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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Girls Aloud _ ADVENT 2014: General
Posted by: JosephCarey 1st December 2014, 12:00 AM
Today is the 1st of December, and what does this mean? The start of advent calendars of course! And for the first time EVER, the Girls Aloud forum has an exclusive advent calendar full of content for you over the next month. This includes videos, songs, banners, games and a LOT more.
Your first gift is a NEW forum banner for Christmas! Additionally, we will be celebrating the first FULL day of Girls Aloud, which happened 12 years ago today 
This is the general advent discussion thread, a collation thread will be pinned too to make the content easy to find!
Enjoy! 
Posted by: kimberley 1st December 2014, 03:50 AM
What a thoughtful idea this is , well done and thank you.
Posted by: JosephCarey 1st December 2014, 05:17 PM
No problem, thanks for the comment! 
If anyone's having trouble viewing the Xmas banner on the front page, please press F5! I had to do that myself 
Posted by: jsanta 1st December 2014, 05:26 PM
'Grinch' 
Haha, love it! Looking forward to this, it's a lovely idea 
Posted by: Camdy Cane 1st December 2014, 05:51 PM
This is an incredible idea, Well done guys!
Posted by: JosephCarey 1st December 2014, 05:54 PM
Ta very much guys! Adam was the genius who came up with it but we've all worked together to put a fabulous schedule together *.*
Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 1st December 2014, 11:14 PM
This looks and sounds great
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 2nd December 2014, 01:04 AM
Love the new banner! Oh Kimberley, green is not your colour.
Posted by: JosephCarey 2nd December 2014, 09:43 AM
Day 2 is coming later, courtesy of Jay *.*
Posted by: ClausofKubrick 2nd December 2014, 09:47 AM
This is actually a fab idea btw.
WD JosephCarey, AdventAloud and Jay.
Posted by: JosephCarey 2nd December 2014, 09:52 AM
TY ClausofKubrick 
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 2nd December 2014, 01:16 PM
Stop being xenophobic about my username! Joyeux Noel is Merry Christmas in French!! Bré will cut you!!!
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 2nd December 2014, 01:18 PM
The 2nd gift of advent is the start of the 'Out of Control' Boot & Immune! Get ready to get your post on and save your faves against the odds! 
Let's go! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172364
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 3rd December 2014, 12:15 AM
Well somehow we managed to finish that game within 10 hours! I hope those who took part enjoyed it. A bit mad towards the end.
Posted by: JosephCarey 3rd December 2014, 11:59 AM
It's over to Adam for today's festive treat
Posted by: AdventAloud 3rd December 2014, 12:42 PM
Today's advent treat is a look back at some of Girls Aloud's festive performances over the years!
You can find even more live goodies from over the years in our http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=168834
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 3rd December 2014, 04:49 PM
Lovely, I'll watch these tonight.
Posted by: Camdy Cane 3rd December 2014, 05:17 PM
I can't get over the banner the Kimberley shade is fabulous
Posted by: London81 3rd December 2014, 06:45 PM
I hope those who took part enjoyed it. A bit mad towards the end.Yes a crazy end to that one! Loved it. These videos are great.
Posted by: JosephCarey 4th December 2014, 11:34 AM
Day 4 is courtesy of myself, so here are two wallpapers you can feel free to use (click to view)
http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/MarthaJonesFan/CherylWallpaper.png http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/MarthaJonesFan/SarahWallpaper.png
One is obviously a bit less serious than the other These won't fit everyone's screens of course so feel free to ask for a different size and I'll edit for you!
Posted by: AdventAloud 4th December 2014, 02:16 PM
Fabulous Joseph! My favourite is of course the Sarah one
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 4th December 2014, 05:43 PM
The Sarah one! I might use it!!
Posted by: JosephCarey 5th December 2014, 07:43 PM
Day 5 is http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172453!
Posted by: AdventAloud 6th December 2014, 04:02 PM
Click the image to take you to Day 6! Family Fortunes!
