I know, I know. Boy bands. How lame is that? A group of guys in tight pants and wife beaters who sing cheesy songs and have corny, over-exaggerated dance moves. What a bunch of losers. And yet. There is a certain magic about boy bands. It doesn't matter if I think to myself, 'wow that's dumb'. As soon as I see or hear a boy band in action I start to smile or dance or sing along, and the little 10 year old me comes out and jumps up and down. Previous to yesterday, I hadn't listened to a real boy band in years. But spirit week hit last week, and one of the acts in the talent show was five boys lip synching (and dancing like pros) to a backstreet boys song. Bam! I was back into the spirit all right - the spirit of the tween population. I was laughing, of course, but there was a part of me that was thinking 'that's pretty hot, I totally love this'. Being in a boy band just instantly makes you more attractive. I don't know what it is, but it's true. Even if you aren't the most attractive guy in the world, as was the case for some of these talent show boys, you step on stage and start up and you're cute. Maybe all the guys just pool their collective looks and all come out looking better, or maybe it's the how joyful and into it they always look, but it happens, and then there are crowds of screaming girls. And they all stay a little more attractive than they were before, even after the band inevitably breaks up. I know those five guys will never look the same to me again. Somehow, the boy band trend died out in the late 90's in favor of solo artists, and now we have singers like Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, and Greyson Chance who attract all the screaming girls. That's great and everything, but I'm secretly hoping for a boy band come back. >> I just looked up boy bands on wikipedia. There are so many from my era that I've never even heard of! I'm shocked. Now I need to look them all up! << Yea side note! But seriously. I want my boy bands back. There's something youthful about them, something that makes me feel like a kid again. Maybe it's just because I grew up with them, but they make me carefree and I just about fall in love with every guy who has ever been in a boy band. Whether it's Nick Carter, Justin Timberlake, Donnie Wahlberg, or Dylan from the talent show, anyone becomes infinitely cooler by being in something as 'lame' as a boy band. Judge me if you will, but I love boy bands, and they should come back to popularity because they are the most attractive thing in music since Frank Sinatra (and my friends will tell you, I have a serious love affair with Frank Sinatra. He's my off-limits Apples to Apples card, and that means something). Plus, there's nothing more fun than dancing around your house singing lyrics like "Tell me why, Ain't nothing but a heartache, Tell me why, Ain't nothing but a mistake, Tell me why, I never want to hear you say, I want it that waaaaaaaaaaaaay"!
Real Teen Rating ~ yessssssssss <3 lovelovelove!
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