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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
Several posters have dismissed the Beatles as being just another boy band. While they hardly need defending, I thought I might say why they were anything but.
The band came together organically. They were not manufactured.
The Beatles played their own instruments.
They wrote their own songs.
Their songwriting evolved and improved. Try listening to Rubber Soul, released only two years into their run, and compare it to their lightweight early hits.
They were a band, not a choreographed dance troupe.
You don't have to like their music, but putting them into the category of NKOTB, Backstreet Boys or En Sync is truly laughable.
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None of those things disqualify them from being a boy band.
Also, the Beatles did not come togehter entirely organically (cough cough Ringo). Their music was not entirely their own creations either. They worked with many of the best producers, studio muscians, writers, etc of their time.
I see little difference in the way that the Beatles were formed and the way that N'Sync was formed. N'Sync was formed when Chris Kirkpatrick assembled a group of chidhood friends and approached Lou Pearlman. Lou then tinckered with the lineup. N'Sync also did much of their song writing.
The only real difference you've pointed out is that the Beatles can't dance. And that has more to do with what was in fashion in pop music at the time.