Talk about your favorite boy bands
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Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 12:39 PM EDT
- BDCAEStaff
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The New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys are currently on tour together as boy band supergroup NKOTBSB. We asked you to create your ultimate boy band line up,combining past and present acts into an ultimate show. Join the conversation below and talk about your favorites. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 12:58 PM EDT
- jesseyeric
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Yeah gang - do tell your thoughts. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 1:00 PM EDT
- newman09
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Do we have to? -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 1:12 PM EDT
- phsmith8
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 1:16 PM EDT
- ZILLAGOD
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Aren't they men yet?
How long can greedy promoters keep a foolish fad alive?
Let's all go to Cleveland and burn boy band CD's!!!
Hey it worked with Disco, right?
I 'd have to say the Ramones were my favorite "Boy Band!"
"Beat on the brat , beat on the brat...." "Twenty, twenty, twenty four hours to go-oh-ho...I wanna be sedated!!! Gabba-gabba hey!!! -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 1:37 PM EDT
- yogafriend
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Just wondering -- Is there such a thing as a Death Metal boy band?
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Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 2:48 PM EDT
- leafswin27
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today its Wavves -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 5:39 PM EDT
- Hfxsoxnut
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Tough crowd for this one, BDCAE Staff. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/9/2011 6:36 PM EDT
- WhatDoYouWantNow
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My favorite boy band? Such a tough question.
Guys, I could use some help. Have any such bands been horribly mangled in a tour bus crash? Volcano eruption? Something like that? -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 8:23 AM EDT
- jesseyeric
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I will say this - being Motown was the biggest influence on the Boy Bands as far as structure and stage, I would say the Jackson Five. I believe the Temps and 4 Tops were a bit old to be considered.
I will also say that all the Boy Bands that followed Motown couldn't shine the original's shoes. To me, the biggest fraud perpertrated on the listening public has been Justin Timberlake. How and why he is considered a great is beyond me. Him and Usher are exactly alike and they both molded themselves from the MJ model of the 80's (And I ain't talking Michael Jordan). I think that it is such a crass rip-off of Michael Jackson that they in fact have tarnished MJ's musical reputation. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 9:14 AM EDT
- cavaliersfan
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I like Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (Why Do Fools Fall In Love and I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent). Also, out of Cinncinatti, OH, I like: The Students (I'm So Young and Everyday Of The Week).
I Can't Help Being Old School -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 9:41 AM EDT
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In Response to Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands:I will say this - being Motown was the biggest influence on the Boy Bands as far as structure and stage, I would say the Jackson Five. I believe the Temps and 4 Tops were a bit old to be considered. I will also say that all the Boy Bands that followed Motown couldn't shine the original's shoes. To me, the biggest fraud perpertrated on the listening public has been Justin Timberlake. How and why he is considered a great is beyond me. Him and Usher are exactly alike and they both molded themselves from the MJ model of the 80's (And I ain't talking Michael Jordan). I think that it is such a crass rip-off of Michael Jackson that they in fact have tarnished MJ's musical reputation.Well said, JE.
Posted by jesseyeric
The term "boy band" wasn't even coined until after the height of the Jacksons' popularity, so to even call them a boy band is a misnomer. If anything, not only did they precede the trend, they made the template. The trend or the term wasn't even ingnited until the 80's. No Jacksons, no boy bands? (let's keep the Beatles out of it)
As for Justin Timerlake? No Disney, no Timberlake. :D -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 9:49 AM EDT
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i really do respect timberlake. started out on that tv show mickey mouse club with aguilera and spears (and ryan gosling), was the star of N*sync, and is the only one to have a legitimate solo career. the kicker is that he can write and play music, which i didn't know until recently. the guy has an incredible falsetto. -
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posted at 6/10/2011 10:12 AM EDT
- yogafriend
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Of course there's nothing wrong with getting on the map via Disney / Mickey Mouse, there are lots of launch pads for entertainers, and that's to their credit. 'N Sync was actually okay in their day, but they were a mere flash in the pan, don't you think? Has Timberlake been particularly influential? He's had a fine solo career, and has a fan base, but despite that, I've never seen him as all that much out of the mainstream / ordinary. Just my opinion, of course. :D -
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posted at 6/10/2011 10:38 AM EDT
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yeah, well i guess just because he's the only boy band member to rise above it and have a legitimate superstar career -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 12:53 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands:In Response to Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands : Well said, JE. The term "boy band" wasn't even coined until after the height of the Jacksons' popularity, so to even call them a boy band is a misnomer. If anything, not only did they precede the trend, they made the template. The trend or the term wasn't even ingnited until the 80's. No Jacksons, no boy bands? (let's keep the Beatles out of it) As for Justin Timerlake? No Disney, no Timberlake. :D
Posted by yogafriend
The Jackson 5 were fabolous but The Teenagers, Students, Schoolboys and Classmates all charted on a national level back in the 50's and 60's. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 1:36 PM EDT
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I hope they never ask us to talk about our "favorite" disco artists.
