The Boys have a problem.

There's this feeling in the world of pop music that they're damaged.

That they're old.

That they're adult.

Forget that red-one produced their new single...

"It's good I just wish it wasn't Backstreet Boys..."

Can I ask for a second why?

How many cd's have they sold worldwide?

How much have they done for pop radio?

How many lives have they impacted and how many people do they need today?

Oh, in the States? Not many.

So rightly so,  they're going where they're loved.

Over there. The UK. Russia. You know, the countries which launched their dominance.

It's sad, really. We're passing the buck because had Lady Gaga done the song with Red-One producing it, we'd be all over it.

Forget their talent.

Forget what they've done for a format, for a genre. For a generation of fans.

Yup. We'll pass on what made us.

So the world can embrace them again.

I guess it's true that prophets aren't known in their own land.

But I'll not ever understand why we can be delivered gold and cast it to swine.

It makes no sense to me that we won't even pay attention to a group which has done so much for the music we played and to the sound we claim as our own as one of those in the pop genre. We explain away their relevance as being that which made the past possible without stopping to think that our female fans might just want to hear a bit of nostalgia which speaks to their hearts.

Which is missing in the sound of now.

Which might be the sound of now if we just stopped to listen.

I'm not saying we owe it to them. I'm saying we owe them a listen.

Our fans. And their fans. Will take it from there.

So how do we make this happen?

We reach out. We make noise. We stand up on that which we can control - the online universe - and we make noise which is free from marketing machines and free from radio station content directors who protect the product from that which might actually show what fans want to hear...

... and we keep at it.

We make a case. We buy singles. We buy full lengths. We go to shows. We support with that in a capitalistic society ultimately speaks loudest:

Our pocketbooks.

Then, those who won't hear will have to hear. And when they do what we as fans hear will be clear.

This battle - although very clouded - is not lost.

Keep the faith.

Press on.

Voices which grow in chorus often resonate loudest...

... especially when it comes to the artists who make us feel.

Keep the faith, friends... this isn't over. It's just getting warmed up.

-t.

來源

Toby Knapp-The So Called BSB Problem

(註:Toby Knapp全美屈指可數的挺BsB派的電台DJ。他也是Nick的好朋友和鄰居,之前亦發表過一篇文章力挺BsB的新專輯。)

男孩們有麻煩了。
流行音樂的世界裡開始有了這樣的一種感覺,他們完了。
他們長大了。
他們已是成年男人了。
人們早已無視了RedOne他們製作的新單曲。
人們甚至想:「那麼好的歌曲,如果不是新好男孩來演唱該有多好。」

我能問下一個疑問嗎?
他們在全球範圍內賣出了多少張CD?
他們在流行音樂電台做了多少次訪問?
他們有多少刷新紀錄的世界巡演,還有,今天還有多少人需要他們?
哦,美國國內呢?沒多少了。
所以說,他們要到熱愛著他們的地方去。
在那裡-英國和俄羅斯等等。你知道的,就是那些可以凸顯出他們優勢的地方。
悲哀,確實是悲哀。
我們掏出我們的錢,只為了做出Lady Gagass那些熱門音樂的製作人RedOne也參與其中,是我們導致了這一切的結束。

人們早已忘了他們的天賦。
忘了他們一種潮流、一種風格,還有,那一世代歌迷所做的一切。
是的,我們該讓這些繼續下去。
那麼,這個世界將會再次擁抱他們。

我想,提倡那些言論的人肯定對他們不夠了解。
但是,我至今無法理解的是,我們為什麼能把一塊金子送走並讓它埋沒?
我不明白,為什麼我們竟不對這樣一個我們的音樂作出如此多貢獻的團體,還有那些我們宣稱屬於自己流行音樂風格的聲音有所關注。我們不去試著了解他們,想想造就他們過去輝煌的原因,而自顧自地認為我們那些女性歌迷們只不過是想沉浸在她們懷舊情愫的過去。
那些現在已經消失在音樂裡的東西。
那些如果我們就此停止聆聽,將不再存在的聲音。
我不是說我們對它有責任,我是說我們欠他們一份聆聽。
我們的歌迷、他們的歌迷,將由此承擔起責任。

那麼,我們該怎麼做?
我們伸出援手,我們製造輿論,我們站在我們足以站到的地方-網路世界-我們製造輿論於那些唱片市場的主導者與電台管理人,那些有權做出我們這些歌迷們真正想聽的音樂的人……我們維持著這一切。
我們提出口號,我們購買單曲,我們購買全部的專輯,我們去看現場演出。我們並藉此支柱了我們的資本社會,並最終大聲說出:
就是這種力量,支柱了我們的市場,成就我們輝煌的經濟。
然後,那些沒聽過人們將會聽到那些他們所忽略的聲音。而他們去聆聽後,他們就會了解讓我們這些歌迷們如此堅持這些音樂的原因。

這場混亂的奮爭將會持續下去。
但堅持我們的信念,持守下去。
眾口同聲所能造成的迴響最大。
…尤其是為了那些賦予我們如此感受的藝術。
別太擔心,朋友們… 那些聲音不會逝去。 他們才剛要起頭而已。


◈轉載自°◦。BsB〃新洋瘋。◦°◈
http://tw.club.yahoo.com/clubs/4everlovebsb

 

說真的,對於這篇文章的言論我真的很贊同。

BSB該找尋的不只是現今當紅的音樂製作人,製作出迎合市場口味的音樂,他們不只是這樣而已。

或許他們那個風光年代的音樂搬到現在來說已經太過於老舊,

但我真的不明白,so what?

或許他們現在還會取笑似的話說過去音樂的不成熟或種種,但我卻真的不這麼認為。

過去的一切造就了他們,對我而言也都是無可取代的經典,

我只是不能明白為什麼他們不能夠再做出令人耳朵驚豔的音樂?

也或許我根本就是守舊派,現在連過去活力四射合唱團、新好同學、911的歌都還喜愛不以(誰又還記得這些一片歌手或是已經解散的他們呢?)

但那又如何?

我不知道這一切的價值為什麼都只能取決於市場?

歌迷的喜歡好像都不重要了?

就好像很多不被"市場"給接受的地下樂團,他們也都有很棒的音樂,為數不少的支持群,

其實我有點開始胡言亂語了.........哈哈哈

反正就像是這市場都喜歡42公斤的瘦子,可是並不代表55公斤就不能是美女啦!!!

我喜歡BSB的音樂,喜歡他們曾經的音樂更勝於現在這張如此商業化的歌曲。

最喜歡Unbreakable的音樂,有他們想要傳達的意念,感覺就要靠音樂影響了我的世界,

我以為他們就要這樣一路程熟下去的....

我雖然這樣說,但我還是支持This is us的!!!!:)

畢竟真的沒接受過太多的電音曲風~而且This is us真的好好聽唷喔唷唷!!!!

一定要當第二單曲啦!!!! XD

最愛最愛BSB啦!!!! :)

 

 

 

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