Boybands Forever - BBC 2 Now (9.15pm, Saturday Night)

[CaveMum]

Anyone else watching?

Such nostalgia - Take That and East 17! Feel like I’m 14 again!

It's on my 'To Watch" list for the Christmas break.

Really excited about it so glad to see your positive review!
Enjoy!

Me - loving it!

Lucky enough to see the original boy band The Monkees at the Hammersmith Oden in 1989 (?) - best concert I've ever been to!

Ah, the “Do What You Like” video.

As Robbie just said, “It WAS fucking odd!”

Mmmmmm it was ok, lots of groups I was like - eh who are they ? to DH who reluctantly was watching too. I must have been child rearing for a good few years
Wanted more Wham , Aha, etc but chuffed they ended on TT 😍

I’m on the documentary that’s on after the performances.

Bloody hell. Tony Mortimer was the clean living one but Brian Harvey is the one out of E17 that still looks like a teenager

I did uncharitably think that time had not been kind to Tony. Though to be fair it hasn’t been kind to me either!

Ooh. Niche bit of Aphex Twin on the incidental music

Blimey, I didn’t know that “Stay” was written about Tony’s brother who committed suicide.

Tony was the one with talent though.

My memory was of his sister with cancer - I knew it was Tony's tragedy though.

I think Bros did one about their sister dying

Blimey - Damage, I forgot about them!

Barely registered Damage as was past boy bands then, but pretty telling that Smash Hits had to have them on there but not looking too macho because they felt to be 'too intimidating' (BC were black).

Just been watching this and think it’s so sad the damage done to so many lives. Loads of these bands brought me so much joy, many crushes and amazing concerts. It’s crazy to think how unhappy so many of them were behind closed doors.

I shouldn't laugh but Gary's face when it announced that Morewood School had won! 😂

He needs to build a band round Gary to give Gary a bit of coolness 😂

Robbie said 'in the parlance of the time, I would have said he was a bit up himself'

Do people not say that anymore then?!? 😂

Stay Another Day is really about Tony's brother taking his own life 😓

Watched the first episode

It's compelling viewing

Loved this! 90s were my era. I was a huge TF fan. But there's no way the Do What You Like video would be filmed today. Looking back you can tell that the 90s boy bands were managed by older gay men.

Didn’t the video for Promises also feature quite a lot of fetish gear leather?!

@CaveMum certainly did! And Boyzone's debut on the Late Show in Ireland in their dungarees and naked chests.

@Inthesnug hope you’re enjoying Take That Live at the BBC on BBC2 right now!

It was interesting and sometimes quite sad. They didn't dwell on it but this one guy Tom Watson, he's dead now. But he managed East 17 and apparently sexually abused at least some of them. He seems a right wrong un. This doesn't get covered really so not giving spoilers.