T.A.T.U

[satanrina]

I hate to pull a John but I really really hate this band. I usually dislike listening to euro pop because bad music puts me into a bad mood. And euro pop frequently comes up with acts like; The Spice Girls (anyone remember them?), Gareth Gate, Will Young, Westlife, The Cheeky Girls and Las Ketchup. But the worst of the lot will have to be this: T.A.T.U!! For those not in the know, they are a (pretend?) lesbian pop group fom Russia. Their name stands for "This Girl Loves That Girl" in Russian.
I've been trying to avoid them, but they are everywhere, MTV, radio, magazine, CD shops. It's barely tolerable, but the last straw came when I saw an article in a reputed music mag comparing it to Nirvana in the angst factor. I've adored Nirvana frontman Kurt when I was younger and I can't stand to see Nirvana insulted like that. I mean, T.A.T.U is a band manufactured to fulfill the fanstasies of sick men who like to watch chicks make out with each other. I haven't heard the rest of the album but judging from their first single, I'd floss my teeth with a barbed wire before I'll do that. The lyrics nary make sense, it just goes:"All the things she said, All the things I said......This is not enough" X10000 times. Christ, I could write that in my mother's womb.
Then there's all the publicity, news of them not really being lesbians, news of them posing for Playboy, news of them getting their MTV banned. This, this is what I call the degeneration of music. Is this what ppl have to resort to to make themselves popular? Do all of us have to suffer because sick ppl like to watch girls make out in videos? Arrghs.

[Quiet Boy]

What you just described doesnt sound like music at all! But I agree that there are a lot of people like them these days, causing controversy just for publicity. But the things is that it works! The public loves stuff like this and the media just makes it worse. Why do you think they're so popular now?

And i don't think you're pulling a John unless you've also posted this in one of their fan forums :p

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

yea the funnie thing is how they say that TATU wrote the lyrics to that song "all the things she said", but i heard them on a radio show... and they had to speak with an interpretor! not one question was asked w/o being translated thru the translator first.. and they spoke in russian.


how can they write lyrics if they dont' even speak english.

[ashley]

satanrina, you're going to not like this. TIME magazine featured them and despite what the girls try to portray, they were actually said to be pretty good!!

The same mag that compared beloved Jay to Elvis the King, the same mag who called Jay the King of Asian pop, actually sang praises for TATU.

(sigh...)

I'd understand the bubble-gum pop music that TATU is but I am annoyed of the 'are they or are they not shaggin' each other' image.

PFFFFFTT!!!!!

Now we miss 'John'. Sure would like to throw this into his face.

[finenergy]

yea the funnie thing is how they say that TATU wrote the lyrics to that song "all the things she said", but i heard them on a radio show... and they had to speak with an interpretor! not one question was asked w/o being translated thru the translator first.. and they spoke in russian.


how can they write lyrics if they dont' even speak english.
actually, I think their album was 1st produced in russian.....
Which means they wrote the song in russian...
I think they were so successful that they decided to do a
english version of their album....so Their lyrics must have been translated from russian to english.....
hmm....Tatu has taken the world by storm and i think they will be very successful....i'm not for them nor am i against them...I don't know what to think of them :? :?

[Jess]

Ugh. I totally agree with you. They repeat "All the things she said, all the things I said, running through my head... This is not enough" almost the whole song, and that's not what I call music. I really have nothing to add to what you said because all you said sums up of how much they don't deserve to be labeled as a music group.

And to top it off, the reason why they might be banned from the MTV music videos is because all they do in the "All the things she said" video is make out with each other --" definitely not like Jay's videos that actually have some meaning behind them...

[satanrina]

Arrghs, that tarnished the image of "Time" in my mind forever.
But you know what really bothers me? The fact that the band is so popular is Singapore.
This country's censors banned Janet Jackson's album because the lyrics are sexually explicit, and banned Kitaro because his long hair might be a bad influence to the youngsters. Granted, that was eons ago.
I know that the govt is trying to make Singapore a hipper country, but, it's doesn't make sense. This is a band that proclaims that they love to have "group sessions"with their fans after concert performances, wtf! And the next moment, they censor scenes in movies that feature women pecking each other on the lips.

