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July 7, 2007
New Edition: A Boy Band Pushing 40
As you might have read in Tonight in Rock in LA New Edition is performing tonight at the Gibson Amphitheater. Seriously they are. The same guys who gave us "Candy Girl" as little boys nearly 25 years ago are not only still together as a group but people are still paying their hard earned money ($79.75) to watch them perform.
One fan is looking to go to show with three of their friends but doesn't want to spend any more than $30 each. That sounds like 25 too much.
Sure the boys from Boston's projects have some hits ("Mr. Telephone Man," "Cool it Now," etc.), but that was before puberty came in the night and robbed each of them of their ability to hit those high notes. Since performing these songs is pretty much out of the question, what exactly does a New Edition show consist of? Their "later stuff"?
BellBivDevo were able to throw together some hits as men, "Poison" can still rock a party but what are the other guys going to do while those three are telling the crowd to "never trust a big butt and smile"?
Anytime Bobby Brown is involved there is entertainment value, but $80 worth? But is Bobby even touring with his old chums? He obviously could use the cash, but would the other guys want to have him around on tour getting into trouble or did they kick him to the curb like Whitney did?
With this many questions surrounding their show, will there be anyone at this show?
There are about 40 other things one could do with their Saturday night besides throw their money away on a boy band who's pushing 40, and one of them is watch Salma Hayek's striptease to "Candy Girl" (after the jump).
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Dunno if you knew this but Ronnie DeVoe is a real estate agent when he's not singing "Cool It Now":
http://www.thedevoeteam.com/
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You obviously don't know much about music. Do some research before you post. New Edition had several hits after they had passed age 18, both solo and as a group. Calling a group of grown 40 year old men with children a boy band is ignorant. Have you ever heard of Johnny Gill or Ralph Tresvant? Yeah, they both went platinum and can still perform. Same with Bell Biv Devoe. If you've been to one of their shows you would know that they can still bring it. Or you could sit behind a computer and think you're witty by calling them a 40 year old boy band. Get your music knowledge up to par and quit talking out of your ass. Try getting a press pass so you can see for yourself that their choreography and harmonies are still on point. I guarantee you you will see more than a 40 year old "boy band".
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I can't begin to understand why MySpace News labeled this an article. If you're going to play journalist, do your research first.
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Would either of the guests who commented drop 80 bucks to watch their beloved New Edition? My guess is no. They can probably watch them for free because they are either related to, married to or work for New Edition. That said, I'm sorry I forgot to mention that back in 1996, New Edition had a #1 album. That's more than a decade ago.
I have in fact, heard of Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill. "Sensitivity" and "My My My" were fantastic songs and I'm sure there were a lot of babies made to each of those tracks, but those babies are now in high school.
I was a fan of the group growing up and still enjoy their music, I just have a hard time believing at this stage in the game that they are worth such a high admission. For five dollars less you could catch 25 acts including legends like Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Klan, Public Enemy and Nas along with some of the most creative artists in urban music like Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Felt and Mr. Lif at Rock the Bells.
Appreciate the feedback.
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I might regret admitting this but last year, I saw NE and BBD three times. Yup. Three. I even paid the $80 the first time around and let me tell you, it was worth every damn penny.
There was NO trainwreck quite like the one that K-Ci and JoJo rode in on. Crackheads! It was straight up genius. Well, that and a little sad but we got over that pretty quickly and laughed our tushies off.
For guys in their 40's, those boys still can dance, yo. They do a medley of the really old stuff because they realize as much as we do that they don't sound the same singing Popcorn Love. The one time Bobby joined them, it was an amazing spectacle. He's just messy. But the rest of them were awesome. I knew almost every word to every song and my friends and I had SO MUCH FUN. So I would have recommended people paying the $80 had I actually read this post before the concert :).