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172478
Posted by: JosephCarey 7th December 2014, 03:04 PM
Day 7 is the continuation of the Music Video rate results, they will be completed over the course of today!
Posted by: AdventAloud 8th December 2014, 07:33 PM
Day 8 is a look at some cover versions of Girls Aloud songs!
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Possibly the most well-known cover is the Arctic Monkeys version of 'Love Machine' from the Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Florence & The Machine did a cover of 'Can't Speak French', not sure where though.
And finally a South African girl band called Shine 4 recorded a cover of 'Something Kinda Ooooh' in Afrikaans!
Posted by: JosephCarey 8th December 2014, 07:34 PM
That Something Kinda Oooh cover is absolutely fabulous *.* Thanks Adam!
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 8th December 2014, 09:02 PM
Also jamming to that rn
Posted by: Hayzayy 9th December 2014, 09:52 AM
Never heard of that F&TM cover of "Can't speak French" 
THAT IMPACT!
(Although her version is quite shit.)
Posted by: JosephCarey 9th December 2014, 05:55 PM
Day 9 is a tribute to NUHDEEN! Let us look back over some of the most iconic Nuhdeen tweets to date.
And of course, many more available on Twitter @NuhdeenCoyleNow
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 10th December 2014, 10:44 AM
Definitely one of my fave Twitter accounts. She sometimes replies to me too.
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 10th December 2014, 09:24 PM
Day 10 of Advent is to mark the 7th anniversary of 'Theme To St. Trinian's'! Yes it's been 7 years since their #51 smash soundtrack song. *.* It was looking like it could be a Top 40 hit for the girls, but their label removed the song from iTunes. Rude.
Enjoy the song's video here in stunning 240p quality!
Posted by: JosephCarey 10th December 2014, 09:27 PM
Never been particularly fussed about Theme to St Trinian's oops 
Glad it wasn't pushed as a proper single!
Posted by: Camdy Cane 11th December 2014, 10:04 AM
Properly crying at the rap tweet. That would have been incredible!
The Jo tweet too
Posted by: AdventAloud 11th December 2014, 04:17 PM
Love that Nuhdeen twitter/tumblr account My go to blog when I'm feeling a bit down and need a pick me up.
7 years since 'Theme To St. Trinians' is mad! I remember a lot of people on GAM/the official forum being WTF is this but I absolutely adored it from the get go
Posted by: Kath ♡ 11th December 2014, 04:25 PM
Shine 4 getting buzzjack recognition 
Posted by: JosephCarey 11th December 2014, 04:53 PM
Day 11 is a http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172658!
Posted by: AdventAloud 12th December 2014, 06:32 PM
Day 12 is The Friday Night Project Christmas Special from 2007!
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 12th December 2014, 06:46 PM
Haven't seen that in years but I remember it being hilarious! Will have to rewatch.
Posted by: London81 13th December 2014, 12:27 AM
I loved watching that. I miss girls aloud 
Posted by: AdventAloud 13th December 2014, 10:50 PM
To celebrate the final of The X Factor, day 13 is a look at Girls Aloud's and Cheryl's X Factor history!
Posted by: THEO. 13th December 2014, 11:28 PM
The "Call the Shots" performance is incredible! It's never been one of my absolute favourites but hearing it again in that context, it's definitely put it up there for me with Girls Aloud's best
Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2014, 02:38 PM
It makes me sad that Girls Aloud didn't get one for Something New and instead favoured Strictly, who are in no way the target audience for that track 
Damn Kimberley participating that year.
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 14th December 2014, 07:22 PM
I definitely agree that X Factor would have been more beneficial for Something New. Not enough to overcome Olly of course, but maybe it would have helped the song achieve a better chart run.
Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2014, 10:41 PM
Day 14 is an extra special treat. We take a look at...
OF SARAH HARDING
2002: Popstars: The Rivals
2003: Life Got Fringe
2004: Supa Styler
2005: Biker Chick
2006: Bob
2007: Whatever this is lol
2007: Sexy Trademark Short Hair! Yes Yes Yes...
