The Lost Boys: How a Pop Sensation Came Undone

First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 58 of 75 Submitted by Danielle from DE USA Date: Wed Aug 21 02:53:28 2002 I can absolutely see what all of you guys are saying. Most of the things that I read were obvious, especially how a lot of bad decisions had been made, especially recently. Even I did not think that a greatest hits album was a good idea, and I surely didn't bother buying it. To me it seemed way too early to do that, especially with the downfall that BSB had last year. It seemed as if that was the last we would be hearing of them, even though somewhere we knew that that was not true. Skipping along, Nick is essential to the group. I don't think that the group will work without any member or if any member was replaced. That was a ridiculous thing to say, whoever that guy was (can't quite remember). And maybe it did seem that Nsync was working really hard, either that or they were just being shoved into our faces at every possible moment. I honestly do love BSB, but there has been a large gap between things such as appearances or albums. Do they think it is necessary to disappear for a year at a time? I know they have lives and business to take care of, especially with the whole thing with A.J., and that's what makes me argue between both sides. I want them to have their own lives, but then again I want them to be out there for their fans. I'm just hoping that the album they are working on now will help them, because they surely need it right now. Submitted by Victor from The Big Apple USA Date: Wed Aug 21 02:50:04 2002 The Backstreet Boys will ALWAYS be the more superior group. They started it all. They have TIMELESS songs that you just cant forget. Songs like 'I Want It That Way' are timeless. Me being the 20 year old male rock fan truly respect BSB as artists and people. They have talent. TRUST me they will be back. Oh and WHO CARES IF THEY ARENT POPULAR! I dont listen to music based on fame and popularity. I listen to music. Its my life. I Love music. BSB have talent and thats that. MTV SUCKS Submitted by Paloma from Madrid Spain Date: Wed Aug 21 02:27:53 2002 Hey guys! I'm really happy that all of you care about this. This shows how much we love them. It doesn't matter what happens, we'll always be there. KEEP IT THAT WAY FANS! Submitted by Maggie from NY NY USA Date: Wed Aug 21 02:09:42 2002 First of all I'd like to say this hasn't come as a surprise to me. I've been in some way connected to this 'commercial' world and I would understand some of the 'mistakes' these labels and firms have done. The music industry is by far the most intense, and not to mention, the dirtiest of all industries. You see nothing but artists and businesses thriving on others' failures. To people who have a clue on how this business works, this is just everyday news. And as far as the Backstreet Boys go, I believe they have a hand in this. They haven't done anything wrong. And I could truely say I'm one of their biggest fans. But their 'mistake' was, as Kevin said, that they didn't research more. It's a tricky business, and I personally believe that the Backstreet Boys' past failures had very little to no effect on their music. But unfortunately it has affected their popularity greatly. But there was another mistake that Kevin ceased to add was their 'disagreements' with each other. What makes a strong nation is it's oneness. This they have lost with the days and with their struggles to stay at the top. Nick's solo move will show it's great effects on the band this fall and this winter will experience a down fall from this little fact. I wouldn't want to judge a book by it's cover. I don't know what terms these boys are on now. And I don't know how and why Nick Carter made this decision. But I could say, with a clear conscience, that Carter has lost the love and respect of his 'brothers' by making this decision. Numerous times have we heard AJ talking about a solo career for himself, and numerous times have we detected AJ's belief in the end of the BSB. But we have turned our back on these facts and went on to believing that these men are true brothers. They may have started out as one, but outside forces have managed to change this heart warming fact. And for what? Yes, The Firm, Jive, Pearlman, and all the others used the band to achieve their goals. But isn't that what this business is all about? I just hope in the future we'll see a healthier Backstreet Boys. Because it would pain me to witness yet another tragic downfall of a great talent! Submitted by Vin's Girl from USA Date: Wed Aug 21 02:01:17 2002 Ok first off, i really think that our boys are always being bashed for being real and doing the right thing and acknowledging when they do something wrong. So what that the guys had all those probs with Aj going to rehab, and they got married, what? they were supposed to hold their lives back cause of 13 years old who thought they were going to maryy 30 year old men? come on lets be serious, while Joey from Nsync is a single father and he does not get bashed for that. i think the article was fine but like many have said in the before all they point out is the bad shit they have gone through. like telling brian to postpone his surgery, FUCK THEM greedy