History of the NSync, BSB, and 98 Degrees to prove you all wrong :)

[dwil]

Yep, and Billy met James. Billy argued with D'Arcy. Billy, James and D'Arcy needed a drummer and found Jimmy.
They rocked.
They rolled.
They break up in a day or so.


I'm yer Zero...

 

[judgejudy]

poop, what is real music?
music is music, and everyone has their own taste.

To me, the best type of music is hitting notes with your voice. Quartet style, the rawest form of vocal music. 1st tenor, 2nd tenor, baritone, bass. No instruments, just clear voices hitting notes.

Some people like instruments with singing... some like only synthesized music.

music is so diverse which makes it great. There can be no debate on which one is better, cause they all have their different pluses and minuses.

I love all types of different music, cause each in itself has its good points.
But in the end, I think I'd prefer Charlotte Church over Old Dirty Bastard.

 

[prodigy]

I remember awhile back someone posted a link to the "pop intelligence test" or something like that. Basically it was this guy who analyzed the lyrics of popular pop groups and deducted points for each time certain words (like love, baby, etc..) were used. I can't remember who "won", but I'll see if I can do some digging in the archives and find it again.

 

[prodigy]

I found it, click here

 

[VoodooExtreme]

<< Goldenbear, 98 Degrees does write their own music. So does NSync. So does BSB >>



Sure they do... NOT!!!

Never heard of Max Martin?
He owned a studio here in sweden where he and the band produced all their music...
I'm pretty sure that BSB do not write threir own music!

(it's the same producer that produced Britney Spears 2 albums)

Look it up if u don't believe me

 

[Deeko]

Alright, I've only got time for a few comments before school....plenty more after though!

Right...did you actually read that link? It says what I said about how they got started. They formed and started on their own. Lou just took them to the big time. And then the last comment...yes, I do know who max martin is. He wrote almost all of Britney's songs, and wrote most of the songs the bands didn't write. But YES THEY DID write or cowrite at least half the songs on their newest album. I HAVE IT and I CAN READ

 

[Moogle]

Interesting question about 'what is music'.

For me at least, music is something to stir the listener. Something that the listener enjoys listening to for the warm shuddery feeling that you get when you're connected to what you are listening to at a fundamental level. Any music with a touch of heart to it, anything emotive, anything written for that reason alone gets to me every time. A wide range of music does this to me .. Level 42, Chicane, Delerium, U2, Nirvana, pure vocal or orchestral, some musical tracks, such as Les Mis., well ... pretty much anything that does the above. And it seems most genres have songs that can push your buttons.

Sadly, the signal to noise ratio seems to be deteriorating.

The entire pop culture... buying music based on thinking the artist is good looking, buying music because your friends are. Buying music to keep up. Buying music to look like something you're not. Buying music out of sheer ennui. All directed by the RIAA and organisations like it, focused solely on profit (any real musical merit seems accidental, or in those rare exceptions where a fan base has built soley on the merit of the artists.. I'm not discounting that, just commenting on the pop culture in general). Anyone fitting into the above category has to run through this corporate machine first, and it's sickening.

I'm waiting for the death of the music industry so maybe we can have the 'music' part back.

Feel free to flame me all to hell .. I'm a sentimental fool at times

 

[poop]

I agree with mogogle. Mtv has helped destroy good music by selilng the visual, NOT the auditory.

All boy bands would be NOTHING if they were not pretty.

 

[snow patrol]

Right, well I'm steppnig out of this thread now

I think we can leave at this: some people like them, some don't. I think they suck, but lots don't so good luck to them.

bye!

 

[bigbootydaddy]

<< Saying &quot;baby&quot; 30 times in a song does not qualify it as good music. >>



kc and jojo did it and they had a hit..forgot name of song..it starts by saying baby a million times

all my life?

 

[Deeko]

I'm back Heere we gooo



<< Tell me, do you have posters of Leonardo DiCaprio all over your wall? >>


Hmm....I'm gonna say no



<< BTW, where did hear that 98 Degree's (steaming hot crap) write's their own music, Tiger Beat? >>


No, I call it the CD



<< - and has pretty much nothing to set it aside from the hoards of other boy bands out there (they all sound the same, face it). >>


Do I have to say this again? No, they don't. You think so, because you don't like it. I think the same thing about all old rock/alternative. But I do KNOW that it's not, but it sounds it to me. If you gave me an intrumental version of a new song from one of those three, one that I'd never heard of, I would be able to tell you who it's by, from the style.



<< You say that these groups are good because they are very popular >>


No I don't. It's good because it is. It is because I like it. Who cares what others want? Oh...I do...that would be my job


<< The entire pop culture... buying music based on thinking the artist is good looking, buying music because your friends are. Buying music to keep up. Buying music to look like something you're not. Buying music out of sheer ennui. >>


Hmm...I don't like them because of their looks, obviously, my friends all like rap, how is music gonna make me look different? Ok, I buy music to keep up, bu that's cause I'm a DJ.