2010: Return of the Long Locks
2011: Dark "Shaggy Crop"
2011: Longer Dark Hair feat. Pout
2012: Blonde Is Back
2014: Lady Gagarding?
*___*
Posted by: AdventAloud 14th December 2014, 10:44 PM
*.*
Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2014, 10:49 PM
OMG I totally missed out the Can't Speak French hair, I thought of it beforehand too
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 15th December 2014, 01:09 AM
Shall we do a Sarah's Hair Boot & Immune? x
Posted by: London81 15th December 2014, 07:39 PM
Loved the call the shots performance-amazing. Totally forgot that happened.
Posted by: JosephCarey 15th December 2014, 08:15 PM
Day 15 is a special Christmas edition of http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172814! 
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 16th December 2014, 11:06 PM
On Day 16 we mark the 12th anniversary of 'Sound Of The Underground', Girls Aloud's debut single!
The race for Christmas #1 in 2002 was between Girls Aloud & One True Voice. The newly formed groups battled it out with their respective debut singles 'Sound Of The Underground' and 'Sacred Trust'. Many assumed that the boys would breeze it to #1, after all, boy bands could rely on young female fans. However, Girls Aloud's single was something of a surprise - I don't think the media or the public could have predicted that the girls would have such a modern & fresh sounding uptempo single on their hands - so perhaps they had a strong chance after all?
Girls Aloud had a truly genius campaign on their hands - "Buy Girls, Bye Boys" was their slogan, and it clearly proved very effective! 'Sound Of The Underground' was leading the way in the midweeks, and of course it ended up reaching #1. This made Girls Aloud the first ever British girl group to enter straight in at #1 with their debut single. 'Sound Of The Underground' would go on to spend 4 weeks at #1, and was eventually certified platinum.
^ Incredible.
All of their performances can be found in Adam's Live Performance Archive thread: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=168834
Here is a notable performance - their "winning" performance on Popstars: The Rivals, directly after finding out that they had topped the charts: What a fantastic single, such a strong debut. After all these years of ballad covers for The X Factor winners, it seems shocking really that Girls Aloud managed to get a song like Sound Of The Underground, which in my opinion still sounds as fresh today as it did 12 years ago. I remember when I first heard it and I was so taken aback - I wasn't sure what I was expecting from them, but it wasn't that. It took another listen to properly "get it", and I just knew that from that moment that they'd be #1. The girls in my class were convinced that One True Voice would get it, who were supposedly "far better" than Girls Aloud. Well, I was rather smug when term started in January.
So there we have it, let's celebrate the anniversary of this single. Sorry that this post is so late.
Posted by: JosephCarey 16th December 2014, 11:12 PM
SOTU's release came before I really knew of them but I'd heard the track on the radio a couple of times, unaware of who was singing it! The slogan was genius, I agree, and the song is SO fresh sounding, especially when you consider that it's a talent show winning track!
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 16th December 2014, 11:16 PM
Omg I just noticed that I wrote "boy boys" I'm SO TIRED.
I have now edited.
Posted by: JosephCarey 16th December 2014, 11:49 PM
Silly bean!
Posted by: JosephCarey 17th December 2014, 05:11 PM
Day 17 (covering for Adam here 
) is the perfect chance to relive the Girls Aloud Christmas TV special, The Girls Aloud Party!
Posted by: JosephCarey 18th December 2014, 11:53 PM
Day 18 brings us to the 8 year anniversary (!) of I Think We're Alone Now! The Tiffany cover was included on The Sound of Girls Aloud and was released as the second single from it. It peaked at #4 in the official chart, just one place lower than previous single Something Kinda Ooooh!
Interestingly, the track was recorded just days before the album was sent to be manufactured, and replaced a cover of What a Feeling on the tracklist, and was then revamped to have more of a typical Girls Aloud sound for later copes of the album because the initial version was quite rushed! A standard copy of the GH is very hard to come across and despite having two copies (accidentally lol), I do not have it on either. The deluxe version, however, seemingly did not get reprinted with the new version of ITWAN and the original is present on copies of that!
