why is the album work pink? Is Shayne trying to tell us something about himself? :P

maybe....

I just feel sorry for the bloke .... he puts his heart and soul into winning, then gets the $h!te treatment by not getting a decent set of songs to sing I bought Thats My Goal because I loved the song. I have the songs he sang on X Factor on vid so I dont need them again and since the songs he has "covered" are other peoples cast offs then all in all, its a bit of a rip off isnt it?

 

He does look bored in his pictures ... hardly having "a better life" which is what he was wishing for during the series unless of course a better life consists of his pick of the groupies, a drugs supermarket if he is into that sort of thing together with gross tiredness, don't see your family from one week to another and the chances of losing the girl you were engaged to before this all started.

 

I don't envy him one bit, poor sod

 

But he has already made his mother's life better. He bought her a new house. I suppose that must've been from his advance because the royalties won't be in yet. Says a lot that when he comes into a big sum, he doesn't go living it up and over-excessing.

 

I like Shayne. He deserves every chance. Sadly, he's with Louis so he'll have to settle for putting his own stamp on mainly covers. GA's original songs have been great ones so hopefully Louis will come up with the goods occasionally for Shayne too.

 

 

 

 

I'm sure he'll be absolutely fine.

 

His fans will be buying into Shayne the singer this time around, the music will matter more when he releases album 2.

 

Every artist from these Tv talent shows has done well initially and even those who've now disappeared, have realised a dream and have earnt more in a few months, than a lot of us would earn in years.

 

Who knows, his second album could be critically acclaimed, multi platinum selling, or bomb, only time will tell, but for the moment, I would think he's pretty happy with his situation.

 

 

 

 

I thought he gave a very good interview on Davina's show last night. I was very impressed with the rapping. Not my cup of tea personally, but if he wrote that when he was 10, then it was very good. I think he's got a very good speaking voice too, the kind of voice I myself could listen to all day.

I've seen posted that he was miming, but it looked pretty good to me. But then as you all know I prefer to hear a song sung (or mimed if you prefer) in tune :lol:

I must say even though I wasn't overly enamoured with him on X-factor, Shayne is growing on me the more I see of him.

Val wrote:

 

But then as you all know I prefer to hear a song sung (or mimed if you prefer) in tune :lol:

 

Now that's where we differ because I believe a singer should sing & probably why we appreciate different artists.

 

I think it's a great pity that so many artists mime because they aren't confident they can reproduce a performance which matches the cd but as you say that's probably all their audience wants.

 

Horses for courses I suppose.

 

Mind you those who are truly talented actually sound better singing live than on the cd. In my opinion of course.

Edited April 6, 200619 yr by gillwill

I pary for him to FLOP.

But he has already made his mother's life better. He bought her a new house. I suppose that must've been from his advance because the royalties won't be in yet.

 

He probably has a mortgage.

 

I think it's a great pity that so many artists mime because they aren't confident they can reproduce a performance which matches the cd.

 

Mind you those who are truly talented actually sound better singing live than on the cd. In my opinion of course.

 

I don't think it can generally be assumed that because an artist mimes its because they aren't confident they can reproduce a performance which matches the CD. After all Shayne and others (and I think I can guess who you are referring to ;) ) have proved they are quite capable of singing live many times. Perhaps they may be at fault for not insisting that the facilities are not put into place for them to be able to sing live for every performance, but that is a totally different matter and it certainly does not mean they are not truly talented.

I also don't necessarily agree with you that the truly talented, (and again I think I can guess who you mean) sound better singing live than on their cd's. Maybe sometimes but not always ;)

And I'm still not convinced Shayne was miming last night. Maybe parts of the song, where his voice overlaped the backing, but not all of the performance.

Edited April 6, 200619 yr by val4jadan

We all follow artists for different reasons and for me, however many times I see Will promote a song, I know it's going to be a slightly different version every time. Sometimes it's better than others but that's part of the excitement. Even for Will, I would not tune into the obligatory TV shows, just to watch him opening and shutting his mouth in time to his c.d. :P

 

Yesterday, the lovely Gene Pitney died. He'd been around ever since I could remember, great artist, great songs, but I have one very sad abiding memory of him which always comes to mind.

