Thursday, November 11, 2004
Whole. Again.
Do you know that bit at the end of horror films, just after the evil monster has been destroyed and the hero of the piece is walking away, tired and bloody, but with the satisfaction of knowing that the creature will never again return to haunt the earth, where the camera cuts to a different angle and reveals that, in actual fact, the monster isn't quite dead after all and could well return if the circumstances - such as the prospect of making quite a bit of cash from a shoddily written sequel - are right? Well, that's exactly how we feel right now with the news that the hideous three-headed she-beast that is Atomic Kitten are about to return, despite the fact that they supposedly split up at the start of the year.
Now, to be fair to them, which we rarely are, they never actually said they were splitting up, they only said they were taking a break, but even so, we're sure that this comeback has nothing to do with the fact that interest in their solo careers was roughly equivalent to that for a revival of the black death. Of course, they haven't actually gone to the trouble of doing a new song for this exercise in finding out whether the public still care, instead releasing Cradle, a song from their debut album. It's for charity and is, surprise, surprise, a ballad. The moral question of whether it's right for the charity to accept money from such a source isn't one that we're going to attempt to answer, but we can certainly think of an easier and cheaper way to end a lot of suffering in this world. After all, it doesn't cost much to buy a gun and three bullets, does it?
Now, to be fair to them, which we rarely are, they never actually said they were splitting up, they only said they were taking a break, but even so, we're sure that this comeback has nothing to do with the fact that interest in their solo careers was roughly equivalent to that for a revival of the black death. Of course, they haven't actually gone to the trouble of doing a new song for this exercise in finding out whether the public still care, instead releasing Cradle, a song from their debut album. It's for charity and is, surprise, surprise, a ballad. The moral question of whether it's right for the charity to accept money from such a source isn't one that we're going to attempt to answer, but we can certainly think of an easier and cheaper way to end a lot of suffering in this world. After all, it doesn't cost much to buy a gun and three bullets, does it?