[cloUdsuRFer]

man...i hate that song......drives me nuts....gets stuck in my head so easily.....just reading this thread...and the song pops into my mind......


damnit.......grrr :-x:

[Sparkling_Jade]

i read from a magazine that they formed a girlband in the russian "popstars" tv-show... have u guys heared their new single "not gonna get us"? omg it´s sooo annoying, their high pitched voices should be used only on torture purposes.... what makes them even more annoying, is that they haven´t actually admitted that they´re lesbians. "we love each other, but our sexuality is a personal matter" they say, and make out with each other in their MV...

anyway, i have to admit that it was pretty clever to come up with a marketing idea like t.a.t.u... especially in a country like russia, which is considered to be quite conservative... great way to get publicity. i mean, when ppl hear bout a russian "lesbian" girlband they want to listen to their songs just because they´re new and differente.... i hafta give all the credits to their manager (or who ever came up with the consept)

[vivien17]

They're SICK!!! ok i've seen them on MTV couple of times and in various magazines and they're always caught in those provocative lesbian porn poses.. it's disgusting that they're using sex to sell their albums, i mean if they have any real talent, they really dont need to resort to that. n u guys are right, they're totally catering to this whole male obsession with females making out. ok i actually have nothing against lesbians, but i hate the way they're using that aspect of their sexuality as their prime marketing gimmick

[cici bebe]

They can write lyrics for "All the Things She Said" because the song basically repeats that over and over. >_< Blah. I think EuroPop is too happy and pop-ish for me.

[ZizZi]

has anyone actually seen the video Lilja 4-ever?
gosh.. there the "not gna get us" really fits in. i can't even talk about this movie without feeling bad.
tatu is just trying to commercialize themselves thru the lesbian thingy.. which i find very stupid. =/ but i did like "all the things she said" when i first came out.. it had the overnover thingy goin on.
stupid band r everywhere.. but tatu is actually not that bad. compared to i mean GARETH GATES or sumthing :p

[Annessa]

Well...not quite to the extent of your post, but I agree with some of what you said. I don't think they're that great, either.

[Sparkling_Jade]

has anyone actually seen the video Lilja 4-ever?
gosh.. there the "not gna get us" really fits in. i can't even talk about this movie without feeling bad.
tatu is just trying to commercialize themselves thru the lesbian thingy.. which i find very stupid. =/ but i did like "all the things she said" when i first came out.. it had the overnover thingy goin on.
stupid band r everywhere.. but tatu is actually not that bad. compared to i mean GARETH GATES or sumthing :p

yeah i´ve seen the movie.... have to admit that the song fits in well.
(yay! now im not the only one from scandinavia here! :) )
but i think if any chinese girls would EVER pull out something like that (which i hope NEVER happens) they would be banned from alot of asian countries instead of being popular....

[babyxv]

the first time i saw the video, i wasn't even paying attention to the song. my first reaction was "wtf is this" and the second time i saw the video, i paid attention to the song and i got annoyed one minute into it. i don't know what the video's about... let alone the song. anyone want to explain it :?

[shouling]

The Spice Girls (anyone remember them?), Gareth Gate, Will Young, Westlife, The Cheeky Girls and Las Ketchup. But the worst of the lot will have to be this: T.A.T.U!!

I agree with most of your choises for worst music. especially the cheeky girls. :sick:

i dont mind tatu that much. its rather fun to listen to when your "with" your bf. (tee hee)

someone would have to chop my arm off to buy the album though.

[stina]

i remember reading a chinese magazine last week & i saw that there are a few girl groups like that popping up everywhere ... taking pictures in lesbian poses ... yea. i'll try to find that article again.

[xoxo]

eww gross! is this gonna be some kind of a fad now? first the boybands, then the girlbands, the britneys and now, the lesbians?? this is outward crazy! am i glad there's people who hate TATU such as i do. it's obvious they're kissing each other just to get attention because nobody would be caught with their 'music'. it's catchy, but it get irritating! horny russian girls.... they cant even make a decent video. i have to agree i cant escape from them either, especially since the place i live in is a teenybopper-influenced one. this is GROSS! no thanks, i'll stick to Jay.

