Westlife top of music charts/Westlife discussion

[Lionel Ritchie]

I've already said I don't think any comparisons are legitimate ...and I'm not even a Beatles fan. (Who and Hendrix were always my 60's bands).

It's as daft as comparing the relative merits of Bayern Munich and Harchester United.

It's as pointless as comparing the in and outs of Football with Wrestlemania or WWF or smackdown or whatever other garbage-tag they put on it these days.

If Westlife and their kind are to be compared with other entertainers then it should be with The Osmonds, Brotherhood of Man and other such... um ...artists.:o

[Tired&Emotional]

Crazy talk because you like the Beatles but don't like Westlife. You may need to consider that just because that's your preference, someone who prefers the opposite isn't wrong, just has a different opinion to you.

I can't see anything significant about the Beatles and therefore hold them with less regard than Westlife. Simply because, they don't entertain me.


Never said I didn't like Westlife, I think what they do they do well - they pick well written songs and perform them well.....they record and produce songs to hit today's type market that they are trying to sell to!

If you read post #73 you'll see I have an appreciation for the art of song writing and artists who can sing a song, and I don't mean just hit a note, i mean deliver a song; this is quite a step up from just holding a tune!

The Beatles were far more talented though. Fact, end of. That's not an argument that needs to be made. It is simply as plain as day! To put that into a footballing context for you; it's like comparing Brazil of the '70s to a mid table Premiership side and i'm sure you wouldn't need to see an argument put forward for the obvious there......would you?!

Which one you prefer though is your opinion sure, but I KNOW which is better!

[noby]

Just about to post something similar.......have just come back to this thread after a few days and can't believe how it's evolved into a Westlife v's Beatles discussion....it's all crazy talk:confused: :D


It didn't evolve into that, Peadar just dumped it in out of the blue. Up to that no-one mentioned the Beatles













(must check the definition of trolling again)

[Tired&Emotional]

Well off course! Somone would have to be the first to inttroduce it to the thread and then the discussion evolves from there.....!

[noby]

Well off course! Somone would have to be the first to inttroduce it to the thread and then the discussion evolves from there.....!
In the same way that monkeys and dinosaurs roamed the earth, then God plonked humans on it, and we all evolved from there.
Up to Peadar's post there was no mention of the Beatles, then BAM!, it's all Adam'n'Eveing all over the place, and all the monkeys are like'wtf?' and 5hit...

[Tired&Emotional]

In the same way that monkeys and dinosaurs roamed the earth, then God plonked humans on it, and we all evolved from there.
Up to Peadar's post there was no mention of the Beatles, then BAM!, it's all Adam'n'Eveing all over the place, and all the monkeys are like'wtf?' and 5hit...

:D :D .......I think this is now evolving into an IC v's Darwinism discussion:eek:

[CollegeTillIDie]

Is Westlife topping the charts, Sligo Rovers winning the First Division title, and Tabby Callaghan on the crest of something an indicator that the North West is where it's at? :(

[Green Tribe]

Is Westlife topping the charts, Sligo Rovers winning the First Division title, and Tabby Callaghan on the crest of something an indicator that the North West is where it's at? :(

No, I think it indicates the end of the world!!!! :eek: :D

[sligoman]

Is Westlife topping the charts, Sligo Rovers winning the First Division title, and Tabby Callaghan on the crest of something an indicator that the North West is where it's at? :(Yes, why, you gonna relocate to the North West?:confused: :D

[sligoman]

Irish boy band Westlife got the festive shopping season underway in central London on Tuesday when they turned on the famous Christmas lights in Oxford Street.

The four-member group, who boast a string of chart-topping singles including a Christmas number one, switched on the dazzling display featuring 260,000 bulbs and performed two of their hits.

"We never dreamed we'd be turning on the Oxford Street Christmas lights -- it's a major honour," " the band's Kian Egan told the BBC.
The switch-on marked the culmination of the Light Up London campaign which invited people to sponsor a bulb with a minimum 5 pound donation for charity.

The Breast Cancer Campaign, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and Centrepoint, which helps homeless young people, will benefit from the funds raised.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/15112005/325/westlife-turn-oxford-street-lights.html

[Green Tribe]

They just continue to light up your life, don't they Sligoman? ;)

I'll get my coat.....:D

[sligoman]

I'll get my coat.....:DPlease do, that was terrible;):p.

