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Your Favorite Guy Groups! Out of the below groups, who were your favorite(s) male group during the late 80s' and early 90's? If there's any group I have left out please feel free to mention them?
1) New Edition 2) Troop 3) Guy 4) The Boys 5) Tony, Toni, Tone 6) Hi-Five 7) Today 8) Levert 9) Boyz II Men 10) Jodeci | |
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Jimi Hendrix Led Zepplin Van Halen Red Ryder Marshal Tucker David Bowie Journey AC/DC Billy Idol Phil Collins The Beatles Elton John Aero Smith Guns & Roses The Rolling Stones Jeff Beck Ozzy and many other i can't think or right off the batt Oh yea and some dude named Prince dont believe in politics of chosen fools and hypocrites | |
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Slenderoni1978 said: Out of the below groups, who were your favorite(s) male group during the late 80s' and early 90's? If there's any group I have left out please feel free to mention them?
1) New Edition 2) Troop 3) Guy 4) The Boys 5) Tony, Toni, Tone 6) Hi-Five 7) Today 8) Levert 9) Boyz II Men 10) Jodeci This is a question that's been bugging me for a while, but now I'm feeling compelled to ask it: What, exactly, is the difference between these "guy groups" that affords them some level of respect from the industry and the general public, and boybands, who don't get that respect? Both types of group sing harmonies, many of both types don't write or only write some of their own material, some dance, and some were created through auditions. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Vocal groups (in no order whatsoever):
The Dells The Temptations The Four Tops The Spinners The Delfonics Enchantment The Imperials Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes The O'Jays The Chi-Lites Bands (both vocally and instrumentally): Earth, Wind & Fire Parliament-Funkadelic The Isley Brothers The Ohio Players Booker T and the MG's The Gap Band Zapp & Roger The Commodores The Bar-Kays Kool & the Gang (especially in the sans J.T. Taylor period) Honorable mentions: Cameo Con-Funk-Shun Sam & Dave The Originals The Contours Brass Construction Instrumental bands: The Funk Brothers MFSB Muscle Shoals Booker T & the MG's The SOLAR Band The Stone City Band | |
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New Edition
The Jacksons The Isley Brothers The Gap Band Troop Wham! The O'Jays The Deele The Temptations Slave The Time "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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Whispers
Dells OJays Manhattans Temptations Isleys Four Tops Spinners Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and on and on..... Never trust anything spoken in the presence of an erection.
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meow85 said: Slenderoni1978 said: Out of the below groups, who were your favorite(s) male group during the late 80s' and early 90's? If there's any group I have left out please feel free to mention them?
1) New Edition 2) Troop 3) Guy 4) The Boys 5) Tony, Toni, Tone 6) Hi-Five 7) Today 8) Levert 9) Boyz II Men 10) Jodeci This is a question that's been bugging me for a while, but now I'm feeling compelled to ask it: What, exactly, is the difference between these "guy groups" that affords them some level of respect from the industry and the general public, and boybands, who don't get that respect? Both types of group sing harmonies, many of both types don't write or only write some of their own material, some dance, and some were created through auditions. Boy bands are a music fad... you can see the watch counting down. Guy bands (real men) have music careers.   [Edited 2/28/09 22:23pm] | |
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My favorites:
The Jackson 5/ The Jacksons Maze Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes The Whispers WAR The O'Jays The Temptations The Isley Brothers The Gap Band The Time The Ohio Players The Who Aerosmith The Sylistics The Doobie Brothers Honorable Mention: Jodeci 3T 2 Much The Floaters "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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WaterInYourBath said: My favorites:
The Jackson 5/ The Jacksons Maze Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes The Whispers WAR The O'Jays The Temptations The Isley Brothers The Gap Band The Time The Ohio Players The Who Aerosmith The Sylistics The Doobie Brothers Honorable Mention: Jodeci 3T 2 Much The Floaters 3T? "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: WaterInYourBath said: My favorites:
The Jackson 5/ The Jacksons Maze Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes The Whispers WAR The O'Jays The Temptations The Isley Brothers The Gap Band The Time The Ohio Players The Who Aerosmith The Sylistics The Doobie Brothers Honorable Mention: Jodeci 3T 2 Much The Floaters 3T? They were really cute. 
"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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WaterInYourBath said: bboy87 said: 3T? They were really cute.