[Sparkling_Jade]

the first time i saw the video, i wasn't even paying attention to the song. my first reaction was "wtf is this" and the second time i saw the video, i paid attention to the song and i got annoyed one minute into it. i don't know what the video's about... let alone the song. anyone want to explain it :?

yeah i didnt quite get it eihter. they´re just standing in the rain (of course it gotta rain cuz it´s more sexier that way....*sigh*) and there´s a fenca between them and other ppl. they´re kissing and ppl are staring at them. (did that made any sense...?) anyway, i think it´s a way to show how lesbians are treated as freaks (or smthing)
hmmm.... anyone willing to analyze it further....? :p

[cloUdsuRFer]

lol....i thought the clip was kinda boring! was supposed to be all raunchy and that....but...meh...not my thing :yuck:

and at the end they just walked away??? i dun get it

[m o n k e e]

hmmm.. is it a new marketing ploy record companies are taking? instead of appealing to teenagers they are switching their focus on horny old men (ie FS) with lesbian fetishes?

the song is actualli kinda alrite, though the fact they pretend to be lesbian sounds a bit shifty tho...

[xiaoli]

The Spice Girls (anyone remember them?), Gareth Gate, Will Young, Westlife, The Cheeky Girls and Las Ketchup.


actually, i must admit i used to like the spice girls back when they first came out.. 'spice' was the first cd i ever bought. haha! :oops: it was lightyears ago, mmkay? :p

if t.a.t.u aren't really lesbians, and their record companies simply decided to create this "lesbian image" for them, it must be very difficult for those two girls to do what they do.. i mean, if they were straight it wouldn't be very pleasant for them to have to make out with each other.. :rock:

[satanrina]

if t.a.t.u aren't really lesbians, and their record companies simply decided to create this "lesbian image" for them, it must be very difficult for those two girls to do what they do.. i mean, if they were straight it wouldn't be very pleasant for them to have to make out with each other.. :rock:
It won't be that difficult. I would probably do that too if it could gurantee me fame and riches. There's worse things that ppl have done. But I don't think I could forgive myself if I stooped that low.
Anyway, I don't even find the video exciting. There's nothing to it, I don't even think any tongue action was involved. And the girls, I would give them so credit if they are attractive, but they're not!! So no looks and no talent = big big no!!
Influx of lesbian bands, I don't mind. But at have some talents in the band. And I hate it that sexuality is used as a promotional tool.

[dazzlette]

i can't stand them either.. and neither can most of my girl friends.. they have nothing to offer to music and are perfect examples of people trying to use sex to sell records.. i mean christina is pretty disgusting too but i can't deny that she does have a good voice... t.A.tu (what kind of stupid name is that?) just rely on publicity to get noticed.. and a pathetic( but catchy and repetitive) tune to sell records..

i have no idea why guys are taken in by all this.. but they are!! i have friends who hum along to their songs!! urgh..

anyway just in case anyone wants to look at the lyrics of 'all the things she said'.. don't really like some parts of it.. it's just so... urgh :sick:

All the things she said

All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
This is not enough

I'm in serious shit, I feel totally lost
If I'm asking for help it's only because
Being with you has opened my eyes
Could I ever believe such a perfect surprise?

I keep asking myself, wondering how
I keep closing my eyes but I can't block you out
Wanna fly to a place where it's just you and me
Nobody else so we can be free

All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head

This is not enough
This is not enough

All the things she said
All the things she said

And I'm all mixed up, feeling cornered and rushed
They say it's my fault but I want her so much
Wanna fly her away where the sun and rain
Come in over my face, wash away all the shame
When they stop and stare - don't worry me
'Cause I'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me
I can try to pretend, I can try to forget
But it's driving me mad, going out of my head

Mother looking at me
Tell me what do you see?
Yes, I've lost my mind

Daddy looking at me
Will I ever be free?
Have I crossed the line?

[azndreamer88]

are the TATU girls realy bi and stuff? cause i heard on MTV that they were bi and thy prefer girls, thats why they were making out and stuff in the music videoO_O....i thought this was kinda weird so cans oemone tell me if its true? :o

[xoxo]

ohh...so the lyrics imply being in love with another girl?

[satanrina]

Heh. I didn't realised that they actually have words beyond the chorus. Anyway, doesn't the lyrics imply that homosexuality is something wrong and shameful? Won't they get stoned by fellow lesbians for that? Or is the lyrics implying that they are ostracized for being lesbians? Then whats the point of coming out of the closet? To get stoned by homophobics?
*can't believe I admit to deciphering the lyrics :oops: *

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

i have something.. off topic but dazzlette mentioned it so i wanted to bring it up.

about christina. at first i was really like.. digusted by her new "look" and wondered "what the heck happened??" and i read this interview on her.. and watched this thing on VH1.. it turns out.. she really does have her reasons...

