I'm A Bad Boy But I'm Nice (Boyband 15)

[koganbot]

Inspired by Christophe calling Big Bang's "Blue" the greatest boyband song since Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way," I compiled a list of fifteen boyband tracks. Not a best-of, not a survey, but some stuff I think highly of, and enough gaps to call forth lists of your own:

The Jewels "Hearts Of StoneDion And The Belmonts "I Wonder Why

Comments

[arbitrary_greay]

I love Shinee's "Sherlock," but I can't say that it's really it's a song that is either a pioneering leader of its era's sound, nor particularly its own unique style, either. "Replay," "Lucifer," and "Sherlock" stand out as superbly executed songs, but not more than that. This is also what's disqualified just about every Jpop boyband song I like, especially anything from Johnny's boybands.

DBSK's "Rising Sun" does qualify as quite distinct, though.
Teddy Robin & The Playboys - "Magic Colors"
The Four Seasons - "Bye Bye Baby"
Wow, I have so little knowledge of non-Asian boybands.

There are a few all-women boybands in Japan, but their music either sucks or is nothing special.

[koganbot]

There seems to be a never-ending stream of boybands in Britain, few of whom I like, though who knows what I've failed to hear. And this depends on the definition of boyband. If someone wants to call The Clash a boyband, I'm down with that! And I think Busted and McFly are kind of boyband extensions of the Clash, maybe, and they sometimes did good stuff. I need to explore their catalogs. Tried to get Moggy to tell me if she considered McFly a boyband, and she didn't reply. That sort of band might be what the Jonas Brothers in the U.S. were going for initially. Their first single nicked the start from "Anarchy In The U.K.," "Holidays In The Sun," and they covered a couple of Busted tracks

[koganbot]

"Sexy And I Know It" sounded like a deliberate comic exaggeration and goof in the original too, I thought. The wink was always there. Which isn't to say LMFAO don't mean it on some level - they realize how average-looking, non-studs they are, that's part of the whole setup and joke; but an underlying message, for them and their fans, is that drunk-ass party slugs like them are doing fine, are as sexy as they need to be (especially when everyone's drunk).

The thing is, LMFAO, being the blustery guys they are, could never do what 2NE1 do, go "Even if you were me you'd be envious of my body" and do it straightup, no hedging, no taking it back. And conversely they couldn't turn around, like 2NE1, and say, "Don't lie to my face tellin' me I'm pretty... 'cause I know I'm ugly" and make it sound true, every bit of the pain, as 2NE1 do. Guys like LMFAO would just sound pathetic/bathetic.

I guess my thesis (or something) is that Teddy Park, who wrote "Even if you were me you'd be envious of my body" and "Don't lie to my face tellin' me I'm

[koganbot]

On the other hand, that Jordan Knight song that Christophe mentions below, "Give It To You," is impossible for me to hear except as something that ought to be parody, it's so unconvincing. But in '99 it was a hit in its own right, not out of camp fascination.

Did you ever hear 2gether? They were a parody group, from an MTV comedy, exactly lampooning the boyband sound of the year 2000. And their music was good!