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The Saturdays: 'Forever Is Over'
Released on Monday, Oct 5 2009
Published Tuesday, Sep 29 2009, 14:05 BST | By Nick Levine | 34 comments
Lead single 'Forever Is Over' finds them shifting away from glossy electropop and taking a few stiletto steps into pop-rock territory. There's no denying that the big, beltalong chorus hits its target, and Una Healy shines on the guitary middle 8, but this lacks the spark that made their debut such an unexpected delight. Fortunately for them, there's better stuff on the album – if you don't believe us, track down the live versions of 'Wordshaker' and 'One Shot' on YouTube.
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The Saturday are boring and bland and their songs sound repetitive, not to mention sounding a little bit like Girls Aloud outdated. Their tacky and hopefully this album will be their last.
The music coming from this band has the ability to bore me to tears and make my ears bleed. MY EARS!!
The bandmembers come across as full of themselves in interviews and consider themselves Gods gift to Britain. They aren't!!
Maybe I'd like the Saturday's more if they didn't stop sounding like a Girls Aloud rip off.
The Saturdays recently said they want to give Lady Gaga a run for her money. Oh please, they are a ridiculous band and all their stuff sounds the same.
kerry, on October 13th, 2009
i love the saturdays andforever is over is brillant song but it a shame it didn't get to no.1. and when ever they realise a song another song always prevents the saturdays from getting to no.1..
i love the saturdays andforever is over is brillant song but it a shame it didn't get to no.1. and when ever they realise a song another song always prevents the saturdays from getting to no.1..
this is a great song got to number 2 on sunday, could of been number 1, album is great ive hear alot of people have preordered as i have- really good new album amazing tracks leaked onto youtube Here Standing and Ego being the most popular i think ego maybe the next single as we played on radio1 today the girls vocals are amazing live i saw them in Nottingham in July. Go The Saturdays defo a top 10 album!!
This is an album track at best. I really don't know what they were or are thinking. The first single off an album should be THE BEST single you can offer. Something about this seems rushed and low rate. Forever is over? More like The Saturdays are over!
The song shows a lot of changes for the girls, Mollie’s vocals seem to have matured some more but she’s still got that loveable quirkiness to her voice. They kinda suit the sassy Pop Rock edge, especially Una, who sounds like a real rock star with her middle eight. I’ve always known she’s been the girl with husky voice, but this song really shows off what she can do. Rochelle’s voice is transforming into an R&B;diva, Frankie’s becoming a Pop princess and Vanessa… Well we all know that she’s like a mini Whitney. All the girl’s have found their feet now, it’s easier to tell who’s who and it’s like we have five different flavours in one song… It’s brilliant, Forever Is Over, and the album Wordshaker are gonna be hits!!
This song is fine, you people find this bad because not all the girls sing the chorus! Whitney needs to teach them some lessons about Choruses.
omg hate it hate it hate it deyr otha stuff woz much betta dis is rly annoyin n i hate da main girls voceeeee!!!
This is terrible! Rochelle and Vanessa are the only ones that can sing, and Vanessa sounds awful in this! Their other stuff was much better so this is so disapointing!
Hate it, hate it, hate it! The chorus is the most annoying noise in the world and Vanessa should stop screeching!!
It's not terrible.. but it's just so average that it becomes annoying because One Shot and Wordshaker and their last album were miles better! The verses are bland and drab. Vanessa has a great voice but she shouts too much over this song. I HATE Mollie and Frankie's voices in it. As I said, it's not awful - I just expected a much better effort from "the UK's next biggest girlband". They seem to have developed such ego's since their "If This Is Love" days. I was expecting something much better!
I think if your not an exsisting Saturdays fan then this song will make you one, but if you are already a fan then your disapointed. I didnt like any of their previous songs, "if this is love" and "up" sounded the same to me and I disliked both, "issues" I found wishey washy, their other 2 songs clashed in the charts didnt leave an impression. I heard Forever is Over on the radio and didnt know who it was by, and I loved the song, when I found out it was The Saturdays I was surprised as it is a new sound for them, but much more grown up and I think this track will bring them new fans - I for one am now converted!
Love this song. 'Up' is still their best song to date (IMO) but this one's great. I hope it charts well.
Come on people it's not as bad as your making it out to be, it's atcully very good. They did the same thing with Kylie Mingoue - 2 Hearts. It's catchy and sexy, the video is not to brillant and the two from the two were probally more danceable and better, and in my opinion this is like a 3rd single release. But still good.
It's not an awful song at all, it's just that it's step down on their previous stuff.
i am SO disapointed with this single, i really really am. i loved the saturdays last album, but imo - this song doesnt even match a single track from 'chasing lights'. its just dreadful, if any unknown girlband released this song then it would bomb. they should thank their lucky stars if they make top10 with this song, and their record company should also start thinking seriously about what direction they are trying to push the saturdays in
This was a good song to start with from their latest album :)