in the interview it reveals how she was abused as a child by her father... one time, when she was four, her father hit her and she was bleeding from the mouth. her mom said that she had to sleep with mason under her pillow before cuz she was that scared. (eventually, her parents divorced and christina got a step father)


christina started doing talent shows when she was in the 1st grade and she was just really special. i watched those clips of her. and its crazy.. her vocals.. its just nothing you'd expect from a 1st grader.

but cuz she was so talented that other kids at school got jealous and were horribly mean to her.. she didn't really have any friends. and when it came to the school talent show, parents of other kids would tell her not to go and join because it would make *their* kids feel bad. and as she grew up, other kids got so threatening that she and her mom had to move...

she made it into the mickey mouse club at 9, but was cut cuz she was too young.


she didn't like to go to school cuz she wanted to be making music instead.

she was backstabbed by friends and stuff... and while she was doing her 2nd album.. she suddenly got a panic attack and just broke down entirely, leading to the new "christina".


##########

anyway, i think its sad that TATU is using their sexuality as a marketing tool. i wonder what real gay people have to say to this?

[vivien17]

wow.. i never knew that abt christina.. that makes me sympathise with her somewhat.. previously i jus couldn't fathom why she had to make such a slut out of herself. i mean she does have a pretty good voice and she could build on that instead of going naked, piling on the crappy makeup and talking abt how she loves S&M, etc.. that's really sad for her to have to go thru so much shit as a kid

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

ok i just noticed right now that dazzlette has the lyrics up... which i didn't see before?? i must be blind.


i cant' even HEAR that that's what they're actually saying! i didn't know it was about one girl liking another girl. lol i wonder how this song sounds in russian.. lolll

[JayZJL_18]

Oh gosh... Didn't know that Christina actually lived a childhood like that. I guess i gonna symphatise her.

I still feel that T.A.T.U. is far too manufactured and its just one of those marketing ploys that turn out so successful though "All the Things She Said" sounded quite ok to me.

I mean... If they are so good in their singing, why do you have to create controversy by portraying them as a lesbian group while in true sense they aren't lesbians and each of them have their boyfriends. :sleep:

[dazzlette]

hmmm ok i never knew all that about christina.. i surpose i do sympathise with her but even then it doesn't really justify what she's doing... i mean she is talented and people do see that.. by changing her image in this way and having a sort of attitude problem she loses respect from people.. there's a chinese saying that goes 'chu zi wu ni er bu ran' which means you may come from muddy waters but you are still pure.. i would respect christina a lot more if she just concentrates on bringing her talent to the world through her singing and not try to shock people through her dressing and attitude claiming it's the real her..

oh and about the lyrics for the song.. i too didn't realise it was so long until i actually did the search for it.. i could only hear the chorus and maybe the last part properly.. the rest of it was lost in the music which was louder than their weak voices..

[Sparkling_Jade]

grrr i just think t.a.t.u is so phony, i mean, even their name sucks! it´s russian and it basically means : "this girl loves that girl"

hai..... atleast x-tina has some real talent. tho i admit that she´s bit too slutty for my taste

[aznboi08]

ugh.. all their songs are just repetition of a phrase...
that's stupid...
and they got number one spot in the US!!!
how stupid can US peepz be?
they like songs with lyrics consisting of mainly one phrase?
aiyah... they aren't worth listening

[jessica]

ugh.. all their songs are just repetition of a phrase...
that's stupid...
and they got number one spot in the US!!!
how stupid can US peepz be?
they like songs with lyrics consisting of mainly one phrase?
aiyah... they aren't worth listening

haha, i agree with you... i can't stand how they kept on repeating the same few words over and over again throughtout the song... it's really annoying! i guess ppl from the US are just getting brainwashed from their lyrics... i have to turn off my radio every time they are on!

what's with ppl and their obsession with lesbians! :wacko:

[Stanlore]

NOOOOOOOOOOO! ! ! ! :( :( :(

WHAT ARE YOU GIRLS SAYING ! ! !
:-x :-x I CANT BELIEVE WHAT IM READING ! ! ! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

For the past month i cant enter my car without listening to them. There music is SO good ! !

First... for POP music.. it dosent sound corny at all. It has a good mix of slow, techno, alternatie and pop. The lyrics are so repetitive, which makes it stuck in your head, which i really dont mind. :wacko:
Who cares about there "lesbian" image?? First... its not there call, to decide what to display. Its there COMPANY's decision to use what gimmick to promote them. Anyways... even if they werent lesbians at the first place, the MEDIA is gonna spread rumors that they are anyways.

