don't think they would call themselves dancers I think Frankie is really good dancer

[00:13:05] yes but yes choreography wise this group has never had the best choreography and arguably it

[00:13:13] got worse and worse by the end um but we'll talk about that more when we talk about the

[00:13:18] other music but I think this was good like there's a lot of dynamics there there's a lot

[00:13:23] of formation changes different moments of levels and people facing different directions

[00:13:27] or like hands reaching out different directions so they did a good job it was simple it allowed

[00:13:33] them to sing live it works for the song it's fine yeah no see no shade y'all yes so that

[00:13:42] being said what do you rate I'll fight up nothing now okay I do still love it quite a

[00:13:49] lot so I will give it a nine same I love it fun I wanted to give it a little bit higher but

[00:13:55] I'll give that reason later okay so up next Jill notorious so this one was done by

[00:14:03] Ina Worldson and Steve Mack and it was released as the first single from the album in May

[00:14:11] 2011 and peaked at number eight in the UK singles chart excuse me I said that all fired

[00:14:16] up was a person that it was not I apologize yeah so notorious this one is interesting

[00:14:22] it looks interesting because I didn't hear this one first I actually heard this one second

[00:14:27] and I remember the video because they were going for the office siren look yeah you know

[00:14:31] and I was like oh I like this hourglasses I could make them look sexy too like it was

[00:14:35] that kind of mindset and I wore a uniform at school so I was like oh yeah I could totally do

[00:14:39] this what do you think about the song because I feel like considering what we know about them

[00:14:47] and maybe some of your tastes I don't how do you feel about I'm very curious to know

[00:14:50] like you're like I enjoy it I enjoy the song I actually do remember having read I think it

[00:14:56] was Dina maybe that said it that originally when they were conceptualizing the song they

[00:15:01] were inspired by the whole vampire craze because that's twilight you know peak twilight fandom

[00:15:07] at that time so they were inspired by this idea of like transformation so it's like you

[00:15:13] know when you're in the club you transform into you know a bad girl yeah got it so

[00:15:19] there's something quite cheeky about it I would say the final version it because it's so like

[00:15:24] bouncy you know it's just not when they say they're like I'm a bad girl it's like

[00:15:33] it just doesn't feel very convincing so when I listen to the song I feel like I don't really

[00:15:38] take it too seriously like it's kind of cheeky like they're kind of almost making fun of those

[00:15:44] people that turn into I guess you know someone else in the club I don't know like there's just

[00:15:50] something like not serious about this song and I can't tell if that's on purpose or not so I

[00:15:56] think that's maybe where my confusion is with this one but you know I think the production

[00:16:00] overall is good like it's dramatic I love the ahs and the strings and the tension is great

[00:16:07] like in the bridge as well yeah I think also the overuse of the tuning I'm an outlaw and like all

[00:16:15] the all that stuff like I also think almost if I do use that kind of angle of this being kind

[00:16:20] of a cheeky song it was almost making fun of the trend at the time of using that in every

[00:16:25] song as well because they were just so extra with it but again I can't tell if they were

[00:16:30] actually trying to be serious with it or not so I'm just gonna pretend that they weren't

[00:16:35] you know what I mean I'm in tears because the lyrics are just like you know I'm a gangster

[00:16:41] on the dance floor like it's like yeah like I can't take that seriously I feel like they aren't

[00:16:49] you know no valid and I hope that they aren't yeah so yeah vocally though I think they sound

[00:16:56] great like you know you mentioned Vanessa and Rachelle kind of being their kind of soulful

[00:17:00] kind of pillars in this group and Una kind of balancing them out well with her kind of

[00:17:04] raspy or rockier kind of tone and then Molly with the auto tune works really well so yeah

[00:17:11] I think it's good another lyric right though kind of just say I'm a outlaw

[00:17:18] I'm an outlaw and those end I suppose end no they say I'm a outlaw I'm the big boss

[00:17:25] oh goodness oh goodness really oh goodness you just assumed there's an end because you know it's

[00:17:35] supposed to be there but it's not the ESL teacher me is like and and yeah let's do it again I'm

[00:17:43] hey oh my gosh it annoys me every time it's meant to be kind of like a ve I'm a gangsta

[00:17:50] not gangster gangsta with Molly in her little list she's too precious to be safe I cannot

[00:17:56] that's what I mean that's why I can't take them seriously yeah she's so cute

[00:18:01] I'm an outlaw any little doodle I agree now that you've mentioned it that is so but I never

[00:18:08] like that line like I say it for the sake of like it's there it's a timeline I don't hate it

[00:18:15] because she's saying it I just don't like that that was like the thesis statement I'm an outlaw

[00:18:20] I'm a gangster I'm like you know I'm the big boss which is probably why they did what they

[00:18:25] did the music video I mean since you already you cover the production very well I have a lot of

[00:18:30] the same opinion okay because I was just like oh shout out to the girls out to the girls for

[00:18:34] singing but yeah they saw like you know Vixens and I'm here for it yeah I think the big boss

[00:18:39] in line is what inspired the music video bro like I guess that video was so cheap I look at

[00:18:47] it now and I didn't realize I was like holy smokes they legit had what maybe three sets not

[00:18:54] even two that club scene was the office but empty yeah I know you know what you gotta love

[00:19:06] the um the MacGyver-ness of like earlier 2010s because they started they started caring like

[00:19:14] in the 90s and 2000 it was like build the set well this is also remember this is the

[00:19:19] download era like yeah music industry was struggling yeah for context y'all to also

[00:19:27] to be fair like this song only you know it peaked at number eight which doesn't sound great

[00:19:32] in the UK but again because of the changing thing there was kind of this whole thing where

[00:19:35] it was released on download first and then it was released on cd single and they just

[00:19:38] weren't really sure how this was a weird transition in music so yeah they were kind of

[00:19:44] caught up in all that and that included the budget not being great but you know what

[00:19:50] lens flares fix everything when I tell you the lens flares are going off on this the stamps

[00:19:56] but you know what it even though I said it I wasn't being like oh wow they're broke it was

[00:20:00] just like you said side of the times yeah they sold it like I said the office siren thing

[00:20:05] was working and then their performances also helped like the one that we watched I watched

[00:20:09] a couple other ones too like when Frankie wasn't there I think when they had the

[00:20:12] interview with Jamil Jamila yeah yeah that one when Frankie wasn't there but when Frankie

[00:20:17] was there and they said he can dance yep I'm not gonna lie to y'all those chest pops and

[00:20:21] those oblique leans I'm not a fan of but you know what they did perform the heck out

[00:20:27] of it they performed okay PAAFORM they performed and they can sing like even with the

[00:20:34] acoustic uh the unplugged versions you can hear the harmonies you can hear

[00:20:38] Molly actually sing without that attitude and actually hold her note like yeah so again it

[00:20:43] all of this is a testament to how talented they are and that everything else around them

[00:20:47] is just you know not fluff for lack of a better word but it's just they're the main

[00:20:52] focus for sure because the way they sing the way they look the way they behave on stage

[00:20:57] the song overall is not bad but I think they're the ones that carry it and make it

[00:21:02] almost believable even with all this cheesy cheekiness yeah yeah so yeah I mean it's super

[00:21:08] catchy it is fun to sing along to as long as you don't take it too seriously I think

[00:21:11] but yeah the performance on So You Think You Can Dance was great I would actually say it's

[00:21:16] one of their best performances ever because they are super confident they're really giving it

[00:21:20] all with the movement I don't mind the chest pops and stuff like again I think like All Fired

[00:21:26] Up there's like a lot going on like formation-wise and dynamic-wise to kind of compensate for it

[00:21:31] not being like crazy difficult choreography like I like all the ripples like all of them you know

[00:21:36] each in the line going up then down then like knees going in and yeah and the timing was really

[00:21:42] good and all of that maybe then being on a dance program they put a little more effort into

[00:21:47] that Frankie was she's like I got no lines

[00:21:51] she sounds great on that bridge though but yeah yeah the radio one version is awesome

[00:21:56] they add a ton of harmonies to it and yeah Molly I would say she's actually very underrated as

[00:22:02] a vocalist because of course she doesn't have the typical pop diva vocal ability yeah but she

[00:22:08] is solid live she was always one of the most stable ones okay and yeah Vanessa was

[00:22:14] definitely pushing hard you know this was those were high yeah the notes are high and

[00:22:20] this was definitely her most kind of strained period I guess and you can tell with a vocal

[00:22:27] distribution on this entire album because Vanessa used to be their lead singer like she sang

[00:22:32] almost everything oh yeah and led almost every chorus and on this album she's actually not

[00:22:39] doing that on almost any song you know I kind of appreciate that because I thought

[00:22:43] that was over I was like wait hang on that's a lot to sing I think promoting for that

[00:22:47] actually is what really started breaking her voice actually yes too much too much so yeah

[00:22:53] but yeah kudos to her for working around that yeah that being said though this song was

[00:22:59] I think for nostalgia purposes and why I liked it when I was younger I kind of like

[00:23:03] I scored it a little higher than I probably would have it's sitting out like a it wasn't

[00:23:07] a 7.5 but I found myself singing throughout the week I was singing it all week so I'll

[00:23:13] give it an 8. I feel the same way I think because I like them and I was a fan of them

[00:23:18] and this era is a nice memory for me it's also that also adds some points so yeah I'll also

[00:23:23] give it an 8. It's like her honestly biased them it is track three is faster faster faster

[00:23:31] faster and this one was also done by Ina Roldsen and Steve Mack so what do you think a faster

[00:23:41] okay this one took me a second to get into all right oh yeah okay I don't think people

