You see this is one of the reasons i dislike them so. People saying, at least they play their own instruments and write their own songs, but whether you play your own instruments or not if the song is'nt good then it does'nt matter. At least people like westlife are open about the fact that they're shite and are just in it for the money.
It annoys me when people say rock is back and then reference bands like the GD, Franz Ferdinand & The Kings Of Leon as prime examples. Yes they're rock but their just doing piss-poor version of older bands sounds (GD would'nt be guilty of this really, they're just imo opinion crap). It's akin to what's going on in the movie world right now, If your movie is'nt a badly made remake of a popular film of old it won't be released, either that or a superhero movie. It's happening everywhere you look, on t.v. it's hard to flick through the channels without finding some crap reality t.v. show that is a copy of a show that's popular on another channel. The mentality today seems to be, to make as much money as possible with the least amount of effort, thought and originality, and i'm more than just a little bit sick of it a t this stage.