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Taking a break from studying and I've decided I wanted to blog more. And I figure with summer coming along doing something constructive like this will help me with my writing and prevent my brain from turning into mush over a period of 3 months.
Okay here is the task I would like to try to complete for one year, I will pick an album I like for the month and write about it. Not only I will get a little brain boost, I will also be discussing something i really enjoy and discovering new and old artists. So, if you guys have any suggestions for bands/artists I'm up for it.
Okay so for May 2009, my pick of the month is....The Saturdays (haha no surprise huh Minerva?)
Taking a break from studying and I've decided I wanted to blog more. And I figure with summer coming along doing something constructive like this will help me with my writing and prevent my brain from turning into mush over a period of 3 months.
Okay here is the task I would like to try to complete for one year, I will pick an album I like for the month and write about it. Not only I will get a little brain boost, I will also be discussing something i really enjoy and discovering new and old artists. So, if you guys have any suggestions for bands/artists I'm up for it.
Okay so for May 2009, my pick of the month is....The Saturdays (haha no surprise huh Minerva?)
Frankie, Rochelle, Una, Vanessa, Mollie
You thought Girl Power was dead?? Well its not! Now introducing you to The Saturdays: Una, Mollie, Vanessa, Rochelle, and Frankie! The Saturdays are an all female pop group hailing from England AND Ireland (Una is Irish). These five young women are fresh faced, sexy, personable, and talented just what the music scene needs. The British media has even said they could be the next Spice Girls which I am just over the moon excited about! So you know something great is brewing below. (Throughout this post you will notice I will be referencing back and forth between The Saturdays and Spice Girls, this is only because I can see a great simliarity in them both internally and externally.) The Saturdays are ready to conquer the world just like the Spices have. The US music market needs a break from R&B and Hiphop, pure pop has been extinct since the beginning of the millennium. To me listening to something like The Saturdays is just refreshing like a drink of a tall glass of ice cold water. Soulja Boy move outta the way! The Saturdays are a modern version of all successive pop acts of yesterday!
The self titled album itself is just great, I find myself dancing around at 2 am to "Up" and once again visualizing dance routines like I'm 8 years old again. And it doesn't end there The Saturdays deliver with their fast tracks like "Just Can't Get Enough", a rendition of the 80's classic and "Work" a hot dance track that is just begging to be played in the club or at least in my mom's Jazzercise class. They also have great ballads like "Issues" and "Chasing Lights" that any sad sob could definitely get into. If that is not enough for you, all their singles have been in the top 10 in the UK charts! And surprise surprise, they all can sing! But even though some girls have stronger vocals than others they all sound decent. The harmonization is beautiful in all songs but are very few since mostly all I can hear is Vanessa's powerful vocals. I think the most impressive singer out of The Saturdays would have to be Vanessa White, that girl can sing! She has a very wide vocal range and to the rest of the girls she is the Christina Aguilera/Beyonce/Emma Bunton of the group. The second girl to have impressed me would be Una Healy, her raspy cool tones bring out the Geri/Mel B of the group, but she sounds better than Geri. haha Una just knows how to use her voice well. A few times Rochelle has impressed me, bottom line they are decent singers live. Unfortunately they aren't all trained dancers which means we don't see as much dancing around on stage. But give or take I think I would rather have more talent in singing than dancing.
Now its not just their music that has gotten me all excited it's the total vibe they are giving me right now, its like reliving 97-98 all over again! The excitement I get from seeing The Saturdays being on the exact same shows the Spice Girls were on 10 years ago really brings me back. It was an exciting time, here the world has this one hot item, what is going to happen next? Who knows? And that's how I feel about The Saturdays, they have such great potential to be something great worldwide who knows what is going to happen next? According to Perez, the girls will try to break the US which I am desperately praying for. How cool would it be to see these girls over here?? With their personalities and good looks I think they will go far, they are cute and funny. But not as outragous and crazy as the Spices were, bummer. ): Watching The Saturdays in interviews and in their own private videos brings such joy to my life. Since the Return of the Spice Girls, every once and awhile I get really down because I miss seeing them all together in interviews and having fun. And I have been dying to find an alternative, I'm really glad to have found The Saturdays, I love how they take around their little flip video camera and make silly nonsense videos of themselves. My favorite video clips are of "Mochelle" (Mollie and Rochelle) and "Fierceness" (Una and Vanessa). Poor Frankie is left alone with I think Nic the hairdresser but they form the awesome Manik Franik. And I really appreciate how hard they are to promoting their music, good old fashion meet and greets around the country. It is hard work and not every artist still does that today.
The Saturdays are definitely something else but I just can't help comparing them to the Spice Girls with their personalities and vocals. Like how Vanessa is the youngest and has the best voice is like the Emma Bunton of the group, but she can be a bit air headed like Victoria is. Or how Mollie is a doll like Melanie C. And Una being the oldest with a raspy voice like Geri but can pull out some sexy tones like Victoria. I don't want to jinx it but I can see Una pulling a Geri leaving first hahahaha. I mean she's already got her own EP out and is a wicked guitarist! Shes so pretty, I can't stop looking at her eyes. No wonder she was voted one of the hottest females in this one magazine! And Rochelle is the Mel B with her great bass range and of course my personal favorite, the underdog, Frankie. She doesn't sing much nor has a very strong voice but she is sweet as hell, dresses a bit differently as the others (not posh though ): ), has a bob/shortish hair, and gorgeous too. Shes like the Victoria of the group. I've always rooted for the underdog. haha But overall I think they are a hybrid group of the Spices they have a little bit of everyone. They don't have that total personal uniqueness that the Spice Girls had. Nor do I feel the same bond they have toward each other like the Spice Girls had, that was the one thing that drew me to them. The bond the Spice Girls had made me feel like I was one of them. But it is still early for The Saturdays, they have plenty of time.
