This song is a cynical attempt to make money, performed by a couple of twins who represent everything that is wrong with popular music today. You could say that corporate greed has been ruining music for decades but has it ever been so blatantly obvious, so cynically packaged? In the past you could expect a ‘novelty’ song every Christmas where as now they are the norm as apposed to the exception, and when did Eurovision become a weekly event? It’s like you have to pay twice for your music, once (at least) to vote for your choice on TV and then again to buy the single. The point is it has become so obviously about the money, and not even necessarily for the performer, but for the people on the judging panel, who are the real ‘celebrities’.
Rather than relying on any innate musical talent Jedward rely on gimmicks, i.e. their ‘distinctive’ blonde quiffs the fact that they are twins and even roping in Vanilla Ice. They seem to be more interested with Fame for Fames sake than for any real interest in music. Even Political Parties have, predictably, gotten in on the act by parodying the twins in p
oster campaigns.
Rather than relying on any innate musical talent Jedward rely on gimmicks, i.e. their ‘distinctive’ blonde quiffs the fact that they are twins and even roping in Vanilla Ice. They seem to be more interested with Fame for Fames sake than for any real interest in music. Even Political Parties have, predictably, gotten in on the act by parodying the twins in p
oster campaigns.The fact that they have chosen a song that has been a hit twice before goes to show that they could not write a decent piece of original music if you held a gun to their identical heads, not that they would have any say in the song they have released.
They came into the public eye whilst competing on the talent show The X Factor, but the fact that they got eliminated has been no barrier to their music being forced upon the public. They are just the latest in a long line of talent show losers, who once eliminated, still release some re-hashed piece of rubbish, grab their fifteen minutes and disappear back into obscurity. Jedward were eliminated on the 22nd of November when they lost out in the judges over 25s vote.
The twins John and Edward were born and raised in Ireland where they competed in various Talent Competitions, taking their inspiration, predictably, from artists such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and The Backstreet Boys. They suffered bullying due to their taste in music until they moved schools.
The song Unger Pressure is amazingly hard not to like yet the Jedward twins have managed to create a version that is almost unrecognisable from the original, a version that has nothing to recommend it, saying this though the bass line is still enjoyable enough to listen to.
Out of TEN I would begrudge even giving this song a ONE.
They came into the public eye whilst competing on the talent show The X Factor, but the fact that they got eliminated has been no barrier to their music being forced upon the public. They are just the latest in a long line of talent show losers, who once eliminated, still release some re-hashed piece of rubbish, grab their fifteen minutes and disappear back into obscurity. Jedward were eliminated on the 22nd of November when they lost out in the judges over 25s vote.
The twins John and Edward were born and raised in Ireland where they competed in various Talent Competitions, taking their inspiration, predictably, from artists such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and The Backstreet Boys. They suffered bullying due to their taste in music until they moved schools.
The song Unger Pressure is amazingly hard not to like yet the Jedward twins have managed to create a version that is almost unrecognisable from the original, a version that has nothing to recommend it, saying this though the bass line is still enjoyable enough to listen to.
Out of TEN I would begrudge even giving this song a ONE.
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