May 7, 2023 – willowdot21

Good Sunday morning everyone this week for Song Lyric Sunday our galant host Jim Adams has set us the prompt of Boy Bands.

A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. South Korean boy bands usually also have designated rappers.Some such bands are formed on their own, often evolving out of church choral or gospel music groups. In contrast, others are created by talent managers or record producers who hold auditions. Being vocal groups, most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on-stage. They are similar in concept to their counterparts known as girl groups. The popularity of boy bands has peaked three times: first in the 1960s to 70s (e.g., with the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds); the second time it peaked during the late 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, when acts such as New Kids on the Block, Take That, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Boyzone, Five, A1, O-Zone and Westlife dominated global pop charts; and last time in the 2010s up to the present, with the emergence of groups such as One Direction, The Wanted, Big Time Rush, The Vamps, Ballinciaga and K-pop acts such as BTS, Exo, Ateez, and Cravity. More information here at Wikipedia

So I chose the Vamps for no reason other than I like the song and they are a great fit for the genre.

The Vamps are a British pop band consisting of Brad Simpson, James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans.They formed in 2012 and signed to Mercury Records (now Virgin EMI Records) in the November of the same year.

In 2017, they had their first number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with Night & Day (Night Edition). Their first two albums, Meet The Vamps and Wake Up are both certified Gold in the UK. The Vamps have also launched their own record label, Steady Records, and they are working in partnership with EMI/Universal. The first act signed was American band The Tide.

In 2018, guitarist McVey participated in the eighteenth series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and finished in fifth place. They have continuously toured worldwide since their debut in 2012, and they are the first band to headline London’s O2 Arena five years in a row. Information from Wikipedia

I’ve been up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
All night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

Sometimes I tend to lose myself
When I’m out here on my own
I never seem to get it right
But I guess that’s how it goes
Ever since you came around
Can’t nobody hold me down
You showed me how to find myself when I needed it the most

I been up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
All night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
Wide awake, that’s okay, as long as I’m with you
I’ll be up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

I’m never gonna find my way
If I don’t learn to let go
The past is the past, today is today
And there’s things I can’t control
The circles underneath my eyes
Tell the truth that I’ve been trying to hide
I’ve been waiting for you way too long
Won’t you come and take me home
Oh I, I’m praying this ain’t all a dream
Can you, you, wake me up before you leave?

‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Justin Franks / John Mitchell / Tristan Evans / Bradley Simpson / Connor Ball / James Mcvey / Daniel Majic / Tom Lagergren

All Night lyrics © Artist Publishing Group West, J Franks Publishing, Artist 101 Publishing Group, These Are Songs Of Pulse, Danny Majic Music Publishing, Global Talent Publishing Ltd, Kmr Ii Gt Publishing Limited

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Well I just couldn’t do a post on Boy Bands without including the Boy Band that in my opinion are the kings of the genre! They are men now and only three of them still together but they are still brilliant. From their first song dreadful video! But the talent is there.

Do what you like, do what you like
Sugar sweet, if only they all knew
Jam, can’t spread no more you’ve took my bread
Energy, just work, no rest or play
Me, myself I’d rather be alone again

So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you like
No need to tell me, do what you want

Cherry pie, you’re not as cute as me
Ice, could never be as cold as you
Recipe, you stir me up inside
Me, myself I’d rather be alone again

So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you like
No need to tell me, do what you want

So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, ooh
No need to tell me, no need to tell me

Oh ho, maybe, maybe, oh
Do what you like
Do what you want
Do what you like
Do what you want

Me, myself I’d rather be alone again
So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you like
No need to tell me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you want
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Gary Barlow / Ray Hedges

Do What U Like lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

To Brilliance in 2011 and their still going now.

Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group’s lead singer and primary songwriter, with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.

The group have had 28 top-40 singles and 17 top-5 singles on the UK Singles Chart, 12 of which have reached number one, including “Back for Good”, “Never Forget”, “Patience” and “Greatest Day”. They have also had eight number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart. Internationally, the band have had 56 number one singles and 39 number-one albums. They have received eight Brit Awards—winning for Best British Group and Best British Live Act. In 2012 they received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Take That has been certified for 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK. More information from Wikipedia

The Flood”

Standing on the edge of forever
At the start of whatever
Shouting love at the world
Back then we were like cavemen
But we map the moon and the stars
Then we forgave them

We will meet you where the lights are
The defendants of the faith we are
When the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away

You know no one dies
In these love drowned eyes
Through our love drowned eyes
We’ll watch you sleep tonight

Although no one understood
We were holding back the flood
Learning how to dance the rain
We were holding back the flood
They said we’d never dance again

Bleeding, but none of us leaving
Watch your mouth son
Or you’ll find yourself floating home

Here we come now on a dark star
Seeing demons, not what we are
Tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike but now will end today

There’s progress now
Where there once was none
Where there once was none
Then everything came along

Although no one understood
We were holding back the flood
Learning how to dance the rain
There was more of them than us
Now they’ll never dance again
Although no one understood
There was more of them than us
Learning how to dance the rain
We were holding back the flood
They said we’d never dance again

We will meet you where the lights are
The defendants of the faith we are
When the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away

Although no one understood
There was more of them than us
Learning how to dance the rain
(Learning how to dance the rain)
There was more of them than us
Now they’ll never dance again
Now we’ll never dance again

Happy Sunday Everyone 💜💜💜