[00:23:46] know I don't think I've ever really said it on the show either maybe in our secret

[00:23:49] episodes our bonus episodes on Patreon I have expressed things like with Instinct's first album

[00:23:54] with the Euro pop thing and like what like the criticism with a lot of like Euro pop EDM songs

[00:24:01] and what it sounds like y'all should subscribe to our Patreon to know what I said again we

[00:24:05] have a free tier check them out yeah no it took me a second because I'm not a huge European

[00:24:09] pop lover in terms of like when people think of EDM right like not considering the subtypes

[00:24:15] of the genre of EDM like there is a stereotype and the song was kind of leaning into it like

[00:24:21] I just remember being uninterested in Euro pop when I was a little bit younger unless it was

[00:24:26] Gaga or K-pop like honestly and I know that probably sounds a little weird but each of those

[00:24:32] well people are some of the artists within k-pop that did use Euro they had still kind

[00:24:37] of like some other they had rapping they had some r&b influences and then Gaga there's Gaga

[00:24:43] and everywhere so when I heard this how many years later now I thought to myself okay there's

[00:24:50] some stabbiness to this okay there's some really geez okay oh all right yep the pre-chorus

[00:24:58] into the chorus really takes me away in a nice way like it makes me feel like I'm sent

[00:25:02] I'm being ascended because the melody is really nice and I think it brings it adds to the drama

[00:25:08] and the sustained note that goes right into Frankie's part is so satisfying even though I

[00:25:13] had like my little qualms about it at first I actually grew to like this song because of how

[00:25:18] it builds it has a very effective build in terms of lyrical content and vocal delivery

[00:25:24] production actually builds nicely as well so I think this overall does what I wish All Fired

[00:25:30] Up would have done where it has the build it had the you know the fun chorus but then like

[00:25:36] where's the story where is the crescendo where is that catharsis that I'm expecting you know

[00:25:42] the climax of the song was a lot more effective for me in this song than it was in All Fired

[00:25:47] because all I did what it had to do it was cute she teased us a little bit but this one

[00:25:52] when it finally did get into my little system and I was like that's it is it too

[00:25:57] I felt like it did what it needed to do and I like it I actually grew to like it so

[00:26:02] kudos to them for winning me over the song is not bad like I don't think I have any

[00:26:07] complaints about it actually now I just at first when I heard I was like Lord here we go

[00:26:11] here you go but that was my fault for doing that at first I can admit that it was my

[00:26:17] mistake so yeah uh what about you I feel like well I'm the opposite because this is like very

[00:26:24] me yeah yeah I love this song I think it could have been a single if they had released a fourth

[00:26:29] one I think there are a few contenders here but I think this could have been a good one

[00:26:33] because yeah I think while it has that kind of typical yeah like more European dance pop

[00:26:38] thing going on it the lyrics are really warm and the vocal delivery and production of it is

[00:26:45] all very warm so I think that balances it out well so it's not just this kind of like

[00:26:51] metallic EDM beat kind of driving it so yeah I think that's I appreciate that balance there

[00:26:57] yeah vocally love the distribution like hearing Frankie lead that chorus is awesome very rare

[00:27:04] across their discography and her vulnerability really works well there the faster faster faster

[00:27:10] little hook is fun like super satisfying very simple but works yeah and the whole

[00:27:16] melody is just like really nice and fun to sing along to for me yeah so yeah I think

[00:27:21] this one I don't know I don't even know like what does I just think it's like a really

[00:27:25] I think it stands out I think the song stands out I think they all just do a really good job

[00:27:30] of executing the tone of the song like the weather trying to say and the tour performance

[00:27:36] is great as well like and they the harmonies are built really really nicely so yeah I think

[00:27:43] this is just a solid girl group pop song oh totally it's a love song it is cute yeah

[00:27:49] the cutesy song we love her I'm actually rating this one pretty high but I'm gonna let you kick

[00:27:54] it off what did you give it yeah this is one of my favorites on their album actually across

[00:27:57] their discography so I will give it a 10 yeah oh nice I gave this one a 9.5 oh yeah because

[00:28:04] I didn't like it at first a little bit always perfect but let you know but you know it's

[00:28:07] it does what it needs to do is a sweet girl group song very like it's not bubblegum but it

[00:28:13] has that kind of feel to it so I liked it but I wouldn't say it's like my perfect favorite

[00:28:17] song so yeah nice all right up next is my heart takes over and this is by Enel Wurlson

[00:28:25] and Steve Mac it was released as the third single right before the album's release in November

[00:28:30] 2011 and it peaked at number 15 in the UK singles chart oh there we go something snow

[00:28:37] not really slow but something kind of slow it's mid-tempo I guess actually it's more written

[00:28:43] like a ballad is the production behind it is written more with the there's a beat for sure

[00:28:48] there's percussion there which I think was needed actually I mean it was actually interesting

[00:28:52] because then watching the performances they used a remix actually to perform too they

[00:28:57] use their rock stone yeah just I think to give it even more energy live as well

[00:29:02] because you know ballads can be tough to keep people's attention sometimes I think yeah yeah

[00:29:07] I think this one is quite beautiful like I enjoy the strings there is something kind of muddled

[00:29:13] about the production or mix of it though I don't know if you felt that like I don't know if it's

[00:29:18] maybe their percussion or everything kind of just felt like they were kind of on the same

[00:29:22] level like even the vocal production like the chorus production it's not full it doesn't

[00:29:28] feel full it feels like they processed all of the group's vocals and put it in one layer

[00:29:33] or something oh I know what you mean yeah yeah and the harmonies are not really prominent at all

[00:29:39] I don't know there's like something very muddled about the way this song is produced which I don't

[00:29:44] love yeah it makes it sound like the song was sung in unison and not like in this whole five

[00:29:48] part harmony you know like I feel yeah like it's missing like a fullness and it doesn't

[00:29:53] match like the strings because the strings feel quite dynamic and there's a depth there

[00:29:57] but yeah the vocals don't have that like the group vocals but I think Vanessa and Rochelle

[00:30:03] sound great on the leads they give it the emotion that it requires I do wish again that

[00:30:11] there were some ad-libs at the end as well I think Vanessa kind of does some yeah but it's

[00:30:17] not it doesn't go as dramatic I guess as I want it to go and again this may be because

[00:30:23] of some of the issues she was having at the time I think with Una I think she was she missed a lot

[00:30:29] of the promo for this because she was pregnant so I think maybe that's why she doesn't get

[00:30:34] a verse in here potentially as well so yeah I think the song is fine to lead the album

[00:30:43] not the right choice at all and compared to other Saturday's ballads not their best oh

[00:30:51] yeah well it just like you know what I like the meaning of this song okay you know the lyrics

[00:31:00] are very much how do you say I don't think they're one of the milk but they're you know use your

[00:31:06] heart not your head in the situation I don't want to break up with you very sweet thing

[00:31:12] what saves it for me again is the pre into the chorus oh none of the verses are bad but

[00:31:20] I think for the first half is out my biggest thing was oh I like the way the pre hooks go

[00:31:25] into the verse and then in the second half I do it almost like a switch a little bit as a

[00:31:29] little teaser seal but yeah I think it's not bad but I feel like it just feels like

[00:31:37] the I am slash the fears like come out around the time too if I'm mistaken the I am album

[00:31:43] oh my whole halo production like oh maybe header feel yeah yes yes yes that's what I'm getting from

[00:31:50] this and it's not bad but I've never been like oh my god like this is like the best production

[00:31:54] I could ever have before a ballad it just fit the time and it sounds like it's of the time

[00:31:59] I like these harmonies and it kills me because it's like oh I can't hear them because whoever's

[00:32:04] holding these lows down I might be new and I'm holding the lows right because she would not

[00:32:08] or Rochelle yeah they tend to be the two yeah so good like this is one of those like

[00:32:13] like you said it would have been nice to kind of hear broken like not broken part like

[00:32:18] levels raised and such or even like an acoustic version as a part of a deluxe something or other

[00:32:24] like songs like this I think you have mentioned it a couple times on the show maybe just in

[00:32:28] private if a song can be performed acoustically and still stand on its own then it's a good

[00:32:33] song and I completely agree with that and this song I feel does hold its own without all of

[00:32:37] the weird like Ryan Tedder yes you know I hate this part right here production you know I'm

[00:32:43] saying like I just I'm just gonna melt t in a shade y'all dip the t in a shade to make it

[00:32:48] better but my thing is is like what's stopping it from being great and I think it might be

[00:32:54] the production because it's a little bit like just shy of being really good and that'd be

[00:33:01] because of the mixing so I agree with you I wanted to hear more of just like natural

[00:33:07] instruments yeah I think that mix of electronic and natural just did not get together harmoniously

[00:33:13] in a way that was like oh yeah this is getting me what I need so yeah yeah what'd you think

[00:33:20] of the video that was filmed in Iceland yeah they look like they have freaking Iceland

[00:33:24] yeah they look cold and their legs were exposed a lot of them can I tell you I am

[00:33:30] not a good lip sinker right I think right I don't think you know this about it maybe you do I do

[00:33:35] we've talked about this yeah yeah so the fact that they're getting blown the f down right now

[00:33:43] and this cold and still singing and looking gorgeous kudos to them because it's hard to

[00:33:48] sit there and be walking and maintain the concepts in the direction your head and still

[00:33:54] know so kudos to them they look really pretty and I think the color grading of this video is

[00:34:00] brilliant because first of all they're on this like really grayish beach and then if they are

[00:34:05] on the field it looks gray as well so it looks very sad and muted so I think that works out

[00:34:11] perfectly it's better than them like again dancing in the middle of the world like I