TATU is awsome.... all my friends pop into my car.. and there like.. WTF is this? im like.. russian lesbian girl group... and they tell me to turn it up, and everytime there in my car.. there like.. wheres your tatu cd.. ???

Maybe only guys like them... but i think there music is awsome. I think there one of the groups that either you LOVE them.. or TOTALLY HATE THEM. Cuz.. there vocals are kinda annoying too i must admit, but the SONGS are so well written.

[babyxv]

i read in an article that when the DJ played "genie in a bottle" at christina's prom, EVERYONE walked off the dance floor. i don't understand why all her classmates gotta hate her for being so talented and successful. but anyway, i have one question about "all the things she said": what were all the things she said and who's "she"? o.O

[azndreamer88]

ugh.. all their songs are just repetition of a phrase...
that's stupid...
and they got number one spot in the US!!!
how stupid can US peepz be?
they like songs with lyrics consisting of mainly one phrase?
aiyah... they aren't worth listening

what r u talking about? how do u know all ppl from US like songs with lyrics mainly with one phrase? b/c ofcourse i dont like it and im from the US so how can u say that? by the way, US ppl arent stupid, i just dont think u should say something so critical and its kind of rude but i dont care anymore, i guess everyone is entitled to thier own opinion=P

[~sugarcookie~]

oh, i didn't know they were les!

[Seiichi]

okay, i got curious and wanted to know what t.a.t.u. sounded like so i went to amazon and found some audio clips. i have heard the first 2 tracks off the radio and on mtv, i gotta admit, its pretty catchy. but then i saw track 5, "How Soon Is Now?" i was like, wtf? "How Soon Is Now?" was, and still is the greatest song came out of england back the 80's from the one of the greatest band, The Smiths! that just kinda made me vomit! there are just something you shouldn't do.

[satanrina]

okay, i got curious and wanted to know what t.a.t.u. sounded like so i went to amazon and found some audio clips. i have heard the first 2 tracks off the radio and on mtv, i gotta admit, its pretty catchy. but then i saw track 5, "How Soon Is Now?" i was like, wtf? "How Soon Is Now?" was, and still is the greatest song came out of england back the 80's from the one of the greatest band, The Smiths! that just kinda made me vomit! there are just something you shouldn't do.
They remade "How Soon is Now"???
My hatred for them was waning, and they had to do this?
Cobain and Morrissey are/will be turning in their graves!!

For those not in the know, the song is the theme of "Charmed"
But that was also a remake, by Love Spit Love

[dudett09]

For those not in the know, the song is the theme of "Charmed"
But that was also a remake, by Love Spit Love

really! i never knew that... maybe its cuz i never heard the title in the song clip they used.... sounds kinda funky

[en_en]

Poor Christina...I really like her, she has really awesome voice, but the new her is a really dramatic change from her previous self. She says that her company had developed a image for her to fit into and she was showing her true self...I dunno, maybe she's just trying to find her true colors.

As for TATU. I think their song is catchy, but I have to admit, the lyrics are really lame. And I suppose if they really were lesbians it wouldn't be bad, but if they're using it to sell, then it's low. Unless it was a company thing, then I guess it's a different story...

[Seiichi]

okay, i got curious and wanted to know what t.a.t.u. sounded like so i went to amazon and found some audio clips. i have heard the first 2 tracks off the radio and on mtv, i gotta admit, its pretty catchy. but then i saw track 5, "How Soon Is Now?" i was like, wtf? "How Soon Is Now?" was, and still is the greatest song came out of england back the 80's from the one of the greatest band, The Smiths! that just kinda made me vomit! there are just something you shouldn't do.
They remade "How Soon is Now"???
My hatred for them was waning, and they had to do this?
Cobain and Morrissey are/will be turning in their graves!!


look like we have another moz head in the forum...morrissey is not dead! maybe music-wise? lol....anyway, moz is doing great, he lives in california at the moment, and he finished touring couple months ago. = ) he has aged..but he is still the one!

= )

[satanrina]

Ah well, I'm a child of the eighties too. Morrissey is not dead yet, but he might be after hearing that awful remake. He's still touring eh? Too bad I didn't like most of his later works much. But it's good that the band spilt at it's peak, at least it left with a bang.

[Jewel_Dust]

I agree with most of you.Me,myself I HATE Tatu a lot too.I heard that they are pretending ro be les so they can get fame for doing that,but it looks like it is working here in our world.If any of u live in canada and you guys watch muchmusic you probably head about tatu's albums no.1 in many countries.The name 'tatu' stands for their names right?

