  Okay, so urlLink Binding 's been raving about it for ages but I've only just got to hear Girls-Shouldn't-Be-Allowed's new single "The Show" and I must say that initially I didn't think much of the song at all. For about a minute, this was. And then suddenly I switched completely. Truth be told, I'm only just coming round to Girls Aloud. Normally I like spunky, fiesty popstar girlies with more gung-ho than talent - and these girls are certainly a bunch of gung-ho's - but I didn't take to the last album at all.
Singles aside it sounded like it had been written before the actual band had been put together and they'd figured out the group dynamic. Which it almost certainly was, but it sounded like it. Frankly I felt very let down by Ms Alison Clarkson. Very let down indeed. So anyway: "The Show". Well, at times it seems a bit like a watered down "Hole in the Head" but I still really like it.
Rather than have a strong chorus let down by a weak verse they've gone for several choruses wrapped around a cluttered, noisy, bombastic electronic arrangement which is all very cool. Plus they made a good move with the vocals: they eschew attempts at bland but accurate singing in favour of giving it some welly. And who could ask for anything more? Yay them! 