[00:34:15] hate this part you know I'm saying but you know like you said they look like they cold as

[00:34:19] hell but I do like the composition of the video makes it kind of understandable and they don't

[00:34:26] seem like they're like too out of place you know they should not be out there in those dresses

[00:34:30] it doesn't look like oh my god these pop singers are out here from the music just like

[00:34:34] a bunch of girls who live in the town just decided to get together and like talk about

[00:34:38] their problems I don't know but what I'm trying to say is it just feels it looks natural-ish

[00:34:43] considering that at the beginning of the video like yeah the styling is it like they're

[00:34:46] wearing like these freaking neon pink dresses you know or so or wear like these ball gowns you

[00:34:52] know so I appreciate it it's simple it just looks uncomfortable yeah I mean kind of the same

[00:34:58] comment like I just nothing happens in it it so it feels like it's just like you know it

[00:35:06] could be just a perfume commercial or something yeah there's no story no nothing yeah there's

[00:35:11] nothing is no you kind of again kind of just all the scenes you kind of see within the

[00:35:15] first minute or so so yeah kind of just like yeah but yo they look great but it's just yeah

[00:35:23] it's fine so yeah okay I'll give this one a 7.5 how about you oh me too so okay yeah

[00:35:31] moving on to get ready get set this was done by xenomania this time it was timothy deal

[00:35:38] matt gray mnek space cowboy miranda cooper brian higgins and the members of the saturdays co-wrote

[00:35:45] this one so this is the first on the album with their co-writing I was reading more about

[00:35:52] what they did on this album and they actually said everything was kind of done in twos or

[00:35:56] threes so I'm not sure who of the saturdays actually worked on this one I think some of the

[00:36:02] songs later on we can kind of guess just based on who sings the most but this one's

[00:36:05] pretty even so I don't know who was involved in this one oh but like we've said with other

[00:36:10] groups they probably just credit everything to the saturdays so that they can split the publishing

[00:36:15] evenly regardless of who did what yeah that makes oh by the way hot take real quick do

[00:36:21] you think if you're in a girl group or any kind of group if you're doing a lot of the

[00:36:24] singing that you should get more money or should be an equal split it should be an

[00:36:27] equal split thank you me too fair is fair all right so any hoodle doodle as I'm saying advocate

[00:36:35] for your fellow girl group members I don't want to sing all this let's go on so sing it

[00:36:38] any hoodle doodle this one's actually a little bit more effective than notorious for me in

[00:36:45] terms of like what did poster represent like oh yeah I'm that girl coming after you I'm in

[00:36:50] the club right now oh you know how I like I'm gonna get down like this song does it a

[00:36:55] little bit more like in a confident and more like I was like cohesive like notorious that's

[00:37:01] what it needs to do but it doesn't feel as goofy better word lack of a better word um it doesn't

[00:37:07] feel as like cheeky this one I think is nice to listen to because it focused a little bit

[00:37:13] more on una and molly and it was nice to hear those tones as opposed to Rochelle and

[00:37:19] Vanessa so I think in the terms of the vocal production that is good because yes they can sing

[00:37:25] but right now you need something a little bit light and bright a little bit more like he he

[00:37:28] flirty flirty flirty and when you're ready to kind of like double down add those two vocalists

[00:37:33] Vanessa and Rochelle to actually put that you know exclamation point big dot period on it I

[00:37:39] think I like the stuttering throughout the song it's like a fun touch and again you can

[00:37:43] hear like oh okay I know who wrote this you know that's what I mean about like the

[00:37:47] xenomania the M&EK kind of vibe like oh there's stuttering oh oh it's not done in

[00:37:52] a way where it feels overly repetitive which I appreciate it's just done enough for it to be

[00:37:57] an earworm symbol crashes oh my god when I first heard this in the stabby sense oh my god it was

[00:38:04] a little mind numbing but just throughout it's like oh my god it almost took me out in a bad

[00:38:12] way and I was like you know yeah this is what I wanted to listen to I had to skip this

[00:38:16] song a couple times because I was like I don't know if I'm ready for this like I'm driving

[00:38:19] and all I hear is stabby stabby crashy crashy and I'm like oh god but I think it fits the whole

[00:38:24] like club scene impulses it's like yeah we're dancing oh yeah baby oh I do have a question

[00:38:32] though did Frankie get any lines on this song because I was looking okay okay yep all right

[00:38:38] thank you um I don't know why because she could have sung anything on this whatever's going

[00:38:42] on with that the song is fun it's playful I can appreciate it again the stabby sense and

[00:38:47] the clasheiness bothered me a little bit but not enough for me to dock crazy amount of points

[00:38:53] off I'll say that I'll leave that that okay yes so regarding Frankie I mean she does do those

[00:39:00] like high harmonies in the chorus when they do it live so she's killing that but yes I

[00:39:05] agree with you yes I always love when everyone gets at least a moment for sure yeah so this

[00:39:11] one's interesting this song is widely regarded I would say by most Saturday's fans as one of

[00:39:16] their best and kind of one of the ones that maybe could have been or should have been a single

[00:39:21] as well yeah I just do that yeah I think the production is good I don't actually mind

[00:39:26] the kind of stabby stabby kind of synthy situation you mentioned because I think again

[00:39:32] it kind of matches like the something kind of ooh something new kind of zen the way

[00:39:38] Zenomania kind of does this type of sound so I think I'm just used to it like sonically

[00:39:43] so I don't really mind it at all yeah the course is super super catchy I love Una's pre-chorus

[00:39:49] with you know her hands behind her back yeah best part for me for sure she sounds so good

[00:39:54] in that yeah and Molly yes I agree she sounds great she gets two moments as well which we love

[00:40:00] again big shout out to Molly I think she's very underrated it's actually fun fact with

[00:40:03] this one if anyone's ever watched the E show which you mentioned at the beginning Chasing the

[00:40:08] Saturdays I actually am in that show crazy and I actually ask Molly if they're gonna perform get

[00:40:14] ready get set and then they use that as like a segue to like show them perform it yeah I know

[00:40:22] we talked about those yeah so if anyone still has that you can you can find me acting like

[00:40:26] a fool on that but yeah I think this one it comes alive when they perform it I would say

[00:40:37] I remember the first time I saw like a fan cam of their tour performance of it I was like okay

[00:40:42] like they are all giving it like the formations the dancer team with the like the little jump

[00:40:48] thing to match the stuttering yeah and again they added all those harmonies as well to make

[00:40:52] it sound super super full and everyone just sounds so good on it so that was actually

[00:40:58] why I really wanted them to perform it like at that gig you know so yeah I think it's a

[00:41:03] really really good one and it's one of those that I would put like if someone said I had to list

[00:41:08] like top 20 Saturday songs this one would likely be in there I think yeah yeah song song for

[00:41:13] sure I think at this time this song will probably you're right I think it should have

[00:41:17] been a single too I could have rather because at the time like the whole reality show thing

[00:41:22] was all being glamorous and like it was like the Heidi Montags like that was around that

[00:41:26] time right like it was like the fist pumping with Jersey Shore that I've never watched but

[00:41:31] this song fits in that whole like it's like a zeitgeist this whole song is a zeitgeist of

[00:41:36] what was happening at the time so I think it probably would have done a lot better

[00:41:40] than a couple of the other things that they may have chosen so yeah I agree with you

[00:41:43] and not on that sense I see what you guys mean and y'all called it yeah yeah so I love

[00:41:49] this one and yeah I do have a soft spot for it because of that little e-show moment so

[00:41:53] I will give this one a 10 that's hilarious I'm gonna give this one a 9.5 as well it's not

[00:41:59] technically my style but I can appreciate it and also shout out to you for having almost

[00:42:03] every single moment with a girl group televised congrats almost what otherwise are televised

[00:42:08] you had the Spice Girls moment right now or were you talking to Kelly you talked to Kelly

[00:42:11] we're not even girl group just like pop girls y'all his love of pop girls is insane insane

[00:42:20] you think all right y'all moving on to number six the way you watch me featuring

[00:42:28] Travi McCoy oh gym class heroes and this was done by Mittman Lucas and Tanya Lacey

[00:42:35] and there is a version without Travi McCoy and it was released as a b-sides of 30 days

[00:42:41] sorry y'all I'm a little dizzy over here I um got the vapors apparently slur my words but

[00:42:47] yes so this one man Travi McCoy we haven't heard that name in a minute

[00:42:52] yeah you know for this to be like I want to say it's not their first feature on the album right

[00:43:00] actually it might be yeah right okay yeah I mean he was hot at the time right he was

[00:43:06] he was at the time like you know it was like well you got Travi and then it was like B.O.B

[00:43:10] like but the whole alternative black guy rapping thing was like very short-lived but

[00:43:16] Travi and B.O.B were like right there in the pop scene right so I think it made sense to have

[00:43:21] him right I guess because it's like oh it's Travi McCoy but I don't know about this one it was

[00:43:29] it was okay it was okay I think what I like about it again are the girls like Frankie and

[00:43:35] Molly leading the song is welcome and then Una has been so present throughout this album

[00:43:40] like in terms of like her harmonies being raised almost like a little garnish on some

[00:43:46] of the vocals throughout the album and I'm like oh that's nice because I can actually hear her

[00:43:50] right when we get to the choruses sometimes we can't hear nobody but at least during the

[00:43:54] verses we get her here and there I appreciate her contribution to the textures and depth

[00:44:00] of the vocals so I appreciate that part the lyrics are flirty and I mean they do what they

[00:44:06] need to do help move the song along it wasn't much of a story there except hey I think you're

[00:44:12] hot I've been checking you out I want to do more than just look at you let's do something

