backstreet boys & n sync combined singles poll

lotta good songs

the top ones are all n sync btw

there are...a lot of good songs up here

haha xp

haven't heard most of these in years, but went for "Bye Bye Bye"

im gonna make a playlist of abt a dozen of these & ill get back 2 u, poll

NSYNC: "Gone"

BSB: "I Want It That Way"

Voted for the latter.

NSYNC would have a greater # of songs in, say, my top ten. But that one BSB song would be at the top.

yeah, a bunch of bangers

1 tearin up my heart
2 as long as you love me
3 quit playin games
4 larger than life (for real this sounds like daft punk producing michael jackson)
5 show me the meaning of being lonely
6 girlfriend (proto-justified obv)
7 i want it that way
8 everybody (backstreet's back)
9 u drive me crazy
10 pop

i think BSB murdered n sync in the max martin era, but all the celebrity singles are really great

4 larger than life (for real this sounds like daft punk max martin producing michael jackson backstreet boys)

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it doesn't sound like any other max martin boy band singles!

"Gone" kills me

<3 all the videos from this era

it doesn't sound like any other max martin boy band singles!

"It's Gotta Be You" -- same album.

tryin to figure out which one comes up most in ironic karaoke

like, everyone is okay with kevin richardson predicting johnny depp's whole 2000s filmography in the "backstreet's back" video right?

n sync would def win a wkiw poll in a landslide imo

"gone" is obv a huge oversight on my list

j0rdan why don't you like "bye bye bye"?

i had no idea until just now that wade robson did producing/writing

j0rdan why don't you like "bye bye bye"?

― horseshoe, Friday, March 26, 2010 11:21 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i do like it, but i think it's one of the ones on here that grates as much as it's good

this is impossible - i will say that "this i promise you" will probably get underrated tho

early bsbs > late bsbs
late nsync > early nsync

voting for "pop"

I used to know the dance from "It's Gonna Be Me" in 9th grade, and actually did it a couple times at school dances with a circle of people gathered around me.

Went with "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" but kinda wanted to vote for the underrated "Pop," and I kind of recognize the greatness of "I want it that way" -- but then "As Long As You Love Me" is kind of the twin brother of "Games with my Heart"

After looking at YouTube videos for some of these songs that I wasn't familiar with, I've come to the conclusion that the ballads these groups were best known for are their weakest material.

Best BSB:

1) The Call
2) We've Got it Goin' On

Best N*Sync:

1) It's Gonna Be Me
2) Girlfriend

"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"

Use to watch TRL just to see that video back in the day.

think i maybe like 'nsync more as people but none of their singles except for maybe "bye bye bye" are inspiring any great need to re-listen, looking at them together like that, whereas with the BSBs it's like "man, i really want to hear most of these tracks right this second"

tryin to figure out which one comes up most in ironic karaoke

― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:15 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

my friend pulled me onstage w/ him to do "bye bye bye" at karaoke shortly after lance came out

yeah, I have no desire to hear any of those N Sync songs right now, but I'd almost like to hear a BSB greatest hits CD for the heck of it.

The answer is of course "Shape Of My Heart".

tryin to figure out which one comes up most in ironic karaoke

― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Friday, March 26, 2010 10:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Here it's "I Want It That Way," BY FAR.

same

tim OTM - the phrasing of "kept you in THE dark" slays me every time

for me, "I want it that way" is forever tainted by associations with burger king :(

"We've Got It Goin' On" (bsb)
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)" (bsb)
"Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (bsb)
"As Long as You Love Me" (bsb)
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (bsb)
"I Want It That Way" (bsb)
"Larger Than Life" (bsb)
"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (bsb)
"The Call" (bsb)
"More Than That" (bsb)

^^these are the classix for me. finding the bsbs' greatest hits for £2 was a really good bargain back in 02. (the idea of paying as much as £2 for a cd seems ridiculous now though.)

voting "show me the meaning of being lonely". the harmonies on that are quite something. it was released on valentine's day in the uk!

always loved NSync more but "Quit Playing Games" damn.

