Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Backstreet Boys







Does your chosen musical artist (for the CD project) represent the values of your generation?






I think the backstreet boys represent the values of many generations, not just mine, especially because of how most if not all of their lyrics are focused around women. The heritage artists that i featured in my CD project also sang about women and i think being with someone is usually a topic of lyrics, especially for a boy band. How the Backstreet Boys differ from earlier bands, however, is that how they describe women is in much more detail and is much more sexual. For instance, the Monkees say, "I saw her face, now I'm a believer" but the backstreet boys talk about how her body moved and things much more specific. They also represent the open-ness that there is about sexuality among my generation because of how they talk about cheating on their girlfriend by going to the appartment of some girl that they just met in the song "The Call". The Jackson 5 would only say something like "i did you wrong", never in the detail that bands like the backstreet boys do today.






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