[zhy378]

:rock: man, all these talkin of t.a.t.u is gonna get that song stuck in mah head, :oops: too late. when i first heard the song i thought it was tooo much of a pop song. plus they r annoyin'. also i first i thought they were lisbians but later read an article sayin one or both of them have a boyfriend or something. dunno, not sure. :unsure:

[SpLinX]

tatu SUX SUX SUX! :-x

[lepencil]

tatu SUX SUX SUX! :-x
I don't even wish to comment on this.

You have been making posts like this for some time. If you don't like them, DON'T POST ANYTHING. No one is asking for your opinion anyway.

~lepencil

[jayx8318x]

When I first saw this topic long ago, the only song I heard from T.A.T.U was the one everyone referred to: All the Things She Said. I didn't have anything to add bc I really didn't know anything about them.

Well I finally heard their entire album today. And I have to disagree with the opinions here. I'm just wondering, how many of you actually heard their entire album?
It's pretty good in my opinion. But this is the type of music I like.
It's not Britney Spears or Spice Girls pop like some of you said. From everything everyone said, it seems you've closed your mind to this group based on one song, and the image they portray. It's like those people who choose not to give Jay a chance just because he's "ugly"

To me, if an album is good, it's good. Regardless of the person who made it. Like Jay's Fantasy album, whether it be Jay or Saddam Hussein who sung/wrote it, I would still think it's a great album (given if Saddam could speak Chinese and sing, but u get my point).

Whether T.A.T.U are pretend lesbians or not, whether they're using their sexuality to sell their albums, it's the quality of the album (which is based on personal tastes) that's the selling point for me. Just because you like their music doesn't mean you have to be their fan.

My favorite tracks are Stars, Nas Ne Dagoniat, 30 Minutes. If anyone wants to hear it, I could upload those tracks. BTW I hated "All The Things She Said"...but I like the Russian version "Ya Shosla S Uma"

[angelyen]

i was just wondering if anyone know that there is a japanese girl duo that did a Japanese version of "All the Things She said"? I think the girl group is Juemilan (not sure), but if anyone does know who i am talking about, can you share the mp3 of the japanese version? I would definitely like to hear it. THanks!

[OLive_aNN]

hey i love TATU. they're HOT hehehe...
their songs are unique and i like one of the girls that always sings the high pitch part.

[Liliann]

errmmmm...not a big fan of them....
they're not bad
.....:wacko: :laughing: :glug:

[seth_seth]

Emmm...nothing really fantastic... still like Utada Hikaru as my fave Jap female singer!

[LiTobLuEsTaR724]

well tatu, i heard their song just one of thing! I think they might be gay becuz they are all kissing and affectionate on mad tv, so who knows? can you tell? yeah so um like i think their song is okay, but i don't really listen to them! rarely NEVEr! :/ um so there's really nothing significant about them!

[panda_shine]

I think their songs are actually ok but I really dont like them as a group! Their video All The Things She Said really disturb me! :blush: And I saw one of their concert clips and they were kissing right on the stage in front of like thousands of people which was like... :cry:

[Shanhaigirl]

I am Russian, but i hate them too! I just can't get it, how such an ordinary group could become worldly famous! They can't sing, they can't compose, they can't do anything! Yeah, i admit that some of their songs have a nice melody, for example,"Polchasa", but others...
What amazes me is that they actually became popular in the USA, where very few foreign artists can become popular. As i found out here on j-c.net, even British group "Blue" is not known in US, and they are much more worthy to be known there than TATU.
As for their popularity in Russia, well, they are mostly liked by teenagers. Actually after their appearance the number of lesbians in our country has increased, although girls from TATU are not lesbians. One of them even has a boyfriend.
Well, anyways, i don't think TATU is worthy to be tha popular! We have lots of more decent artists in Russia!

[SugarTink]

I like TATU but why are the under japanese entertainment on yesasia.com? I do think the whole lesbian think goes over board. but i love there music and sound. I think they have beautiful voices. And eveyone has a right to be international, it just \us i nte us have diffrent taste

[Shanhaigirl]

Beautiful voices??? Have you heard them sing live, SugarTink??? I don't think you have!
I agree that people have dfferent tastes, you may like their music, i'm not arguing with that, but you can't say that they have beautiful voices! When i heard them sing live, i really thought they shouldn't have even started this whole group thing

[SugarTink]

I have, and i like it. 50 cent can't rap wort :censored: live but ppl still want to go to his concert. When u are doing alot of moving its hard to sing. but i give them props for not using a recording which most artist use

[Shanhaigirl]

Well, it's your right to like them or not, i just think that there are artists in Russia that could've represented Russian music better on world stage than TATU.

