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With one eye on the mortgage and another on the pension, Ordinary Boys singer Sam Preston's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year was undoubtedly an astute move.
they are a band who aspire to credibility while unable to escape their singer's presence in the tabloids and gossip magazines.
(their themes of council estate dreaming only partially compromised by recent events)
The Ordinary Boys are still no more than an average indie-rock band.
if they maintain their rediscovered popularity without becoming the new Madness, they'll be doing well.
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Given the at best mediocre performance of Brassbound on the back of his soul-selling adventures, perhaps not quite so astute after all.
As a pastiche band, they never had any credibility in the first place. And thanks to Preston's ego trip, they'll never achieve it, either.
The fact that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth makes the whole premise hilarious, never mind compromised.
Oh, come on! They're really not
that good.
If they ever even sniffed Madness' popularity, sales, critical acclaim, longevity, musicianship, lyrical deftness, etc. they'd be doing very well indeed.