JLS - Beat Again: shit or hit?
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The group section for the X-Factor has always yielded slightly unconvincing results (we may have loved Same Difference but it’s obvious our love wasn’t shared by many over the age of 12) but last year’s JLS are looking to be the exception that prove the rule. Their first single, Beat Again, is out on 13 July – and first singles from reality show contestants really aren’t meant to be this good! Click see more to check it out.
We’ve been in need of some flesh boy band blood to paw over in the UK scene for a while and there’s only so many more reunions of man-bands we can take. With Beat Again, JLS are doing a credible job of straddling the pop/R n’ B route that Blue once nailed before they were reduced to singing Kool & The Gang covers (helped by the fact that such a pop/R n’ B scene is now near non-existent in the UK). And looking at Aston, JB, Marvin and Oritsé is hardly a trial now, is it?! Although we can live without the ease-of-identifcation coloured hoodies, thanks lads. (Oddest promo shots ever btw, were these shot by their best friend’s mate outside their own house or something?!)
The video may look as if it was shot in a disused warehouse and sponsored by a strobe lighting company but the song itself is catchy as hell and boasts that teentoday.co.uk favourite, a barmy dance routine. Seen those literal music videos where the new lyrics are exactly what’s going off in the video? Well, JLS’s choreographer has taken a similar approach, including pointing at invisible wristwatch for ‘time’ and fluttery hand-on-heart movements that are a bit like making a bird shadow puppet for ‘beat again’. Making the boys fall on the floor and play dead for a line about dying?! The man should either be shot or knighted.
We’re hoping we don’t jinx it, but this has number one written all over it. What with the great girl band influx of 2009, let’s bring back the boy band readers!
Beat Again - shit or hit?
floppsy
its shit!!!!!!
lmao
sasha
WTF!!!!!
no it aint it’s a dead good song
Ana
Its fantastic!
JLS are the best and always will be!
They are magnificent and I love em so much!
Especially Aston x
JLS ROCK AND RULE!
From the number 1 JLS and Aston Fan Ana x
Annie
I think beat again is amazing!! nd by the way the colours work well and everyone loves it and love the music vid, so don’t diss it
Kirsty
dare i say these boys have number 1 in their hands… i’ve caught myself often singing along to it on the radio :o I’m embarassed to admit that i like beat again :o Although ‘if i died, yeah would you come to my funeral, would you cry’ has to be one of the funniest lyric known to man.. along with ‘’i need love CPR’’ laughable. But good start, well done JLS, hopefully you’ll make the top spot.
Kay Stones
Bloody A-MAZ-ING!
JLS deserve to go all the way,
they’ve worked so hard and
Beat again has
No. 1 written all over it!
I love these guys,
they are all so lovely! Gd luck Guys
Kira <3
Ooooft man (6)
JLS A would mate <3
iloveyouguyys (L)
Yous are amazingggggg (Y)
SOng is amazinggg (yn)
Jannine
Wooo JLS!
Love This Songgg! (L)
Hi Kira, Ma Wee Pal, (L)
x
Kira <3
Jannine =p~ Helloooo babe x<3
How fit are JLS x =p~ lovethem x ooft Jannine would aha x
Jannine
Hiiiii lol
Oh Yeah, I ‘d Do Ashton, Side Ways LMAO!! :p~
x
patricia
muito loko esse video sao muitos gatos kkkk
TesticleMasher
OMG this is the biggest pile of shit i have ever heard apart from i can do the heart bump thingy
Jerome Orr Young
i agree i know him (testicle masher) and he is so fit i would turn gay for him
ConnorIsFit
totally i love him
ILOVEJLS
I LOVE it and them , especially ASTON
Gonnah be number 1
Liss
I LOVE ITTT
& FYI, that picture was taken outside of the Xfactor house lol.
I dont understand whyyy there are so many haterss.
Love these boys.
GoldyBrownLovesAstonMerrygold
I LOVE JLS !
There Song Is Gona Be Number One DUDES !
Its Not SHIT! Its Fucken Amazing!. i LOVE ASTONMERRYGOLD
AstonMerrygold is fucking sexy
emma
tha singin n dance moves are cool
hannah
Its Brill....
my fave song
Ps i love Aston...
x
danni
i love it
seeing them all tomorrow in pboro WOOOO
x
Kira <3
Oooo gOsh see peOple that dOnt like this sOng oo yOus are sO gay x Just saying :D:D
sportboy
I haven’t listen to it yet I haven’t listened to them since they were on the X Factor and that was a while ago.
stu
Absolute crap.How can a bunch of useless hopeful,relying on electronic enhancement on their voices (thats corrent your not hearing their true voice) and secondly stealing the backing track of another song get to no1 let alone in the top 50.
