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 13th July 2014, 11:31 AM
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 you never forget your first time...
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If you could go back in time,
Personally, I'd leave the first two eras as they are - they ran perfectly and there's nothing else that needed a release on either. Chemistry 1. Biology 2. Swinging London Town -- album release -- 3. Whole Lotta History 4. Models Getting rid of the two weak links, two of their lowest selling singles also. WLH was kept not cause I love it, but cause it's definitely the best ballad on there so if they wanted to release one around Xmas time, that should've been the clear choice IMO. I'd also leave The Sound of Girls Aloud as it is, Money is fab but perhaps a bit too silly for a single release?  Tangled Up 1. Sexy! No No No... 2. Call the Shots -- album release -- 3. Can't Speak French 4. Girl Overboard First three singles were perfect but the lack of Girl Overboard was crazy  Out of Control can stay as it is - Love Is The Key or Revolution In The Head would've made a good 4th single but I think after both The Loving Kind and Untouchable struggled to go top 10 (or even failed in the case of the latter), a fourth single wouldn't have done any better. Ten 1. Something New -- album release -- 2. On the Metro I think that was always quite clear  Something New works AMAZINGLY well as a bold, brashy comeback single, with On the Metro working well as a tour single.
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13th July 2014, 01:29 PM
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Instead of doing what I think would've done well/better for them I'm gonna be selfish and just do what I would've wanted. So yeah no 'Love Machine' or 'The Promise' call me all you want. Consecutive top 10 record probably would've been shattered but OH WELL
Sound Of The Underground 1. Sound Of The Underground (Dec 2002) 2. No Good Advice (May 2003) ---album release (May 2003)--- 3. Girls Allowed (Aug 2003) 4. Jump (Nov 2003) ---re-release (Nov 2003)--- 5. Life Got Cold (Feb 2004) What Will The Neighbours Say? 6. The Show (Jun 2004) 7. Real Life (Sep 2004) 8. Graffiti My Soul (Nov 2004) ---album release (Nov 2004)--- 9. Wake Me Up (Feb 2005) Chemistry 10. Wild Horses (Jul 2005) 11. Biology (Oct 2005) 12. Whole Lotta History (Dec 2005) ---album release (Dec 2005)--- 13. Models (Mar 2006) 14. Watch Me Go (Jun 2006) The Sound Of... 15. Something Kinda Ooooh (Nov 2006) ---album release (Nov 2006)--- Tangled Up 16. Sexy! No No No... (Jun 2007) 17. Girl Overboard (Sep 2007) 18. Call The Shots (Nov 2007) ---album release (Nov 2007)--- 19. Close To Love (Feb 2008) 20. Black Jacks (May 2008) Out Of Control 21. Love Is The Key (Sep 2008) 22. Untouchable (Nov 2008) ---album release (Nov 2008)--- 23. Miss You Bow Wow (Feb 2009) 24. The Loving Kind (May 2009) *3 more studio album campaigns none of this solo bullshit*  Ten 25. Something New (Nov 2012) ---album release (Nov 2012)--- 26. On The Metro (Feb 2013) |
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13th July 2014, 06:58 PM
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Tangled Up
1. Sexy! No No No 2. Call the Shots -- album release -- 3. Girl Overboard 4. Can't Speak French Out Of Control 21. The Promise 22. Untouchable ---album release 23. The Loving Kind 24. Miss You Bow Wow Ten Something New On The Metro ---Album Release |
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13th July 2014, 10:31 PM
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I totally agree with most of them posts, personally I'd leave the first era as it is, but for "What Will The Neighbours Say" I'd release "Graffiti My Soul" as a 5th single. For the Chemistry era I'd leave the first two singles as they are and have "Whole Lotta History" as the 3rd and X-Mas single and then release "Models/Watch Me Go" as the 4th single. for Tangled Up era, yes first 3 singles were perfect and then I totally agree with "Girl Overboard" as the 4th. Then for the final greatest hits "On The Metro" should have definately followed "Something New", It would have smashed the charts.
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15th December 2021, 06:25 AM
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- Sound Of The Underground
- No Good Advice - Some Kind Of Miracle - Show - Here We Go - I'll Stand By You - Big Brother - Biology - Models - See The Day (Christmas single) - Whole Lotta History - I Think We're Alone Now - Walk This Way - Can't Speak French - Call The Shots - Sexy! No No No... - Theme To St. Trinian's - Promise - She - Loving Kind - Untouchable - Beautiful Cause You Love Me Also I have the alternative choice for "Chemistry" era with "Not Tonight Santa" as Christmas single : - Biology - See The Day - Not Tonight Santa (Christmas single) - Models - Whole Lotta History This post has been edited by Last Dreamer: 15th December 2021, 08:01 AM |
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15th December 2021, 11:27 AM
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 Break the tension
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I can't believe someone in this thread actually suggested 'Girls Allowed' as a single
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15th December 2021, 06:02 PM
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you never forget your first time...
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I love Girls Allowed, one of my faves from SOTU!
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19th December 2021, 10:04 PM
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Chemistry for me is the one that was the most messed up
1. Biology 2. Not tonight Santa or I wanna kiss you so (as a double a-side with STD as that was a popular radio staple) 3. Models 4. Swinging London Town Ignore WLH it missed the mark really and should have remained a great album track (although would mean missing the gorgeous video) |
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20th December 2021, 02:11 PM
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I deffo think 'Control of the Knife' should have been a single.
