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Post by LaLaFilan on May 31, 2007 14:52:39 GMT 8
WESTLIFE 'BLACKLISTED' IN AMERICA
Irish pop heartthrobs WESTLIFE will never break the American charts - because they've been blacklisted by US radio stations.
The COAST TO COAST crooners have made several attempts to crack America, but have failed to impress across the Atlantic, and now bandmember NICKY BYRNE claims they will never succeed in the US because radio bosses don't like their image.
The blond singer says, "We sent over a CD of WORLD OF OUR OWN (their second LP) with no name on it. They didn't know it was Westlife and every single radio station in the States - all came back and said that this is an absolutely huge hit.
"They said it was great for radio and people are gonna love it, especially as there's just a slight bit of rock guitar to it.
"But as soon as we revealed it was Westlife, the radio pluggers all went, 'Whoa, not Westlife - it's a boyband.' And we cannot break that down, no matter what song we come out with.
"The problem with America is that it's all radio and you've got to break into radio first. And currently radio doesn't want to play boy bands or pop music.
"If BONO wrote a song with us tomorrow and it was the biggest hit in the world, if Westlife's name is put to it, it won't be a hit in America because radio will not play us."
08/07/2003
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Post by dhanice on May 31, 2007 18:18:23 GMT 8
what's wrong with boyband? with pop music? what's wrong with them? aarrg!
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Post by mefikus harley on May 31, 2007 20:50:08 GMT 8
ouch... that hurts...
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Post by shayne on May 31, 2007 21:20:52 GMT 8
what made america hate boybands that much?
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Post by Chel on May 31, 2007 21:59:39 GMT 8
they were fed up with it..
and wat he said bout making it into the radio first is true... radio's their source of music (mostly) and not from tv...
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Post by karenkristie on Jun 1, 2007 11:50:53 GMT 8
That's unfair! It's their loss anyway.
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Post by shayne on Jun 1, 2007 13:07:41 GMT 8
our gain.. coz if wl made it big there do u think they'd ever find time to come back here?
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Post by eliar on Jun 1, 2007 20:18:49 GMT 8
i agree with nicky....that essue was so to very very...past .dont be to mad at me.....guy`s ... i heard this late news that my friend...in london...and US was said to me that ,....other people like boybands in the adult`s also,,..but some of teenager`s was love ther song...but...the essue was why was westlife was not braeking the america....so simple...my friend said... because they dont like it.....i said but why they said that other peple love ballad song ... but the teenager love rick song and ,....my friend in londn said that one time westlife was concewrt in london...last year but ....some of the fans was ...you know bacheloret....and some are teenager...but they love ballads song too...but they like the biggerst impact of there country...like avril lavige...like simple plan....that kind of people was so amazingly great... so much...but i dont think so....why did they love westlife even if the fans was love them.... i think...for me ..the radio station was so streak...thet cannot allow other country break ther record`s...they have a lot of westlife fans in america...but ..why did the radio station dont like wastlife....that was a big essue before that i have been searching for...
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Post by sparkles on Jun 2, 2007 16:19:08 GMT 8
Argh, what kind of treatment is that? It's just so... impossible! How could they treat Westlife like that!
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Post by Chel on Jun 5, 2007 1:01:05 GMT 8
our gain.. coz if wl made it big there do u think they'd ever find time to come back here? that was wat my mom said so before.. coz certainly, they'll concentrate in the US and will prolly forget all bout asia.. i mean, if u were westlife and u are a hit at both continents, which will you prioritize first? US or Asia?
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Post by marcky27 on Jun 5, 2007 12:36:56 GMT 8
ouch..too bad...its there loss nyway..glad im not staying in America
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Post by LaLaFilan on Jun 5, 2007 13:35:27 GMT 8
well,theres a brighter side,then! uk and asia are large continents compare to america..
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Post by shayne on Jun 5, 2007 21:03:06 GMT 8
but they're not as big as they used to be here aswell..
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Post by sparkles on Jun 17, 2007 15:09:30 GMT 8
That's a sad point...
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Post by audrey on Jun 17, 2007 20:21:26 GMT 8
ya.. maybe because they chose to concentrate more in the uk and ireland.. they kinda took asia for granted...
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