Posted September 29, 20222 yr It may or may not come as a surprise, but I've been on a bit of a Boy Band binge lately. Got me thinking, we all know Buzzjack's love for girl groups (they ARE superior - soz not soz) but what is the general consensus towards boy bands? Do you have a favourite boy band? What are some of your boy band bops? Is there a group you don't particular care for but they have an absolute BANGER in their discography?
September 29, 20222 yr Faves: BTS, Stray Kids, One Direction, GOT7, SHINee, NCT, ATEEZ, New Kids On the Block, MONSTA X, and to a certain degree The Wanted Least Faves: Westlife, Boyzone, JLS, Union J
September 30, 20222 yr #mcflyforlife (do we count McFly as a boy band these days?) I've been a McFly stan from day one, and Busted almost just as much. But if we mean boy bands in the traditional sense (i.e. manufactured) then it would have to be the 90s ones: East 17, Let Loose, Take That, 911 (in that order). East 17 were so much better than all the others, basically every song was a banger! Oh and obvs 1D deserve a mention too. Edited September 30, 20222 yr by Mangø
September 30, 20222 yr I love Five, I've always had such a massive soft spot for them. :blush: Backstreet Boys and The Wanted too. Oh, and 1D of course but perhaps a bit less than the others.
September 30, 20222 yr Five, Backstreet Boys, Busted, A1 and I'm impartial to some Boyzone songs too and 1D too. I'd also throw The Vamps in too as I've enjoyed a lot of their output. Least faves would be JLS, never liked a single song of theirs.
September 30, 20222 yr My fave in the earlier years (2000s or earlier)... I dunno. But my fave in 2010s or later is The Wanted.
September 30, 20222 yr The only boybands I've ever really cared for are Backstreet Boys, Busted, The Wanted and most recently Why Don't We.
September 30, 20222 yr Take That and Boyzone are my favourites by far. My top favourite boyband songs (all finished in my end of year top 40 for their release years) would be: Take That - Rule The World, Shine, The Flood, These Days, Never Forget, Pray, Patience, Back For Good, Up All Night, Eight Letters Boyzone - All That I Need, Love You Anyway, Gave It All Away, Picture Of You, I Love The Way You Love Me, No Matter What, Baby Can I Hold You, A Different Beat, Better A1 - Don't Wanna Lose You Again, Everytime, Be The First To Believe Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games With My Heart, As Long As You Love Me Westlife - Against All Odds (with Mariah), Hello My Love 911 - Private Number, More Than A Woman East 17/E-17 - Stay Another Day, Each Time One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful Let Loose - Crazy For You BTS - Dynamite Blue - I Can 5ive - Until The Time Is Through Edited September 30, 20222 yr by gooddelta
September 30, 20222 yr Author It's so odd to me coz whilst I can latch onto a girl group with the snap of my fingers, I find it hard to do the same with boy bands and like 95% of them are a song by song basis for me. My favourite boy band ever is *NSYNC (I have all their albums and like all of them) and then Busted are up there too (depending on if you wanna include them or not) but most the other groups I don't really dislike but they seem to have a handful of songs I enjoy a lot. A1 (at least on a singles front) have barely put a foot wrong for me and ofc bands like Backstreet Boys, 5ive, Blue etc.. Will do a list of some of my fave songs later, but I think each boy band has at least a couple of pop essentials for me!
September 30, 20222 yr One Direction and The Wanted are the boy bands that I actually went beyond the singles and really enjoyed every album they released too, so they have to be my top two. Take That probably completes my Top 3! There's countless boy bands that I've enjoyed many singles from but never really explored their albums, maybe one or two in some cases, but not the full works.
September 30, 20222 yr Too much JLS slander in this thread tbh. They had some not so good songs but I think they probably have the best ratio of songs that I'd be happy to listen to out of any boyband. Blue have a good number of bops too ('Fly By II' is probably my favourite song by any boyband, Five's 'Keep On Movin'' close behind). Interesting to see McFly and Busted being brought up here as I would never have considered them to be 'boybands' really. edit: same with post-comeback Take That actually, if we count TT2.0 as still being a 'boyband' then 'Patience' > the above mentioned songs. 'Back For Good' is a fave from TT1.0, I'm not a big fan of much else from their 90s releases though
September 30, 20222 yr Author Some of my fave tracks: *NSYNC - Tearin' Up My Heart - This I Promise You - Bye Bye Bye - It's Gonna Be Me - I Want You Back - Girlfriend (feat. Nelly) A1 - Same Old Brand New You - Caught In The Middle - Don't Wanna Lose You Again - Everytime - Take On Me - Summertime Of Our Lives Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way - As Long As You Love Me - Larger Than Life - Drowning - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) 5ive - Until The Time Is Through - Keep On Movin' - If Ya Gettin' Down Westlife - When You're Looking Like That - Hello My Love - Flying Without Wings - You Raise Me Up Blue - I Can - If You Come Back - Hurt Lovers Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - Can You Feel It JLS - One Shot - Eyes Wide Shut - Love You More 911 - The Journey - Bodyshakin' Take That - Never Forget - The Flood One Direction - Best Song Ever - Kiss You Boyz II Men - End Of The Road - One Sweet Day (w/ Mariah Carey) Others B2K - Bump, Bump, Bump (feat. P Diddy) Blackstreet - No Diggity (feat. Dr Dre & Queen Pen) MKTO - Classic O Town - All Or Nothing Phixx - Hold On Me The Wanted - Lose My Mind V - You Stood Up
September 30, 20222 yr Think I have charted a lot of songs from 5 Seconds Of Summer, so my vote will go to them. The Wanted and Why Don't We are close.
September 30, 20222 yr See I've always loved boybands as well as girl groups equally. In terms of the ones I am solidly invested in, it's always been Take That, JLS, McFly, Blue, Five, Busted, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and A1. I also loved Damage as well, I thought they were brilliant.
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