Boy Bands | 38
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Every generation seems to have its own version of an iconic boy band but the 90s was the first-time boy bands essentially took over pop music.
On this episode of History of the 90s were looking back at the magical era of 90s boy bands as we dive deep into two of the biggest boy bands of all time.
Both the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC had to pay their dues in Europe before breaking through in the United States. But when they finally broke through, there was no stopping their rise to the top, and along the way they changed the way we view male performers and masculinity.
We’ll also take a look at Lou Pearlman, the man who created both groups and eventually conned them out of millions of dollars.
Documentaries referenced in this episode:
Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of (2015), available on YOUTUBE
The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (2019), available on YOUTUBE
Guest info:
Maria Sherman, author of Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
| 0:04.7 | early and ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. |
| 0:11.6 | On May 8, 1993, five young singers took the stage to perform at a special Grad Night Concert |
| 0:18.6 | at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Florida. |
| 0:22.3 | They'd only been together as a group for a few weeks, |
| 0:25.4 | but when they jogged onto the stage in their matching leather jackets, |
| 0:29.2 | they had an air of confidence that outmatched their experience. |
| 0:33.4 | Teenagers screamed in anticipation. |
| 0:36.0 | The lights flashed, and the music started. |
| 0:42.3 | The five young singers began their debut performance |
| 0:47.3 | with an up-tempo cover of the classic Temptation song, Get Ready. |
| 0:52.3 | They were looking more Motown than O-Town. |
| 1:03.2 | The 3,000 teenagers in the audience had no idea that these five young singers on stage |
| 1:09.6 | were about to take the pop world by storm, eventually |
| 1:13.2 | selling over 130 million records, making them the most successful boy band of all time. |
| 1:20.7 | That night marked the beginning of one of the most successful eras in music history. |
| 1:26.7 | On this episode of History of the 90s, we're looking back at the magical era of 90s |
| 1:32.0 | boy bands as we dive deep into the Backstreet Boys and NSYN, and the man who created them |
| 1:38.6 | and eventually conned them out of millions of dollars. |
| 1:44.5 | Of course, boy bands existed long before the 90s. |
| 1:48.6 | Every generation seems to have its own iconic boy band, |
| 1:52.6 | even if that's not what they were called at the time. |
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