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26th December 2021, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Dec 15 2021, 11:27 AM)  I can't believe someone in this thread actually suggested 'Girls Allowed' as a single I think the more pressing issue in this thread is Last Dreamer believing that Something Kinda Ooooh should never have been a single & that the GH era should have only had I Think We’re Alone Now as a single  I believe they owe a LOT to Something Kinda Ooooh, in terms of them being able to forge ahead with another two studio albums. That single really connected with the public & definitely made them sit up and realise that Girls Aloud had a strong catalogue of singles. The notion that it should never have happened… I can’t! ~~~~ Like most, I think Chemistry is the era that needed tweaking. 1. Long Hot Summer Personally I wouldn’t want to lose this from their singles run. I just wish that its release had been timed better, earlier on in August. Not that they could predict the future, but typically they chose a hard week! 18k at #7 was pretty strong in 2005. There were weeks earlier in the summer when less sales were needed to go Top 3, and certainly Top 5. They were just very unlucky. I think the fanbase would have felt less sour about this song in the years that followed, had it actually been a Top 5 hit. Also I think aged well - for some reason, to me it seems like more of a bop now than it came across as being in 2005! 2. Biology However it should have been released a bit earlier than it was, to allow some breathing space between it & single 3. Even just a couple of weeks earlier, i.e. late October. - Chemistry’s album release - Again, ideally it would have had an earlier release - probably mid November. Still a very healthy period for album sales, but surely a much better opportunity for them to go Top 10! 3. Whole Lotta History / Not Tonight Santa What better way to promote the fact that their album contained a Christmas disc than to use one of the songs as a single? With hindsight it does feel like a missed opportunity! I’d like to think the public would have responded well to Not Tonight Santa in 2005. It could have set them up with a song that kept re-entering on the strength of downloads. Meanwhile I think Whole Lotta History would have done a fine job as “the winter single” instead of See the Day. Their team should have had more faith in the strength of their original material & not felt like they needed to replicate I’ll Stand By You. Granted, See the Day did very well on TV and Radio, but I’d like to think that this Double A Side would have done good things for Chemistry. 4. Models Surely a no brainer to release this at the time of their documentary series! |
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26th December 2021, 12:24 PM
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QUOTE(-Jay- @ Dec 26 2021, 11:12 AM) I think the more pressing issue in this thread is Last Dreamer believing that Something Kinda Ooooh should never have been a single & that the GH era should have only had I Think We’re Alone Now as a single I believe they owe a LOT to Something Kinda Ooooh, in terms of them being able to forge ahead with another two studio albums. That single really connected with the public & definitely made them sit up and realise that Girls Aloud had a strong catalogue of singles. The notion that it should never have happened… I can’t! ~~~~ Like most, I think Chemistry is the era that needed tweaking. 1. Long Hot Summer Personally I wouldn’t want to lose this from their singles run. I just wish that its release had been timed better, earlier on in August. Not that they could predict the future, but typically they chose a hard week! 18k at #7 was pretty strong in 2005. There were weeks earlier in the summer when less sales were needed to go Top 3, and certainly Top 5. They were just very unlucky. I think the fanbase would have felt less sour about this song in the years that followed, had it actually been a Top 5 hit. Also I think aged well - for some reason, to me it seems like more of a bop now than it came across as being in 2005! 2. Biology However it should have been released a bit earlier than it was, to allow some breathing space between it & single 3. Even just a couple of weeks earlier, i.e. late October. - Chemistry’s album release - Again, ideally it would have had an earlier release - probably mid November. Still a very healthy period for album sales, but surely a much better opportunity for them to go Top 10! 3. Whole Lotta History / Not Tonight Santa What better way to promote the fact that their album contained a Christmas disc than to use one of the songs as a single? With hindsight it does feel like a missed opportunity! I’d like to think the public would have responded well to Not Tonight Santa in 2005. It could have set them up with a song that kept re-entering on the strength of downloads. Meanwhile I think Whole Lotta History would have done a fine job as “the winter single” instead of See the Day. Their team should have had more faith in the strength of their original material & not felt like they needed to replicate I’ll Stand By You. Granted, See the Day did very well on TV and Radio, but I’d like to think that this Double A Side would have done good things for Chemistry. 4. Models Surely a no brainer to release this at the time of their documentary series!  Why weren't you their manager Jason!?!?
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26th December 2021, 12:30 PM
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Models, Watch Me Go and Swinging London Town all should have been singles. What an album
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26th December 2021, 01:42 PM
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QUOTE(spiceboy @ Dec 26 2021, 12:24 PM) Why weren't you their manager Jason!?!?If only! Tbh I think I'd leave the Sound of the Underground, What Will the Neighbours Say? and Out of Control eras unchanged. Probably The Sound of Girls Aloud too, although I do sometimes wonder if I would have preferred What a Feeling over I Think We're Alone Now. Tangled Up was perfect but they could have made it even more perfect with a fourth single, Girl Overboard! In an ideal world I'd have gone for a fifth in Close to Love, but that would probably have been pushing it lol. And of course Ten was crying out for On the Metro
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26th December 2021, 11:30 PM
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Break the tension
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QUOTE(-Jay- @ Dec 26 2021, 11:12 AM) I think the more pressing issue in this thread is Last Dreamer believing that Something Kinda Ooooh should never have been a single & that the GH era should have only had I Think We’re Alone Now as a single I believe they owe a LOT to Something Kinda Ooooh, in terms of them being able to forge ahead with another two studio albums. That single really connected with the public & definitely made them sit up and realise that Girls Aloud had a strong catalogue of singles. The notion that it should never have happened… I can't! This is exactly why I don't take anything he says seriously and bypassed his post.
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