jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Apr 17, 2005 19:56:07 GMT -5
This song may actually hit #1.
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Post by Trebizond on Apr 17, 2005 19:58:16 GMT -5
Thats for sure, its gonna be a cheesefest Anyway how old are they now?
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Post by Rob64 on Apr 18, 2005 9:12:22 GMT -5
Oh. My. God.
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Post by Ragin on Apr 18, 2005 11:25:58 GMT -5
Because they were the boy band that made boy bands popular in the first place, and had the most success of all of them. However, if Justin didn't get big solo I bet N Sync would still be trying too. Boy bands were plenty popular before them. New Kids on the Block, Color Me Badd, Boys To Men to name a few. My point is that the Backstreet Boys have been much maligned in the popular media, their fan base has grown up, and it doesn't make sense that radio would give them the time of day. Why would they? I don't believe there is a huge demand for this song from the people, and I can't imagine their callout numbers are high. I think you get the drift.
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Post by djkc28 on Apr 18, 2005 11:59:20 GMT -5
How about because pop is so deeply infected with the cancer known as hip hop (not all, just Eminem, 50 Cent and crap like that) that a song like this is what the format needs deeply. I can't remember a time when pop music was so weak. A song from the Backstreet Boys flying up the chart 10 years after they were huge is the best evidence of that.
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Post by JayBoozer on Apr 18, 2005 13:49:31 GMT -5
Yeah I really like the piano riff in the song and the verses are decent.
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Post by allow that on Apr 18, 2005 13:53:21 GMT -5
How about because pop is so deeply infected with the cancer known as hip hop (not all, just Eminem, 50 Cent and crap like that) that a song like this is what the format needs deeply. I can't remember a time when pop music was so weak. A song from the Backstreet Boys flying up the chart 10 years after they were huge is the best evidence of that. I agree that Pop radio needs to get back its own identity by swapping 50 Cent for actual Pop music, but this song (while it still might grow on me) just isn't that great. It's sappy and overwrought. By the way, it may seem more like 10 years due to how different/crappy Pop radio is now, but it was actually more like 5 years ago that BSB were popular. 10 years ago they weren't even out yet.
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Post by Libra on Apr 18, 2005 14:32:15 GMT -5
10 years ago they weren't even out successful yet. It's actually only a few months under 10 years since their first charting single..."We've Got it Goin' On" reached a paltry #35 in October 1995.
(I have a bad habit of pointing out technicalities... )[/font]
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Post by allow that on Apr 18, 2005 14:40:23 GMT -5
It's actually only a few months under 10 years since their first charting single..."We've Got it Goin' On" reached a paltry #35 in October 1995.
(I have a bad habit of pointing out technicalities... ) [/font][/quote] Wasn't that only in Europe? I thought their first US single was "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" in Summer 1997?
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Post by jimmy74747 on Apr 18, 2005 15:02:12 GMT -5
Dees hasn't added this yet. When he does, probably next weekend, we should see another bump.
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Post by Rob64 on Apr 18, 2005 16:07:49 GMT -5
"We've got it going on" made the american charts.. but they didn't have any other hit until "Quit Playin..."
In Canada, the single order was "We've Got It Going on"", "Get Down", "I'll Never Break Your Heart" and then "Quit Playing Games". Then they released "Backstreets back"
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Post by reception on Apr 18, 2005 17:17:40 GMT -5
It's featured on the Radio & Records EPK.
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Post by Libra on Apr 18, 2005 17:32:30 GMT -5
Wasn't that only in Europe? I thought their first US single was "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" in Summer 1997? Nope. In fact, the lack of success in 1995 is the reason why they went over to Europe to try to hit it big before releasing "Quit Playing Games..." here in '97.
Hell, they were even big in Canada before they were big in the States.
(Just for purposes of actual proof, check BSB's chart page at chartboy's site.)[/font]
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Post by Live Your Life on Apr 18, 2005 20:34:54 GMT -5
LMAO
The album leaked...u can download it here. (Not sure if this can be posted but...)
GONE.
