Boyband/Girlbands

Boyband/Girlbands: Manufactured Rubbish? (2052 words)
by Princess Pea - written on 19.06.02 (Very useful, 374 readings)
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I’ve always been a fan of pure pop, particularly boy/girl bands. Their cheeky, fun songs and easy-to-learn dance moves have made them a hit with people of all ages and backgrounds. Although most popular with teenagers, these pop groups can be enjoyed by everyone, because they provide a bit of light entertainment in our lives. Ok, so they’re not the most talented people in the world. But Pop Gods such as Pete Waterman and Simon Fuller have created some of the best pop groups in the history of British music, including the Spice Girls. **The Spice Girls- a success story?** In their heyday, the Spice Girls notched up number 1 hits after ...

The Nearlybee's (1998 words)
by stoffy - written on 20.04.02 (Very useful, 1309 readings)
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Planet Pop is a bizarre place. Teenagers with stammers and problem children from Australian soap operas can all bring in the big bucks for the record companies with their indescribable talents. However, one way in which record companies invariably try the 'next-big-thing' trick is to launch another girlband or boyband. Of course, there have been many boybands and girlbands who have cropped up without the help of a pop svengali, such as The Beatles, The Stones and Bananarama. However, there has been a tendency since the likes of New Kids On The Block and Take That to try and engineer each group for a particular market. When they get it right, they get it ...

Boyband/Girlbands: Booooooooooorinnnnnnnng!! (794 words)
by jarvis_0 - written on 14.08.01 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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This is my opinion on boybands and girlbands. A lot of you won't agree but i am going to tell it how i think it is. I don't expect everybody (well anybody) to agree but i feel this is a big topic and i just HAVE to have my say. (by the way when i say pop i mean the boybands and girlbands, and that kind of thing. I say this because almost all boybands and girlbands are pop...well they all are) In my opinion both Boybands and girlbands are crap. They don't make their own music they don't even write their own words, they just mime and dance like a load of stupid prats. And that is exactly what they are. Stupid. I mean even their cover versions of ...