The Saturdays 2022 Re-Rate - Results - [FINALE]
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Surprised to see this go before some of their unnecessary covers. It's a bit beige but didn't think it was terrible. I wonder what the girls thought recording to that awful demo track.
I think it's Mollie too. On the demo, there are ad libs by Rochelle and Una before it and then Frankie and Vanessa after, so I think they got each of them to ad lib but cut some on the final version.
I agree that Vulnerable’s verses are what let’s it down, they’re just not very good. I would have liked to have seen Why Me, Why Now? leave from Chasing Lights before it since it’s my least favourite on the first album but Vulnerable is second.
Bigger is a bit shit but I’ve always had a big soft spot for it.
Gentleman is the worst song on either On Your Radar or Living For The Weekend but I don’t expect it to leave quite yet. Do What You Want With Me is probably next.
Bigger is a bit shit but I’ve always had a big soft spot for it.
Gentleman is the worst song on either On Your Radar or Living For The Weekend but I don’t expect it to leave quite yet. Do What You Want With Me is probably next.
Gentleman is an interesting one - it absolutely works as a garage song but the album version is just weird (and it hasn't aged well either).
It also was not born well.
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Sis… Not even a single Saturday thinks it’s a smidge decent.
Can we also open an investigation into why One Shot wasn't the lead single for Wordshaker?
So sad I missed the deadline, I had some stuff come up last minute and couldn't take part.
Same!
But it won't stop me from running my mouth about the rankings haha. I will defend every track that deserved to go further, like their tracks are the best ANTM models gone too soon.
Scream! I missed it too. For some reason I thought it was due the 24th so I was like “oh shit, gotta get them in” today and then I come into this thread to see it’s actually the 21st and that eliminations have already started ddd.
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Oh, I'd say it deserves it! Don't know what they were thinking with the instrumentation in the verses there but it's rare for a song to be both boring and a racket at the same time.
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Gentleman as a single, well I would say it is laughab
As a Forever Is Over stan I feel like I am betraying it if I agree, however One Shot is a worthy alternative reality.
As a Forever Is Over stan I feel like I am betraying it if I agree, however One Shot is a worthy alternative reality.
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I don't know what I expected from this rate but this constant bashing of perfectly fine songs... well, I just pray we can lose some trash covers next (and yes, that includes Had It With Today xoxo).
The original Beggin' is better than the Saturdays cover, but not by much. 4.5
Bigger has an okay backing track with bad lyrics. 4.8
Bigger has an okay backing track with bad lyrics. 4.8
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I'm a bit saddened to see Vulnerable drop like this, but can see why it would be disadvantaged if someone was using every possible score. I just really like the lyrics and the pre-chorus is great. 9.5.
I have two Chasing Lights tracks with much lower scores, but the other nine are all 10's!
I have two Chasing Lights tracks with much lower scores, but the other nine are all 10's!
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A huge drop off. Just one today because it's Thanksgiving!
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6.21
Living for the Weekend Rank | 12th/12 (10th in 2015)
VIPs | @Hazey's Mom (10) @daninternational (9)
Villains | @AfternoonsInUtopia (1) @phily693 (3) @louciano (3)
Rank Change | -10
Score Change | -0.01
Most Solo Time | Una and Rochelle
Hazey Says | It's all about Una’s verses, to find any solace here. The difference between how she sounds on this and how everyone else does, well there’s tiers, let’s say that. It’s not a very exciting song anyway, but I love her on it, but what’s new? <3 <3 <3 (4)
Written by the legendary songwriter Diane Warren, this was the only true ballad found on Living for the Weekend.
In 2015, there seemed to be a lot of meh or ‘average at best’ talk about this ballad, but one thing was usually a common theme and that was everybody thought Una sounded amazing on it. That's the tea on that then.
Commentary
@Hazey's Mom (10) - A very moving and impactful song.
*She had just commented this morning after reading up on the thread, that she was doing okay after the Grinch moment of losing her Christmas song right off the bat. Oops*
@daninternational (9) - Yes vocals, proper moody
@Attis (8.5) - Oh this is a great ballad!
@Sally_Harper (8) - This song is a bit too relatable. I want to say Rochelle and Mollie are the stars of it in general, but Una’s verse is my favourite lyrically.