It was the same as last year with alexandra horse face,copys a song that was done by a true great,yet because the ‘younger’ people of today haven’t heard of him they dont buy.The charts today are ruined
Sasha
Its A Really Good Song. Better Than any crap you guys could do. JLS have had the best life since the X Factor and did you know they only had 10 days off, and that means there working hard. With the 2nd single coming out soon they will go far! If you think about it they are the only people from the X Factor final 3 that have relesed there own single thats decent. Eoghan Quigg is great but he released his single and CD to quikly, he’s a good singer he just did it to fast. JLS are doing it right everything theve done is right!
Holly Whitton
I Apsoloutly Loveee Jls Going To see Them Live.And Getting One Of Their Hoodies
humxiii
yh i thinks is gurd yh...buh..wats id the vid!
stick to the normal sining in to the camera wen its your turn :D
no need for the cheesy dance moves nd al of tht
watever they did
I,Love,Twilight,x
Becky,,
x
Erm..... I think it is pretty good, but it’s just a little poish. To childish, they could go very far but not if all their songs are like that one. I think it is half and half. Shit and Hit
gena
really shit.
emily<3.
I love it! they were at number 1 with it in hit40uk on the radio last week! YEYY!
JLS rule.
fuck you haterzzz.
mrs merrygold
I <3 them I got a hoodieeee
saw them in concert and met em x
popprincess
omg i love u song and ashton I LOVE U xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cant believe u comin to waterfront love use xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!
SIAN
HEY GUYS,
JLS U ARE SO FIT
I LOVE ASTON THE MOST THOUGH X
I LOE THEIR SONGS BEAT AGAIN AND EVERYBODY IN LOVE THEY ARE GREAT :0)
GD LUCK IN THE FUTURE BOYZ
LUV YA ASTON X
The Truth
The musical equivalent of beans on toast. Music for simple people. A load of over produced, teeny bopper horseshit marketed directly at the braindead masses who’ll lap up any shit marketed at them just aslongs as it’s catchy and has 4 pretty boy fags whining away in it. I bet JLS didn’t even write the lyrics or produce this song! They just learnt a few cheesy dance routines! Hard work?! Hard work my arse! Don’t make me laugh! It’s just the same old formula of cheesy crap with ridiculous dancing and overly sentimental vocals, already done by Usher and other talentless tits.
Its shit like this that has killed REAL music for good. Corporate, greedy horseshit. Fuck MTV, X Factor etc.
Support REAL MUSIC!
ellexxx
The Truth if you want to know the did write the song so no need to get hysterical im guessing your some 40something who cant accept that the world has moved on and you became a HATER.
Love ya JLS best band eva! you got me out of depression.
Luv yas
love u astonxx
The TRuth
I don’t care who wrote the song. Its still greedy, corporate, mainstream crap. Just more money for Mr Cowell and X-Factor. AS if they haven’t made enough money off of talentless idiots on their stupid over-hyped karaoke show!
I expected a lame reply like this from an idiot X-Factor fan as yourself. After all X-Factor IS NOT for the true musicfans! No doubt you’re some spoon-fed, brain-washed, easily pleased 15 year old girl who knows jack shit about anything, let alone how the greedy, corprate cocks known as the ‘music industry,’ operate, ie taking money off of braindead idiots like you.
“Hater”? The fact you used that term pretty much backs up my point that you’re an idiot. Its called having an opinion dear. Don’t get all teary eyed just because you don’t agree!
Have fun in your ignorance.
Hater
xx
The Truth
PS:
Having done a little research, my initial thoughts are indeed correct. The song was actually originally written for Brandy by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart:
See link
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&safe=off&q=jls+’beat+again’+written+The-Dream&meta;=&aq=f&oq=jls+’beat+again’+written+The-Dream&fp=a60718907b4ba39b
Thankyou, Mr Hater/Anti-Corporate-Music
xx
Ellexx
do not talk to me about not knowing music honey. if u want to know this band got me out of depression and i owe my life to them. and also to my chemical romance for keeping me alive during depression.
the fact is this band would have succeeded even if they hadnt gone on the xfactor in 2007 the got best unsigned music act (ufo was their name then)
and another thing theyre not even signed up to simon cowells label.
you have no right to call me brainwashed because im not ive seen more of this world than probably you ever have or will. the music industry takes money off of everyone who buys music it doesnt matter what type it is it isnt called the MUSIC industry for nothing. and if you happen to be one of the people who bought RATM this christmas youre the one who’s brain dead because its them not JLS who are signed to simon cowells label
The Truth
Yep, more proof you’re an idiot! Keep on digging that hole, “Honey”.I love how you moan about me making assumptions abouit you, then you go on to make assumptions about me. Great!