[Galwayexile]

so have the boys ever been aproached about sponsoring sligo rovers then?

Fair play to them, still going strong and brian mcfad's career is gone down the swany so to speak.

[Green Tribe]

so have the boys ever been aproached about sponsoring sligo rovers then?

Fair play to them, still going strong and brian mcfad's career is gone down the swany so to speak.

You know, the team name could be changed to 'Westlife Warriors'! :eek: :D

[sligoman]

so have the boys ever been aproached about sponsoring sligo rovers then?Not really, although they did get pics taken in Rovers jersey's before, even the Dublin bucks:eek:, but them two were wearing the away jersey;) :D

[hamish]

Didn't Lowlife have a tune called "Wind beneath my wings?"

http://www.prankplace.com/fdracula.htm

Click on above and press number seven - marked "wind"

For a much better version.

:p :D

[The Stars]

so have the boys ever been aproached about sponsoring sligo rovers then?

Fair play to them, still going strong and brian mcfad's career is gone down the swany so to speak.
they didnt get approached but 3 years ago Shane Filan and Mark Feehily sponsored our youth teams.They provided kits,full training gear and tracksuits so fair play to them.

[Green Tribe]

they didnt get approached but 3 years ago Shane Filan and Mark Feehily sponsored our youth teams.They provided kits,full training gear and tracksuits so fair play to them.

See even a sligo citizen can say fair play!

[The Stars]

well im only saying that because i was on the team that got the free gear off them....:)

[Green Tribe]

well im only saying that because i was on the team that got the free gear off them....:)

:D :D fair play though, at least they remembered their home town

[The Stars]

well two of them did.The other one Kian 'the gobsh!te' Egan is a boll0x.no wonder everyone in the town hates the sight of him.

[Green Tribe]

well two of them did.The other one Kian 'the gobsh!te' Egan is a boll0x.no wonder everyone in the town hates the sight of him.

I'm hearing that a lot.....Shane and Mark do seem to be the decent ones

[sligoman]

I'm hearing that a lotHe really is an arrogant feck. Sure why do ya think he got a black eye in Abrakebabra in town a few years ago? It wasn't just because they might have been scumbags that did it!;) :D

[Green Tribe]

He really is an arrogant feck. Sure why do ya think he got a black eye in Abrakebra in town a few years ago? It wasn't just because they might have been scumbags that did it!;) :D

I've been in Abrakebra in Sligo! Not at that time though! :D

[sligoman]

Thought I'd resurect this thread. They're still going :eek:

[feo123]

Indeed they are...better than ever, 10 sold out shows in the point this summer and more to be added! plus over 60-70 more in the UK! still jealous lads? fare play to them....they've done more for this country than the likes of the begrudgers on this thread have done...i.e lionel ritchie! ****er! ten years at the top this coming march, and people say the have no talent...its not lady luck lads....i know for a fact how much work the 4 of them put into their job....and yes it is a business in a way, its their living....just like any one else really! there possibly the most succesful irish band in history and all people can do is ****ing bash them and run them down...bloody fools ye! go way and get lives for yourselves, please! there way more hard working that lots of ye im sure! and they are a very succesful, down to earth bunch of lads...believe me, i know! shane and mark gave a substantial amount of money to the club a couple of years back for the youth set-up, dont see too many people like them digging into their own back pockets to support their local club! they are continuosly doing charity work, very little of it publicly announced! they get no credit off their fellow irishmen which, IMO, is an absolute disgrace! all most people on here can do is give out about them, moan at how succesfull they are (they only do covers)..go have a look at their first 7/8 singles aswell, not one cover! their succesful at what they do, live with it!

feo, tone it down a bit. Attack the post, not the poster.

sligoman

[gustavo]

I doubt you would have the same attitude towards other boybands as you do towards Westlife so yours is hardly an objective opinion!
They dont get credit off most Irish people because most Irish people think their music is ****e , you can go on about how much they do for the country and all that but when it comes down to it they are "musicians" not tourist board representitives and as such should be judged on their music!