assholes. it's amazing what people will do for money. As for Nick i don't stand by him at all, and i tell you what if i don't feel the song i ain't buying it. and i don't know about you but i ain't made of money and i ain't going to go out and waste money on him and then the rest of the boys making his ass twice as rich. i don't think so. I think when he went in that room to give the firm that ultimatum he was not Nick carter the solo artist he was Nick carter the Backstreet boy, he should have stuck by his brothers, he thinks that he's the only one dragging in fans but i won't stand for it. i have loved the BACKSTREET BOYS since i was 14, not only him. so i think it was really selfish of him to not stand by them. i have a really bad feeling about this, but if in the end they do not come back TOGETHER. or with out nick for that matter, cause i no longer care what happens to his SHALLLOW ASS, than i'll always remember them throught their music. C-Yall Vin's Girl KTBSPA Submitted by Jennifer Elizabeth C. from Los Angeles CA USA Date: Wed Aug 21 01:36:00 2002 First and foremost I would like to say...how can they even compare the Eagles to the BSB? They are absolutely nothing alike. They are from two totally different generations and have two very different types of music. The fact that they would even compare the two is just ridiculous. It makes no sense to me. Then how that guy has the nerve to say that with or without Nick it wouldn't matter because the group would be ok is completely beyond me. And personally I think he's out of his mind for even thinking it and suggesting such a thing. In my opinion the guys would not be the same without Nick and there is absolutely no way they could ever replace him, as if they would because I highly doubt it. Now I love the guys to death and whether they stayed as a quintet or became only four I would still love them no matter what. They have helping me through so many ups and downs in my life as they have so many others and I am so very grateful to them for that. You know the music business should be grateful to them too because the BSB did wonders for it. They made music what it is today by opening up the doors for all these other acts like NSYNC and Britney and so forth. So all those artists out there enjoying the eclaim and attention they're getting should be glad and thankful. They owe they're success to the BSB. As for NSYNC I just truly don't get it. How come they aren't getting slack for Justin who is going solo just like Nick? Why is it always OUR guys that have to be pushed this way and pushed that way and talked about in the media getting all kind of BS? It really frustrates me to no end and I can't stand it!!! I bet you Justin is only going solo because Nick is! Seriously people, more specifically the media need to BUT out and leave the BSB alone. If they're gonna talk trash about our guys then talk trash about NSYNC, better yet just don't say anything at all unless you know it's the absolute truth and just a way to get people talking and thinking this and thinking that to start some major rumors. As for Nick I am truly proud of him for going ahead and doing this solo project. The songs I've heard are amazing and just great. I am really looking forward to hearing his entire album as I am also looking forward to hearing the BSB's new album because I know in my heart that they are here to stay. They aren't going anywhere and just as Nick has been saying in all his interviews this is just something he's wanted to do for along time and it doesn't mean he's leaving the guys at all. In fact he says he's doing both and has no means of leaving them. So please all you people out there getting angry because they're breaking up DON'T. The guys aren't breaking up. They are gonna come back and they are going to come back with a vengence. They are gonna show all those people out there exactly what they are about and what they stand for. BSB will continue to rock on and until they come out with a new CD support Nick like I do. KTBSPA every1:) Submitted by flirty from Okaland California USA Date: Wed Aug 21 01:22:52 2002 Hi, first off i just want to say I love the Boys and Hate anyone who will in anyway try to effect there careers in a negative way. The sleazy media is just trying to create a buzz (good or bad) to get publicity. There the ones who help make the boys in anyway un-happy. Trust me the boys will be here to stay no matter what. There talented enough to be here till they die. While NSYNC is out taking some much needed rest ;) the boys will be back non stop while topping charts TRL and everything in between. KTBSPA!!! Submitted by Karen from New Albany IN USA Date: Wed Aug 21 01:12:38 2002 I think this article wasnt meant to talk bad about the Boys, just to point out the differences it what were two very similar bands. What a lot of people fail to realize is that while Nsync may be a bigger band, they are BY FAR not as talented NOR do they have the musical abilities that BSB do. Does Nsync write their own stuff at all? Do you see them playing piano, or drums or guitar? No, I haven't. Backstreet are talents in their own right, each one of them being blessed with a fine voice and lyrical talents as well. Don't worry and get your pants in a tizzy. The guys will be back