[adnam8]

well, if they sing bad live, doesnt that mean that they depends on all the fancy studio stuff to make them sound good? with 50 cent, he's rapping, itll be bad coz sounds quality is bad. well, ive not heard much live acts, so i cant say much.

i reckon tatu are average. i dont like all that lesbian stuff. its all an act to use sex to sell, which is disturbing, because theyre actually being role models. so sick of the music industry being so sex based.

[Shanhaigirl]

totally agree with you adnam8! music shouldn't be based on sex or anything of this kind to be sold well.

[SugarTink]

It is sad that they have to resort to htath, but that is what sells in the US and if u want to be big pimpin u ha ve to sell out like that

[adnam8]

norah jones did well didnt she? the fact that singers resort to that in order to de well isnt just sad, god its stuff like that, that promotes low self esteem and kids being so confused.

any one heard of holly valance? i almost didnt listen to her music at all coz i hated her image so much. some of her music is actually half decent. too bad she sings them.

edit :laughing: i realised there wasnt much about tatu in this post.. but yea, stuff like that makes me not like tatu.

[SugarTink]

actually nora jones had one hit and now no one cares about her. NOt many ppl liked her in the first place cuz she is toplain

[adnam8]

didnt she win a stack of awards? or was that diff country >< john mayer did well in australia.

im just saying that imo, i dont like tatu because theyre not particularly trying to sell music. i personally didnt like the high pitched sections, coz it sounded like she was screaming.

[SugarTink]

yeah they are strying to sell music, but that is whay you have to do to become real popular in the USA. I know nora jones one a few here in the US but only fro mthat song and form a much more mature crowd, don't all the teenagers andyounga adutls

[adnam8]

arent u the one who bagged out kelly clarkson for being "ugly" and "her voice not being great"? she can sing, and shes not using her body. besides, its my opinion.

[SugarTink]

I don't know, i know i think that. And Kelly CLarkson is mostly popular within preteens notanyone older. teenagers andy oung adults don't liker cuz she did not work to get where she is

[pop]

whoa...i dunno so many people hated tatu!
i actually liked their 'all the things she said' and 'not gonna get us' :oops:

at first when i heard the song 'all the things she said', i thought it was such an addicive song!! i went back and downloaded it and listen to it over and over..
and i still think it's a great song to listen and dance to..

but i have to say that i don't like the band singers..

[kahel]

Whoa! Nora Jones? Holly Valance? T.A.T.U..where are you? :?:

Now going back to the topic, did you see the interview E! did on them? I think Dave Adelson interviewed the kids. He asked them that since they are newcomers in the musci biz, he wants to knkow if they were about the music or just riding on the controversy about them being lesbians and all and kissing on national TV. The two girls lost their composure and were just being sarcastic during the whole interview.

The following show there were mixed comments from the viewers about Dave being too harsh on the girls and the girls being little meanies.

I think the question was legitimate and was to be expected since they were newcomers both in Russia and America. Besides its a very generic question. What do you guys think?

[vashdestampede]

HEY!!!!!!

i heard they were making an anime out of TATU...i'm not sure when it's coming out...but i'll post more when i find out...

wow...that would be weird

[Jerria]

huh? TATU anime? 0_0 who would think of that?

ahh TATU....the song "All the thing she said" was fine but then i listened to the others its was...>_<

[E-Ping]

Perhaps we could call tAtU a one-hit-wonder??I mean whatever happened to them after All The Things She Said?Where are they now?It's been so long since i last heard of them. :dry:

[pop]

Perhaps we could call tAtU a one-hit-wonder??I mean whatever happened to them after All The Things She Said?Where are they now?It's been so long since i last heard of them.

just for your information, they had another single 'not gonna get us' after 'all the things she said' and it's quite a cool song too :)

[SugarTink]

not gonna get us i like better then all the things. I don't see why ppl hate on them so much. THere voices are "Cute"

[kahel]

HEY!!!!!!

i heard they were making an anime out of TATU...i'm not sure when it's coming out...but i'll post more when i find out...

