3 October 2006--it's 1983

[RGMike]

one of the first boy bands ever.

That would be the Beatles, no? :wink:

"Boy bands" implies that they were contrived, put together by a svengali -- so the Beatles are 1/4 correct, I suppose.  The first boy band was probably either New Edition or New Kids on the Block, the latter really setting the template.

Well, New Edition predate NKOTB by 5 years (at least in terms of charted singles), so...

what? no menudo?

Oops!  When did they actually start out? (their only US charted single was in 1985, but I guess they were around long before that).

[Gazoo]

one of the first boy bands ever.

That would be the Beatles, no? :wink:

"Boy bands" implies that they were contrived, put together by a svengali -- so the Beatles are 1/4 correct, I suppose.  The first boy band was probably either New Edition or New Kids on the Block, the latter really setting the template.

Well, New Edition predate NKOTB by 5 years (at least in terms of charted singles), so...

what? no menudo?

Oops!  When did they actually start out? (their only US charted single was in 1985, but I guess they were around long before that).

I didn't know Menudo ever charted a single!  I think I saw their TV show in 1983-84.

But thank you all for not dragging the Monkees into this.  I'm trying not to include them in this convo.   :?

[princessofcairo]

one of the first boy bands ever.

That would be the Beatles, no? :wink:

"Boy bands" implies that they were contrived, put together by a svengali -- so the Beatles are 1/4 correct, I suppose.  The first boy band was probably either New Edition or New Kids on the Block, the latter really setting the template.

Well, New Edition predate NKOTB by 5 years (at least in terms of charted singles), so...

what? no menudo?

Oops!  When did they actually start out? (their only US charted single was in 1985, but I guess they were around long before that).

I didn't know Menudo ever charted a single!  I think I saw their TV show in 1983-84.

But thank you all for not dragging the Monkees into this.  I'm trying not to include them in this convo.   :?

boy bands have to have at least two cute members.

[RGMike]

I didn't know Menudo ever charted a single!  I think I saw their TV show in 1983-84.

But thank you all for not dragging the Monkees into this.  I'm trying not to include them in this convo.   :?

Menudo's only POP chart hit was "Hold Me" (not a cover of any other "Hold Me") which reached #62 in '85. They also charted R&B the year before with "If You're Not Here (By My Side)."

The Monkees were referred to as the "pre-fab 4" (long before the Rutles stole that line). But by that definition The Sex Pistols are a boyband too :wink:

[Gazoo]

I didn't know Menudo ever charted a single!  I think I saw their TV show in 1983-84.

But thank you all for not dragging the Monkees into this.  I'm trying not to include them in this convo.   :?

Menudo's only POP chart hit was "Hold Me" (not a cover of any other "Hold Me") which reached #62 in '85. They also charted R&B the year before with "If You're Not Here (By My Side)."

The Monkees were referred to as the "pre-fab 4" (long before the Rutles stole that line). But by that definition The Sex Pistols are a boyband too :wink:

Sex Pistols are disqualified by the POC corollary.

[Gazoo]

boy bands have to have at least two cute members.

Peter was cuter than Davy.

[princessofcairo]

boy bands have to have at least two cute members.

Peter was cuter than Davy.

one man's floor is another man's ceiling.

[urth]

10/3/2006 - Tuesday! A news-free look at...1983!!!
 
1.  Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind  
2.  Fixx - The Sign of Fire  
3.  Split Enz - Message to My Girl  
4.  Toto - Africa  
5.  Tubes - Tip of My Tongue  
6.  Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better  
7.  Pat Benetar - Love is a Battlefield  
8.  Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf  
9.  Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away (BEST OF SET!!)  
10.  Bryan Adams - This Time  
 
BONUS TRACK:  INXS - The One Thing

[RGMike]

boy bands have to have at least two cute members.

Peter was cuter than Davy.

one man's floor is another man's ceiling.

One man's bottom is another man's top.

Sex Pistols are disqualified by the POC corollary

I found that Mr Jones matured into quite a stud, however. Saw him in some history-of-rock docu and thought "Damn!".