Word: popped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hand, the legacy of '66 lives on in '99 with the Backstreet Boys. When in the interim has a white quintet been so crucial to pop music? Some critics have optimistically observed that the Backstreet Boys might take their music in hand and morph from tools of industry to pop-craft artists, just as the Beach Boys went from the straight-up teen fun of "Surfin' USA" to the angst of Pet Sounds and the mastery of "Good Vibrations." Then again, Brian Littrell is no Brian Wilson, and such a turnaround seems unlikely...
...seemed to be a turning point in the mood of the crowd members, who threw their fists in the air for the bouncy pop-rock radio hit "Do Right," performed almost exactly like the studio version save for some funky jam stylings added at the end. Haha tied his dreadlocks into a lasso that flailed about his head as he pranced to the rhythm of Che Lemon's bass and Jim Chaney's drums...
...part of his presentation, Schwartz critiqued the work of four undergraduates chosen beforehand by Harvard's Office for the Arts as up-and-coming musical theater, pop and classical composers...
...Want proof? Remember, TRL was the show that first flaunted Britney Spears assets (all two of them) with the schoolgirl-themed Baby One More Time last December. But TRL once known for having Backstreet Boys at #1, NSync at #2, 98 Degrees at #3 every single dayisnt just bubblegum pop anymore. On Fridays show, Backstreet held #1, but Korn was close behind at #2, and several R&B groups including Destinys Child were close on their heels. The young girls who dominate TRLs audience might even be getting tired of their boybandsthe countdown is showing encouraging signs of diversity...
...royal treatment at MTV. Besides getting to be in the audience of a show for which kids compete vehemently for spots, we also had a chance to sit down with Daly and an executive producer of the show to find out why TRL has become such a runaway pop culture juggernaut. Want to hear Carsons opinion of Harvard? Or find out what really makes these teenage girls tick? Well lay out our whole Incredibly True Adventures of A Boy and a Girl in Love...with MTV in a coming issue...