[00:44:16] about that and then the abrupt ending with the grab your coat is cold I was like not

[00:44:22] grab your coat dang it first of all that I get in my head now is that either they're

[00:44:26] at this club in the winter time or like what do you need a coat for like a coat where are

[00:44:32] you but I think that's just me just being silly but I'm like grab your coat not even

[00:44:38] your jacket yeah like let's go I know I didn't think it's so funny because I'm like I would

[00:44:42] hate to be sitting trying to get my groove on with somebody and it's cold in the winter time

[00:44:45] I gotta go grab my coat now try just you know you think about clubs you don't think

[00:44:49] about winter time you don't think about cold weather why do you need a coat I mean you

[00:44:54] need a coat I don't understand I don't understand this conversation I literally like half of the

[00:45:01] year you need to bring a coat with you okay I'm only doing this for the sake of just being silly

[00:45:08] but I just think that line is hilarious at the end grab your coat I'm like okay girl get them

[00:45:13] so yeah just the song does what it has to do it's not like outstanding I think them trying

[00:45:16] to do this whole rock thing was cute but by the time we got to this part of the album and

[00:45:21] then listening to the songs afterward it kind of stands out as why yeah it definitely is a

[00:45:25] bit of an outlier yeah sorry yeah I think I was reading because I was trying to find old articles

[00:45:32] and stuff about this album I think if I remember correctly Travi McCoy actually sent them this

[00:45:37] song no makes sense so maybe that makes more sense if you think about it because then it's

[00:45:42] like okay wasn't part of like the original like sonic plan right yeah and I do remember

[00:45:48] this song actually being rumored as a single at one point at some point again I don't

[00:45:53] remember how real that is so if people remember more please let us know in the comments but I think

[00:45:58] that is why we also have that version without Travi as well so they could have you know

[00:46:02] options when they perform it and or whatever yeah yeah I would say the production is fun like

[00:46:09] the guitar works it's a bit more organic because it is more rocky than most of the other

[00:46:14] rest of the songs on the album but again there's something like weird in the way it's

[00:46:19] like I don't it feels like the vocals are not fully integrated with the track like it's almost

[00:46:25] like the track is like a separate mp3 that they like recorded on top of and everything is just

[00:46:32] like layered kind of separately do you know what I mean like it all just feels very

[00:46:37] separate it feels like a collage as opposed to like you know we painted this all together

[00:46:41] it's like oh here's a picture from a magazine another picture from a magazine that's what yeah

[00:46:45] it's not like the band was in the room with them like it's very clearly separate yeah it

[00:46:51] feels like a salad it sounds like a salad like I can see that's a salad would be integrated

[00:46:55] no no like you can see that's a tomato you can see there's a lettuce like as opposed with

[00:46:59] soup you don't oh oh I see no okay yeah yeah yeah there's no melting in this this is very

[00:47:03] much like yeah so again I find that odd watching the tour fan cams though that sounds

[00:47:10] way better because obviously they have a live band on the show yeah it sounds a lot more

[00:47:14] energetic and it works in that setting but yeah there's something in the production of the studio

[00:47:20] version that I just don't love but I would say it is catchy I think the harmony layers that

[00:47:24] you were mentioning across the whole thing sound nice and adds a lot of dimension there

[00:47:29] I will say the first time all right because I haven't heard this song in a while I'm gonna

[00:47:33] be honest this is not one of my favorites the whole travi I want to do more than watch

[00:47:37] I was like okay that sounds creepy as hell you know but at least with the girls responses it's

[00:47:43] consensual because they're like oh I've been watching you too you know like it's like a

[00:47:47] consensual thing but I just it's a little creepy going back to the tour moment though

[00:47:52] I appreciate that travi did record clips for the tour this makes it a little more legit

[00:47:59] and have to shout out Aaron one of the background dancers because him and Frankie are

[00:48:03] really cute together because they were both in s club juniors together so it's just fun for me

[00:48:07] to just see them together as adults so yeah I think it worked on stage definitely not my

[00:48:11] favorite on this album at all that is so funny yeah um so yeah I'll give this one a seven it's

[00:48:18] fine yeah it's okay for me too this is average seven is the score okay moving on to For Myself

[00:48:26] and this one was done by Loud Tiger Earwulf David Erickson and the members of The Saturdays

[00:48:33] okay for myself now the percussion is what definitely helped with the quote-unquote edginess

[00:48:42] or coolness of the song I think by the time we got to this song and the album I was like

[00:48:48] oh so we're not leaving with sense okay great you know and I didn't want to I don't want to

[00:48:52] be like rude am I saying since they're bad but like after a while it's like okay try it

[00:48:56] different kind of formula this time I think for me the chorus of this song

[00:49:00] is catchy only because it's repetitive and not because the melody is outstanding so

[00:49:07] the parts like the chorus kind of made me disengage a couple times the verse brings me

[00:49:11] back in and then the bridge provides like an ear break from all of like the

[00:49:17] production that's going on that's one thing I will say they know at least during a bridge

[00:49:21] in these songs or the middle eighths of these songs to take away all of the frou-frou

[00:49:25] frou-frou and just let the girls do what they have to do or like at least let the

[00:49:29] song breathe a little bit so by the time the chorus comes back around it does feel

[00:49:34] more cathartic overall I think the song is decent in terms of like the lead up into

[00:49:39] the chorus but most of the time people are listening to the song for the chorus

[00:49:43] they're listening for that one section like and it's okay you know so I didn't really like

[00:49:49] love it too much and it was like a reinvention of the stabby stabby blary blary chorus another

[00:49:56] stabby chorus but by the time he gets to the stabby stabby at least we have percussion leading

[00:50:01] us into as opposed to the whole thing being you know it leads up into that with some drums

[00:50:08] and then it gets into the sense so I appreciate for that the vocals aren't bad but they're

[00:50:14] you know they get a little like no I'll say lazy I guess if the chorus is just very like

[00:50:18] da-di-da da-di-da da-di-da da-di-da and I was like okay so I didn't really like care for this one

[00:50:25] like a whole bunch but it's tolerable for me but yeah what do you think about this okay I

[00:50:31] mean I think I like this one more than you do I would say I do think it is cooler than some

[00:50:36] of the previous stuff we've heard so far I think the build of the song is interesting

[00:50:42] I kind of like the dichotomy of how quiet the verses are and how they're almost like it could

[00:50:50] be a ballad if it was written with a different chorus as well with those verses I think the

[00:50:55] story of it works because it's kind of like the chorus is their final like realization like

[00:51:04] the verses are them like processing and then the chorus is them being like oh like this

[00:51:08] is how I feel you know yeah and I think it's catchy like the walk away walk away I don't know

[00:51:13] I think it's fun yeah yeah yeah I think vocally yeah I think they did a great job Una and

[00:51:19] Rochelle great attitude in there Vanessa sounds good on her pre-chorus and we get some ad-libs

[00:51:24] from her never here as well and they all sound pretty good I think the tour performance was

[00:51:29] fun too so yeah I think it's a solid album track yeah definitely not single worthy

[00:51:37] but I think it is something different on the album so I think it does stand out like in a good way

[00:51:42] yeah so what do you rate this one because I don't hate it I just think the chorus is meh

[00:51:46] okay right no it's not as well that's still high yeah it's not as mid as the way you watch me

[00:51:51] now okay yeah I'll go 8.5 yeah I'm hard on things yeah you always do this you always like

[00:51:57] say things are horrible and then your rates you're like it's a nine and I'm like I didn't

[00:52:01] say it was horrible I just no no but I'm saying like you know what I mean like I'm

[00:52:05] like you're like oh I didn't like this and I like this and I like this chorus sucks oh but it's a nine

[00:52:08] I'm like what anyway okay that's fine you know guys I roast in the night toast but yeah so on

[00:52:15] to the next track do what you want with me baby there's no baby I had that part in it was

[00:52:21] done by Brynn Christopher and Mr Rogers spelled MSTR almost maybe master Rogers maybe I don't

[00:52:27] hang on now the vowel is yeah is questionable they're missing all they're missing so this one

[00:52:37] if you thought I had some things to say about the other one wow I got to think about this one

[00:52:42] okay let you kick us off Chris what do you think about this one well now I'm really curious

[00:52:46] what you think of this one okay definitely a riskier song not a typical pop song this one

[00:52:53] so I appreciate that and I think from reading the interviews and stuff like

[00:52:58] the girls were excited to do something just like a bit different yeah it definitely took me a minute

[00:53:02] to really get this I think the first few times I heard it I was kind of just like I don't know

[00:53:08] production is very dramatic with all like the loud crashes and the synths running through

[00:53:13] there is a good build like I like how the second verse is sonically almost completely

[00:53:18] different like melodically on the first the final chorus is when we get that kind of euphoric

[00:53:23] kind of beat doubling and there's a satisfying climax with the extra like outro as well

[00:53:30] yeah and then it's interesting because like there's no like real belting like Vanessa's

[00:53:34] kind of using her head voice almost the whole time as well just to give it a bit more

[00:53:38] drama so yeah I think it's unique I kind of go back and forth to see whether I actually

[00:53:45] like it or not because I feel like if it was done by someone else I probably wouldn't even give

[00:53:49] it a second listen you know what I mean yeah because I've known them and I've listened to

[00:53:54] their full discography so much I think that makes me like it more just kind of naturally

[00:54:00] but I don't choose to listen to this often gotcha gotcha yeah you know Michelle in the

[00:54:08] first verse is so satisfying you know she's a great vocalist and songs like this one display

[00:54:14] that the loud alien club approach in this song was a choice though yeah I think starting off