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Post by Rob64 on Apr 18, 2005 20:45:28 GMT -5
:o You'll prolly get a warning for posting that. I'm downloading it, for some weird reason. It doesn't even sound like the Backstreet Boys. IT's prolly fake. Only "Incomplete" and "Beautiful Girl" sound like BSB If it is real, then I understand why they picked "Incomplete" as the first single.
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Post by Slinky on Apr 18, 2005 21:53:42 GMT -5
Nope. In fact, the lack of success in 1995 is the reason why they went over to Europe to try to hit it big before releasing "Quit Playing Games..." here in '97.
Hell, they were even big in Canada before they were big in the States.
(Just for purposes of actual proof, check BSB's chart page at chartboy's site.) [/font][/quote] CHR was very Alternative leaning in 1995. This was the era of Blues Traveler, Alanis Morisette, Live, and Dave Matthews Band having huge top 10 hits and Z100 was "New York's New Rock". There was a little room for dance and R&B (see Nikki French and Boyz II Men), but no pure pop breaking through. When BSB tried again in '97, Alternative had collapsed and CHRs were loving the pure pop sound. It was really just bad timing for "We've Got It Going On". It would have been huge if it had been released a couple years later. Even in alternative-heavy 1995 though, there were a few CHRs that were afraid of the harder rock and embraced pop instead. (Seems weird to consider Alanis harder rock now, doesn't it?) Allentown's WAEB was pretty pop-leaning, and they played "We've Got It Going On" heavily, so I was pretty familiar with the song. Funny story: Fast-forward to summer 1996, I'm on a high school trip to Germany, and we're in a record store. Someone picked up a copy of "Backstreet Boys" from the racks and proceeded to make fun of it. No one besides me had ever even heard of them before, so people were making all sorts of cracks about Europeans' poor taste and how something so "gay" would never make it in America. It became a running joke throughout the trip. Of course all the while I'm keeping my mouth shut but laughing to myself thinking how these people are completely oblivious to the fact that BSB already had a hit in America and would probably have more. Little did I know how right I was.
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Post by PaNdeM0niuM! on Apr 18, 2005 22:07:31 GMT -5
this song is BORING !! i don't like it
i've tried many times to like it. Just can't.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Apr 18, 2005 23:08:55 GMT -5
Captain Planet, he's our hero...gonna take pollution down to zero! first thing I thought of when reading this...
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Post by Trebizond on Apr 18, 2005 23:54:50 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by Dee on Apr 19, 2005 8:14:51 GMT -5
So was their first single and album released in Europe 95 or 96?
I remember around 10 years ago that I liked them so much and couldn't understand why they weren't popular in their home country.
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Post by The Rebirth Of ffej on Apr 19, 2005 16:34:22 GMT -5
Captain Planet, he's our hero...gonna take pollution down to zero! first thing I thought of when reading this... I LOVE that show!! I hope a dvd comes out!!
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Post by bks on Apr 20, 2005 6:45:46 GMT -5
On Hot Digital Songs, jumps from No. 30 to No. 13 w/ a 97% sales increase...20,782 sold. Total Sales: 31.346.
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Post by gbaby on Apr 20, 2005 18:49:09 GMT -5
The bullet is currently over 1700. :o
Is that a record?
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Post by KikiMets on Apr 20, 2005 18:51:36 GMT -5
The bullet is currently over 1700. :o Is that a record? I know Eminem had a bullet of over 3000 when Just Lose It first hit radio.
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Post by gbaby on Apr 20, 2005 18:55:23 GMT -5
I know Eminem had a bullet of over 3000 when Just Lose It first hit radio. Oh. Yeah. Pop radio should really be ashamed of itself for that one.
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Post by bks on Apr 20, 2005 20:44:54 GMT -5
On the Hot 100, jumps from No. 55 to No. 28.
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Post by britrocks16 on Apr 20, 2005 20:45:32 GMT -5
On the Hot 100, jumps from No. 55 to No. 28. A top 30 hit already!!!
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Post by Trebizond on Apr 21, 2005 2:17:19 GMT -5
:o
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Post by kellydicted on Apr 22, 2005 1:17:01 GMT -5
They have a new web-site up.
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Post by britrocks16 on Apr 22, 2005 19:02:14 GMT -5
This isn't slowing down, still over +1400
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