Two decades ago saw the rise of such bands as 'Westlife', 'Take That' and - the most unimaginative name for a boy band - 'Boyzone' were the major powers in sappy-teenage-girl-soul-draining-incubus'. these bands eventually disbanded near the end of the 90's through break ups, solo carers (that would eventually fail) and the odd scandal. Which was interesting because these bands for the most part were fairly safe, focusing on love songs and the like to worm their way into the very hearts of teenage girls.
Into the year 2000 saw the new slightly more edgy boy bands such as 'Busted' and 'Blue' (well Busted was fairly rock-y at least), these bands saw their own cult following, with the more or less same love songs from the previous decade. However those girls who swooned over 'take that' are now ten years older and have likely moved onto new music or more important aspects of their life, so a new batch of teenagers are their to swoon for their heartthrobs.
Just like the cycle of the boy band is likely to repeat itself: unknown, known, record deal, hit, heartthrobs, hit, miss, fall outs, break ups, solo careers, failed solo career, reunion, failure. A quick look at the history of Take that and blue is evidence of this enough each a decade apart but each had a similar ending. The cycle therefore must repeat itself for the teenagers who must grow up.
So now we are in the 10s (I guess that's what you'd call this decade, or more accurately Teens now) and there are 4 (well 5 sort of): One Direction, The Wanted, Union J(ack, screw off call it what it is stop trying to be hip), JLS (jack the lad swing wtf?, though they have split - watch that wheel turn again) and the latest surprisingly English boy band Overload, who are trying there damnedest to become something in an over saturated market.
Though I can't knock these lads too much as I'm using their hash tag for some cheap views ( ex ow, chaps, ex ow)
I didn't mind the previous decade of boy bands so much as despite their similarities in popular at the time hair cuts and getting more action then me - not that at 12 I'd be getting much - they sounded different there was no all powerful auto tune, which these new bands seem to all suffer from. I physically cannot tell the difference between the bands I mentioned in the last paragraph with maybe the exception of JLS for one very obvious reason.
These clones are the result of that appalling X factor show and the Mad King Syco creating the perfect teenage heartthrob, you have the cook-y one, the tough one, the honest looking one, the cheeky one etc... all cut and packaged for teenage girls to spend all their money as they gain new emotions. Namely a sex drive. I have no real issue with these bands besides having mishaps and accidents and pretending like it isnt staged but these girls of today with the internet are more at risk then the 90s girl.
The 90s girl could maybe follow a boy band if they lived near by, and by this i mean really follow them, but if they ived far away or were fans of americans the only chance of seeing one was through concerts and the occasional newspaper clipping. The teenagers of today are a whole different and worrying animal the internet allows them almost 24hr survalence of these bands and most do not understand quite how staged these people are.
More importantly however they don't understand that this is just the flavor of the moment. 8-10 years is the maximum amount of coverage these bands have before the teenage girls are no longer swooning and they themselves have gotten older and slightly more tired,beaten by the next youthful brown haired auto tuned face to boot them from their mantle.
From there the cycle shall repeat itself.
For the cycle will always repeat itself.