[00:54:23] in this weird halftime that you usually get with lives drumming out a concert at the end of the

[00:54:28] song not it because now you go boom boom and I'm like not you're giving me the breakdown

[00:54:35] the halftime breakdown at the beginning of the song like there's no there's nothing to

[00:54:39] build up to now you're like and there's no drum pattern switch up it's just a lot more

[00:54:43] noise I think the background vocals are good delivery are there it's like the vocals acapella

[00:54:50] great but then we get this overcooked production and considering the lyrical content the vocals

[00:54:58] and the instruments actually kind of clash at certain points too like there's certain notes

[00:55:01] that are hit that I hear the instruments in the in the goals to what you're saying about

[00:55:05] the mixing I mean some of the times I guess like back in the day they were mixing things

[00:55:08] way differently around this time but this is a sound in the production that clashes with the

[00:55:14] vocals and the chorus and I can't quite pinpoint it right now but I heard it I was like oh no

[00:55:18] that's not the lyrics are meant to be like do what you want with me I'm here for you I'm

[00:55:23] here as all of me is it it takes the sexy away because all you hear is freaking the world's

[00:55:27] in the background like and then at the end we get this little like kind of garage-y

[00:55:33] drumming thing and I'm like by the time I'm at the end of the song not even that I

[00:55:37] don't even know if I made it to the end of the song enough for me to actually realize that the

[00:55:41] damn good first thing I listened to is I was like why didn't you do this garage thing at

[00:55:48] first and then do the halftime breakdown but I guess they did the opposite yes it was the opposite

[00:55:54] which I should don't mind yeah I guess but because the production is already so like

[00:56:00] pew pew pew what was he already I'm just like by the time I get to the end of it I was

[00:56:04] okay I like garage but now I'm kind of annoyed that you waited this long to get to it so I think

[00:56:09] I kind of have like this do I hate it do I dislike it I think it's just pieces of it

[00:56:15] you know that are like it's like a dimples on a not a person you don't find attractive

[00:56:19] it's like oh those are cute but you're not and that's what it's giving you know what I'm saying

[00:56:23] like oh my god I didn't say an ugly person I said someone that you're not attracted to you

[00:56:28] okay y'all you know we're having a dimple on the forehead like it's cute to have a dimple

[00:56:33] why is it on your forehead and that's what I got from this song so for me it's a seven oh my god

[00:56:39] okay I will go slightly higher I'll do a 7.5 I will also just shout out the tour performance

[00:56:44] as well it's so funny because I guess Una didn't perform in it because Amy she doesn't have any

[00:56:50] parts in the song but also she was so pregnant at the time and they're doing all this like

[00:56:54] bending over yes and with and it's sexy body rolling with their background dancers that is

[00:57:00] so it's just really funny to me so yeah I yeah 7.5 I yeah yeah okay okay moving on to Promise Me

[00:57:11] and this one was done by Allie Tennant John Keeper Steve Daly the members of The Saturdays

[00:57:16] and it was produced by Track Lasers what do you think of Promise Me okay well we finally got

[00:57:23] a break of song or sometimes an independent woman track like it's welcome because like

[00:57:27] the girls the way they look if I looked like that with and without makeup if I was as tall

[00:57:35] and as these women I would not be sitting talking about some oh let me tell my heart no no and I

[00:57:43] feel like I think what ends up happening is that maybe like emotionally there are a little

[00:57:48] bit more warmer people but visually they give what this song gave me and I was like yes

[00:57:53] lean into that femme fatale a little bit more give me a little bit more vixen because

[00:57:57] you guys have the pipes you have the look but then like the sonics are just like for me

[00:58:04] slightly just like not there yet and this song leads a little bit more into the edginess

[00:58:12] that I wish this album had a little bit more of doesn't mean the album is bad

[00:58:16] like faster is cute but I wonder what would have happened if it was just a little bit

[00:58:21] more edgier in terms of lyrical content not like oh my god you're the only one it

[00:58:24] was more just like something else you know you can't see guys if you were watching the

[00:58:29] youtube you can see you know it's a little bit sexier is that the way I want to use here

[00:58:33] those songs are particular sexy in terms of like lyrical content I would say they're not like

[00:58:37] sexy like baby take me yeah they were never the sexy sexy girl group yeah I know but I do like

[00:58:46] I'm saying I do wish they kind of would have leant into it a little bit more just a little

[00:58:50] oh we'll talk about that later but I appreciate it I do wonder like they didn't write on this one

[00:58:57] right they did not really they did okay just we don't know who did it I do wonder who did

[00:59:01] I'm gonna guess Rochelle was a part of it because she's singing so much of it but

[00:59:04] okay I don't know who else yeah okay but yeah this one kind of has nice textures too I love

[00:59:08] the little low low tone a little alto approach to the bridge because like you don't have to

[00:59:15] sing into the stratosphere for a song to be effective like if you add a little bit of

[00:59:19] rasp to your to your tone when you're singing lower or a little bit of melisma when you're

[00:59:23] singing your chest voice or something like that it really does create night's dynamics in a song

[00:59:29] you don't have to be singing your face off and I like that and I feel like the song is

[00:59:33] for the clubs truly in spirit as well as production wise like the lyrics are about

[00:59:39] I'm going out forget you I don't need you anymore I appreciate that but also production

[00:59:42] wise it does still sound great in the club so it's still consistent I really appreciate it

[00:59:47] but um I started to wonder when I was listening to this album I'm like it started to sound a

[00:59:51] little bit stamy for me I'm like I get it's supposed to be a dance record but where is the

[00:59:57] risk where is my smexiness the last song was the risk okay listen no no no no hang on wait

[01:00:07] fighting aliens in a galactic battle in an alien club an alien club okay sure there there there it

[01:00:16] was there it was but why is that my only risk and why is it that is this if you saw where

[01:00:22] we sat it wasn't enough risk then so I'll give you that I can admit where is the sassiness

[01:00:28] and this song kind of tickled that idea and I liked it I don't hate the song I'm just saying

[01:00:34] you're gonna give it a 10 because my thing is because you have very similar like

[01:00:41] ideas about things so I'm like I feel like he's gonna talk about something that I'm probably

[01:00:45] gonna mention so I'm gonna talk about things I'm like right food for thought did you think

[01:00:49] that maybe it's gonna be but I don't hate this song I will say that okay okay yeah I really

[01:00:57] like the song I think it's a solid girl group sassy dance track yeah I think it's made for

[01:01:03] Rochelle she sounds so good on reverse she belts that chorus and it's super super strong

[01:01:08] I think you know if this was on a previous album that would be Vanessa so it's nice

[01:01:11] to hear Rochelle kind of getting to do all of that and Frankie sounds great on that post

[01:01:16] chorus and her second first execution is actually one of my favorite vocal moments of hers like

[01:01:20] across the whole discography like I think she absolutely perfectly there I think this course

[01:01:26] is super catchy as well with the chanting and the word repeats and stuff like I think

[01:01:31] this could have been a single as well actually like it really is a shame they only released three

[01:01:36] I think and then they released the very inferior 30 days which is wild but we'll talk about that

[01:01:41] in our eventual 101. I will say the dubstep breakdown moment though oh my god yeah okay it's

[01:01:49] just so of its time you know I understand that was a thing then but it's just aged

[01:01:55] so horribly but other than that I actually love this song and again the tour performance

[01:02:00] was great I love that they actually performed almost the entire album on that tour yeah and

[01:02:05] you know they couldn't do the most dancing wise especially because uno you know was so

[01:02:10] not really about to pop but them all just standing there as the backing dancers did

[01:02:14] the dubstep breakdown with hilarious to me yeah but yeah I enjoy this one I think it's a solid

[01:02:21] track yeah yes I welcome them stepping into F you pay me territory so yeah the song gets an

[01:02:27] eight okay I'll go 8.5 up next is wish I didn't know and it was done by Ali Tennant John Keepe

[01:02:35] Steve Daly and the members of the Saturdays and produced by Charlie Holmes another ballad yeah an

[01:02:42] actual ballad I guess yeah heart takes over is more mid-tempo yeah I like this one love that

[01:02:47] Molly kind of gets the whole first verse she gets that post hook as well and the intro yeah

[01:02:53] I think it has a really pretty melody I think the lyrics are nice the whole chorus structure

[01:02:57] is really well done as well with the way the harmonies are done and then Vanessa gets a

[01:03:01] moment and uno you know get me out moment and yeah they did a really good job with that

[01:03:06] again I think the execution also really elevates it as well like una's rockier tone really comes

[01:03:12] out in this and it balances everyone really well like you mentioned kind of the the soulful

[01:03:18] versus the really you know bright and pop and then yeah just like they have a really good

[01:03:22] vocal balance and they were always just so underrated yeah vocally like as a vocal group

[01:03:28] so this I think is a great example of that again shout out to Frankie as well doing the

[01:03:32] very vulnerable bridge just like very perfect for her so yeah I think it's a solid girl

[01:03:39] group ballad it's again it's not one that I turn to or that I think about you know very

[01:03:45] often when I think of the Saturdays but when it comes on I don't skip it you know that's

[01:03:50] valid and that was valid it's valid and I think what what's uh interesting about this one like

[01:03:56] you said is that it is like a ballad it's only with the second one on this whole thing

[01:04:02] but this is the one that has the most natural instruments like I was waiting for some foolish

[01:04:08] stepop I really was I listened to this and I was like oh my god I hear some stab

[01:04:14] I hear a shank of a synth I swear to goodness but it didn't stab it didn't shank and I was happy

[01:04:20] about that but it did kind of again lean a little bit into that whole you know halo Ryan Tedder

[01:04:26] kind of approach which is yeah a huge deal but it's not as bad as what I felt with the

[01:04:31] my heart takes over yeah but that song's not bad either I was like this is why I feel like

[01:04:36] it leaned more into using the natural sounds and I didn't feel like there was like a patch

[01:04:41] work going on or like a collage salad effect in terms of the mixing of the vocals and the

[01:04:46] production which is nice Bolly is their little pot princess with her clear and articulate singing

[01:04:51] like there's no tension in her delivery and I think when we talk about vocals on the show

[01:04:55] we always say oh this part sounds like a delicate voice but that doesn't mean like

[01:04:59] they're weak it just there's no tension in the tone where it sounds like uh like oh

[01:05:05] squeezy like this hers very much like I'm not squeezing so it's gonna come out very smoothly

[01:05:10] and it sounds like that and that's what the song needed in the beginning especially with you know

[01:05:14] about getting cheated on which is wow sucks and then Vanessa comes in and she raises the stakes

[01:05:20] and like the whole song is like that so by the time you get to the second verse it does

[01:05:22] exactly what you said like the second verse with Rochelle and Una like it drives home

[01:05:26] that hurt and I'm like thank you thank you so much this song adds depths to the album that

[01:05:32] I feel was missing and what I mean by that is that yeah they're singing about a bunch of

[01:05:36] stuff like my heart but sonically the depth is mildly lacking and I understand what they

[01:05:42] were trying to do in this album I get it yeah yeah I get it but I meant like content wise

[01:05:49] lyrical content there is just a little lack of like humanness there but I don't think it's

[01:05:57] like an amazing song but it was nice to kind of hear as a break up between the whole like

[01:06:02] yeah shake my butt yeah dancing in the club yeah yeah not saying I wouldn't mind hearing crying

[01:06:07] in the club music from them I would like to hear a crying in the club but they don't actually have

[01:06:10] a crying in the club on this album right not on this album no yeah so I think that's kind of

[01:06:15] where it's like you don't need to do an acoustic ballad to be crying in the club

[01:06:19] kind of thing but hey you know at least they did this they tried they tried so yeah

[01:06:25] Not bad okay so yeah I'll give this one an eight how about you I'm gonna give it a 7.5

[01:06:32] Moving on to White Lies done by Carl Falk, Ina Roldston and Rami

[01:06:39] Okay so yeah I think this song feels very like classic Saturdays like this could be

[01:06:44] on Whoreshaker or Headlines oh yeah so yeah what do you think of this one

[01:06:49] we're back with the stabbing but the stabbing is a little bit more fun it sounds like a

[01:06:52] video game I think I appreciate it and like you said it did sound like old them and I was like oh

[01:06:57] this is cute I do wonder if this was ever like considered to be like a single almost as like a

[01:07:02] hey guys you don't want to like estrange the fans that are used to this yeah it's fun but

[01:07:07] it also just feels a little basic you know in terms of like the ways produced and like

[01:07:14] the risers and then like the whole like I don't yeah it just sounds for me again it

[01:07:20] sounds like a typical like girl group song and I think it's a shame because this may be their sound

[01:07:26] but at the time everyone's doing this we're at the toward the end of the album you know I'm

[01:07:32] saying so it's not really standing out to me like it's decent it's solid I don't have much

[01:07:37] to say about it they sound good like they usually do I don't know what really stands out

[01:07:41] to me except the video game kind of sound but heard it here in America heard it here in

[01:07:47] the west and the chorus is good at least I like the chorus you know the chorus does it for me I

[01:07:54] will give it to them for this even though it's a little bit repetitive I get it but

[01:07:59] at least I appreciate it a little bit more but I don't yeah the song is not like wow to me

[01:08:03] it's not like terrible it's just somewhere in the middle yeah well I think it's interesting

[01:08:07] the way you're framing it because I think it is very like kind of generic girl group but

[01:08:16] they were part of what made that sound yeah so it was kind of like this was kind of them and a

[01:08:23] lot of people were kind of copying it got you yeah in my mind it's like it's not generic

[01:08:29] because they were kind of one of the groups to actually establish that sound but yeah because

[01:08:34] we're listening to it like what like 10 or almost 15 years later yeah now it feels

[01:08:40] generic because it's like oh like you've heard so much that sounds like this but like this is

[01:08:45] actually like very them so yeah just like trying to like separate that I think yeah

[01:08:49] because I think for them I think it's great I think this is obviously like what I loved about

[01:08:55] the Saturdays like I love higher like I would say that's probably my favorite Saturday song

[01:09:01] and yeah I think it is that kind of more just kind of happy not totally bubble gum

[01:09:07] but almost bubble gum I don't know what the level below that would be yeah what is that yes

[01:09:11] yeah but they were great at kind of the not too sassy not too sexy just like happy pop

[01:09:21] yes so I think this works really well in that way yeah yeah because I think they're

[01:09:25] sync friendly yeah and I think their audience also leaned younger as well

[01:09:31] so I think that kind of makes sense too because you know they weren't doing the

[01:09:36] pussycat doll sexy thing they weren't doing you know a ton of attitude or anything that

[01:09:41] just was never them and I think this is kind of just where they shined really so I do say

[01:09:47] I do think with this one yeah it's got a great build I think the chorus is super catchy

[01:09:52] very euphoric fun to sing along to Una leading the chorus I think was an interesting choice

[01:09:58] because because it's quite thin when she sings higher and I think it lacks the power that like

[01:10:07] a more kind of a gang vocal would have with this so I think that's my only kind of like

[01:10:13] I wonder what it would have sounded like if Rochelle or Vanessa were leading the chorus

[01:10:17] just to kind of give it a bit more energy there but in general I think it's a great

[01:10:23] Saturdays song yeah I do think it's a little regressive because it does sound like the old

[01:10:28] stuff but at the same time I think it is good that it's there to classic them kind of yeah

[01:10:32] to cater to the fans that have been there yeah yeah I was like what would have happened

[01:10:37] yeah so yeah as a Saturday song I enjoy it I will give it a nine how about you eight

[01:10:42] cool yeah up next is last call this was done by Lucy Silvas,

[01:10:47] Charlie Holmes and members of the Saturday so this one is the switch from the previous track

[01:10:57] you wanted a ballad here you go but it is so funny though because I was just like

[01:11:01] wait what's happening here we are with an actualized fully transmuted from concepts

[01:11:08] to vocal to production song of an actual ballad that doesn't have the cheese of the

[01:11:17] this weird electronic drums goodness this I can appreciate it's like they can sing

[01:11:24] here's some vocals thank you I appreciate it this is again after all that electronic

[01:11:30] production the song makes them feel real to me again the placement is a little funny to me

[01:11:34] because I was like wait hang on I was just shaking my butt what happened um but it doesn't

[01:11:39] mean it's like terrible it's not gonna be changed by score they're not really trying

[01:11:42] to tell a story on this album so it's not like oh my god now they're crying about

[01:11:46] something or like they're saying they're in love with someone right now I think the rawness

[01:11:50] that is present is satisfied to hear and the texture in their voices and like they don't we

[01:11:55] don't have to filter through a bunch of pulsating beats and explosive production because the

[01:12:01] harmonies are nice and they shine live and I appreciate this one and it I think it's higher

[01:12:08] in terms of quality compared to the other two ballads major air quotes around on this album

[01:12:16] but yeah I mean at this point I just keep saying who this person sounds really good

[01:12:20] but at the end of the day I think as an oldest song I think I enjoy a little bit more as a ballad

[01:12:25] on the album and it just fits my personal style as well but it's not too dramatic where I'm

[01:12:30] sitting there like oh my god lord oh get me out of here she's sobbing I actually love this

[01:12:35] song it's a really beautiful melody the lyrics are quite depressing and the execution is really

[01:12:43] good like they really do do the vulnerable thing super well and they all kind of bring

[01:12:49] something slightly different to it this one we do get Vanessa leading the chorus and she sounds

[01:12:55] good you definitely can tell she's pushing like a lot like she's kind of right at her break

[01:13:01] especially that last call that big note in the bridge but in this case it actually works

[01:13:08] well because it almost adds to kind of how like heartbroken she is yeah like you can kind of feel

[01:13:15] that that push that like yeah there so it almost works in this case and Una's second verse I would

[01:13:22] say that execution is perfect it is so delicate the amount of rest that's there is perfect

[01:13:30] like I think this is one of her most best vocal moments kind of across their discography

[01:13:34] okay the harmonies are really nice as well especially live like they're pushed forward

[01:13:39] so much when they do it live yeah and so watching the fan cams I was like dang I wish we got like

[01:13:45] a proper recording of this like it would sound so good yeah because yeah they kill that

[01:13:52] yeah I love a girl group ballad and this one is is definitely a good one yeah yeah so I'll

[01:13:59] give this one a 9.5 how about you I'll give it a nine all right okay so I think I was reading

[01:14:06] that last call is technically the last track on the standard album because they labeled I say okay

[01:14:12] and white lies as UK bonus tracks but it's only labeled that way because they were on every

[01:14:17] single release of the album there's no version of the album that exists with only like 11 songs

[01:14:23] so I'm just gonna count that these two are on the album yes so we have I say okay and this one

[01:14:29] was done by Nina Woodford David Erickson and the members of The Saturdays what do you think

[01:14:36] you know I'm hearing a little bit of a little bit of a risk a little bit I like a little

[01:14:44] wiry situation in terms of like the scent I'm like making this weird body motion mostly

[01:14:49] I can kind of describe it it sounds like wriggling since it's definitely like a mid tempo

[01:14:55] it's cute I like the pacing and the cadence of the verse into the pre-hook the chorus sounds

