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 Stone" Dion And The Belmonts "I Wonder Why" The Marcels "Blue Moon" The Miracles "You Really Got A Hold On Me" The Beatles "She Loves You" The Temptations "(I Know) I'm Losing You" The Monkees "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" The Moments "Love On A Two-Way Street" New Kids On The Block "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" Bell Biv DeVoe "Poison" *NSync "I Want You Back" Backstreet Boys "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Big Bang "Tonight" MBLAQ "I Don't Know"
I was extrapolating forward and back from early '90s usage; so, the male r&b vocal group taken to by kids and teens, with dancing. Orioles and Drifters not eligible, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers are. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" eligible, "I Am The Walrus" not. "ABC" eligible, "Shake Your Body" not (among other things, vocals too much a Michael-only showcase). I count the Coasters, but I'd have chosen the Robins/Coasters' "Riot In Cell Block Number 9," which is a bit early and the content is probably insufficiently pre-teen (though I myself would've loved it as a tyke). I count the early Wailers, but my choice, "Jailhouse," is too late, and it reaches older than teen. I disqualified duos even though in my heart I'm sure the Everly Brothers belong for "Cathy's Clown" and "All I Have To Do Is Dream," and maybe even Simon & Garfunkel for the electric version of "Sounds Of Silence."
05:18 pm - Ashlee fans of the world Hello poptimists! I'm doing an informal survey of people who listen and/or listened at some point in time to Ashlee Simpson's Autobiography, in preparation for a manuscript I'm putting together on the album. It is brief and anonymous.
Please feel free to share this link with any pop communities that you think might be useful. Thanks!
10:29 am - Brit Awards 2012 Nominations Morning poptimists! The Brit Award nominations are out and as usual there's plenty of dreck involved. But is there any wheat to this chaff?
10:23 pm - 2011 Poll Wotcher chaps - apologies for the radio silence for the last week but hopefully you will have noticed your top 97 tracks of 2011 appearing over on Freaky Trigger!
As in traditional at this time of year I am embarking on a way over-ambitious music related blogging project over on my Tumblr! It is: review every single in the Top 40 this year!
I hope this may be relevant to your interests! Thus far I am two reviews in (featuring ME being RUDE about COLDPLAY and COMPARATIVELY NICER BUT NOT MUCH to OLLY MURS) and have 38 more to do hopefully by Sunday - I need people to shame me into completing it offer support and perhaps comments!
11:21 am - Poll: LAST CHANCE Hi dudes! I haven't quite finished the big spreadsheet of DOOM yet so if you've forgotten to send your top 20 tracks to poptimistspoll2010@gmail.com then do it NOW. More details here.
09:37 am - 2011 Poll reminder Dudes! A quick reminder to send your top 20 songs of 2011 to poptimistspoll2010@gmail.com by the witching hour of 30th December! More info here.
In the meantime here is Girls Aloud with some festive cheer:
RIGHT DUDES now is the time to make a list, check it twice, and send me your favourite songs of 2011!
Send up to 20 songs of 2011 to poptimistspoll2010@gmail.com* by 1am GMT on 31st 30th December (yes I am in the office that day and will need some distraction)
'Songs of 2011' can mean songs released this year, or songs that emerged this year, or singles taken from a 2010 album released this year. To be honest I will be pretty lenient about the whole business so put whatever you like.
The order of your top 20 is important! Your #1 will be allocated more points than #20. If you can't think of 20 songs then 10 or 14 or 2 is just fine.
Bonus points may be awarded for emails with amusing subject lines.
You don't need to be a poptimists LJ member (or even have an LJ account!) to vote.
I'll post the results in the first week of January.
*Recycling emails is good for the environment! **I am an idiot - 31st is a Saturday so I won't be in work...
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