and better than ever...and we get a little Nicky on the side to hold us over until we get all 5 of our babes back!!!!! Submitted by Jenna from sacramento california USA Date: Wed Aug 21 01:02:15 2002 All i gotta say is that it ain't over till it's over.Period. Submitted by Erin from Calgary Alberta Canada Date: Wed Aug 21 01:00:49 2002 I think that the article was, first and foremost, very informative. It's not as if we haven't all been bombarded by these same facts a thousands times as they have unfolded over the years, BUT, each time they are told, it seems as though a different twist is added. Generally, the article reaffirmed the vibe that I had been getting about conflict between Nick and the other guys. At the moment, I am proud of him for stepping out of the box and trying something a little different. Ten years is a long time and I can understand where his motives are coming from. I can't, however, help but think, after all that is coming forth lately, that this solo thing might not be for all the right reasons and his motives may not be so pure. Not making time to record with the Boys and recording a solo album with the Boys support are two completely different issues. The future is undoubtedly going to unfold before our eyes in the next few months. I don't know... I'm just not sure that I can handle another heartbreak and I don't want to be faced with the idea that this thing might not turn out exactly how it is sitting in Nick's mind now. One thing that I can say for certain is that, no matter what... solo careers, marriages, rehab, babies, reunion tours... no matter what the press says or what you see on tv or hear in the hallway...no matter what, the real, true fans will always be there. Come rain, come shine, they come prepared for it all. If we never loved the guys, if we never lived for the music, one thing would be for certain- there would be no Backstreet Boys. I think that after all the trials, those who really care appear. In BSB's case, the crowds will, as they always have, come. All they have to know is that we'll be behind them every step of the way. "Even forever don't seem like long enough" for us, the FANS. Submitted by Vanessa A from Guelph Ontario Canada Date: Wed Aug 21 00:42:32 2002 I think that the basis of that article was not to bad mouth the guys or anything but in a way it ended up doing so. I have been a BSB fan since 1996 and I know that there's has never been a point in time where I have doubted anything about the boys. I still have all my faith in them that they can come out and make a great alubm. Sure, Nick's solo career is making a difference in the future but not necissarily a bad effect. In the end, Nick and the rest of the guys are going to do what their hearts desire. That's what they've been trying to do since the beginning. I don't think it is fair that the media call this the end for the Backstreet Boys. To be honest, I don't see much of a "career" for the guys after this next album release. I'm not saying that I'm not praying for one, because that's all I have been doing lately, that everything works out for the guys, but to be perfectly honest... they've been gone a while and even other pop bands like N Sync are moving out of the scene. Still, BSB will always be around. Although out of the scene right now, they will be back... I don't doubt that at all! Submitted by lover from Oregon USA Date: Tue Aug 20 21:18:39 2002 My love for the boys has not subsided at all. I only can hope that Nick makes good decisions and does not jepardize the group. I pray they will continue to sing together until the day they die. I worry though, that with the new tensions, that they will never be the same group, or even a group at all. Keep supporting them as a group and please support Nick! Submitted by Lindsey from Canada Date: Tue Aug 20 21:17:09 2002 Stupid American Journalism. nstink, britney the slut and all the other pop acts out there currently enjoying success can thank their lucky stars for the BACKSTREET BOYS cause without them, they wouldn't be here. The BOYS created the whole new pop genre and they'll continue to set the standards. Yeah, they got screwed over by greedy business men (I hate Lou Pearlman) but they're not going anywhere. And to suggest that AJ's treatment or Brian and Kevin's marriages have caused their popularity to decline is absolutely ridiculous. His very health was at stake for crying out loud! ARGH!!! Submitted by Dori from California USA Date: Tue Aug 20 21:00:50 2002 Recently within in the past 10 months or so, I will admit that my Backstreet obsession subsided quite a bit. They are not my most favorite anymore, but I still have undying love, respect, and devotion to the group who once was my whole world. I have also noticed that since Black and Blue, that Backstreet Boys had been on a decline, and after "Drowning" that they had been on a steady decline, and when I heard the thing about Brian, AJ, Howie, and Kevin wanted to leave the Firm, and Nick admitted that he was staying on as a solo act. I completely understand the hurt that the group was feeling, and the underline hostility that the group has for Lou Pearlman. (Have you noticed that all Lou's clients hit it big than leave his management company or never take off?) I think this is so