[Locke.]

Originally Posted by Nicky.

Considering they have their own record label..... it's kinda impossible to be dropped.

anddddd not very clever? Their fans are more important to them than chart positions! Shine a Light reached #4 without much promo... so tbh, I think they did very well! Also, that's the point, they're leaking it themselves; saves others leaking it. Simple.

and they're amazing live. If you're not there, you don't know. I've seen them 12 times, they're fantastic.

I do, I watched it live on the tv

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Nicky.

Ah, YES! That's right, 1 fan keeps the wholeeee band going? Welllll believeable.

Shine a Light was one of their highest selling singles! So obviously they do have alot of fans :|

You shouldn't take what I say so seriously dear Is that the McFly way? I think you've lost who you really are. Take a step back and look at the stars xo

[Nicky.]

Haha, it's not the same lovely!

anddddd lol what? Rightiiiiiiiiiio

[Zippy]

I like their new stuff and think they actually sound good live the times Ive seen them on TV. But all popbands are ultimately judged by their chart positions. Especially young bands like them.

If they struggle to sell albums then they will lose money now they have their own label. Giving away free stuff is all well and good but low chart positions is not great for their image as it makes them look like fails. And irrelevent compared to the new upcoming boybands. Thats the field theyre in and its very competitive.

I also think that if a product is quality then giving it away for free kinda devalues it and makes it seem cheap and worthless. They should be proud to charge for their music if they believe in it and fans should be happy to pay for their efforts. Thats what fan support is all about.

And you can't be bragging about their single charting high and then imply that a low album position is not important. Either you think chart positions matter or you don't. They will not last long if they continue to chart low. It's demoralising apart from anything else.

[Nicky.]

Well you have to pay to sign up to their website, they've made thousands on it, so it's not like they're not making money for it. If they cared about chart positions... they wouldn't realeas it like this. They gave their last album away free with the paper... so it kinda adds up.

and I don't care, but obviously everyone on here does, so I just brought it into it. Jeeeeez.

At the end of the day, it's pretty clear nobody here likes them, but I do! So let others have an opinion. (:

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Nicky.

Well you have to pay to sign up to their website, they've made thousands on it, so it's not like they're not making money for it. If they cared about chart positions... they wouldn't realeas it like this. They gave their last album away free with the paper... so it kinda adds up.

and I don't care, but obviously everyone on here does, so I just brought it into it. Jeeeeez.

At the end of the day, it's pretty clear nobody here likes them, but I do! So let others have an opinion. (:

well if you stop being so damn defensive for 2 seconds you may notice that Ive actually said I like them! jeeeez indeed.

if they didnt care about chart positions then they wouldnt do promo work. Which they certainly do when they release new stuff.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Nicky.

Considering they have their own record label..... it's kinda impossible to be dropped.

anddddd not very clever? Their fans are more important to them than chart positions! Shine a Light reached #4 without much promo... so tbh, I think they did very well! Also, that's the point, they're leaking it themselves; saves others leaking it. Simple.

Yea, but by giving it to fans, it's bound to leak online so no it isn't clever and I saw them on Loose Women, Paul O Grady & Daybreak, so they'll have probably been on a lot of other shows too

[Jords]

Theyre crap, well, I liked a few of their old singles, but Busted > always.

[Ross]

I like McFly. They have alot of fans and I think they're one of these bands that don't have to get #1's to still be around. They get quite alot of top 10's and that's a good achievement these days.

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Ross

I like McFly. They have alot of fans and I think they're one of these bands that don't have to get #1's to still be around. They get quite alot of top 10's and that's a good achievement these days.

I like them too! Despite this thread.

But number 20 is not a great debut, frankly. They need to wise up with their strategy.