Cute don't count especially if their voices match their looks... It doesn't hurt being good looking but if you don't have that church voice that makes you look ugly, forget about it! | |
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Timmy84 said: WaterInYourBath said: They were really cute.
Cute don't count especially if their voices match their looks... It doesn't hurt being good looking but if you don't have that church voice that makes you look ugly, forget about it! LOL. I agree. I only like their song "Why," that they did with Michael. My honorable mentions are groups that sadly have only 1 song I like to listen to. "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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WaterInYourBath said: Timmy84 said: Cute don't count especially if their voices match their looks... It doesn't hurt being good looking but if you don't have that church voice that makes you look ugly, forget about it! LOL. I agree. I only like their song "Why," that they did with Michael. My honorable mentions are groups that sadly have only 1 song I like to listen to. That makes them dishonorable IMHO. I couldn't stand them, lol. | |
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Timmy84 said: WaterInYourBath said: LOL. I agree. I only like their song "Why," that they did with Michael. My honorable mentions are groups that sadly have only 1 song I like to listen to. That makes them dishonorable IMHO. I couldn't stand them, lol.LOL! "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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WaterInYourBath said: Timmy84 said: Cute don't count especially if their voices match their looks... It doesn't hurt being good looking but if you don't have that church voice that makes you look ugly, forget about it! LOL. I agree. I only like their song "Why," that they did with Michael. My honorable mentions are groups that sadly have only 1 song I like to listen to. See now, I loved the first album even though you could distinguish their voices You should hear the live recording from their Wembley Arena show from '97
The second album was okay, but it was weighed down with too many cheese and weak vocals Not to mention how it took them 6 years to release it and not really pursue promotion was idiotic "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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TD3 said: meow85 said: This is a question that's been bugging me for a while, but now I'm feeling compelled to ask it: What, exactly, is the difference between these "guy groups" that affords them some level of respect from the industry and the general public, and boybands, who don't get that respect? Both types of group sing harmonies, many of both types don't write or only write some of their own material, some dance, and some were created through auditions. Boy bands are a music fad... you can see the watch counting down. Guy bands (real men) have music careers.
[Edited 2/28/09 22:23pm] And just how long qualifies as a real career? You didn't answer my question, by the way. Just added more to it. Why do groups like these get so much more respect than boybands when they're essentially the same thing? All the criteria for what constitutes a boyband can be applied to many of these groups as well. The only solid difference I can think of is race, and I really hope that's not a factor.  [Edited 3/1/09 2:42am] "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: TD3 said: Boy bands are a music fad... you can see the watch counting down. Guy bands (real men) have music careers.
[Edited 2/28/09 22:23pm] And just how long qualifies as a real career? You didn't answer my question, by the way. Just added more to it. Why do groups like these get so much more respect than boybands when they're essentially the same thing? All the criteria for what constitutes a boyband can be applied to many of these groups as well. The only solid difference I can think of is race, and I really hope that's not a factor.
[Edited 3/1/09 2:42am] Some people would call the Beatles a boy band when they originally started. And what would you call a group like Jackson 5 who when they first started out were boys in every sense of the word and then as they grew became young men who started to write & produce their own stuff. Would people say they were just a fad? | |
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whatsgoingon said: meow85 said: And just how long qualifies as a real career? You didn't answer my question, by the way. Just added more to it. Why do groups like these get so much more respect than boybands when they're essentially the same thing? All the criteria for what constitutes a boyband can be applied to many of these groups as well. The only solid difference I can think of is race, and I really hope that's not a factor.
[Edited 3/1/09 2:42am] Some people would call the Beatles a boy band when they originally started. And what would you call a group like Jackson 5 who when they first started out were boys in every sense of the word and then as they grew became young men who started to write & produce their own stuff. Would people say they were just a fad? My era...I never heard the Beatles called a "boy band" nor marketed that way the same could be said of the Jackson 5. All the Beatles were in their twenties'bout time they hit Stateside. Boy bands as I've said, have a short, predictable shelf life.... they don't survive after adolescenses. [Edited 3/1/09 9:32am] | |
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meow85 said: TD3 said: Boy bands are a music fad... you can see the watch counting down. Guy bands (real men) have music careers.
[Edited 2/28/09 22:23pm] And just how long qualifies as a real career? You didn't answer my question, by the way. Just added more to it. Why do groups like these get so much more respect than boybands when they're essentially the same thing? All the criteria for what constitutes a boyband can be applied to many of these groups as well. The only solid difference I can think of is race, and I really hope that's not a factor.
