Cultural Appropriation, basically

[yeloson]

6th Day's Why Why Why

I'm a general fan of the crooner boy band thing, and this shit had me in tears.

Comments

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

Damn, this track (and this video).

(Thanks for posting stuff like this. My little hipster brain keeps rediscovering that it has a soft spot this pop stuff, too.)

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

It's funny, I guess even though R&B is considered mainstream at this point, it still sits in my head as anything but- there was only 2 stations that would play any. Just the same, the folks who'd play NKOTB rarely were the same ones playing Boys 2 Men.

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

IME basically *everyone* was playing Boys2Men. I even... okay this is king of nerdity but I once tried impressing some girls (when I was like, what, 10?) playing the chorus of "Water Run Dry" on the violin. That didn't really work. Though it was funny.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

That sounds... painfully embarassing.

Sure there was the B2M fad, but look at it now- how many stations will still bust out some (white) boybands vs. B2M, Jodeci, or New Edition? I've generally found the crossover phase for any hot group/band ends after a few years and stations go back to segregating music. (see also: the everlasting play of Beastie Boys vs. the 2 year Talib/Mos Def run on your local alternate station)

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

Good call. Doubly true re: Beastie Boys.

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

Not only do I love the video, those men can SING. Thank you for this.