"All I have to give" is pretty underrated too imo.

lex you like no nsync songs?

POP

early bsbs > late bsbs
late nsync > early nsync

truth.

Also: BSB's ballads >>>>> N'Sync's (except "Gone")

Going for "Quit Playing Games", BSB walk this imo

lex you like no nsync songs?

i don't dislike "bye bye bye" or "pop" or i guess at a stretch "girlfriend" but tbh just never think of them or want to listen to them

Timberlake's voice is a real problem on those early Sync tunes (Greil Marcus otm about its "paint thinner" effect).

wasn't he like 15 or something when that album was recorded?

Wow, I agree with lex!

Voted "I Want it That Way," "As Long as You Love Me" a close second.

I can't deny being influenced by the Chinese dorm kids.

I Want It That Way by miles

ugh i was just thinking earlier today how much i hated the Green Day/Offspring combined singles poll, and then someone went and pulled the same bullshit

jordan where the fuck is "Just Want You To Know"? don't know if i'd vote for it but definitely in my top 5, maybe top 3.

I Want It That Way, one of the great formulaic pop songs of all time

bought the bentley in pink / cuz my dough nsync

They only had one combined number one because in their primes they never released physical singles of their songs, the exception being "It's Gonna Be Me", the only #1 on the list. This was at a time when physical sales were high enough that it was hard to hit #1 without it.

Also, they only receive play on top 40, which makes it impossible to get the cross-format airplay of crossover songs by e.g. Destiny's Child or Aaliyah, significantly limiting their radio airplay.

Billboard's rules for their charts were so stupid back then.

well at least the rules allowed these songs to chart at all. before 1998 if the physical single wasn't out, it was ineligible to be on the chart, period. (this is why you have enormous hits like 'torn' that only peaked outside the top 40, because the physical single was released way too late.) this is more of a label tactic -- withhold physical single releases so fans are forced to purchase the album. (it worked for me -- i ended up buying millennium when i walked into a shop hoping to find the 'i want it that way' cd single in summer '99.)

but yeah, 'i want it that way' was such a huge airplay hit that it would've basically been guaranteed #1 it had had a physical release at the right time. like, even without physical single sales 'i want it that way' cracked the top 20 on 1999's year-end chart, which is crazy.

jive did the same thing with britney's early singles, like for her first couple of albums. only 'baby one more time' reached #1 because it had a physical release. songs like 'sometimes' charted as so-called album cuts even though they were clearly singles. i often wonder how much better it could have done if people could buy it; even 'from the bottom of my broken heart' which radio barely touched, was a pretty big seller when released physically.

and yeah, at the time it was really tough to reach #1 without a significant amount of sales. the first song to do it was 'try again' by aaliyah, a massive radio hit.

when did you guys stop buying physical singles?

man voting for this poll would've been tough, so many great songs.

1) i want it that way
2) quit playing games (with my heart)
3) tearin' up my heart
4) thinking of you (i drive myself crazy) <--- chris kirkpatrick had such a boring and useless voice despite being able to hit high note, but somehow putting him on lead vocals for this one really worked
5) girlfriend
6) shape of my heart
7) more than that
8) the one
9) this i promise you
10) as long as you love me
11) music of my heart

my last two physical singles were... christina aguilera's 'genie in a bottle' and vitamin c's 'smile' (please don't laugh), which were both summer '99ish

a big part of the reason i stopped buying singles is because napster got popular in late '99 and i was all "yay piracy" at the time. and by the time napster was done, physical singles were basically extinct in america

My last cassette single: Jennifer Paige's "Crush" in late '98.

The last new CD single: Madonna's "Don't Tell Me." I wanted the remixes.

lol i do think i bought a cassingle in early 2000 actually. i won't reveal which one because it is extremely embarrassing.

