In his book Lost boys. Ascension and decline in boys nodesJournalist Astrid Faguer looks at the phenomenon of Boystones in France in the 1990s. He tells 2BE3, the extraordinary destinies of the molding and other G-Squad.
The posters in the crowd are transferred to the leaders of the society, and the cries respond between the walls of the room, which almost covers the music. On stage, three boys dancing and singing in the spotlight, their half-naked shirts. Back when Boys Bands was destroyed by the French music scene, in the late 1990s. If only France passed, the phenomenon of these groups of these groups is constantly updated. “The boys’ group has a pretty cycle. I would not be surprised to return because they are phenomena explained to install. ” The independent journalist has just published his second book. Lost boys. Ascension and decline in boys nodes (1), AU Publications Le Cherche Midi. He tells the fruitful career there, and then arises in the sub-world of the people who bring a guys playing.
2BE3, molding, G-Squad. The names are resonated over their heads, who, then, do not miss their performances on television, or listened to their radio. And even without a fan, it is difficult to skip this phenomenon by audiovisual culture. “Uniting hyper. We were all at the same age, so we were all very interested in the same jobs. “And the TV presenters had a form of reputation.” If social networks are a compulsory vector for famous people today, it was television that created the reputation.
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“Marketing products”
During the origin of boys’ tapes. Manufacturers who wanted to “build a marketing product.” The idea was to gather attractive boys to establish a music group. “We see how it goes at the time of casting. They do not have to be elected for their beautiful voice, nor do they know how to dance, “says the star. “We will always make a voice … it’s enough that one of them can keep the scripture a little, taking the vocal one,” he wrote. The “attractive” boys selected in the castings will join one of the most popular musical phenomena in the 1990s. “Manufacturers wanted each of these guys to apply to a particular audience, explains the author. Physically, they are all beautiful boys. ” And the diagram is repeated in G-Squad as in 2be3.
He quickly led himself to every boy’s orchestra. After forming the group, they need a tube that will pass all French radio stations. Go one day: Baila Aeration of Crazy Crazy About You Therefore, they are songs that will mark the beginning of these three boys orchestras. However, these songs that face enormous success, however, are not made by group members, but by foreigners. “Laurent Chalumo told me she had written interaction with G-Squad boys when she wrote Crazy Crazy About YouRefers to the author. The song was also written less than an hour, and the strategy of record houses should be restored to the American songs of American songs, to add new words in French, said Astrid Faguer in his book.
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Perfume, lamps, tapestries, watches
Everything is going very fast for young conscripts. Boys Bands quickly everywhere on radio and television. They make teen press titles as Star Club Aeration of Good Chair, And derivatives with extraction of alloys, G-Squad or even 2BE3. “2BE3 was a real business within EMI (Their record company, editor’s note)A number had won a lot of magnitude and took a lot of time. It is completely filled with ordinary trading. Perfume, lamps, tapestries, watches, boards “Share everything,” says Astrid Fadder in his work. Three boys’ tapes then reveal the pleasure of being in the light that adores the audience who shouted their names.
Until the late 1990s, 2BE3, Alliage and G-Squad were French benchmark bands. Their music goes everywhere, and their members are received at all TV collections, and even at the Radio Microphone that are not used to remove songs. Go one day: Baila or Crazy Crazy About YouA number of 1997 is a year of all successes for 2BE3s, especially in Zenith in their concert, the highest career point. In 1998, they opened their statue in the Greyna Museum, and they received President Jacques Chirac on the occasion of the party organized for Christmas in the presidency. “They have become a French phenomenon, which enters the élysée in the same way as types of national heroes. Jacques Chirac does not recognize them as “DEUS-BU-TURS”.
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Burn your wings
“The risk for producers is not huge. Risk is rather for artists, because their career will not last long, “says Astrid Farturs. Indeed, if some time were successful, the phenomenon of boys’ orchestras begins to lose its appearance. If Andrew and Gerald leave the G-Squad to try a solo career, 2BE3 try everything for everything and exile in the United States. “The American adventure is really interesting, because they are fighting when everything was successful so far,” said the author. There they work with DESMOND known to a particularly compiled I was made to love you from a kiss. “He is a pipe manufacturer. It is quite removed from the phenomenon of 2BE3. He also found these guys rather actors than singers.
On the other side of the Atlantic, he inspired American work, spending hours with studs, their voices and their headlines for them. Product formed away from their French career. Despite the release of a new album in English, he has the right to My French excuseThere is no success, while the phenomenon of the boys’ orchestra has already been completed in France. “They won what was a lot of money for them and nothing. One can imagine how to have some fragility from the beginning. Lost boys.
If the most accepts the end of the glory, one of them always hopes to touch the stars. After the experience of 2BE3, the leader of the group will do everything possible to continue living his famine. Dreams of career in Alain Delon, he sticks and gets a role in the row PlowkerA number of this new experience does not fully complement it, the era of the history of the delusion and the fans is missing. Filip Nikolic is slowly immersed and died on September 16, 2009, located for the arrest of myocardium, followed by a former Aluminum leader Quentin.
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Nostalgia cycle
The tragic end of these French boys did not prevent their works continue to live over the years. Almost thirty years after the success of these groups, the phenomenon has never really turned out. For a recent movie Go one day Juliet Armani from Amélie Bonin took over 2be 3 famous pieces. “It’s a cyclical thing. Juliett Armani is 41, the boys speak to a generation, which is also quite classical, “says Astrid Farturs. Amazon PM announced in September last year that after “” “Attic story “, 2nd season Worship A career of 2be3 should be dedicated to him. In addition, TF1 will work on TV, which returns to the Philip Nikolic history, reports Parisian A number
Chris Kellay of G-Squad and 2Be3’s Franck Dellay on the music was united by Duo Generation Band, which accepts the largest classics of their respective groups as Go one day Aeration of Crazy Crazy About YouA number they just revealed their album Shining Recently, K-pop groups, or a few years ago, are constantly reviving the phenomenon of boys orchestras. In France, a group of fans regularly meet to pay tribute to 2BE3 and in particular Nikolic. “It’s an epiphenomo. They are not so much, but they have a common commitment to what they like them, “says the author. “There are revenue phenomena that we do not explain. We see this in many areas of every decade. “
(1) Lost boys. Ascension and decline in boys nodesFrom Astrid Faguer, 240 pages, Le Cherche Midi Editions, 18.50 euros.
Source: Le Figaro