Even though they are no Spice Girls but if you are a huge fan of the Spice Force 5, give them a try. I think they are more closely linked to the Spice Girls than the other very popular female group Girls Aloud (boooo), I don't know what it is about them I don't like. Girls Aloud is more of a PCD to me. PCD and Girls Aloud don't really seem to capture the fun and excitement that I love about The Saturdays and Spice Girls.
The self titled album itself is just great, I find myself dancing around at 2 am to "Up" and once again visualizing dance routines like I'm 8 years old again. And it doesn't end there The Saturdays deliver with their fast tracks like "Just Can't Get Enough", a rendition of the 80's classic and "Work" a hot dance track that is just begging to be played in the club or at least in my mom's Jazzercise class. They also have great ballads like "Issues" and "Chasing Lights" that any sad sob could definitely get into. If that is not enough for you, all their singles have been in the top 10 in the UK charts! And surprise surprise, they all can sing! But even though some girls have stronger vocals than others they all sound decent. The harmonization is beautiful in all songs but are very few since mostly all I can hear is Vanessa's powerful vocals. I think the most impressive singer out of The Saturdays would have to be Vanessa White, that girl can sing! She has a very wide vocal range and to the rest of the girls she is the Christina Aguilera/Beyonce/Emma Bunton of the group. The second girl to have impressed me would be Una Healy, her raspy cool tones bring out the Geri/Mel B of the group, but she sounds better than Geri. haha Una just knows how to use her voice well. A few times Rochelle has impressed me, bottom line they are decent singers live. Unfortunately they aren't all trained dancers which means we don't see as much dancing around on stage. But give or take I think I would rather have more talent in singing than dancing.
Now its not just their music that has gotten me all excited it's the total vibe they are giving me right now, its like reliving 97-98 all over again! The excitement I get from seeing The Saturdays being on the exact same shows the Spice Girls were on 10 years ago really brings me back. It was an exciting time, here the world has this one hot item, what is going to happen next? Who knows? And that's how I feel about The Saturdays, they have such great potential to be something great worldwide who knows what is going to happen next? According to Perez, the girls will try to break the US which I am desperately praying for. How cool would it be to see these girls over here?? With their personalities and good looks I think they will go far, they are cute and funny. But not as outragous and crazy as the Spices were, bummer. ): Watching The Saturdays in interviews and in their own private videos brings such joy to my life. Since the Return of the Spice Girls, every once and awhile I get really down because I miss seeing them all together in interviews and having fun. And I have been dying to find an alternative, I'm really glad to have found The Saturdays, I love how they take around their little flip video camera and make silly nonsense videos of themselves. My favorite video clips are of "Mochelle" (Mollie and Rochelle) and "Fierceness" (Una and Vanessa). Poor Frankie is left alone with I think Nic the hairdresser but they form the awesome Manik Franik. And I really appreciate how hard they are to promoting their music, good old fashion meet and greets around the country. It is hard work and not every artist still does that today.
The Saturdays are definitely something else but I just can't help comparing them to the Spice Girls with their personalities and vocals. Like how Vanessa is the youngest and has the best voice is like the Emma Bunton of the group, but she can be a bit air headed like Victoria is. Or how Mollie is a doll like Melanie C. And Una being the oldest with a raspy voice like Geri but can pull out some sexy tones like Victoria. I don't want to jinx it but I can see Una pulling a Geri leaving first hahahaha. I mean she's already got her own EP out and is a wicked guitarist! Shes so pretty, I can't stop looking at her eyes. No wonder she was voted one of the hottest females in this one magazine! And Rochelle is the Mel B with her great bass range and of course my personal favorite, the underdog, Frankie. She doesn't sing much nor has a very strong voice but she is sweet as hell, dresses a bit differently as the others (not posh though ): ), has a bob/shortish hair, and gorgeous too. Shes like the Victoria of the group. I've always rooted for the underdog. haha But overall I think they are a hybrid group of the Spices they have a little bit of everyone. They don't have that total personal uniqueness that the Spice Girls had. Nor do I feel the same bond they have toward each other like the Spice Girls had, that was the one thing that drew me to them. The bond the Spice Girls had made me feel like I was one of them. But it is still early for The Saturdays, they have plenty of time.
Even though they are no Spice Girls but if you are a huge fan of the Spice Force 5, give them a try. I think they are more closely linked to the Spice Girls than the other very popular female group Girls Aloud (boooo), I don't know what it is about them I don't like. Girls Aloud is more of a PCD to me. PCD and Girls Aloud don't really seem to capture the fun and excitement that I love about The Saturdays and Spice Girls.
Red Nose Day!
The Saturdays are also on twitter! Check it out!
http://twitter.com/MollieO
http://twitter.com/unaheal
http://twitter.com/Frankie
http://twitter.com/vanessa
http://twitter.com/Rochell
http://twitter.com/TheSatu