No I didn’t buy the RATM single because in my opinion it was all a publicity stunt. And I really couldn’t care less for that kind of attention-seeking crap. Plus if I’m not mistaken, RATM are signed to Sony Music Corp who Cowell is signed to! So work it out.
You obviously don’t know music because MCR are complete mainstream MTV crap and if that got you out of depression along with JLS then you really need your head examining! Furthermore if you know about music, why do you only listen to mainstream/modern crap, and why did you say JLS wrote their song? They didn’t.
Simon Cowells label or not, JLS sare signed to a huge corporate label, theoir music is uninspired, contrived, cookie cutter trash for the idiot masses. They didn’t write or produce any of their music, they are just the puppets for the corporate fat cats!
You are brainwashed. Deal with it, or pull your head out the sand deary!
haye to burst your bubble also, and say not all music is made purely for the money. Real music is about passion and doing what you love, not banging out generic crap to the ill-informed masses!
Enjoy your crap music and your silly opinions.
Hater
xx
ellexxx
you know what just forget it. i like my music and you like yours but i’ll just ask this question have you ever heard of a.f.i because theyre one of my faviorite bands.
if you have nothing better to do then get angry at “brainwashed 15 year old girls” then fine but i’m not brainwashed and i’m not 15
The Truth
Ha ha, well I would be getting angry wouldn’t I? Yeah I’m head-butting my monitor here and punching the walls. No dear, I’m expressing an opinion that differs to your own. Try opening your mind and realise people have different opinions, doesn’t mean we’re ranting or headbutting baby orphans at the hostel. Freedom of speech, have you heard of it? I’m sure you have. And do you really think I’m going to give in and agree with you....really?! So you best just ‘forget it’ as you say.
Yes, I’ve heard of AFI. Not my cuppa but they’re ‘ok’ I suppose. Each to their own. I’m just expressing my opinion. Don’t get so offended.
Merry christmas to you.
PS: JLS are signed to Epic, a subsidiary label of Sony music.
x
Ellexx
if i have read correctly it was you calling me brainwashed idiot but oh well.
oh and i was just expressing my opinion without saying the music that youlike is shit and crap which is more than you did.
merry christmas
xx
ttsonubi
i love jls
it may be just a top but they are so cool
Hmmmm
To be honest, JLS are crap. They don’t put any meaning into their music and to be quite frank they look like women.
They aren’t even good enough to win the x factor, what does that tell you?
shannon
i am insane with jls they are the best in the world i really love them i like aston the best because he is so cute
Olivia
JLS are absolute shite. All they did is stand in line one day and become famous overnight by performing songs that they didn’t even write! All JLS fans are just brainwashed into thinking they’re music is good, JLS are just hype!
Fans of JLS need to listen to REAL music made by REAL lyricists and music makers, just like N-Dubz!!
Cynic-Al
Olivia:
All was going well, until you mentioned ‘real music’ and ‘N Dubz’, ha ha! N- dubz might well have written their own stuff, but that’ll probably explain why it’s utter shite! They sound like illiterate morons ‘rapping’ about any old shite their 3 braincells can muster up, and that dappy guy is a complete and utter tit.
Given the choice, I’d rather listen to JLS than N Dubz, and that’s really saying something!! I think they’re both complete shite and an insult to British music.
Olivia
Cynic-Al:
3 brain cells between the three of them eh?
Is that why Dappy, who you call an utter tit, got an A* in GCSE English, and a B in Music? Ohh, and the “illiterate morons” must have a sell out second tour in only two years because of chance right?
I can assure you that most young people today love N-Dubz’s music, so why don’t you give that a second thought?
Cynic-Al
A* in GCSE English, hey? So why does he speak like a retard then? Why are his lyrics unintelligible drivel? Seems kind of ridiculous to me, if he got them kind of grades, that’d suggest he was intelligent, so why act and speak like an illiterate tit? Oh, I forgot! It’s ‘ghetto’! I’m guessing Dappy is about as ghetto as the royal family so he had to adopt a stupid accent. So basically his whole act is a facade! Great.
