New Backstreet Boys record got 1 out of 5 stars at Rollingstone

[Xevious]

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7372446/backstreetboys?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1&rnd=1118033964930&has-player=unknown

Personally I have never seen a record get one star in Rollingstone before. Hopefully this is the death twitch we've all been waiting for. The death of a god-awful musical phenomen.....

[greendc27]

And yet it still gets play on MTV.

[KwanzaaTimmy]

They're back? Damn.

I thought I took out the little one, and the one with the heart condition has like 2 years left. Oh well.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

For comparison's sake the new White Stripes got 4 1/2. :D

EDIT:

If you happen to be a rock band, and you don't happen to be either of the White Stripes, it so sucks to be you right now.

:mrgreen:

[Scorch]

Dude.. not a fan or anything, but a six track CD? wtf?

(Posted Jun 16, 2005)

wtf

[KwanzaaTimmy]

For comparison's sake the new White Stripes got 4 1/2. :D

I don't know, besides blue orchid, I didn't like the rest of it.

[Xevious]

And yet it still gets play on MTV.
I dont have cable so I have no idea whats on MTV. I guess that I lead a sheltered existance since I am not exposed to terrible things.
8-)

[2poor]

backstreet boys suck. nsync for life

[Apossum]

one small victory for music lovers everywhere. yay!

[KwanzaaTimmy]

backstreet boys suck. nsync for life

yeah beastie.

[Chris in Cali]

Backstreet Boys/N*Sync trend > pop-punk trend. At least the Backstreet Boys had vocal talent. I can't stand all this Good Charrolette, Ashley Simpson, New Found Glory crap.

[Xevious]

At least the Backstreet Boys had vocal talent.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah ah ha hhah hahah haah ahhah

Thats a good one! You were joking....right..........Right?

[KwanzaaTimmy]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah ah ha hhah hahah haah ahhah

Thats a good one! You were joking....right..........Right?

You are.. my fire.. my one.. desire...

[sisco1986]

Is it me or does backstreet boys sound like a gay porno? Could be me..

[2poor]

backstreets back! alright!

i think that's how the song goes.

[greendc27]

backstreets back! alright!

i think that's how the song goes.

You think? Don't lie, you know you have all their albums and posters of them all over your room. ;)

[vietgurl]

i dislike any band that doesn't write their own songs

[FriskyTanuki]

Quick! Someone hire the Yakuza to finish them off!

[KwanzaaTimmy]

Quick! Someone hire the Yakuza to finish them off!

The backstreet boys were lucky, Boss Matsumoto was a pedaphile.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

The backstreet boys were lucky, Boss Matsumoto was a pedaphile.

:lol: And it's "Pedophile". ;)

[jennie25]

"New Backstreet Boys record got 1 out of 5 stars at Rollingstone"

I think I speak for most when I say !YAY!

[FriskyTanuki]

:lol: And it's "Pedophile". ;)
He's got Timmy in his username, you can't expect a perfect post. :lol:

[GuilewasNK]

The best boy bands will ALWAYS be New Edition (before they got all hardcore)...

http://www.younghollywoodhof.com/drina/edition.jpg

and the Jackson 5 (before hell froze over and Michael became a white woman)

http://www.younghollywoodhof.com/drina/jackson5.jpg

[suko_32]

That's....pretty bad.

[KwanzaaTimmy]

He's got Timmy in his username, you can't expect a perfect post. :lol:

I try, the OTT has me all antsy in my pantsy, so my dictionary.com tab got lost in the void that is firefox.

[WeaponX2099]

The best boy bands will ALWAYS be New Edition (before they got all hardcore)...

http://www.younghollywoodhof.com/drina/edition.jpg



"Can you stand the rain" still kicks and help get ass to this day.

[Graystone]

The sad thing is the music labels slap these bands together, and all these horny teenage girls go oh my god he said he loved me in a song. I need to buy all of there albums and merchandise. it is like clockwork. the record label knows it will make them a couple hundred million or the band will bomb. so to them it's worth a shot.

[sisco1986]

The sad thing is the music labels slap these bands together, and all these horny teenage girls go oh my god he said he loved me in a song. I need to buy all of there albums and merchandise. it is like clockwork. the record label knows it will make them a couple hundred million or the band will bomb. so to them it's worth a shot.

horny teenage girls are more into being sluty now a days, man I wish I was under aged..