[Edited 3/1/09 2:42am] Maybe I didn't answer your question to your satisfaction but I answered it. 
Boy bands tend to be heavily criticized for appealing to young pubescent girls and for emphasizing marketing and packaging over quality of music.Most of these boy bands don't write their own music (with some notable exceptions) nor do they play instruments. They are what they are... prefab groups which fad away as quickly as they arrived. That's why I said, you can see that 15 mins clock ticking away.
Race? Please... not a factor at all. New Edition and Boys II Men..... didn't like them either. Save me the Temptations, Gladys Knight Pips moves and copycat harmonizing/vocalization wannabes. Guy groups (real men) go about creating their own unique sound. I'm kinda being facetious. Meow85, please tell what boy bands do you like and why? [Edited 3/1/09 20:29pm] | |
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I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
 Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired! | |
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Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.I was just about to say the same thing It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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FuNkeNsteiN said: Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.I was just about to say the same thing LOL, Harp posted the Ink Spots.
No order New Edition LeVert Today NWA Kid N Play Full Force Force MDs' Mint Condition Jodeci Tony Toni Tone BLACKstreet Guy The Boys PRINCE: Always and Forever
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Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.Word. People just ain't following the threadstarters original post. Well, here's my list: Mint Condition Tony! Toni! Tone! Jodeci New Edtiion Silk After 7 Guy These are the only groups that matter the most, really. | |
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Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.I don't give a fuck.
Sorry me for breaking the rules. The only great groups from that era to me were Troop, After 7, Mint Condition, Guy and New Edition. [Edited 3/1/09 13:31pm] | |
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Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! People naming all these groups that don't belong in that time period.The post has to do with groups from the New Jack Swing period! | |
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junebug18 said: Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.Word. People just ain't following the threadstarters original post. Well, here's my list: Mint Condition Tony! Toni! Tone! Jodeci New Edtiion Silk After 7Guy These are the only groups that matter the most, really. I use to love After 7! As a matter of fact, "Ready Or Not" is on my MP3! | |
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Slenderoni1978 said: Adisa said: I see that people have completely ignored the original post.
Late 80's and early 90's, people. Late 80's, early 90's.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! People naming all these groups that don't belong in that time period.The post has to do with groups from the New Jack Swing period! Well there weren't too many. | |
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whatsgoingon said: meow85 said: And just how long qualifies as a real career? You didn't answer my question, by the way. Just added more to it. Why do groups like these get so much more respect than boybands when they're essentially the same thing? All the criteria for what constitutes a boyband can be applied to many of these groups as well. The only solid difference I can think of is race, and I really hope that's not a factor.
[Edited 3/1/09 2:42am] Some people would call the Beatles a boy band when they originally started. And what would you call a group like Jackson 5 who when they first started out were boys in every sense of the word and then as they grew became young men who started to write & produce their own stuff. Would people say they were just a fad? Or what about a "boyband" comprised of siblings, a la Jackson 5 or Hanson? What about groups who came together of their own volition and didn't form via auditions? What about groups who started as boys and grew up into men without breaking up the group? What about non-boyband groups that are subject to immense targeted marketing schemes and have goofy merchandise? What about groups that write or produce their own material, but still have poppy harmonies? Everything a boyband is can easily be applied to other acts as well. They don't deserve the derision they get IMO. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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TD3 said: whatsgoingon said: Some people would call the Beatles a boy band when they originally started. And what would you call a group like Jackson 5 who when they first started out were boys in every sense of the word and then as they grew became young men who started to write & produce their own stuff. Would people say they were just a fad? My era...I never heard the Beatles called a "boy band" nor marketed that way the same could be said of the Jackson 5. All the Beatles were in their twenties'bout time they hit Stateside. Boy bands as I've said, have a short, predictable shelf life.... they don't survive after adolescenses. [Edited 3/1/09 9:32am] Dude, you could buy Beatles' wigs. Silly merchandise is one of the hallmarks of what traditionally constitutes a boyband. Not only that, but they were aggresively marketed toward adolescent girls in the beginning, and even gave rise to the now-standard custom of assiging a "character" to each boy in a group, i.e. The Smart One, The Cute One, etc. It may come as a surprise to you, but at least half of all boyband members don't even start until their early 20's. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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