What are your thoughts on ITWAN?
(sorry it's so late, Jay was meant to be doing it but has vanished )
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 19th December 2014, 12:23 AM
Oops! Apologies
I remember buying that single during lunchtime break at college, I popped into town and got it in HMV. My friends were distinctly unimpressed by my purchase.
Posted by: JosephCarey 19th December 2014, 12:32 AM
I'll forgive you
I don't remember when or where I bought CD1! I bought CD2 a couple of months ago though LOL, it was one of the GA CDs I was missing and got it online for less than £2 on eBay (thanks for the link Jay x)
Naturally I was obsessed with the track though It's not one of my favourites by them but it says it all when one of their less good singles is still amazing!
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 19th December 2014, 11:14 PM
Advent Day 19
See The Day was released 9 years ago today! It would become their 11th Top 10 hit in a row, but their lowest charting single so far, entering and peaking at #9.
Feel free to share your memories of this release! x
Posted by: AdventAloud 19th December 2014, 11:21 PM
CD2's artwork is one of their best.
Nadine's solo radio version is better than the single version.
Posted by: NellyXmas. S 19th December 2014, 11:44 PM
I actually really liked 'See The Day'! It's a bit of a shame it didn't do a lot but at least it didn't miss the top 10 entirely!
Posted by: ClausofKubrick 19th December 2014, 11:52 PM
See The Day was released 9 years ago today! It would become their 11th Top 10 hit in a row, but their lowest charting single so far, entering and peaking at #9.
Not sure if the wording of this makes sense as it seems to suggest it's still their lowest charting single
do you mean "to date" instead of "so far"?Bal ha pedant strikes again
Anyway i don't even remember how this goes, oops
Posted by: JosephCarey 20th December 2014, 12:10 AM
See the Day is deffo my least favourite of their singles, a lovely track but it didn't NEED to be a single, over so many other amazing Chemistry tracks!
Posted by: Jayeux Noël 20th December 2014, 12:58 AM
I still wish that had been released in HQ, for one of the rarities disc. It sounds gorgeous/understated.
Posted by: JosephCarey 20th December 2014, 01:09 AM
Kimberley was probably like "no we cannot condone this bitch" x
Posted by: AdventAloud 20th December 2014, 10:41 AM
That sounds 100% true, take the Chemistry tour for example.
Kimberley stole, STOLE some of Nadine's verse and completely ruined it. Bitch! But Nadine got her own back with those adlibs at the end *.*
Posted by: NellyXmas. S 20th December 2014, 05:46 PM
Have any of you guys got this? ::format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1843434-1247301017.jpeg.jpg)
It feels like only last week when I bought it when it's been 3 years! Really makes me feel nostalgic!
Posted by: JosephCarey 20th December 2014, 06:16 PM
I have it What a flawless idea for a collection, I wish more artists did this kinda thing!
Day 20 is coming shortly...
Posted by: JosephCarey 20th December 2014, 06:22 PM
Day 20 is the start of the top 100 posters countdown! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172963
Posted by: AdventAloud 22nd December 2014, 09:23 PM
Day 22 is a look at some funny Girls Aloud videos from over the years!
Posted by: JosephCarey 23rd December 2014, 09:25 PM
Day 23 is part 2 of the Top Posters countdown! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172963&st=0&gopid=4915331&#entry4915331
Posted by: JosephCarey 31st December 2014, 08:25 PM
The collation thread is now up to date so you can easily find all the advent activities there, click http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172298 to look! Thanks so much to EVERYONE who participated in the activities and we hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. Happy New Year to you all on behalf of the Girls Aloud moderators!
Posted by: London81 1st January 2015, 12:51 PM
Happy new year all!!!
Posted by: AdamAloud 1st January 2015, 02:27 PM
Happy New Year! It was a lot of fun compiling advent for you all
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