Beatles = Backstreet Boys of the sixties?

[brainhulk]

Someone mentioned that on the radio the other day. Just wondering if there was any validity

 

[surfsatwerk]

Dude

 

[JackBurton]

You cannot be serious.

Hey, some internet retard said, "Jimmie Hendrix was the Justin Bieber of the 60's." Is there any truth to that?

 

[Arcadio]

I thought it was obvious. Beatles, Menudo, NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, One Direction. It's a product that always makes a good profit.

 

[brainhulk]

I wasn't alive in the sixties. How do I know how people of that era viewed them?

All I see is old videos of screaming girls. OK...same as backstreet boys, maybe that old radio caller was right

 

[Mai72]

I think so. They were handsome, their songs were catchy, and they had good melodies. They were really groovy! Like the Back Street Boys!

 

[MixMasterTang]

Ummm no. The Monkee's would be the most comparable since they are the original "boy band". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees

 

[mmntech]

Obvious troll is obvious. However, he's partly right. The Beatles were marketed as a boy band from about 1963 to 1965. Though it's well known that John Lennon especially didn't much care for that kind of music. They didn't really start experimenting with psychedelic rock until they stopped touring and holed up in Abby Road. I'd argue Rubber Soul marked this transition for the band.

The Backstreet Boys on the other hand are long gone, along with most of the other 90s boy bands.

 

[88keys]

Without reading past the title, I know that somebody has been smoking crack up their ass.

 

[smackababy]

Obvious troll is obvious. However, he's partly right. The Beatles were marketed as a boy band from about 1963 to 1965. Though it's well known that John Lennon especially didn't much care for that kind of music. They didn't really start experimenting with psychedelic rock until they stopped touring and holed up in Abby Road. I'd argue Rubber Soul marked this transition for the band.

The Backstreet Boys on the other hand are long gone, along with most of the other 90s boy bands.

This. They may have started off as "the Backstreet Boys", but they eventually ended up changing popular music. It went from something you danced along with to something you listened to. Rubber Soul might have started when they began experimenting, it wasn't until Revolver that they really went embraced it.

 

[Ruptga]

Without reading past the title, I know that somebody has been smoking crack up their ass.

 

[Gibsons]

They were sort of the original boy band, and opened the eyes of some entrepreneurs towards that market. But some crucial differences:

They were a band before they were a boy band (they weren't assembled by some marketing twat from tryouts).

They wrote most of their own music, all of their hits were originals. Nobody wrote music for them, though they did do a few covers early on.

They played their own instruments for the most part. None of them were a virtuoso, but they were competent (well maybe with one exception there)

They did a lot of really original stuff, agree with mmntech about Rubber Soul and on.

 

[KeithTalent]

Pretty much but they were new and novel, plus the kids did not really have anything else back then, so they just held onto these guys forever.

KT

 

[ProchargeMe]

Those were some trippy ass backstreet boys

 

[Ruptga]

It looks like the consensus is "yes, but that is a serious oversimplification."

 

[Oyeve]

Yes. The beatles really did kinda sucked when they first started in the UK. Mostly in bars playing cover songs. They didnt become the beatles as we know them for years. hell, IMO, they sucked until Rubber Soul.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

The Beatles were not programmed little robots told what to and how to do things. They also didn't just come in for a little quicky.

 

[DrPizza]

Backstreet boys were a 15 minutes of fame type of group. Beatles continue to gain new fans to this day. 40 years later, they're still probably gaining new fans faster than Backstreet Boys gain fans.

 

[schmuckley]

Umm..The Beatles were/are real musicians that wrote their own music,had knowledge of music theory.etc..

So no;just no.

That's like saying Britney Spears is the new Lena Horne.
The musicality is just not there.

 

[Markbnj]

I wasn't alive in the sixties. How do I know how people of that era viewed them?

All I see is old videos of screaming girls. OK...same as backstreet boys, maybe that old radio caller was right

Yeah, I mean on what level is the comparison supposed to be made? They were the megastars of their day and all the teenage girls swooned over them. In that sense they were exactly the same. But the Beatles consisted of very talented musicians and songwriters who composed original work and created a style of music that was very distinct. In that respect maybe they are not so much the same.

Btw, I watched "Good Ol' Frieda" on Netflix the other day. Very interesting if you want to know more about that period and how they got started.

http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Good-Ol-Freda/70273271

 

[Printer Bandit]

i liked that one phase that the beatles went through.

they will be remembered in eternity for it.

 

[twinrider1]

NO!

These are the big hits from Back Street Boys.

As Long As You Love Me (1997)
We’ve Got It Goin’ On (1995)
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely (2000)
Incomplete (2005)
Shape of My Heart (2000)
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) (1998)
All I Have To Give (1999
I Want It That Way (1999)
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (1997)​

How many did they write? ZERO!

The Beatles were a band that played instruments and wrote music. Yes they had a bunch of covers early on. But they wrote a bunch of songs too, including their hits (Love Me Do, Please Please Me).

The Beatles were creators. Back Street Boys were performers. And that's fine, just don't put both groups in the same sentence.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

No, fuck no. Jesus hopscotching Christ, NO!

 

[JManInPhoenix]

NO!

These are the big hits from Back Street Boys.

As Long As You Love Me (1997)
We’ve Got It Goin’ On (1995)
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely (2000)
Incomplete (2005)
Shape of My Heart (2000)
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) (1998)
All I Have To Give (1999
I Want It That Way (1999)
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (1997)​

How many did they write? ZERO!

The Beatles were a band that played instruments and wrote music. Yes they had a bunch of covers early on. But a bunch were written by them, including their hits (Love Me Do, Please Please Me).

The Beatles were creators. Back Street Boys were performers. And that's fine, just don't put both groups in the same sentence.

:thumbsup:

 

[Jodell88]

The Beatles also came out at a time where you can have complete (or mostly complete) control of your music. These days it ain't gonna happen unless you're indie.