wow...that would be weird

an anime? that would not be weird, that would be ridiculous! :laughing: i can't believe some people actually thought it was a good idea! :laughing: besides with all that lesbian stuff they'd be hentai! :oops:

[adnam8]

:laughing: perhaps hentai is what theyre going for. werent they pictured as animes on the cover of one of their singles? besides, if its hentai instead of anime, itll sell better!

i think that when they try to sound 'cute', its the high parts, and it sounds like theyre screaming anyway. i dont hate tatu, but their songs a lil too catchy. sounds like its written to 'fit' the popular music trend. i gotta admit i got it stuck in my head in more than one occasion. both songs.. :dry: :laughing:

[vashdestampede]

t.A.T.u. Anime (2003-12-10 12:34:22)
A new anime movie staring Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. is set to be released in Japan in November 2004. The official website for t.A.T.u. Paragate gives no information about the movies plot but does give us a look at the staff. Paragate will be directed by Norio Kashima and Susume Kudoh while Shinichiro Watanabe will direct the opening.


there you go, a friend saw it on AnimeNewsNetwork.com

[kahel]

Now that we have verified that it is indeed true...:laughing:

Paragate? Okay, I'm still doubtful about the anime's plot. I'm pretty sure this anime won't be for kids.

[Hannah]

dunno wad the world is commin to when even ppl like tatu could get so famous juz by the les image..i mean the songs r not tat great anyway..its so high pitch its downright irritating...

[msv]

Ahh, just let them have their 15 minutes of fame everybody! Artists from Europe never lasts in the US (maybe the Spice Girls, but whose gonna remember them 10 years from now?).

Just let them sell the image of "lesbian love" to perverted men in the US. I got really offeneded when they were on Mad TV and started kissing in the middle of their performance and a whole bunch of men started roaring. I have nothing against gay or lesbians, but to me that was just an insult to gays/lesbians b/c it was just abusing that image to make money and popularity for them.

I'm thinking they are probably back in Russia cause I haven't heard anything from them now, so I guess their 15 minutes of fame is over.

[wreckenwitches]

i think tatu realli rox they do!! believe me!! hehe okay they are their all the things they said totoally rawks man!! full time. but their mv is quite gross lah have to admit but i dun think they are lesbian becoz i was told that they only did all the kissing becoz of the song's mv purely just for promoting their album.... yep dun be mistaken lol... relax ppl the tension like very big leh haha

[timeless]

I really don't like TATU. I'm not offended by any other lesbian or gay groups doing things for their pride, but if they go over the edge like TATU, it's completely gross. I heard that TATU was created solely for commercial purposes. One of the girls had to cut her hair short and die it black or something just to fulfill what the company likes. Not to mention that their singing is so high and annoying.They're Not Gonna Get Us is a horrible, horrible song that just repeats over and over again.

[SimpleBlackHumor89]

well, whatever happened to them? they were like a one hit wonder. but some of the things were pretty out of it.. i didnt like it how they flaunted the "sexuality" cos i saw their performanc one AOL, and like after they sang the last lyrics of the song, they kissed on the lips, and the bodies were really close together. theyr'e songs are bad when you first listen to it, but after that their voice gets quite annoying

[panda_shine]

Wow this thread hasn't been touched for 1+ year :sweat:

TATU are still around but perhaps not as popular as they use to be? Well they recently came out with a new album, Dangerous and Moving, and I really like it especially Gomenasai and All About Us. Recommended :wink2:

[jaychou_21]

So they have a new album out? :?
Never heard about them these past few months actually. :shy:
I even thought Gomenasai and All About Us are their old songs. :oops:
I didn't really realize they have a new record. It seems that they're not as popular as before. :worry:
Perhaps their public display of lesbian liberation is not serving them well these days. :unsure:
I like some of their songs and their music in general :wink2:
and I have nothing against their being members of the third sex
but using it to promote their music is quite abhorrent. :dry:
Whatever happened to them? :hmm:

Edit:

Hey! I have a couple of t.A.t.u. downloadables:

The controversial lesbian duo is back! From their latest album Dangerous and Moving,
here are the two Russian girls with the uncensored version of their newest music video:
t.A.t.U. - All About Us MV (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V8TATVW7)
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 :brows:

If you're too reluctant to check out their music video, then this is for you:
t.A.t.U. - All About Us (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B8K952M4) (audio)
My Rating: 3 out of 5 (Because the uncensored MV is better) :bleh: