I hate boy bands because 5 blokes perched on stools covering tracks the Bee Gees rejected is not music, it's mass market tripe designed to sell the most amount of singles in the least possible time to the demographic (another marketing term I can't stand) with the most cash power - either their own or their parents. It's the musical equivalent of the 4-5-1 formation, getting results in the short term without thinking how it's going to affect future bands/teams and the "musicians"/players in the latter stages of their careers. It destroyed the music industry in the mid '90s and, with the emergence of rock acts in recent years, it's only recovering now, along with the rest of us who realise what real music is.
I'll quite happily dance on the grave of boy bands when the world realises what these acts are doing to the kids of today. My parents grew up in a musical world of The Clash, The Sex Pistols, David Bowie, Bob Marley etc - i.e. people who had something to say and weren't afraid to offend the system to say it.
What do today's teenagers listen to?? Boyzone and Blue telling us nothing that hasn't been said a thousand times before, what-his-name McFadden lamenting that all he wants is peace and quiet so he can drink "some English tea" and watch the football?? All the while posing for photos with the tart of the week in Hello or OK or some other glossy?? Give me a break!!
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