I think my last cassingle was in 1996, Heather Nova's "Walk This World".

guys I hate to break it to you but "I Want It That Way" is terrible sugary schlock

It's Gonna Be Me > Bye Bye Bye, for me. Feel it's one of the most shamelessly transparent pop songs, in a good way - neanderthal pop, Max Martin revealing the blueprint for his pop songs at the time without any layer on top. Every good melodical idea is hammered in. It's very exciting.

guys I hate to break it to you but "I Want It That Way" is terrible sugary schlock

it sucks to be wrong, right?

yeah, I feel really bad for you.

"God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" = proof that God doesn't exist

lmao otm

I really want to do a Max Martin singles poll, but he's written so damn many of them that I have no idea what to include/exclude.

As for this, agreed with all top 4, "I Want it That Way" is just unforgettable, you can still put that on a jukebox today and everyone will know every damn word

very OTM poll results here, sad I missed this one

lookin back on the things I've done
I was trying to be someone
play my part
kept you in the dark
now let me show you the shape of my heart

he's basically asking her if he can show her his cock

anyone who's never sung "shape of my balls" to that one has no soul imo

every time I hear "I Want it That Way" this video plays in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2TGrEaqK3w

Looking back at the things I've done
I was trying to hump someone
Gave my all
To see your sugar walls
Now let me show you the shape of my balls

everybody (backstreet's back) is the king of the mountain

Ho did everybody (backstreet's back) not sweep this!?!?!

Lol, HoW did everybody, that is.

I'm actually surprised that "The Call" didn't get more votes

everybody (backstreet's back) is the king of the mountain

opened this thread hoping to vote for it (i wonder if i was the one vote before?)

chris conrad 4 weeks ago

poor teen girls these days listening to one direction, this is waaaay better one d doenst even compare with these guys, i laugh at one d cas its funny, ( think dirty - ONE D ) hmmm that means the rest of one d are trannies - LOL
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i was in the same room as BSB for a few minutes a few weeks ago. i knew they were on the way but it was very surreal to look up and be surrounded by Backstreet Boys.

how'd they look

considering a couple of them are already in their 40s, good i guess

"Pop" came up on shuffle today. It's not much of a song is it? It's almost like an album overture or a collection of interludes that would appear between tracks on an album.

"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" was robbed in this!

I can't believe NOBODY voted for "I Want You Back"!

"Pop" was the single that got me to come around to boy bands. I still think it's a killer. Produced by BT of all people, which I guess makes total sense

for all the BSB resurgences we've seen over the last 10 years, it's disappointing they can't come up with a halfway decent single. they're still great performers!!

I think "I Want You Back" would win or me but omg this video hasn't aged well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6gtilerPk

Are you kidding? Those dance moves are totally ready for primetime*

*: Fortnite

ok this cracked me up

Taniea Roberson
5 months ago
I love that they danced like they would lose their contract if they stopped for a second lol

pretty much all of the 90s nsync videos aged horribly, i remember thinking they looked bizarre even at the time

its kinda fun to watch for Joey Fatone, poor dude is almost always in the background. he also always seems to be on the verge of cracking up

he has kind of a sardonic face.

Lance Bass was supposedly almost fired due to his dancing but he seems to acquit himself ok there.

is there a dancing version of auto-tune that makes you look like you can dance, cos if so I can be in a boy band

the "Pop" video has something like that in the end, idk if it's just edited really strangely but it looks super unnatural. I actually kinda liked the "we are commercial product" phase of NSync but I wish it was more meta and less "fuck you for saying we're a boy band!"

thread sent me down a wiki rabbit hole last night, i had no idea chris kirkpatrick essentially started the group

i also love late-'90s cgi/green screen abominations, video rules lol

i love how many videos from that era began with some version of "(ARTIST) sits pensively in a nondescript room, singing opening verse. Camera suddenly pans back to reveal: the room is in a space station."

one of my high school acquaintances was in the boy band Natural and they showed him playing a piano at the beginning of their first video and the motherfucker didn't play the piano at all

damn the backstreet boys greatest hits has got to be one of the very best comps

god willing i will sing "the call" at karaoke again

"MY BATTERY IS LOW!!" is a fun line to sing

it's relatable