[Reality's Fringe]

This is doubly insulting to the Backstreet Boys because, not only did their "HUGE COMEBACK ALBUM" only get one star, it got one star in "Rolling Stone". I've never seen Rolling Stone give a review for anything short of saying something akin to "This [game, movie, album] is a tour de force, a triumph for humanity, and nothing short of an utter masterpiece".

[weimerwanger]

N*sync are chuckling in their graves.

[jlarlee]

I seriously thought their new song was actually a Bryan Adams song. It sounds just like him in the hook

[kojubat]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah ah ha hhah hahah haah ahhah

Thats a good one! You were joking....right..........Right?

Actually, I went to high school with one of the BSBs. He could sing. Don't know if he would have had a vocal career if he hadn't got into the 'boy band' thing, but he was in a few of the advanced choirs.

[ZeroSupporT]

I would agree with the OP, this is just a slap in the face of a dead pop group, whoms attempt after "breaking up" to score some more cash to fuel their raging drug addiction have failed.

[soulwish2003]

I don't know, besides blue orchid, I didn't like the rest of it.


Yeah, I don't care for the new White Stripes Cd either - and I liked the previous 4.

[GuilewasNK]

They were drug addicts?

[MrBadExample]

One star? That sounds like a lot.

Does anybody else remember the good ol' days when Rolling Stone never would have reviewed a piece of crap like this to begin with? I mean, I don't think the Archies ever got a cover story.

[RedvsBlue]

They're back? Damn.

I thought I took out the little one, and the one with the heart condition has like 2 years left. Oh well.


Backstreet's Back, alright!

[Gothic Walrus]

Dude.. not a fan or anything, but a six track CD? wtf?

Out of morbid curiosity, I looked up the CD on Amazon. Turns out that it actually has twelve tracks, assuming their listing is correct.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009GJGEG/qid=1118079688/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/102-0347423-6209746?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

[Javery]

6 songs? What's the name of the CD - Frances the Mute?

[Reality's Fringe]

Here's hoping that this is the last we hear of them. Oh, and that there will be no "Unquestionable Truth pt. 2".

[Zenithian Legend]

"Can you stand the rain" still kicks and help get ass to this day.

On a perfect day I know I can count on you...

One of my all-time favorite R&B songs.

Anyway, I don't see what the big deal is here, the awful reign of the boy bands ended abruptedly after Justin's departure from Nsync. He then broke up with Brittney and the dream was over :lol: Seriously though, boy bands seem to have fallen off the radio about 3 years ago.

[Javery]

On a perfect day I know I can count on you...

One of my all-time favorite R&B songs.

Anyway, I don't see what the big deal is here, the awful reign of the boy bands ended abruptedly after Justin's departure from Nsync. He then broke up with Brittney and the dream was over :lol: Seriously though, boy bands seem to have fallen off the radio about 3 years ago.

Only about 6 or 7 years until the next boy band explodes then! They come around every 8-10 years or so... you haven't heard the last of them...

[MrBadExample]

You know what looks good on a boy band? Fire. And lots of it.

[daphatty]

Only about 6 or 7 years until the next boy band explodes then! They come around every 8-10 years or so... you haven't heard the last of them...

Exactly what I was thinking. There's one for each generation.

Beetles...Jackson 5...New Edition...Backstreet/Nsync... Who's next???

[nevposey]

Exactly what I was thinking. There's one for each generation.

Beetles...Jackson 5...New Edition...Backstreet/Nsync... Who's next???

What about New Kids on the Block? You forgot that terrible group.

[MrBadExample]

Exactly what I was thinking. There's one for each generation.

Beetles...Jackson 5...New Edition...Backstreet/Nsync... Who's next???

Please don't lump the Beatles in with the rest of those. At least they were writing their own material not just learning new choreography.

[Javery]

Please don't lump the Beatles in with the rest of those. At least they were writing their own material not just learning new choreography.

Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy

[MrBadExample]

Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy

And that's from the eels. So?

[daphatty]

Please don't lump the Beatles in with the rest of those. At least they were writing their own material not just learning new choreography.

Hate to break it to you, but the Beatles were a boy band. The quality of their music is irrelevant.

[MrBadExample]

Hate to break it to you, but the Beatles were a boy band. The quality of their music is irrelevant.

They were all in their 20s, had been playing together for some time, wrote their own songs and weren't put together by some svengali. That certainly sets them apart from boy bands like New Edition, NKOTB, Backstreet and NSYNC.

And quality of music is never irrelevant.

