The Boys are Back
November 24, 2009
The 90’s were a great decade to grow up in. Overalls, tamagatchis, turtlenecks, classic television shows, and boy bands.
As time has gone on, boy bands have faded away, with rap and R&B music becoming more and more popular. Thankfully, some of the boy bands have stuck around to keep their aging fans happy.
The Backstreet Boys have been around since 1992, but took a two year hiatus from 2002-2004 and decreased in numbers as Kevin Richardson left to start a family.
This is Us, the Boys’ 6th and newest studio album, reminds everyone of the great boy band music that is missing from today’s music genres.
Another boy band that recently made a comeback was late 80’s heartthrobs, New Kids on the Block. Releasing The Block in September 2008, the New Kids went on a worldwide tour to prove they still had “the right stuff.”
Sure most of the Kids are old enough to have kids themselves, but they still manage to produce great music that can be enjoyed by all ages.
While many people were happy to see the boy band genre go, these people fail to see what the choreographed, crooning boys bring to music in general.
The boy bands help those who feel they are growing up too fast to connect back to their younger days when they would sing and dance to LFO or O-Town in their bedrooms.
They provide a sense of security, standing strong while a person grows up and life changes around them.
While The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block continue to rock on, *NSYNC continues to lose ground on one of their boy band rivals.
This boy band genre revival will only be complete once *NSYNC decides to reunite, before the boy band genre goes “bye bye bye” for good.
Hopefully it will never have to come to that, but sadly the boys that once made up boy bands, will become men and will be unable to perform as they once did.
So while they are still somewhat in their prime, people should appreciate the unique style that boy bands have to offer.
Elizabeth Maluta, Sports Editor
