Remake or Parody?
L. M. Latore | Kingston, Jamaica | 01/02/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Some songs should be left alone. This is one of them. Blue is one of too many 'easy-on-the-eyes' Brit pop groups with more show than substance. When their record company or whoever the hell controls them decided to take American R&B group Next's 1998 summer smash and give it some amount of insipid, ubiquitous top 40 charm, he/she/they should have been stopped. And fired. I was sorely disappointed when I heard it on Capital FM. In fact, DJs should have refused to play it. And they probably would have if they had heard the original first. Enough said."
Disgrace to "r'nb"
Crazy for the frog | Pond | 05/18/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"blue "covered" nexts' 1998 hit Too Close for their third single. Although it was a big hit, the song itself is garbage. Instead of the slow and sultry version that Next performed now we have 4 lads going on a night out and trying to pull the birds using karaoke. I disagree with a "Music Fan not from UK" when he/she states this sounds identical to the Next version. This is not even 5% of what the Next version is. Instead of sounding smooth and hitting the right notes like they are supposed to Blue sound like they are extremely bored and sing with no emotion. The female vocals are even worse than the Next version. Overall this song is TERRIBLE."
WHY!?
Crazy for the frog | 11/17/2003
(1 out of 5 stars)
"The original was a sexy and track performed by a half decent R&B group. RL and Next could really hit it off any make people want to dance. It was a good track in 98 and I think would be Next's biggest track. And theres this - a fake ass attempt from some pretty british boys to become an R&B group. Blues version of this song is nothing but an attempt by the record company to cash in on others material and success. They dont add anything to the song, making it sound almost identical to the original. Even the backing track sounds almost the same as the original. I completely dislike this version of the song and I passionately dislike this group and everything they come out with. And yes, Iam very biased in my opinion here :)Blue - Stick to what you good at - singing at the pub or at the kareoke bars."