[01:15:00] like a Euro dance version of three non-blondes with the hey yeah yeah that part yeah isn't it

[01:15:08] what's going on so I think that part for me I was like do I like it because it's good or

[01:15:14] do I like because it reminds me of three non-blondes and Linda Perry and honestly I don't like it it's

[01:15:19] okay it's just hey yeah it's cool whatever it's bright I think like what you were saying like

[01:15:26] they fit their concept very well and they sell it very well considering the vocalists that they

[01:15:30] have in the group and the lyrical content and then even the brightness of the production being

[01:15:35] consistently just like palatable they do that well this song reminds me of like lyrically about

[01:15:46] like how people behave like how they're too cool to dance and things like that like this song

[01:15:50] kind of again goes back into that whole like this is safe this is palatable thing but also

[01:15:54] it reminds me of when um you know like those American recordings of like the boiler room

[01:15:59] when people are not dancing when they're right next to the DJ this of the song reminds me of

[01:16:03] those people like criticizing those kinds of people yeah so I do wish that like this concept

[01:16:09] would have been explored a little bit less of like the on the nose kind of way instead of just

[01:16:13] saying oh they're not dancing I say okay being more just like they're not dancing so I'm going

[01:16:17] to take the dance floor like I don't know there's something there's a lack of like

[01:16:21] commanding quality I think lyrically like I'm gonna take control like I'm gonna own it as

[01:16:27] opposed to like saying I'm a girl looking at this guy I want you be like I'm gonna own

[01:16:32] the room well that's kind of what notorious was trying to do right you're right now you know

[01:16:37] you're right yeah yeah yeah yeah I tried it's so cute this song is trying to do that and I'm like

[01:16:44] oh what's missing from it I don't know if this song is actually trying to do that actually I

[01:16:50] oh it's not oh I thought it was well there no because I think it's more like I don't care

[01:16:55] that all you people are not having fun I'm gonna have fun okay well then I don't care

[01:17:01] if you're judging me or not okay so it's more just like you know dance like no one's watching

[01:17:06] kind of thing yeah like I'm gonna take the dance floor because I'm the queen of it okay

[01:17:10] yeah this still goes back to you know like the whole concept of me being like I was just a

[01:17:15] little bit more edged not in terms of being sexy but more just like lyrically and like

[01:17:21] presentation wise I don't know it's not bad but it's interesting yeah for me it feels safe

[01:17:25] regardless of the time it was coming out and even compared to now it just feels

[01:17:29] lyrically safe it feels very sweet and I'm like okay okay it just feels like I'm

[01:17:37] a younger group was singing it I mean I agree with that again I think because yeah they're

[01:17:41] definitely leading more young in their audience that's what it is yes but I I think I disagree

[01:17:47] with you in the need to like command the room kind of situation because I think this

[01:17:52] is more relatable to a regular quote-unquote person yeah yeah you know what I mean like

[01:17:58] yeah that makes sense I mean we've talked about this before I've talked about this so many

[01:18:03] friends especially here in New York because we get a lot of the people who just want to be

[01:18:08] seen places and the people who just go out to go out and don't actually have any fun when

[01:18:13] they're out there and so a norm like most people don't go in and be like oh like okay

[01:18:19] I'm gonna like take over this room and I'm gonna like you know what I mean like most people are

[01:18:22] just like okay like well f you people like I'm just having a good time yeah and so I think from

[01:18:27] that angle I appreciate it I think the lyrics I would say are very very fun the lyrics are for

[01:18:34] sure the best part of the song I think melodically the song is fine I actually don't

[01:18:39] love the chorus the whole like hey yeah I actually also don't love that and the whole

[01:18:45] like I love me kind of thing is just a little cheesy I think but the verse lyrics though are

[01:18:53] fantastic hilarious yeah especially Frankie's part everyone is dishing frowns like they're

[01:18:59] Simon Cowell oh my god that is hilarious I think it's amazing honestly what a jab love it

[01:19:08] I have the same comment here as I did for White Lies with the chorus vocal production I

[01:19:13] don't think Una was the right choice to lead it it doesn't have the power that Rochelle or Vanessa

[01:19:20] could have or even the sass maybe she's not a very sassy singer and so I think that's

[01:19:28] maybe missing it I think the bridge is quite weak I think Vanessa sounds a bit not great there

[01:19:35] and the melody is just kind of like not great so yeah I think this song is fun I think

[01:19:39] it's definitely fillery like you can kind of tell like if this is just a UK bonus track or whatever

[01:19:44] you can see why it's not on the main album yeah you know it's just kind of there but it's fun

[01:19:50] I think the lyrics because the verse lyrics especially are quite funny with how they're

[01:19:55] kind of criticizing a boring crowd around them that gives it more points than the actual song

[01:20:01] deserves but I just enjoy the lyrics so much that I will give it an extra couple of points

[01:20:05] for that so I will give it an eight because of that yeah that is so funny

[01:20:12] yeah I think the song is decent for what it is for sure but yeah I think just melodically

[01:20:18] like I mentioned before it's just it's lacking something and the lyrics as cheeky as they are

[01:20:23] I don't think there are enough just yet for me but oh yeah if it would have been all

[01:20:27] encompassing like what the chorus was hitting the bridge was like this little corny breakdown

[01:20:31] I think I would have scored a little higher so right now it's sitting at a 7.5 for me

[01:20:36] lastly technically by um Chris's um

[01:20:41] we have move on you and it was done by the alien which is Julian Gingale and Barry Stone

[01:20:48] what solid names these people have and of course members of the Saturdays ah yes this

[01:20:54] one was nice because it goes back into um with what Liza doing where it sounds like them

[01:21:00] but it's still a strong song I like this one because it has like the earworm of the stuttered

[01:21:05] phrases and I appreciate it in songs like forever is over where like the girls switch their

[01:21:13] parts into the verses things that happen in terms of vocal delivery like interesting things

[01:21:18] is what I like to hear it doesn't have to happen all the time by the time we've gotten

[01:21:22] through this album where it's been like straight singing it's nice to hear those little

[01:21:27] fun choices I like the chorus on this one it feels confident it feels cool and it's not a super

[01:21:33] blary vocal it's not like this singing my face off kind of thing because and it could have been

[01:21:40] because you know they can sing very well but maybe it was a sign of the time that

[01:21:47] you know with Vanessa's vocal I don't know I don't know what they were thinking about it

[01:21:51] but this song could have gone that direction and I think for me you've been saying like

[01:21:55] I wish you know women like a gang vocal situation but for me I feel like certain songs

[01:22:00] after a while I'm tired of hearing all of them sing together like it's okay to have one person

[01:22:05] kind of sing this and maybe have harmonies but with this one it's a thinner not thinner

[01:22:09] it's not as many layers or maybe if there is a lot of layers it's only like one or two

[01:22:14] vocalists singing and not the full band yeah so I think for this song it is appropriate

[01:22:20] maybe for like the ending of an album regardless of it being move on you or last call

[01:22:27] it definitely needed like a full like a gang thing but this one doesn't have to have it

[01:22:32] it could have benefited from it it's fine without it for me I think it's a good ending

[01:22:36] to an otherwise like decent album yeah I don't have too many notes I mean again

[01:22:42] the stabby stabby thingy is always gonna happen but it wasn't as stabby it was just more bouncy

[01:22:50] this one and I appreciate bounce more than like I don't know how to describe it to someone who

[01:22:53] doesn't like understand what I'm saying like uh production wise but there's more of a wet

[01:23:00] roundness to the sound for it feels bouncy as opposed to that which is stabby so it's very

[01:23:07] sharp it's like the yeah okay on the the the production of the sound the synth the decay

[01:23:13] happens a little bit after the note is initially attacked and that would create the bounce as

[01:23:18] opposed to like this stabby stabby stabby stabby you know what I'm saying so I think I'm trying

[01:23:22] to explain it in a way that's like pretty simple I probably said a lot more than that

[01:23:25] get ready get set instrumental is a good example of what you're saying like it's quite like

[01:23:31] like yeah yeah yeah like there's something like it sounds like someone like slamming on the

[01:23:36] keyboard or whatever you know yeah yes yes yes that's yes better me I'm using really

[01:23:40] super technical terms yeah solid ending quote unquote ending yeah I think I do think this

[01:23:47] one is the ending honestly because I kind of love how it ends with when the lights go down

[01:23:52] that's such a great way to end the album especially if it's about like clubbing you

[01:23:56] know oh yes yeah what so does this one kind of satisfy the kind of edgy like slightly sexier

[01:24:02] I guess kind of thing you were hoping for for some of the other songs it does because

[01:24:06] okay it's not like this bright song that we're I'm gonna get into for our bonus episode

[01:24:12] because there's bonus tracks y'all so then please make sure you subscribe to our page

[01:24:15] you can watch those I'm gonna mention why for me it doesn't have to be a lyrical

[01:24:20] edginess it needs to be production why because there's so much roundness and brightness

[01:24:25] that I think may have played against them a little bit in terms of again visual representation

[01:24:33] and then like I guess I'm not saying growth I don't know what their growth meant to them but

[01:24:37] like even where this album kind of sat and how it was received by credit and stuff things like

[01:24:43] yeah but I digger but yes yeah so yeah I think this one is is fun I think it rounds

[01:24:49] out the album really well because it almost is a good partner to all fired up because I

[01:24:53] guess if all fired up is kind of like near the beginning of the night this is the one that's

[01:24:57] kind of like you know when the club is about to shut down because you can still like all fired

[01:25:03] up you can picture like the you know the dark sweaty club you know so it does a good job

[01:25:07] with that like production wise I did find a really funny video interview where Molly says

