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Discussion: The ULTIMATE Girl Group Rate: The UK (Now: The Top 10)
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such an unflattering pic
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I didn't like it because it was more segmented than a Girls Aloud single, but once you get over that and listen to those lyrics it really hits home.
The Saints deserve more than this, and Rock Steady need to
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I was really hoping Black Coffee would make it into the top 10.
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Originally posted by supaspaz
I'm ready for the Saturdays to make a quick exit!
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10 - TheOnlyOne, PeopleLikeUs, Subomie, Regina George, sumthintoxic82
4 - V3$$3L
And with that, our favorite punching bags are down for the count.
"If half the members of Girls Aloud quit and were replaced, then the new group sold out and went the Sugababes 3.0 route, the result would probably sound something like this." Shade supaspaz, shade! Up, funnily enough, is one of the only Saturdays singles that attempts to give them a sound. Maybe the efforts didn't age well, as Mikal wondered if he was the only who felt it had "aged poorly." Evidently you're not!
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57. Higher
53. What About Us
49. Issues
40. Ego
38. All Fired Up
19. Up
The Saturdays their average = 6.532
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"Black Coffee" is good, but it doesn't hit me emotionally like "Pure Shores." Something about the chorus feels slightly out of place.
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Member Since: 4/7/2012
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oh I liked "Up"
Definitely my favorite song by The Saturdays (after "Work" but that's not in this rate).
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As much as I love to shade the Sats, they really brought it here.
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BYE! "Up" should not have been anywhere near the top twenty.
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Hmm... don't really remember it.
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Another one bites the dust!
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10 - Ace Reject, Penk, adrianbeane, BlueGangsta, V3$$3L
1 - PeopleLikeUs
PLU, you know you're doing something wrong when even noted Nanas dissenter TheOnlyOne gives their song a nine! If one were to ignore Freak Like Me, hands down the best cover in the rate. "Their best song," BlueTimberwolf shouted from the rooftops - and I'm inclined to agree. It's a good thing no one else has really picked up unison all the way, as no one would do it as shabbily well as they did.
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64. Robert De Niro's Waiting (Talking Italian)
62. I Want You Back
46. I Heard a Rumour
31. Love in the First Degree
24/25. Cruel Summer
18. Venus
Bananarama their average: 6.447
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I wanted better for the Nanas, but not with "Venus." I still probably should have given it a higher score, though.
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This might upset a few people, as this has the most tens so far. Regina George will be particularly pressed, as she promised to kill anyone who gave it less than a 9. Sorry toots! #justice4eternal
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10 - Penk, Ace Reject, TheOnlyOne, sumthintoxic82, PeopleLikeUs, nicoyuki, Regina George, V3$$3L, supaspaz
2 - Maneater
Although Mikal wasn't here for its nod to Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound,' The Promise as widely beloved by voters. "They hopped on the 60's trend far better than the Sugababes did, that's for sure." BlueTimberwolf, keep spreading that TRUTH. The differences between this song and Girls are plentiful: it went to number one, it has an actual chorus, but perhaps most importantly, it is the culmination of years of a creative team working with an act. On record, I'm struggling to think when Aloud has sounded better; each girl is given a part that is perfect for her voice. It's a shiny, shimmering thing, but has buckets of earned emotion underneath. And thanks supa for reminding us that it "knocked Duffy into obsolescence with one clean punch."
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supa, you better run for cover in advance of our next and last tie.
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Member Since: 11/3/2010
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Not 3 of my 10's getting clocked in this update
Black Coffee was my ideal #1. How is it not even Top 10
Lemme just pray Biology doesn't win this whole thing now. Rooting for Move, Sound of the Underground or Push the Button, I guess.
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I'm not too shocked by these eliminations. But some songs are making it too far in this rate. I agree Girls is trash; it maybe the only Babes single I don't have or play
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I love that Miss-teeq is hanging in there!!!
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10 - Ace Reject, TheOnlyOne, Mikal, V3$$3L
6 (!!!) - KLatz
10 - Penk, Ace Reject, Doogle, posh, Mikal, Superiore, lovesong, supaspaz
2 - BlueGangsta
I would be fuming, but when I started counting votes, this was barely in the top 30. Rise lotus - it was only the beginning. "One of the best debut singles ever! They just came out and delivered effortessly a song like this showing no mercy even to the highlights of Girls Aloud and Spice's discography.". Yess Superiore, yess. posh wants y'all to know Subomie didn't check him into granting Overload a ten, but that he "genuinely loves it and consider it some of Sugababes best work (which isn't say a whole lot, but still); it's unique and has lots of influences by some of my favourite genres. It's haunting and mesmerizing; nothing like any other song out there." Shade, but Yesss! "Better than some other groups whole discographies." You can just say The Saturdays, BlueT, we've been through this already! "Tense, moody and almost aggressively minor-key—just like the teenage girls whose lovesick minds it peeks inside. This might just be the most audacious, risky and brilliant girl group debut ever." hyhy supa, you've just spouted the truth.
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