 

Some years ago, he appeared on Richard & Judy to promote his new song or tour or something. He was supposed to be singing live from a boat in the Albert dock, only he wasn't. The music started, Gene didn't. He was standing there, waiting for his cue that never came. It's been shown many times since on 'It'll be alright on the night' type shows and I'm sure many people have laughed their socks off at his predicament.

 

A great singer, a great songwriter, didn't deserve that. It would have been oh so different, if only he had sung live that day as he always had done before and probably since. :(

Yesterday, the lovely Gene Pitney died. He'd been around ever since I could remember, great artist, great songs, but I have one very sad abiding memory of him which always comes to mind.

 

Some years ago, he appeared on Richard & Judy to promote his new song or tour or something. He was supposed to be singing live from a boat in the Albert dock, only he wasn't. The music started, Gene didn't. He was standing there, waiting for his cue that never came. It's been shown many times since on 'It'll be alright on the night' type shows and I'm sure many people have laughed their socks off at his predicament.

 

A great singer, a great songwriter, didn't deserve that. It would have been oh so different, if only he had sung live that day as he always had done before and probably since. :(

 

That was a shame. Gene Pitney was a great singer. I don't ever remember seeing that incident myself, but then I don't watch `It'll be alright on the night' much. I wonder what the reason was he didn't sing live because as you say he could and usually did. There must more often than not be a reason why singers who can sing live, don't, which was the point I was making in my previous post. Some stick to their guns as it seems Will has been fortunate enough to do. Other's may be a little wary that it could affect their future if they were too adamant about it at the start of their career. After all the powers that be have got a lot of power over young performers. And even Will may one day be unable to sing live for some reason or another. Who knows.

 

I take your point about the way you look at Will's performances. Everyone sees things differently and that's how it always will be. What I don't like and don't think is necessary is for someone to constantly knock an artist just because they themselves perhaps don't like them, or are wary of their success, or the competition they may be, because as the saying goes, `one mans meat is another's poison'. I don't see anything wrong with saying you don't like a performance, or a song, or an artist, but see no reason to say unkind things about them personally. None of us like nasty things being said about the ones we like so why do it to others. And to do this constantly in every thread discussing these artists is even worse, to my mind :)

 

Now going back to Shayne, I thought he sounded and came across as a very nice young man last night on Davina's show. He'll never replace someone else in my affections :wub: , but I still like him very much.

 

good point Val. I was hoping this new site was friendly than CC, hope I am right.

 

I say if you don't like a particular artist, don't bother about them, leave all that to the people who appreciate those artists.

There are plenty I dislike but I don't bother reading about them as they are of no interest to me. End of.

 

Unfortunately it happens quite a lot on various forums. Some people are worse than others. (Not talking about these forums).

 

I think Shayne will do fine if he is allowed to sing live and make original music. He needs to make his feelings known - perhaps not yet but as soon as the album comes out. He mustn't let himself be browbeaten.

 

I don't agree with Louis Walsh's insistance that he is going to be the biggest pop singer. Robbie, at the moment, has that title with Will a close second. Shayne needs to prove himself. Maybe he will, maybe he won't - time will only tell.

I think it will be quite some time before anyone takes Robbie's crown from him. Much as we'd all like to think our favourites would be able to ;)

I heard the song on the Davina show finally, it's better than the last one but that's hardly difficult, it's still bland. This time it sounds like a Blue reject as opposed to a Wasteoflife reject.

 

And christ, Shayne really is butt ugly, isn't he?

Well if Shayne's ugly, gawd help the rest of us is all I can say.

 

His looks don't appeal to me, but I can recognise the fact that he's a good looking bloke, just not my type 'tis all :D

Maybe I was a bit harsh there, it's just he has a face that makes me want to throw rocks at it. :P

It's a damn shame he has that **** Louis walsh as a manager if you ask me he sounded FAR better live on the X Factor that he does on record.

 

He has a great voice and if he wants to be taken anyway seriously he needs to get rid of the vile manager. As long as Louis has him he will continue to be seen as a one man Westlife :puke2: , contunie to mime and continue to release covers :rolleyes:

 

No Promises is a good pop song in my opinion <_<

Edited April 6, 200619 yr by Scotty

I wholeheartedly agree with you Scotty. Still I suppose it will take a bit of time for him to start making his own decisions. At the moment he's feeling his feet. Give him a year or two and I think we'll see him following a different path. Seems as though Robbie thought quite highly of him on X-factor :D