Music Cup Round 5 - Boybands

It's the one everyone has been waiting for - the boybands are back in town. We'll have a cracking debate on this one.

Round 4 saw a comfortable win for the greatest song of all time in Oasis' Don't Look Back in Anger. This round is filled with less iconic songs than the last round (depending on what is iconic to you, I suppose) but many of the expected suspects are in there.

Special mention to the man who nominated Lonely Island - genius. Equally special mention to the entire board because no-one stooped to include One Direction. It would have been a bold move on a male-dominated sports forum.

As always, select your favourite TWO, "favourite" perhaps used more loosely in this round than others.

Round 6 will be....songs with a name in the title. That's proper names too, not like Apple or Moon-Unit.

I sense a 5ive win here

I voted for them and Right Said Fred, because Richard Fairbrass IS too sexy for his shirt

I'm really not a boyband fan, but there are some good songs on that list and I'm finding it hard to pick a top 2

Went for the Monkees and Backstreet's Back, though I think my choice is a better Boy Band song than the latter. I buy that the Monkees are a boy band, don't buy that the Jackson 5 are, they weren't really the genre I'd associate with it though they are the best song on the list. Father and Son by Boyzone is literally a crime against music and I reserve the right to maim Ronan Keating if I ever meet him

Right Said Fred and Hanson - how did I not think of those??

THIS IS THE TALE OF CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!

I didn't nominate anyone in this round as I don't particularly like boybands. However, I over-looked the Monkees, as I do have their greatest hits CD, so I've voted for them.

Father & Son and Club Tropicana

Never thought of Wham as a boyband?

I didn't initially but IMDB says:
Wham! were the biggest-selling pop musicians of the 1980s and one of the first internationally successful Boy Bands.

My take on a boy band is one that's been set up through an audition, but that's just me.

Stella wrote:My take on a boy band is one that's been set up through an audition, but that's just me.

And me.

Where are the reasons?

On second thoughts, I've just remembered what I put so probably best to leave it as it is.

I thought Hanson were a one-hit wonder girl band with mmm bop.

Thanks 606 v2 & wikipedia for educating me.

Bull wrote:THIS IS THE TALE OF CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!

DAVEY JONES. GIANT SQUID!

I haven't voted for them, but in terms of actual singing talent, Westlife are far and away the best here (well, except MJ). They hit some truly ridiculous notes, as pointed out by own of my friends, in their songs, things like full-voice Cs, Ds and Es!

Stella wrote:Club Tropicana

Never thought of Wham as a boyband?

When my twins were born a couple of years ago, there were a few complications and they were delivered by C-section. While Mrs Windows was flat on her back having her stomach cut open, there was music playing in the background on the radio in the operating theatre and it just so happened to be Club Tropicana. I can vividly remember humming along as the surgeon is pulling the kids out, George Michael in budgie smugglers firmly burnt into my mind. Bizarre.

As you were.

I have twins as well

My 2nd son was born in June, bizarrely they had a christmas cd playing in the op theatre (he too was born by C-section!) and it was Wham's Last Christmas.

Wham - the band of choice for C-Section deliveries.

Stella wrote:I have twins as well

They are f*cking hard work, I know that. I have a couple of older kids as well.

I only come on here to get away from immature people.....

Hero wrote:My 2nd son was born in June, bizarrely they had a christmas cd playing in the op theatre (he too was born by C-section!) and it was Wham's Last Christmas.

Wham - the band of choice for C-Section deliveries.

I wonder what George and Andrew would make of that!

Mine are three and are still hard work.........sometimes. That lack of sleep in the first few weeks was the hardest part.....................this far.

sent you my round 6 picks sodhat

Voted for Hanson and Back For Good.

When my daughter was born, Mrs Womble had a water birth and had an iPod playing some random playlist of soothing songs etc. When it came to actually pushing, for some reason Wake Me Up Before You Go Go came on which I didn't think was very soothing but hey. That's my Wham/Birthing story.

Carry on.

Does anybody have a birthing story that doesn't involve Wham?

I'm waiting for someone to say they conceived to Wham.

Yes

For my mates 40th birthday his wife thought it would be a good idea to have a school days theme for his party and booked a tribute act .......................Sham ! can you guess who they were taking off ?

does that count ?

sodhat wrote:I'm waiting for someone to say they conceived to Wham.

Mine were conceived to Telegraph Road by Dire Straits. It's 14 minutes long you know.

Although that did include foreplay.

My best mates aunty danced with George in a Watford nightclub before they were famous. Don't think they had a baby mind?

mine were conceived to Nelly the Elephant ....................i like to keep a good rhythm going

My lad was conceived to Lionel Richie. And I was late to my grandparent's 40th wedding anniversary party because of it

So does everyone listen to music when they are "trying to have kids"?

I never have done.

That will be my round 7 - "What song do you listen to when you're getting your end away?"

Nowadays it's Cbeebies Soddy.

I never listen to music, it would put me off

Think of it as beat the clock, makes it more fun.

I use the Countdown theme.

I thought Hanson played instruments?

I like to think of Rachel Riley from Countdown

The Special Juan wrote:I thought Hanson played instruments?

So does Andrew Ridgley and Gary Barlow!

And for that matter Tony Mortimer of East 17.

You would also have to eliminate the monkees, Jackson 5 and Right Said Fred!

The Monkees?

Didn't they pretend to?

Fine by me if they have to be eliminated (joking of course!!)

I don't think the Monkees played their instruments.

Nonetheless, it's a tricky thing to specify. Take That are definitely a boyband, even if one plays the piano.

sodhat wrote:

Bull wrote:THIS IS THE TALE OF CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!

DAVEY JONES. GIANT SQUID!

Michael Bolton we're really gonna need you to focus up

Disappointed with the lack of Backstreet Boys entries. My person favourite being, "I Want It That Way".

Were The Osmonds a "boyband"?

Yes! finally got a vote.

The Monkees pretended to play their instruments and didn't write any of their own songs, they were pretty much the first ever boyband! They did do some of their own writing later on but for that song they did not and the instruments were all played by a session band

6oldenbhoy wrote:Disappointed with the lack of Backstreet Boys entries. My person favourite being, "I Want It That Way".

Terrific key change in the chorus on that song.

Blink182 video to 'All the small things' is a urine take of the Backstreet Boys 'I want it that way'. Very amusing.

Ah my reward for "doing it properly" and not voting for my own song is no votes for Blue

seanmichaels wrote:

6oldenbhoy wrote:Disappointed with the lack of Backstreet Boys entries. My person favourite being, "I Want It That Way".

Terrific key change in the chorus on that song.

Blink182 video to 'All the small things' is a urine take of the Backstreet Boys 'I want it that way'. Very amusing.

Prefer Weird Al Yankovic's version which is called "Which Backstreet Boy is gay?"