sad, it's kinda like what will become of the Backstreet Boys, but even if they do end up calling it a day, or in leymans terms break up, I think us fans should take solace in the fact that the music will live on forever. KTBPA. Dori Submitted by Eboni from Pearland TX USA Date: Tue Aug 20 20:55:49 2002 All I have to say is the same thing I say when I read every article about them with a title like that one. "Leave them alone." Don't you people have anything else to do, or write about? The New York Times printed this? I could't believe it. I mean some of the article is probably the truth with the bad business moves with management companies, and the releasing of that Greatest Hits...even I was griping about that one. But I don't believe anythings coming "Undone" and I don't believe BSB will ever have to make an album "with or without Nick." In every interview he's done, he says nothing about not working with the others. Now maybe there was a little tension when it came to him wanting to record for his own album instead of with the rest of them, but I don't think they'll break up over it. It's just gonna take a little longer. I believe these guys are gonna come out with a group album bigger and better than anything they've done before this next time, and I'm waiting for it. But in the meanwhile, I'm gonna enjoy Nick's album. It's sounding really good so far, I'm proud of him, and I can't wait to hear the whole thing. Submitted by Lauren from USA Date: Tue Aug 20 20:45:34 2002 For the most part, this article was stuff we've heard before. Rumors of breaking up, tensions between Nick and the Boys...that stuff is kind of a given. We know they won't break up. The part of the article that I really hated was that they indicated that Nick could be replaced. This isn't the Eagles, this is the Backstreet Boys. This is a completely different genre of music we're talking about here. When they said that, it was as if they were treating the Boys like Menudo. And that's just plain disrespectful. Nick can't be replaced. And as for the whole media hype with Lance going into space...I don't think I'm the only one who hopes they'll leave him up there and take the rest of his bandmates with him ;-) Submitted by nonya from USA Date: Tue Aug 20 20:31:07 2002 I think the boys got ripped off!!! Uhh it made me sick to my feet how much they were ripped off. Think about it, nsync would not have as far as they have if it were'nt for all the stupid mistakes bsb's labels and managers made.!! Ahhhh it makes me wonder what it would be like if none of that bad stuff never happend! I still love them and always will now and forever. I just hope they don't break up because of the little incedent with nick and the other guys. Submitted by justine from anaheim ca USA Date: Tue Aug 20 20:24:24 2002 hey every1! if u guys live in california , u guys mite be able to catch the bsb special on tv on channel 13 UPN. it's 9:00 on the pacific side and 8:00 on the central side. no eastern. sorry. i think it's today b/c the commercial said tuesday. and every1, please vote FOR NICK'S SINGLE HELP ME! Submitted by PAMELA RICHARDSON from Mexico Date: Tue Aug 20 19:50:23 2002 bsb will be back in a few time and all the stupid people that are saying that they are not still the same will say: oh i should shut up because the are till the best. bsb are the best and they know that we want them in the music, and that they have all our support!! the cd of nick it's only a new form to grow in the music for him! but the bsb are still and will still be together! they are the best!!! the world love them!!! bsbrocks!!!! bsb 4 ever!!! ktbspa! (All caps detected. Message converted to lowercase) Submitted by Meredith from Cass City Michigan USA Date: Tue Aug 20 19:39:53 2002 I thought the this was very interesting about what they said about Nick leaving the other boys. I mean hey they have been together for about 10 years and who would want to just make someone leave a group for making a decision like he did to do a solo album. Any way I think that Nick's album and the new BSB one will be really great and awesome! Also I can't stand how the media is making a big deal about N'Sync with Lance going up into space and all that , when it's like they forgot about what the BSB is doing. Because with all of the stuff like charities and the organization that Kevin has it's like they don't even care about the BSB and they tend to pay more attention to N'Sync when it seems like N'Sync has done nothing to help other things and people like charities and like something like what Kevin has about the enviroment. I personally think that N'Sync wants to just keep their fans happy by just making more cds and not really thinking about taking time off to do charities and stuff. Also in the article when it said that their management was " cheating" them out on their royalties , when these boys have worked endless hours doing something that they love and not even getting most of the pay. Or when it said that some agency or something changed the stadiums that they were performing in to arenas and making the price of the ticket sales really high so that us fans couln't even buy maybe like 3. That was stupid! I just couldn't believe it! KTBSPA! First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 58 of 75