I hold a pretty similar belief.

 

The reason the Sugababes broke through with the 1.0 lineup & were so successful with the classic 2.0 line up was due to the fact they stood out from the crowd musically & visually with distinctive personalities and records to match that was well above the average pop fodder.

 

Losing Mutya was a body blow, losing Keisha was near terminal. What is left with the 4.0 lineup is a highly effective vocal group - They might look more pleasing on the eye, and they might actually be technically better singers but they have lost their unique selling points becoming a far more blander outfit as a result.

 

This 4.0 lineup may be releasing pretty decent singles, and the album may well be good but the one thing it is not is a Sugababes album.

 

It is irrelevant what Keisha got up to and whether or not she deserved to get fired as their management & their record company really should have subtly changed the name of the band to recognise that no original members were left to something like Sugab4bes; Sugarbabes or Sugababes X (after a decade in the business) to reflect this fact.

 

By not doing this they handed the moral high ground back to the team Keisha camp.

 

I agree 100%

 

Not saying this in return to you TIP but in general, it's still alright for people to enjoy their songs now without constantly being branded a 4.0 loon for it. I hate the sound of all this team stuff :lol: I'd rather they all got together and made it a 6some.

Yeah, really good. How old were they? 16? They must have been 14/15 when they first started writing their album.

 

What a talented & credible bunch of girls.

Yeah, they were 15/16 then. They started recording One Touch at age 14 :wub:

I agree 100%

 

Not saying this in return to you TIP but in general, it's still alright for people to enjoy their songs now without constantly being branded a 4.0 loon for it. I hate the sound of all this team stuff :lol: I'd rather they all got together and made it a 6some.

 

Now that would be heavenly :wub:

 

Comic Relief 2010

 

Sugababes Vs. Sugababes - insert song name here. :heehee:

I'm jumping the gun here, but how weird would it be seeing Siobhan sing "Push the Button", "About You Now", etc?! Haha.

 

They could get away with that, too, providing they don't release it.

Ooh I would love them to go as a 6-piece and name the group Sugababes vs. Sugababes. Great idea! Shame it'll never happen.

I'm jumping the gun here, but how weird would it be seeing Siobhan sing "Push the Button", "About You Now", etc?! Haha.

 

They could get away with that, too, providing they don't release it.

3.0 performed 1.0 stuff, so if 1.0 reformed they have free range of everything other than Crash and Burn :w00t:

 

AYN would either be quite weird with Siobhan/Mutya or utterly orgasmic

Ooh I would love them to go as a 6-piece and name the group Sugababes vs. Sugababes. Great idea! Shame it'll never happen.

 

They might 'cause it's for charity.

I'm jumping the gun here, but how weird would it be seeing Siobhan sing "Push the Button", "About You Now", etc?! Haha.

 

They could get away with that, too, providing they don't release it.

 

 

3.0 performed 1.0 stuff, so if 1.0 reformed they have free range of everything other than Crash and Burn :w00t:

 

AYN would either be quite weird with Siobhan/Mutya or utterly orgasmic

 

They'd be allowed to perform anything as covers.

They would be side-eyeing eachother and trying to out-sing one another.

 

It would be car-crash TV, lol.

They would be side-eyeing eachother and trying to out-sing one another.

 

It would be car-crash TV, lol.

Mutya could scratch 4.0's eyes out without leaving her side of the stage with her nails :lol:

 

Keisha and Mutya can out ad-lib everyone else in the UK, you'd never be able to hear 4.0sing :lol:

They'd be allowed to perform anything as covers.

They could release a $h!t load of it as well. Especially the C&S era stuff that only K has credits on which would sound orgasmic with 1.0

Reasons why 4.0 should be made to hand the name over and the rights to the old material

 

 

I rest my case

They couldn't release anything from that era, could they? It belongs to Universal.

 

I mean, they could perform it at gigs and stuff. They could even record it and put it on their Myspace, I think. As long as they don't release any of the 2.0 + 3.0 stuff they're fine.

They could release a $h!t load of it as well. Especially the C&S era stuff that only K has credits on which would sound orgasmic with 1.0

Doesn't the record company hold the royalties to recordings? The (co) writer won't be able to record and release it without consent from a whole lot of people, will she?

Doesn't the record company hold the royalties to recordings? The (co) writer won't be able to record and release it without consent from a whole lot of people, will she?

I imagine the other co-writer and Island who are still pro-Keisha

This is really WEIRD. :lol: But I love this Sugadrama, I always wanted 4.0 to change their name. On the other note... This process will take ages. And about performing songs - it is also not obvious, I think all the back-catalogue since AWDF belongs to Island. But still, I thought Mutya or Keisha or Siobhan had no chance about calling officially themselves as the Sugababes again.

Now that would be heavenly :wub:

 

Comic Relief 2010

 

Sugababes Vs. Sugababes - insert song name here. :heehee:

 

Alright then I nominate: "Me Against The Music".

 

Unlike the Walk This Way single it could not fail to be better than the original. :lol:

Mutya could scratch 4.0's eyes out without leaving her side of the stage with her nails :lol:

 

Keisha and Mutya can out ad-lib everyone else in the UK, you'd never be able to hear 4.0sing :lol:

 

Nah You wouldn't be able to hear anyone over Jade TBH she'd do her amazing scream like ad libs.

I say "It's Like That" by Run DMC.

 

I wanna see them all free-style dancing and giving side-eyes to one another. I can imagine Siobhan standing there like "WTF".

This is really WEIRD. :lol: But I love this Sugadrama, I always wanted 4.0 to change their name. On the other note... This process will take ages. And about performing songs - it is also not obvious, I think all the back-catalogue since AWDF belongs to Island. But still, I thought Mutya or Keisha or Siobhan had no chance about calling officially themselves as the Sugababes again.

Island owns everything. IIRC they bought the rights to One Touch from London