New Kids on the Block vs. Take That vs. Backstreet Boys vs. *NSync

lol why did I look at that acronym and think "Butt 2 Mouth? waht"

98 Degrees were never a going concern in my sphere, so I'm not surprised I was wrong about the number of members.

Sorry, Michael McCray. :(

I thought "Buggers 2morrow"

Meanwhile, religious married man Brian Littrell is the least likely to fool around with groupies

I knew it!

I dont know how many women over 18 were really in to these groups, now that I think about it

It's been a few years and they're all over 18 now.

Although if the number of women I know my age who want to smash Justin Bieber to tiny pieces is any indication, their appeal probably wasn't as limited as you suspect.

Brian Littrell is the least likely

"least likely" implies there's some wiggle room in there.

"Quit Playing Games With My Heart" was their first big US hit, "Backstreet's Back" was second.

huh was under the impression at the time that "Quit Playing Games" was bigger outside the states, but I just checked and it actually went to no. 2 on the charts. i still think of "Everybody" as the song that really made them huge though, prob because of the video.

East 17: Classic or Dud?

considering they namedrop NKOTB, surprised no one's mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHuGG_FsC20

Lead guy died of leukemia btw. :(

Yeah, I heard "Games" way more at the time. That song was everywhere. xxp

It's possible my relative perception of the two songs' popularity is influenced by the fact that the r&b station here played "Quit Playing Games" and never touched "Backstreet's Back".

eh they were both massive and inescapable IIRC

lol and mine because i lived on a diet of MTV xpost

Yeah, possibly. I just happened to have heard the one 1000 times that year and the other like 10 times that year.

on a related note this is insane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin_production_discography

East 17 were terrible and no-one should talk about them imo

wasn't there also a super terrible group named 5ive

Yes. Here are some more third rate uk boy bands with numbers for a band name:

A1: Who reached number 1 with a cover of 'Take on Me'
911: Their most memorable single being 'Party People... Friday Night'

I don't think anyone was as horribly misconceived as the original Making the Band group O-Town

I mean, "Liquid Dreams" is seriously one of the worst songs in the universe

Lead guy died of leukemia btw. :(

Poor Rich Cronin. I really like Summer Girls but I mostly remember his war with ONTD over some perverted emails.

what kind of title is 'Party People... Friday Night'? Put friday night in brackets you monsters!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_hcxlA5KU

Brian Harvey from East 17: last seen posting a video online of the forced installation of a pre-payment electricity meter at his house, after repeatedly failing to pay Southern Electric outstanding charges on his electricity bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCiowdcHJ0U

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― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, February 11, 2013 11:39 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

East 17 stay another day rules over all this pussywank

Pfft gtfo noob east 17's standout will always be 'alright'

And tbrr house of love and home rank higher than that christmas bellringing shit

peace out

anyone talking about East 17 itt will heretofore be lifebanned forever

Didn't tony mortimer have a big cock, too?

According to smash hits apr 95 iirc

What size?

I dont have an exact length confirmed, but one of his favourite pranks was to slip it into the mic holder for the slow numbers and let brian croon into the eye of it while the fans went wild

tony, what a character

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fair results.

nkotb/take that: cage fite

take THAT

;_;

damn yanks

The fuck are NKOTB ranked the same as some made-up bullshit that didn't even exist? Might as well rate them with O Town or whatever.

MADE UP BULLSHIT HOW DARE U

I can kind of get with Take That's poor performance, as outside of "Back For Good" they had virtually no US presence, but NKOTB having only 6 votes means ilm is skewing younger than I'd previously imagined.

East 17 were terrible and no-one should talk about them imo

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:49 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark

'House of Love' is as good as music can get

music videos too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3ETB5QFrM

hate u