Confession: 'I Wanna Sex You Up', although incredibly tacky, still reminds me of being 10, so I have it on my iPod.

I won't lie, I liked CMB. I didn't buy their albums but I liked all the stuff they released and I agree with laurarichardson, I'd rather have someone sing something simple and do it well than then try to do vocal acrobatics that their voice can't handle.

JANFAN4L said:

In Boston playing golf with New Kids On The Block! Ain't that a bitch?

Ellie said:

Christopher said:

NO YOU DIDN'T BRING THAT SONG UP CHRISTOPHER*! So many ghetto grrrls at my school used to sing that song with their Crip boyfriends.

TonyVanDam said:

Dont drag New Kids into this! They still rule!!!

susannah said:

Which member are you the most impartial to?

i adore mi amour is the shit

susannah said:

Rule what? The shit-heap? Yeah, New Kids rule that, but Color Me Badd are right up there with them!

Yea, I have an old rant about this group.

Sure, they look corny and at times do too radio friendly fare, but nobody can deny this group didn't make catchy, decent soul music, especially on the Time And Chance album. The remake of Wildflower is stunning.

JANFAN4L said:

2freaky4church1 said:

I can deny, whole heartedly, that it was "catchy" or "decent" and there was a huge lack of "soul" in their music. They were a lame, wanna-be group, through and through.

A good song is a good song, period.

2freaky4church1 said:

...and CMB didn't have any, period.

susannah said:

NKOTB may have been more sucessful (money-wise), but they're NOT New Edition.

Ellie said:

Hangin' Tough? ....right!

TonyVanDam said:

Preach NE was more soulful and had beucoup sexapeal.

TonyVanDam said:

I'd just like to see them hang...period!

JediMaster said:

Hanging Tough.

JediMaster said:

Oh, c'mon. You didn't at least like "I Wanna Sex You Up" or "I Adore Mi Amor" or "All 4 Love" back then?

Hotlegs said:

In dancing, Bobby Brown would destory all NKOTB members by his damn self!

In power vocals, Johnny Gill would sweep all of NKOTB off the stage!

As for the leadership role, Jordan Knight can f*** with Ralph Tresvant!

JediMaster said:

TonyVanDam said:

NE is the real deal hands down.

JediMaster said:

CMB were a decent harmony group. So they were corny, so what? As someone else said "j ador...." is a gorgeous song. And "all for love" is a retro lite number.

"time and chance" had one of the best jam and lewis cuts aswell. "choose" is a gorgeous song.

Their remix album has some nice cuts aswell.

Hotlegs said:

We've been here before.

I still stand with jordan knight having the better, more soulful voice over ralph. And johnny gill is just a luther clone.

thesexofit said:

I liked Jordan Knight the most out of all the NKOTB members. I liked "Give It To You" back in '99.

TonyVanDam said:

Donnie was the hiphop head of the group. He did some very good production work on marky marks first album "music for the people". Me thinks he was a fan of public enemy. Some of those cuts are PE sounding. Huge sounding in other words.

JANFAN4L said:

Ok, I give you that. He was kinda jammin with that cut back in the day.

JANFAN4L said:

I'd know u like that track. Jam and lewis did that one. Plus they wrote 2 top notch soulful ballads on his solo aswell. "close my eyes" is a gorgeous jam and lewis cut. I gotta hear it now actually.

As a kid, i taped the video "give it to you" and would copy the moves for school disco's. The dancing in that video was slammin'.

Oh, even though this is a piss take thread (which is fine ) CMB's first and second albums are actually very solid and even soulful in places.