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Does the new Westlife single remind you of something?

  • October 5, 2010
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Here is 'Safe'. Does it ring any bells?

That's right — it sounds like EVERY INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT YOU HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. How? Well, it's like on Derren Brown when he spppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

(Sorry viewers we were typing so excitedly that the batteries literally flew out of the side of our keyboard)

Anyway, as we were saying, it's a bit like on Derren Brown when he spends days, weeks or months pro­gram­ming someone so that one day, when he comes along and prods them on the shoulder, it all comes flooding back and they can do something amazing like fly a kite or do the ironing with their eyes shut etc. It is as if the last eight or however many years of The X Factor, with the Inspirational Blub Tunes blasting out every time someone does something happy or sad or notable, has pro­grammed us so that a prod from this Westlife tune makes us feel like we're THROUGH TO BOOT CAMP.

It feels good being Through To Boot Camp. It feels very good indeed.

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