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Old 28-07-2016, 14:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptNzFv4uIU

Such an amazing, summery tune but it turned out to be the last release from One True Voice as it inexplicably flopped.
I guess their target market at the time didn't have a clue who Shakespeare was so the song went over their heads
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Old 28-07-2016, 15:13
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptNzFv4uIU

Such an amazing, summery tune but it turned out to be the last release from One True Voice as it inexplicably flopped.
I guess their target market at the time didn't have a clue who Shakespeare was so the song went over their heads
Yeah, I'm sure that was it.
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Old 28-07-2016, 15:34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptNzFv4uIU

Such an amazing, summery tune but it turned out to be the last release from One True Voice as it inexplicably flopped.
I guess their target market at the time didn't have a clue who Shakespeare was so the song went over their heads
Unless their target market was newborns and/or toddlers, I can't how that can be true.
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Old 28-07-2016, 16:09
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is there any such thing as "a boyband classic"?...
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Old 28-07-2016, 16:11
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Yes

End of the Road by Boys II Men comes to mind.
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Old 28-07-2016, 16:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptNzFv4uIU

Such an amazing, summery tune but it turned out to be the last release from One True Voice as it inexplicably flopped.
I guess their target market at the time didn't have a clue who Shakespeare was so the song went over their heads
The didn't look like a boy band and the music given to them was awful
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Old 28-07-2016, 18:00
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Yes

End of the Road by Boys II Men comes to mind.
Hardly a classic.
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Old 28-07-2016, 18:24
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I remember that song and the group. The two singles they released weren't anything exciting. It could have been Blue or any other boyband of the time singing them. Girls Aloud on the other hand were brilliant. They had so many good songs and their albums and B-sides are full of hidden gems.
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Old 28-07-2016, 21:01
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Such a thing does not exist
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Old 28-07-2016, 22:03
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Isn't it considered a classic? I always thought it was.
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Old 28-07-2016, 22:06
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Take That, Never Forget.
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Old 29-07-2016, 07:16
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Take That, Never Forget.
i guess theres an argument for take that, not one id make though.
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Old 29-07-2016, 14:00
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Such a thing does not exist
The Beatles have some classics
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Old 29-07-2016, 14:02
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is there any such thing as "a boyband classic"?...
I Want It That Way is a classic, as much as i don't wanna admit it.
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Old 29-07-2016, 14:04
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The Beatles have some classics
the beatles werent a boyband

I Want It That Way is a classic, as much as i don't wanna admit it.
nah....
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Old 29-07-2016, 16:46
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is there any such thing as "a boyband classic"?...
The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There, I Want You Back
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Old 29-07-2016, 18:54
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The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There, I Want You Back
hmmm..... do they count as a boyband though? werent they men (mostly)? and can you retrofit a modern tag to an act that had been and gone by the time that tag had first been coined?
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Old 29-07-2016, 19:24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptNzFv4uIU

Such an amazing, summery tune but it turned out to be the last release from One True Voice as it inexplicably flopped.
I guess their target market at the time didn't have a clue who Shakespeare was so the song went over their heads
About as good as this classic

Forever Young - Gert Jonnys from Sweden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZuUgRed7yo
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Old 29-07-2016, 21:00
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Take That, Never Forget.
Backstreet Boys, I Want it That Way, Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Take That, Back for Good
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Old 29-07-2016, 21:32
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Take That - Back For Good, Never Forget, Pray and A Million Love Songs.
East 17 - Stay Another Day.

The Backstreet Boys song am not sure about it's catchy though. One Direction What Makes You Beautiful is same for me.

The songs at the top TT & East 17 just have more depth to me and appear to connect with a larger demographic and audience from what I've seen.

Obviously both Take That and East 17 were boybands however the fact they were built around one singer songwriter shows they had some pure musical intent and weren't just reliant on outside pop by numbers writers. This makes all the others sound the same Backstreet Boys included.
I also think both were also still at an early stage (if you consider Bros/New Kids style of boyband just before them as the first of what we know as boybands) and pushed each other to be better and more creative.
The boybands that followed could afford to be lazy (Westlife) on all accounts as a set template and assured (for most part) formula was in place.
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Old 29-07-2016, 21:42
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So, I think we've come to the conclusion theres no place for music snobbery. A good song, although subjective, is a good song.
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Old 30-07-2016, 00:08
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Forgit about Take That, Never Forget and A Million Love Songs
I'd also add Love Ain't Here Anymore
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