[sampvt]

Originally Posted by mysty

They've definitely not past their sell by date their last tour had many sell out dates. The album did very well. The music is good along with the great vocal harmonies they have one the best compared to other bands. They can still be successful it's just they are doing things differently since they manage themselves. I think he's wanted to do big brother heard in a interview him saying he'd love to try it out. At least he's famous for his talent rather then being a reality tv star.

When you say sell out dates, is that like Wembley arena type of venues or Barnsley working mens club types of gigs. From a boy band to a bunch of middle aged men seeking fame and fortune with a format that hasn't changed since they went through puberty, is not a born again formula. Its a much of the same same and yawn yawn format. Definitely past their sell by date now.

[LaLaLand]

Can't bare him but he'll be good for winding up the others.

Hopefully this starts a "Big Reunion" housemate trend and next year we get the return of the messiah (series 2), Easther Bennet.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

I don't love to see anyone fail, I'm pointing out he's someone who once had success and is desperate to get it back.

You're the one under the illusion that they're somehow massive successes when half the band are bankrupt.

So do you not want success.

If he had gone bankrupt what has that got to do with you.

People would laugh at him wether he went to work at ASDA or even if he carried on doing reality tv.

You call it attention seeking I call it trying to earn a living.

You call it desperation I say wanting to be richer and get more opportunities in life is what we all want.

[sampvt]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

So do you not want success.

If he had gone bankrupt what has that got to do with you.

People would laugh at him wether he went to work at ASDA or even if he carried on doing reality tv.

You call it attention seeking I call it trying to earn a living.

You call it desperation I say wanting to be richer and get more opportunities in life is what we all want.

Your post admirably describes who and what he is, desperate.

Anyway whats wrong with working in ASDA and earning a living the hard way. Seemingly you subscribe to the easy option just because he once was a part of a semi successful boy band with a few forgettable hits, hardly the mark of someone that commands respect. There are thousands of soldiers and officers that have served under a hail of bullets that are now working at places like ASDA, should we winkle them out and call them loosers or should we applaud them for rolling their sleeves up and getting stuck in as opposed to crying about their past and demanding respect for what they once were.

Blur are has beens that didn't look after what they had and now they are suffering and we shouldn't have to be there to pick up their tab by paying them huge sums of money to watch them bleat about how unfair the world has been to them.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by sampvt

Your post admirably describes who and what he is, desperate.

Anyway whats wrong with working in ASDA and earning a living the hard way. Seemingly you subscribe to the easy option just because he once was a part of a semi successful boy band with a few forgettable hits, hardly the mark of someone that commands respect. There are thousands of soldiers and officers that have served under a hail of bullets that are now working at places like ASDA, should we winkle them out and call them loosers or should we applaud them for rolling their sleeves up and getting stuck in as opposed to crying about their past and demanding respect for what they once were.

Blur are has beens that didn't look after what they had and now they are suffering and we shouldn't have to be there to pick up their tab by paying them huge sums of money to watch them bleat about how unfair the world has been to them.

Being in a boyband and performing constantly is not an easy job lol

And if you read my post properly you would see that I wasn't having a go at people working at ASDA I just said people would knock him whatever he did. Meaning if he worked in a 9 to 5 after being in a successful boyband you and pretty much everyone else would take the piss and love his fall from grace.

Don't bring war veterans and stuff into this either its a thread about a reality tv show which is far beneath them.

They didn't have a "few forgettable hits they had 3 number 1 albums, 12 top 10 hits, 3 of which went to number 1 and like I said sold 14 million records. You don't get that from not working hard.

Why would you think they "command respect"? what a weird thing to say.

BTW how are "WE" paying huge sums of money to watch Lee Ryan on a tv show lol.