They are a disgusting karaoke band, manufactured to the extreme.

 

Urgh.

 

Talentless trash.

I think Boyzone (among other boy bands) made them seem less bad at first.

I wasn't Westlife's greatest fan at the time. Their incessant ability to release what to all intents and purposes could have been them burping the alphabet and still somehow get a number one with it. Likewise when they won 'Record of the Year' on ITV every sodding year with a single that had been out the month before - if that - and somehow got smugger each time they did so.

 

Having said all that though, they did show some occasional glimpses of brilliance. Specifically, on 'When You're Looking Like That' (how that was bumped as a single over 'Queen Of My Heart' God only knows), 'World Of Our Own' and also 'What About Now'. The latter was a cover of course but it was actually the only time they took an existing song and actually did a good job of it.

 

I can imagine Radio 2 will get heavily behind this, perhaps more so than they even have with Boyzone's latest single.

'World Of Our Own' is the only song of theirs I liked.

I wasn't Westlife's greatest fan at the time. Their incessant ability to release what to all intents and purposes could have been them burping the alphabet and still somehow get a number one with it. Likewise when they won 'Record of the Year' on ITV every sodding year with a single that had been out the month before - if that - and somehow got smugger each time they did so.

 

Having said all that though, they did show some occasional glimpses of brilliance. Specifically, on 'When You're Looking Like That' (how that was bumped as a single over 'Queen Of My Heart' God only knows), 'World Of Our Own' and also 'What About Now'. The latter was a cover of course but it was actually the only time they took an existing song and actually did a good job of it.

 

I can imagine Radio 2 will get heavily behind this, perhaps more so than they even have with Boyzone's latest single.

 

Queen of my Heart was probabaly favoured due to the November release date, slow winter/Xmas ballad!

Take Tha and Westlife aren't really comparable imo! TT at least had huge talent and original songs.

 

Westlife fav the non single When Your Looking Like That!

 

That wasn't a single? Why do I have in my head it was?

That wasn't a single? Why do I have in my head it was?

 

It was a single in Australia.

Still have a huge smile on my face from when their last single peaked at No.32 - they should be renamed Pastlife. Looking forward to this flopping!

Well they won’t do well...it will be lucky to dent the T40.

Still have a huge smile on my face from when their last single peaked at No.32 - they should be renamed Pastlife. Looking forward to this flopping!

 

THIS!!

 

Pastlife? I always called them Sh*tlife :D

I always used to 'affectionately' refer to them as Wasteoflife.

Pastlife? I always called them Sh*tlife :D

well I call them irrelevant so...

Is there even interest for a tour ?

They could be massive with this return! Massive gap in the market for them and were huge beyond believe. The tour would sell out very quickly as well! Sensible.

The hate on here is hilarious, proves how huge they were!! The single will not dent the top 40 but the album could be massive. 5 year deal apparently! My best mate was obsessed and when I went to see them live, understood why. Not many bands have the chemistry they did, shame that xfactor and pop idol etc ruined that, bands are just thrown together now.

This band was manufactured, they fought all the time, and was absolute corporate x factor rubbish. Shitelife

They exploited the way the charts acted at the time and peddled a lot of crap during their tenure but some of their early material was quite good, as were many of their uptempos. I always had a soft spot for Hey Whatever, which was underrated by their standards.

 

From Mandy onwards though they basically became a karaoke covers band and it became tedious that they'd return every November with some huge dire ballad cover (You Raise Me Up was ok though), snatch an easy No.1/top 3 and a massive album and then disappear for another year.

I always had a soft spot for Hey Whatever, which was underrated by their standards.

 

Same, very good song.

 

The label ruined them in my opinion with the covers but there first 3 albums were good.

 

Slightly cringy and embarrassing reading through some comments on here such as shitelife etc, is everyone over 18 on here?

 

Plus, as a music fan is it not best to wait and hear the song/s instead of judging before hand because of image etc.

Edited September 25, 20186 yr by Lomadz

No as they are a crime against music. They aren't a band. They are a manufactured cog and allll their albums are dross.