[red bellied]

Indeed they are...better than ever, 10 sold out shows in the point this summer and more to be added! plus over 60-70 more in the UK! still jealous lads? fare play to them....they've done more for this country than the likes of the begrudgers on this thread have done...i.e lionel ritchie! *****r! ten years at the top this coming march, and people say the have no talent...its not lady luck lads....i know for a fact how much work the 4 of them put into their job....and yes it is a business in a way, its their living....just like any one else really! there possibly the most succesful irish band in history and all people can do is fuc*in bash them and run them down...bloody fools ye! go way and get lives for yourselves, please! there way more hard working that lots of ye im sure! and they are a very succesful, down to earth bunch of lads...believe me, i know! shane and mark gave a substantial amount of money to the club a couple of years back for the youth set-up, dont see too many people like them digging into their own back pockets to support their local club! they are continuosly doing charity work, very little of it publicly announced! they get no credit off their fellow irishmen which, IMO, is an absolute disgrace! all most people on here can do is give out about them, moan at how succesfull they are (they only do covers)..go have a look at their first 7/8 singles aswell, not one cover! their succesful at what they do, live with it!

So Louis Walsh follows Rovers in his spare time :D

[feo123]

eh, no...where did you get that from?

[sligoman]

eh, no...where did you get that from?It's called sarcasm.

[feo123]

i know but was he trying to be funny?

......beacuse, it wasnt really at all funny....no offence

[sligoman]

i know but was he trying to be funny?

......beacuse, it wasnt really at all funny....no offenceMaybe to you it wasn't.

[red bellied]

Dont worry Louis we wont let on that you are a die hard Rovers supporter, we know the image you have to keep up.

[feo123]

Maybe to you it wasn't.

not really, no?! :confused:

[feo123]

:rolleyes:, and pigs can fly now can they?:confused:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ai3iJKyYmQ :rolleyes:

[Lionel Ritchie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ai3iJKyYmQ :rolleyes:

Sweet screaming Jesus!
If that Gregory kid from the South Park movie had one peach schnapps too many and tried to win a Coors t-shirt by singing a Luther Vandross song in a karaoke ... I suspect we've just found the audio track they could use.

Got enough rope yet feo? :rolleyes:

[SligoBrewer]

lads calm down please!

its a music band who are good at what they do!
sure i dont like it, but i bet they make more money in a year than any of the rest of us will in our lives.

its hard work, but please dont slag them the way you are lionel..

btw... i dont like lionel ritche :)

[Lionel Ritchie]

lads calm down please!

its a music band who are good at what they do!
sure i dont like it, but i bet they make more money in a year than any of the rest of us will in our lives.

its hard work, but please dont slag them the way you are lionel..

btw... i dont like lionel ritche :)

SB ... I'm perfectly calm. I didn't resurrect a topic that had been lying idle for 13 months. That's not swiping at Sligoman ...just pointing out I've no great axe to grind here.


its a music band who are good at what they do! Subjective. I don't believe they even qualify as a "band" -a band being a collective of musicians playing in concert in my book*. They could be more accurately described as a "male vocal and dance revue".

The amount of records they sell or money they make is of no consequence to me. If anyone else wants to celebrate it ...party your balls off and good luck to you.

I didn't "slag" them off anywhere I can find. I might have taken them to task on a few bits but y'know this is a big boys site the last time I checked.

If you'd like to read posts somewhere they aren't getting a well earned verbal kicking might I suggest their website (though last time I checked ...admittedly about 4 years ago ...you'd to pay to see anything substantial beyond banner ads.)

*...that's not just having a go at their inability to play instruments. I would consider, for example, The Flying Pickets to be a band ...if that seems inconsistent well I'll say it's better to be supple as a willow than rigid as the cedar.

[dahamsta]

I've deleted the two worst posts in this thread. I'll delete more if it continues, then I'll lock it, then I'll start banning people.

On the subject in general, please tone down the rhetoric, all of ye. I don't have a problem with commentary on the band or their "music" in general - personally I find the entire boy band phenomena sickening, and this crowd in particular vomit-inducing - but the personal comments are over the top in my opinion. Yes, the people involved put themselves in the public eye and have no right to complain about commentary, but some of the stuff being said is just plain nasty in this format, no matter what their character. Save it for the pub please.

adam