<< To me, the best type of music is hitting notes with your voice. Quartet style, the rawest form of vocal music. 1st tenor, 2nd tenor, baritone, bass. No instruments, just clear voices hitting notes. >>


98 Degrees has backround music, but they are a pure quartet, with all 4 parts.



<< kc and jojo did it and they had a hit..forgot name of song >>


They have two...All My Life and Tell Me It's Real...that brings up something, noone makes fun of R&amp;B artists like them, but all R&amp;B is is pop with more bass and black singers. There is seriously no real difference. First time I heard Brian McKnight, I thought he was a white pop artist. Guess what, he's black R&amp;B. The styles are the same, yet R&amp;B is held in so much higher regard to people who don't like either.

Ahh that was fun

 

[SSP]

Mlah!

I'll just listen to my old U2, Sting, Phil Collins, Match box, savage gardens, oldies, Pop, Trans, Techno, hip hop, rock etc bands/artists.

Don't like boy bands that much. They're all sound the same (for some reason, they use the word &quot;baby&quot; too often, and all the songs are about the same thing).

 

[azazyel]

Goldenbear



<< And..Are you expecting music whose lyrics make you change your views about life completely? >>



Yes, it does happen. Beatles, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Rage against the Machine did for me. And something that separates them from your little boys is (talent) that they didn't have specials on TV (talent), they didn't do Burger King commercials(talent), they don't have there own clothing brands (talent).

And they did it for the Music. Yes, it does happen and when you are finally old enough maybe you will go to a bar and hear music from people who love it. All the fireworks and little pretty dance steps are nothing compared to a smoky little bar with maybe 20 to 30 people all enjoying the music first hand. But maybe I am spoiled because I live in Seattle and the music culture hear is so rich. In fact last night I went to Cornish College of the Arts (one of the best in the country) to see a choir perform. And anyone of those men could sing laps around your boy toys.

This whole tread is just an exercise in futility. Soon they little ones will grow up and deny that they ever listened to them in the first place.

 

[Deeko]

<< They're all sound the same (for some reason, they use the word &quot;baby&quot; too often, and all the songs are about the same thing). >>


Come on, don't make me go over that again

 

[AdamK47]

&quot;Baby I wanna make you make a baby.&quot;

I just had to say it.

 

[The Wildcard]

LFO is pretty dead and the other band from the same creator, O-town is nowhere to be found too, and they haven't even released a CD yet, lol. hah the tv show about them was interesting.

 

[GoldenBear]

<< Yes, it does happen. Beatles, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Rage against the Machine did for me. >>

Example please. Did they help you in getting your first job, get married, have kids, etc..

If it did, then that's great.

<< And something that separates them from your little boys is (talent) that they didn't have specials on TV (talent), they didn't do Burger King commercials(talent), they don't have there own clothing brands (talent). >>

Yes, Michael Jordan sucks while John Stockton rules all because Jordan does commercials and has his own shoe brand, perfume, golf club, sex position, etc.

<< And they did it for the Music. >>

Really? They I can expect them to give their CDs away for free and give all their excess money to their beloved fans?

<< Yes, it does happen and when you are finally old enough maybe you will go to a bar and hear music from people who love it. >>

Is that an insult?

<< And anyone of those men could sing laps around your boy toys. >>

I see no point in taking any of your post seriously with phrases like that. I figure I could geta somewhat mature argument here..I guess not.

 

[Wormie]

SuperGroove Wrote this -


<< Please, it's all about the Benjamins $$$. If they were so creative, they all should've split up by now. Creative minds certainly can't stay together a long time. The pride will just crush a group that's all about being independent through creative music. >>

Hmmm then explain then beatles, ... nuff said kthnx

-Wormie

 

[fdiskboy]

I believe the Beatles did break up. Or was that not your point?

 

[Isla]

I think that they are just as good as Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Christina Aquilera, etc etc. Everyone has a right to like what they like. *shrugs*

My 'boy band' is U2.

When I was 14/15 and they came out with War, I was all over it! And they were 'boys', just turning 20, 21, 22.

Mmmm, INXS was sort of a boy band for me, too...

I'm kinda picky.

 

[Brandino]

Garr! I didn't read through all those posts, so my apologies if I'm repeating someone.

Pop DOES NOT have to be people dancing around singing high notes. Pop music is POPULAR music. It can be anything from rock to boybands as long as its popular.

Also, Backstreet boys do NOT write all their songs, in fact they write VERY few of them. I saw on mtv just 30 min ago that they wrote 7 of their songs for the new album, but 2 of them actually made it. Thats like 2 out of what 15 songs or so?

Real quality stuff.

/more pissed than I should be about some people's stupidity