Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Situation's Heavy
Rumours are abounding that the Sugababes are about to split up. To be honest, this isn't really news as rumours that the Sugababes are about to split up abound more often than a particularly rubberised bouncy ball. This one is a little interesting though, as apparantly it's Keisha who's being made the outsider while new girl Heidi and mekon foreheaded Mutya are getting on like a house which, if not on fire, at least has the central heating turned up pretty high. This is in marked difference to the behaviour which forced the lovely Siobhan Donaghy (her incredibly ace album Revolution in Me is no doubt still availiable, you just might need to really dig down to the bottom of the bargain bin to find it) out of the band. That time, Mutya and Keisha sided together against the the flame haired beauty, even coming up with their own code to keep her out of their conversations and allowing them to mock her even when she was sitting next to them. Of course, we say 'code', what it actually consisted of was the two of them adding the word "ski" to the end of every word and talking fast, a tactic not seen since Sean Connery attempted a russian accent in The Hunt for Red October.
But that was then, and we all know the unfortunate consequences of those actions, though the bright side must be that it saved Heidi from ever reaching such a low-ebb that she might even start to regret that she never made it into Atomic Kitten. This, however, is now, so what is the likelyhood of the tale being true? Well, dragging it into the realms of nonsense on a par with the idea of naturally purple cats is the fact that it was reported by The Mirror's 3AM Girls. Even if they were to carry a report that simply stated that Sugababes were a girl band, we'd still be asking for gyneacological proof before we'd take it as a fact, something which would probably be wise in Mutya's case. Pulling the tale into the realms of believability though, is the fact that the cancelled gig, which was the excuse for this story in the first place, was pulled due to laryngitis, the most rubbish of all pop excuses.
We reckon the 'babes will stay together for at least one more album. On the other hand, we do like the possibility of Keisha leaving and a new member joining, as this leads to the possibility that in the future there could be a touring version of the Sugababes with no original members whatsoever; a little bit like David van Day's Bucks Fizz, and, as we're sure you'll agree, a Sugababe version of Land of Make Believe would probably knock even the allSTARS version into a cocked hat, whatever one of those might be.
But that was then, and we all know the unfortunate consequences of those actions, though the bright side must be that it saved Heidi from ever reaching such a low-ebb that she might even start to regret that she never made it into Atomic Kitten. This, however, is now, so what is the likelyhood of the tale being true? Well, dragging it into the realms of nonsense on a par with the idea of naturally purple cats is the fact that it was reported by The Mirror's 3AM Girls. Even if they were to carry a report that simply stated that Sugababes were a girl band, we'd still be asking for gyneacological proof before we'd take it as a fact, something which would probably be wise in Mutya's case. Pulling the tale into the realms of believability though, is the fact that the cancelled gig, which was the excuse for this story in the first place, was pulled due to laryngitis, the most rubbish of all pop excuses.
We reckon the 'babes will stay together for at least one more album. On the other hand, we do like the possibility of Keisha leaving and a new member joining, as this leads to the possibility that in the future there could be a touring version of the Sugababes with no original members whatsoever; a little bit like David van Day's Bucks Fizz, and, as we're sure you'll agree, a Sugababe version of Land of Make Believe would probably knock even the allSTARS version into a cocked hat, whatever one of those might be.