As for the sellout tour. Hmm, we’re back to that idea held by idiots such as yourself that popularity must mean something is good. Nope! Wrong. Most popular things are crap due to the people who like them ussually being mainstream, corporate-cock-sucking eejits who cant be bothered to find decent music (or anything else) for themselves. These kind of people make up the majority of the world, sadly. And anyway, it doesn’t take much to be famous these days. No talent is required at all, see Jordan, Peter and numerous other Z-elebrities, pop stars, indie ‘musicians’ etc etc, who are talentless wastes of flesh.
And most young people are “mainstream, corporate-cock-sucking eejits who cant be bothered to find decent music for themselves.” as I said above. That’s why I don’t want to give N Dubz a second thought. There music is talentless, over produced, cookie cutter shite for half wits like you that’ll buy any shit marketed at you.
Enjoy living in ignorance with your shitty music and fucked up logic.
xx
Olivia
See, that’s where you’re wrong. N-Dubz haven’t just become mainstream overnight like most artists these days (JLS in particular). They’ve been working for ten years writing songs and making music and have finally become popular with more people because more people have heard their music.
Also, how can you say he acts like an illiterate twit? Have you met him? Doubt it.. So you have no knowledge or evidence on what Dappy is actually like. And comparing N-Dubz to Katie Price is an immature thing to do, because it’s like comparing apples to oranges, they have nothing in common and have nothing to do with one another.
And telling me what I will buy any “shit” that is marketed to me just insults me, because N-Dubz have never been marketed to anyone except in the last few months when their second album came out. I’ve been listening to N-Dubz for over 5 years from when they were a tiny group that not many people had heard of.
And for the record, you’re making yourself look stupid by going on about this issue, I never wanted to get into what seems to be your best attempt of an argument, I was just displaying my opinion that was backed up by facts. You’re trying to display your opinion that isn’t backed up by fact in the slightest, which makes you just seem weak.
Cynic-Al
You should get paid commision for all this free advertising you are doing! You really have been brainwashed by the media hype machine! lol
“They’ve been working for ten years writing songs.”
Ten years and they are still that bad? Words fail me!
“Also, how can you say he acts like an illiterate twit? Have you met him? Doubt it.. “
That is a truely stupid argument. Why do I need to have met him? Please explain that one! I see the stupid short arsed little eejit on tv and in the papers every fecking day. I think I knows when I see a complete moron who’s putting on some ghetto retard act.
Have YOU met him? I doubt it, so you cant say he’s not what I say he is, either. So your argument is silly.
The Katie Price comment wasn’t a comparison, I merely wrote examples of talentless zelebrities. What is not to understand? Jeez, give your head a wobble girl!
You’ve been listening to N-Dubz for 5 years? NO wonder your brains all scrambled! ha ha.
I’m making myself look stupid? Are you sure, you’re not mistaking me for you? Have you ever looked up the definition of an opinion? I suggest you do. I’m entitled to my opinion. Its not my fault you’;re so defensive of your favourite shitty little pop group, is it? My opinion is based on FACTS too, the fact being N-Dubz are shit and you’re an idiot.
Did I mention N-Dubz are shit? You keep on sucking that corporate music industry cock, girl!
Olivia
I’m going to make this short, because I have a life and don’t want to waste it arguing with people like you.
I have not been brainwashed in the slightest, like I said - I’ve been listening to N-Dubz and supporting them for years, before they had the corporate power to “brainwash” anybody.
So you see Dappy on TV and automatically judge him? Where do you see him on TV exactly eh? And as a matter of fact, I have met him.
And the thing about my brain being scrambled, I might as not even go there, because I’ll prove you wrong, no doubt about it.
And actually, I’m pretty sure I’m not mistaking anyone for anyone.
Here’s another fact for you, N-Dubz aren’t a pop group, they’re grime artists, shows how much you know about them.
And about the corporate music industry thing...again, I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO N-DUBZ SINCE BEFORE THEY BLEW, SINCE BEFORE MANY PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THEM!
Do I need to say that any more times to get that into your head?
Cynic-Al
Ok, you have a life, good for you. Shame you have no music taste lol.
Bla bla bla, you keep sucking that corporate cock, it’s all you’re good at. Dappy this, Dappy that, bla bla. Just face it, you’re an easily pleased idiot who listens to shitty music.
Grime artists? lol. All shite in the charts is pop music just disguised under other labels. So for your benefit, N Dubz are pop-grime artists. That better?
Bla bla bla, your music taste is shit and N Dubz are wank. Do I have to say it anymore to get it into your head?
woahthisisfunny
Woah, an article about JLS has turned into a N-Dubz fight. Being an N-Dubz fan, I dont think that others can judge them without knowning them and many haters do not know them or their past, background or anything. If you critisise, at least use facts and evidence.