by Hagar » Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:21 pm
Depends what you call a "Boy Band". Most of the modern ones aren't bands at all as they usually sing & don't play instruments, not on the recordings anyway. What I call "Boy Bands" rarely write their own material & their hit recordings are usually rehashed old classics from years ago. They're pleasant enough to listen to but in most cases I prefer the originals. I can't see the point of making an almost exact duplicate, right down to the harmonies & arrangement. If there's something original about it - fine - but if not, why not re-release the original? Still, I don't expect the composers are too worried.
I suppose you could call most of the old Motown artists Boy Bands, the male ones anyway. How about the Four Seasons? Would they qualify? It's all music to me whatever else you like to call it. Good & bad in everything.
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Hagar on Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.