[Mishimaryu]

reminds me of the Blink 182 video all the small things where they make fun of britney spears and all those boy bands! lol

[Javery]

And that's from the eels. So?

I was just responding to your quote... the eels rule.

[GuilewasNK]

Without boyband music would Libby Hoeler have been as popular? 8-[

[XboxHardcore.com]

New White Stripes is garbage.

[SpottedNigel]

I never liked Backstreet Boys. I did like a few Nsync songs and the Applebees commercials....and Justin's solo album.

...

....

IM NOT GAY!!! (Runs and hides in closet)

[Xevious]

Hate to break it to you, but the Beatles were a boy band. The quality of their music is irrelevant.

Well yes and no. They had Boy band tendencies because they caused an uproar in the female population. The girls in the audience at the Ed Sullivan show went crazy when the Beatles came on stage.

What sets them apart from the New Kids on the Block/Nsync/Backstreet current boy bands is the fact that they wrote their songs AND played their instruments. Also they successfully made the transition from boy band to rock stars.

So you are partially right. In the beginning they were a boy band; In the end, they were respected musicians.

[jlarlee]

Well yes and no. They had Boy band tendencies because they caused an uproar in the female population. The girls in the audience at the Ed Sullivan show went crazy when the Beatles came on stage.

What sets them apart from the New Kids on the Block/Nsync/Backstreet current boy bands is the fact that they wrote their songs AND played their instruments. Also they successfully made the transition from boy band to rock stars.

So you are partially right. In the beginning they were a boy band; In the end, they were respected musicians.

I used to drive an older guy in my office nuts by pointing out the simalaraties between the Beatles and the backstreet boys. I'd have him close to hitting me before I'd stop it was funny. Don't forget they were both popular overseas before they got here.

[dudecool320]

ha ha ha ha ha ha:booty:

[daphatty]

They were all in their 20s, had been playing together for some time, wrote their own songs and weren't put together by some svengali. That certainly sets them apart from boy bands like New Edition, NKOTB, Backstreet and NSYNC.

And quality of music is never irrelevant.

I'm not trying to discredit The Beatles' talent. But every documentary ever made about the beatles addresses them as the Boy Band from Britain. Millions of screaming women seem to support that label.

Beatles = Boy Band. Period.

[MrBadExample]

I'm not trying to discredit The Beatles' talent. But every documentary ever made about the beatles addresses them as the Boy Band from Britain. Millions of screaming women seem to support that label.

Beatles = Boy Band. Period.

Is that your only criteria - millions of screaming women? If you look at the Ed Sullivan footage there were also some guys in the audience screaming as well, they were just drowned out by the shrillness of the young girls. The Beatles always sold well across gender lines.

Boy Band Criteria: Screaming young girls fan base, dancing choreography, not writing the vast majority of their own songs, not playing instruments, being pre-fabricated by a huckster, meteoric rise and fall, homoerotic videos.

The Beatles fail that test completely.

When you can tell me a boy band who has their equivalent to Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper's or Abbey Road, get back to me.

[Moxio]

Ha. Haha. Ha.

[weimerwanger]

Beatles were a boy band in the sense that they were a "band of boys." The definition has changed since then, and now applies to any 5 person group of metro's that dont write their own songs or play any instruments.

[Xevious]

Lets cut to the chase:
Beatles=talent
Backstreet Boys= no talent

[Javery]

Lets cut to the chase:
Beatles=talent
Backstreet Boys= no talent

I disagree. You might not like their music or image but the Backstreet Boys are quite good at what they do.

[opportunity777]

They're back? Damn.

I thought I took out the little one, and the one with the heart condition has like 2 years left. Oh well.

They need money. At least they didn't put out a new reality show based on them (yet). It seems like every no talent pop singer that nobody wants to listen to anymore has a reality show.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I'm not trying to discredit The Beatles' talent. But every documentary ever made about the beatles addresses them as the Boy Band from Britain. Millions of screaming women seem to support that label.

Beatles = Boy Band. Period.

I'd say that was true ... for about 2 years ('63-64). After that they started in with the artistic merit.

[JEKKI]

man backstreet boys is straight up wasted talent,

they come out with one real awesome song, The Call, yet none of their songs match that style

instead they focus on crappy ballads and teeny bop pop...

but... then again theyre not the ones in control of their music,

regardless if molded correctly they coulda been real good

[AlbinoNinja]

thank you sweet jesus, this marks the final end of the boy band trend

now if someone would just bomb every MTV studio on the planet then we'll be in business