I’m Not The Screechy Kind

by Bradley Stern
filed under: Girls Aloud


Good God, ladies…Get it together! Above is Girls Aloud‘s performance of “The Loving Kind” on The Paul O’Grady Show last night. Yeesh! Harmonies out of sync, riffs that go nowhere…We need to formulate a different plan for this one before going out on turr! Right from the get-go, Sarah roughs it up with that bum opening note, setting the stage for this sub-par affair. Everything soon falls into a state of mediocrity, save Nicola’s continuously impressive command of the “I’d do annnything…” bit after the choruses. She’s becoming quite the vamp, isn’t she? Look at those doe eyes!

You do realize why all this has happened, don’t you? You’ve all allowed Nadine to simply stand there and look pretty! Well, stand there is relative…Swinging and swaying to the drummer in her own head is more accurate. I understand Sarah’s got that edgy, new haircut and all, but it certainly doesn’t mask those ear-splitting screeches. Give Nuhdeen back the lead where she deserves…For the good of the group!

I expect better, Aloud.

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  • Robpop

    Its true. I love GA but they cant sing that song. It might have been written for them but i just dont think they can do it. I dont even think Nadine does it justice. Refer to their cover of With Every Heartbeat. Its dreadful. Its not the girls fault. With the exception of Cheryl, Girls Aloud have pretty strong voices. Voices that have improved over the years of touring, training and so forth. But i think its just that song.

    Its like the No Angels song Disappear. No Angels can sing. Theres no doubt about that. They've got some hefty lungs on them. They've proven that. But when they performed Disappear live, it always sounded offkey. Not as bad as Girls Aloud but out of tune and out of sync. I think it could be the melody, notes and harmony. Some tracks just arn't meant to be sung by certain groups.

    No Angels: Disappear

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmafOqy1Gk&feature=related

    (Wait for the chorus-its awful)

  • Nikki

    Gosh that was just bad.

    Everything’s all over the place and they don’t seem to be that convinced by the song as well. I love the song to bits but judging by the fact that they can’t sing it live, I don’t think it was a very good single choice. I mean, how are they going to get people to buy the damn thing if their performances suck?

  • Brad

    I think the key is subtlety. Their last proper ballad was “Call The Shots,” which allowed for a lot of ad-libbing and wonderful trills by Nadine.

    “The Loving Kind,” however, is quite tender…It can’t be belted as it is now.