[01:25:13] she could not sing her line I'm working up a sweat just dripping down my neck she couldn't

[01:25:19] sing that like seriously so I just thought that was funny because again these girls are just like

[01:25:24] not that like like they're not the pussycat dolls you know what I mean they're like not

[01:25:28] the sexy sexy yeah yeah so but I think they did a good job I enjoy the production of this one

[01:25:34] I also like the way they use like the glitching in it yeah as well it was quite effective

[01:25:40] so yeah I think it's super catchy and I agree with you actually in this one I think

[01:25:43] maybe because it sits lower that Una leading it works I think what she sings really high

[01:25:47] and it gets really thin that's when I'm kind of like I don't know if it has like

[01:25:51] the thickness that I want thickness yeah you know but in this case it works because yeah it

[01:25:57] is a little more just like calm in its delivery so yeah I think this was a good one I will give

[01:26:02] it a nine I think I was one at 8.5 okay so yes as Chantal mentioned we do have a bonus

[01:26:12] episode where we will talk about the b-sides of the three singles but for now we will end

[01:26:19] our discussion on the standard album so we're at our cut or keep section so what was you cut

[01:26:27] you have a few I feel like I'm getting let me think no actually no yeah okay yeah I think

[01:26:33] what ends up happening like my initial reactions to songs are never going to be like oh I love

[01:26:36] this I don't not to all songs it can't be that way I have to learn how to like it otherwise

[01:26:40] it's just everyone to have a hit right wait so how well did you know this album before

[01:26:44] this review I knew the single oh okay so a lot of these you heard for the first time actually

[01:26:49] oh very interesting okay I did not know that oh yeah because uh I know like I know I'm like

[01:26:55] an outlier with a lot of Brit pop groups especially the Saturdays I got into k-pop

[01:26:58] around this time then I was also listening to a lot of like rock and stuff so I was not

[01:27:02] even checking for like you watch the e-show I think I watched it enough to know that

[01:27:06] the wanted and them had like this little oh yeah PR yes you know cohab they were yes they did

[01:27:13] that's it I didn't watch all things I didn't even know you existed this is crazy no that's

[01:27:18] interesting I didn't know I didn't know how like how deep you went into their discography

[01:27:21] before so I kind of love that this is like your first time listening to this anyway

[01:27:24] yeah so my mind only changed because I was like is this the filler track or do I just

[01:27:30] actually like just hate this okay and I think it's because it just feels a little

[01:27:35] filler-y for me and I feel like they could have just it could have been another song that

[01:27:40] is like a bonus track but I don't god what can I talk I cannot wait to talk about the bonus

[01:27:44] tracks but yeah the flow of travi mccoy can literally just disappear the other ones I can

[01:27:49] handle the other ones like as stabby as they are their vocals without a doubt I can sit

[01:27:55] there listen to acapella acoustically watch the performance and get over the craziness I

[01:28:00] am not that pressed but the trini mccue one it's cute or whatever but it does nothing for them

[01:28:05] it doesn't make me go wow this is this this collaboration made sense it didn't elevate

[01:28:10] anything for me for them so yeah it can go yeah wait so what was your choice before this

[01:28:16] oh was that one with the alien alien battle oh do what you want with me do what you want

[01:28:20] yeah I always take that one out but I do like UK garage I do like the attempt at a risk

[01:28:26] I like the percussiveness of it yeah I just don't like that there was a galactic battle

[01:28:30] as they were singing no that's fair it's definitely a choice the production is a choice

[01:28:35] yeah I would say for me it's actually between those two as well and I would also include

[01:28:39] I say okay in there also but again the lyrics are just so great in that one that I won't pick

[01:28:44] that one so I will actually agree with you and say the way you watch me I never listen to

[01:28:49] that song so it's hysterical yeah okay if I had to keep a song I would choose faster because yeah

[01:28:57] I think we haven't talked about atomic kitten yet and we actually have gotten a few requests about

[01:29:01] atomic kitten so I can't wait to actually teach you about them because I was a huge fan and we

[01:29:07] haven't I don't think you know much about them right but anyway the Saturdays actually always

[01:29:11] felt like a very natural progression from atomic kitten because they were also the more kind of

[01:29:17] younger audience leaning kind of just like very parent friendly pop clairs girls oh like the

[01:29:25] brand Claire I was like Claire from steps yeah I was like what I love you girl love you girl

[01:29:32] for that too yes no you're right yes yeah Claire's girls yeah yeah like for example atomic

[01:29:37] kitten was like on the Hillary like on the Hilary Duffum soundtrack the Lizzie McGuire

[01:29:41] soundtrack so yeah that kind of vibe right so so the Saturdays have always been that for me

[01:29:46] and faster I think it's just a great kind of progression of that because it feels slightly

[01:29:50] more grown up but it still has that kind of like pop girl thing yeah yeah okay this one

[01:30:00] I'm gonna keep because I let it say I was just not with the stabby stabby stabby

[01:30:04] but it wasn't terrible and yeah I like it it's the get ready get set song because I

[01:30:11] actually like it's fun I like the performance and my baby girl didn't get no lines on it but

[01:30:17] it's okay whatever fine but yeah I like the stuttering I like I just think it's as fun

[01:30:21] I think it's again it just doesn't it's more effective than notorious right I said so yeah

[01:30:25] yeah right for me nice okay so yes overall thoughts so this was the first time you've

[01:30:30] heard a lot of these songs yeah so yeah what did you think has it changed your mind about

[01:30:36] the Saturdays or yeah what do you think of it you know I still like them very much I think again

[01:30:42] now that I'm like I get the concept of them being like Claire's girl like what's your

[01:30:45] friends with Claire's you go to forever 21 they fit within that yes they know

[01:30:50] they get yeah Charlotte Russe girls like I get it I do believe that because I'm not super

[01:30:57] familiar I don't want to say anything that's like too much like oh yeah they can do better

[01:31:02] I don't and even with those the singles that came after like Gentleman and things like that

[01:31:06] I feel like they were having a little bit more fun in terms of like taking risks with styles

[01:31:09] but again I could be a sign of the times of the music changing I just feel like for them

[01:31:16] to do a bunch of club music it was just leaning too much into the Euro pops now

[01:31:21] because there's so many so many broad and the umbrella of EDM is just very broad even

[01:31:27] European dance they've sort of leaned into so many different genres I feel like within the

[01:31:32] dance club thing and I feel like even if it is a sign of the times they could take more risk

[01:31:37] because when Blackout was released how many years prior and it had all these different

[01:31:41] influences they did Disco Love later and it was still dance pop but it was just a

[01:31:46] choice of decade that was different and I feel like that's my biggest qualm was that there

[01:31:50] is no risk in terms of the time period because the concept that though the delivery in which we

[01:31:58] present these songs doesn't mean it's bad it's good for what it's meant to be for

[01:32:03] yeah and I will give them that but I can understand while some of the criticisms might

[01:32:07] come in the girls are freaking talented they're so good oh my god they're so good I want

[01:32:12] to be part of this group so badly they're so just delicious but I feel like it just needed

[01:32:18] something that made me go wow and I didn't go wow I just go oh that's good but no wow for me

[01:32:24] honestly yeah I actually love that perspective because it's very no it's interesting to hear

[01:32:30] that perspective because at the time I think we had mentioned earlier the music industry was a

[01:32:36] mess the music industry was a complete mess I would say music was also kind of a little all

[01:32:42] over the place because of the whole download era like it was tougher for the non A-list stars

[01:32:49] to chart as well and the Saturdays were definitely their career was tough and I can't

[01:32:56] wait to do a pop 101 I think because yeah they never fully hit right like you know we we just

[01:33:04] saw you know members of the you know the best girl groups of the UK all reunite and there

[01:33:10] were a lot of memes and stuff that you know the Saturdays thinking what about us

[01:33:17] but the thing is like unfortunately just due to kind of the time that they were in

[01:33:22] and kind of everything that was going on they never got up to that point where they're viewed

[01:33:27] as part of kind of the you British girl group like yeah yeah like upper class or whatever

[01:33:33] and so they were definitely playing it safe like they were just trying to keep up with

[01:33:38] the times and be able to match up to Gaga and Rihanna and kind of that what everyone was doing

[01:33:45] at the time they were just trying to like get in there in that context like it kind of made

[01:33:49] sense why they played it safe I love that you mentioned Gentleman because that is a very

[01:33:53] divisive single and it did not do well commercially but it was a risk it was a

[01:33:57] risk for sure but yeah I decided to actually talk about like their whole career and I

[01:34:00] won't do too much here so yes I love this album actually I was a fan of them and I think

[01:34:06] because they were always kind of an underdog during their the height of their career it did

[01:34:11] make me want to root for them more and they were the only kind of active girl group for me to

[01:34:15] support at the time as well I think this album deserved more success than it got

[01:34:19] like it only hitting number 23 that absolutely sucks that's crazy yeah and the fact that they

[01:34:25] kind of just abandoned ship kind of immediately following the tour and then they

[01:34:29] just went straight to again 30 days which was terrible and there's so much on this album

[01:34:34] that deserved a bit more I think so yeah I think this album is good I don't think it's

[01:34:42] their best but I think it's good yeah so I will give it a nine and a lot of that comes with

[01:34:47] because I'm biased for sure for me this one sits at an eight I don't dislike it I don't

[01:34:56] love it it's catchy enough it does what it needs to do but you know because it's just

[01:35:00] safe like I mentioned yeah I guess it's gonna save score it's not a bad album but tough stuff

[01:35:07] interesting okay so I'm excited to talk about them though right sorry to cut you off but yes guys

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