Here come the girls

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Have we talked about the new Sugababes single?

Their new material doesn't have the sense of event it one did, though I've learned not to trust my initial impressions with this lot: "About You Now" has crept up to become one of my four or five favourite tracks by them. Can't see that happening with this... or so I say now.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

"About You Now" has crept up to become one of my four or five favourite tracks by them

I told you at the time!

Only listened to 'Girls' once and can't remember it, as you say initial impressions are not to be trusted though.

We could also talk about Xtina's terrible new single here, as it doesn't really deserve a post to itself? Xtina discovers schaffel four years too late, basically.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I might be biased here but Heidi owns the first verse so much that I'm sort of wishing it was a solo single for her. I'm sure she could make it 'Here Comes THE Girl' without too much trouble. She still looks foxy so that's good too.

For a split second I thought that Amelle was grinding up against MUTYA there but no it's just a random lass. That would have been well funny.

I do like the song (and the sample) but yeah, Amelle and Keisha don't really contribute to my liking of it.

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

This song makes me almost incoherent with rage. The whole thing is just so lazy and uninspired, and they really ought to be above it.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

CORRECT.

Those Boots adverts really get on my tits anyway, not least because this song is bloody annoying and I have a severe allergy to anything so transparently designed to soundtrack the worst sort of hen nights. Like Boots is only a shop for WIMMINS, since no one else could possibly want aspirin or idk razors or dere god surely not SOAP?! And the Sugababes are only for GURLZ who LUV SHOPPING and SHOOZ and PINK SPARKLY THINGS because that is what it means to enjoy pop music. DO YOU SEE?! *facedesk*

[koganbot]

The chorus has a dark cavern-y where-are-we 2 AM feel, which means it's a strong track but doesn't feel like a single. Could creep on you, but I suspect not.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OK I've decided I really like this! Love the reggae feel and the way the video looks like a sweaty bashment rave. They sound like they're having a lot of fun on it, it's v light and breezy and relaxed. Heidi and Amelle's verses are really terrific, Heidi sounds particularly pleased to be freed from the tyranny of the middle eight. Minor caveat: as with a number of the songs on Change, their choruses are getting really lazy, ~one line~ does not a chorus make - but the verses are so strong that I don't really mind.

I think what keeps me interested in the Sugababes is the way they position themselves closer to the UK 'urban' scene than most other British pop acts (who didn't come from there in the first place) - there are all these occasional nods to reggae, garage and so on, you get the impression that they really listen to that music in their spare time.