@Ezz (8) - It's nice to hear Mollie leading this. Possibly feels a bit more like a B side to a faster single than an album track
@Phonetics Girl (7.5) - My Heart Takes Over Part 2, as in, I dislike the vocals and find it kinda boring but also goes off a tiny bit at the end, so I'm conflicted in my feelings ughh
@JakobVision22 (6) - As someone who's an absolute sucker for a good Dianne Warren song, this one just doesn't have anything that makes it stick out to me. Not terrible, just a non-event.
@saviodxl (5.7) - The weakest of the album, sorry gals.
@louciano (3) - The second verse picks up a lot of slack, the song needed a great climax to succeed. It's a snoozefest generally.
I was going to say something about agreeing on the expecting something more from a Diane Warren write, however looking at her list of songs on wikipedia tells me I'm not exactly a stan for any of the artists she has been a key writer for over the years. *shrugs* Makes sense why my Mom would love it though, seeing names like Whitney and Celine Dion all over that Diane Warren list, makes it obvious. What I am happy about is the fact that "Problem with Love", one of my favorite songs from The Saturdays, was out at #75 in the last rate. I love that song more than this and a lot of the 'bigger' songs on this album, which I honestly came to realize is full of overrated ones in my opinion.
Shoutout Queen
While Mollie and Rochelle have gotten their share of love for this track, it's pretty clear with 8 shoutouts between the two rates, that this is Una's song.
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Back tomorrow with #71 and it's also from a post-Headlines album.
72
6.21
Living for the Weekend Rank | 12th/12 (10th in 2015)
VIPs | @Hazey's Mom (10) @daninternational (9)
Villains | @AfternoonsInUtopia (1) @phily693 (3) @louciano (3)
Rank Change | -10
Score Change | -0.01
Most Solo Time | Una and Rochelle
Hazey Says | It's all about Una’s verses, to find any solace here. The difference between how she sounds on this and how everyone else does, well there’s tiers, let’s say that. It’s not a very exciting song anyway, but I love her on it, but what’s new? <3 <3 <3 (4)
Written by the legendary songwriter Diane Warren, this was the only true ballad found on Living for the Weekend.
In 2015, there seemed to be a lot of meh or ‘average at best’ talk about this ballad, but one thing was usually a common theme and that was everybody thought Una sounded amazing on it. That's the tea on that then.
Commentary
@Hazey's Mom (10) - A very moving and impactful song.
*She had just commented this morning after reading up on the thread, that she was doing okay after the Grinch moment of losing her Christmas song right off the bat. Oops*
@daninternational (9) - Yes vocals, proper moody
@Attis (8.5) - Oh this is a great ballad!
@Sally_Harper (8) - This song is a bit too relatable. I want to say Rochelle and Mollie are the stars of it in general, but Una’s verse is my favourite lyrically.
@Ezz (8) - It's nice to hear Mollie leading this. Possibly feels a bit more like a B side to a faster single than an album track
@Phonetics Girl (7.5) - My Heart Takes Over Part 2, as in, I dislike the vocals and find it kinda boring but also goes off a tiny bit at the end, so I'm conflicted in my feelings ughh
@JakobVision22 (6) - As someone who's an absolute sucker for a good Dianne Warren song, this one just doesn't have anything that makes it stick out to me. Not terrible, just a non-event.
@saviodxl (5.7) - The weakest of the album, sorry gals.
@louciano (3) - The second verse picks up a lot of slack, the song needed a great climax to succeed. It's a snoozefest generally.
I was going to say something about agreeing on the expecting something more from a Diane Warren write, however looking at her list of songs on wikipedia tells me I'm not exactly a stan for any of the artists she has been a key writer for over the years. *shrugs* Makes sense why my Mom would love it though, seeing names like Whitney and Celine Dion all over that Diane Warren list, makes it obvious. What I am happy about is the fact that "Problem with Love", one of my favorite songs from The Saturdays, was out at #75 in the last rate. I love that song more than this and a lot of the 'bigger' songs on this album, which I honestly came to realize is full of overrated ones in my opinion.
Shoutout Queen
While Mollie and Rochelle have gotten their share of love for this track, it's pretty clear with 8 shoutouts between the two rates, that this is Una's song.
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Back tomorrow with #71 and it's also from a post-Headlines album.
