The Goggle Box Thread

[Kenny]

Pad & Trev locking horns over the great boy band debate....its what the Internet was invented for.

 

[ROVERT47]

 

[leedswolf]

Well maybe not, I haven’t watched it but when you talk of Boy Bands, One Direction is arguably the biggest one ever.

JAT says 'Hi'.

 

[Loki]

When they previewed this the other day on the BBC breakfast programme, the prick of a presenter (don`t know his name), described the Beatles as being a boy band.

 

[leedswolf]

When they previewed this the other day on the BBC breakfast programme, the prick of a presenter (don`t know his name), described the Beatles as being a boy band.

Applying the general definition of being either in their teens or early twenties when they formed would make them one I guess.

 

[ROVERT47]

I think I’ll leave it now.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

A popular all male group with loads of screaming female fans and number one singles? Technically, you could say The Beatles were a sort of boy band when they started. Although, I think only George was still in his teens when they hit the charts.

 

[sycophantia]

I've always considered 'Boy Bands' (and girl bands) to be 'manufactured' although I've no real idea what the parameters are, if any.

 

[BillyDee]

Backstreet Boys outsold the Beatles anyway apparently

 

[sycophantia]

Backstreet Boys outsold the Beatles anyway apparently

A quick Google suggests 600 million Beatles sales versus 130 million for the Backstreet Boys.

 

[BillyDee]

It was a quick Google search that told me Backstreet Boys had sold more...

 

[AndyWolves]

Surely Everyboooody knows that

 

[darlowolf64]

Yeah, yeah...

 

[Tony Towner]

For me if they genuinely play instruments they aren't a boy/girl band. BSB are the biggest selling in America, Take That here