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Boybands Forever: this denim-packed history of 90s British pop is a magical piece of TV
Robbie Williams and co open up in this stellar deep dive into the world of male musical groups. It makes you so nostalgic it feels as if your nerves are gnawing at your flesh
What happens if you give five men astounding fame, make them glowing targets for tabloid newspapers then drop them as soon as their songs stop feeling vibrant, which is about the time they turn 25? A couple of years ago Mindhouse produced Gods of Snooker, which I still recommend to people now, and Boybands Forever does a lot of what that documentary did so well, just with a different subject matter to chew. Listening to boybands takes you back to where you were when they were important to you, before cynicism started to bite, before you ever knew what a “mix CD with two Jane’s Addiction songs on it” even was, to a time when chewing gum was somehow still subversive.
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