You want to hear a classic ZILLAGOD rant? -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 4:25 PM EDT
- cavaliersfan
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In Response to Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands:I hope they never ask us to talk about our "favorite" disco artists. You want to hear a classic ZILLAGOD rant?
Posted by ZILLAGOD
Okay, Let's hear you're rant. I have an open mind. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 5:42 PM EDT
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Alvin and The Chipmunks!
And as far as my fav Disco artist.....has to be KC & The Sunshine Band! -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 5:58 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands:Alvin and The Chipmunks! And as far as my fav Disco artist.....has to be KC & The Sunshine Band!
Posted by HummBugg
dear zillagod, please direct your wrath away from us and towards the unworthy -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 6:55 PM EDT
- bradsox04
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Some, or even many, of the "boys" in these former "boy" bands like NKOB are 40 years old! Sounds like the "Peter Pan" syndrome. The "girls" who idolized these "boys" are now mothers and grandmothers. Can't we talk about something serious? This is all a little creepy. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/10/2011 9:06 PM EDT
- EnjoyEverySandwich
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I think of "boy bands" as bands put together by producers with boys who looked good first and sang good second. Also the boys in the band did not play instruments or write their own songs -- the groups were artificially constructed.
By that definition, the Jackson 5 would not qualify, because they were a family group, rather than an artificial production -- though one could argue that Joe Sr. put some artificial constraints on his kids.
The Monkees would qualify before the J5, I think. Except I really do like the Monkees, and I pretty much loathe all the rest of the boy bands -- NKids, BSB, Menudo -- ::::shudder:::: -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/11/2011 1:22 PM EDT
- ZILLAGOD
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Speaking of "artificial."
This is exactly why "boy bands" are an abomination.
This is a carry over from the so-called "disco era."
Disco was artificial , superficial, cheap garbage that knocked alot of talented bands into the unemployment line. Sure, it was cheaper to have programmed , synthesized beats and write songs with words that had no meaning....but we were supposed to be growing as a species, not regressing to mindless drum and bass beats and nonsense lyrics like- "shake,shake,shake...shake,shake,shake...shake yer boooty...shake yer boooty"
Alot of very talented, imaginative, good sounding power pop bands were made into second class citizens so your local Rock and top 40 stations could play YMCA, K.C. & the Sunshine cr@p, and similar nonsense. I can think of a number of good groups that never gained listeners because Disco stole their chance. Red Rider,Romantics,Greg Kihn Band,Sniff 'n the Tears, the Records, The Jam all should have been bigger , should have gotten airplay and more exposure. But these all took a back seat to artificial dance music with useless lyrical value.
Why has Rock music lasted 50 years? Why has Classical music lasted centuries? Why did Disco last about 5 years and boy bands last maybe 10 years? Because two are genuine, and two are phony attempts at commercializing a fad....lots of non-musicians and non singers made tons of money promoting this as the next big thing. -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/11/2011 2:38 PM EDT
- EnjoyEverySandwich
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Oh, come on, Zilla! You're ignoring the greatest song ever written or performed:
Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
C'mon, you know you want to sing along with me:
Now get on up on the floor
Cuz we're gonna boogie oogie oogie
Till you just can't boogie no more (boogie)
Boogie no more
You can't boogie no more (boogie)
Boogie no more, listen to my bass here
Get down, boogie oogie oogie
Get down, boogie oogie oogie
Get down, boogie oogie oogie
Get down -
Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands
posted at 6/11/2011 5:42 PM EDT
- jkjband
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In Response to Re: Talk about your favorite boy bands:Oh, come on, Zilla! You're ignoring the greatest song ever written or performed: Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey C'mon, you know you want to sing along with me: Now get on up on the floor Cuz we're gonna boogie oogie oogie Till you just can't boogie no more (boogie) Boogie no more You can't boogie no more (boogie) Boogie no more, listen to my bass here Get down, boogie oogie oogie Get down, boogie oogie oogie Get down, boogie oogie oogie Get down
Posted by EnjoyEverySandwich
Make this song stop playing in my head right this moment....
....thanks Ms Sandwich, thanks a whole bunch.
After reading the profound lyrics I have to ask , didn't Dylan write this song.