Although the devlopment and success of East 17 was quite calculated by Tom 'Tiny' Watkins, perhaps the inspired aspect was that it always felt accidental and quite shoddy, with Tony Mortimer as the more streetwise Gary Barlow from the wrong side of the tracks. It really worked!
Somehow the climate has changed but it's difficult to pinpoint quite why this approach wouldn't work now. Maybe it is just that people in power don't believe it's really credible (they are perhaps making the mistake in thinking credibility is as important as it is) - although East 17 enjoyed some sense of cred. among both (young) teenage girls AND boys (in a way that Bros initially did perhaps, only stronger), unlike Take That.
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Re: IN MY DAY
Date: 2006-08-08 02:51 pm (UTC)Somehow the climate has changed but it's difficult to pinpoint quite why this approach wouldn't work now. Maybe it is just that people in power don't believe it's really credible (they are perhaps making the mistake in thinking credibility is as important as it is) - although East 17 enjoyed some sense of cred. among both (young) teenage girls AND boys (in a way that Bros initially did perhaps, only stronger), unlike Take That.