Sound Of The Underground – Girls Aloud

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 Sound Of The Underground – Girls Aloud


Some really good artists have come through the ranks of the TV talent shows, Carrie Underwood probably being my favourite. It's a shame these shows have managed to divide the average music fans into two camps, those that appreciate talent wherever it comes from, and those that can't get over manufactured Pop. You'd have to hope that talent wins out but that doesn't always seem to be the case.

I've always had a huge soft spot for Girls Aloud, I think it's a very clever band name for starters. This being the song that they launched from Pop Stars the Rivals TV talent show, they turned out to be a really good group with lots of huge hits. But this song always stood out for me, think it's not so much the sound of the underground but more likly the sound of great surf guitar tunes of the 1950/60s. I love a good guitar rift, the quirky sound of the song is also very ear catching. The whole think put together with five great personalities was always going to be hard to beat, I even had to look up what the name of the boy band version who they were up against in the show. Apparently they were called One True Voice, having five members maybe that was a bit confusing to us listeners. They didn't last long.

The girls have had some big success in their solo careers, Cheryl Cole probably the pick of the bunch. On a side note, I saw Kimberly Walsh playing Princess Fiona in the West End version of the Sherk musical. This song reminds me of when I used to enjoy just sitting watching Saturday night TV.

Favourite lyric : Chain reaction running through my veins / Pumps the bass line up into my brains



Location: Rayleigh, UK

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