Do you feel its wrong for a record company to target their new teenage boy band to 90% gays?

Or is it excellent marketing?





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH2_ouIgU鈥?/a>





Source: 1992Do you feel its wrong for a record company to target their new teenage boy band to 90% gays?
I麓d say it was a misjudgement, which was quickly noted and changed.





99.9999% of Take That fans are knicker throwing middleaged harpies.Do you feel its wrong for a record company to target their new teenage boy band to 90% gays?
Excellent marketing.





On the subject of dishonest marketing or 'wrongness' for targeting, simply selling stuff to the queer community is not new, and it is not wrong. Almost everything these days is sold to the heteronormative community.





In my opinion, marketing things to the heteronormative community is usually a lot less nice. It often enforces sexism and gender roles. Marketing targeting the LGBTetc. community can do the same, but... as far as I can see it tends to do less of it.





At least they're not marketing cigarettes to children.
Not at all. It would limit their appeal but its not illegal. Straight people could still like the band or at least the music. Targeting gays doesn't mean somehow theirs only going to appeal to gays just like so called straight boy bands don't just appeal to straight people. In the case of that AI Lambert guy who came in second %26amp; just admitted being gay I think it's to be expected after all its helped with his PR before %26amp; since being open about it %26amp; obviously the gay community has been looking for new ';celebrities'; to further their cause just like any other group or minority looks for a new star. Its still obviously tabet to be gay let alone in the music or entertainment business so when someone is open about it it helps the over all community become more accepted or so the hope is. Nsync wasn't just targetted to young girls or young straight girls but even if it was it wouldn't stop other guys straight or gay from listening to it just like lady gaga doesnt mean guys gay or straight can't like her music either even if she targeted one group or the other. Targeting the community would limit the appeal of the group because again their is a taboit about it %26amp; alot of boy bands need the fantasy minds of young girls holding out hope or having crushes on a member or two in order to help prolong the life of the band. Its another reason why artist try to keep their private lives secret as long as they can because if a popular member gets married or has a girlfriend it can crush the fans hearts %26amp; make the group not as appealing to the girl who then looks elsewhere possibly. Its no different then the Jonas brothers being open about supposeably waiting to marry before having sex after all part of growing up for boys is having sex %26amp; so waiting sort of goes against the grain. But obviously in doing so they open the idea of nice boys to young girls %26amp;/or those girls who are waiting to or religious not feel so bad %26amp; again believe its ok or that not every boy is just about sex. So of course parents like the jonas brothers especially compared to the last 30 years where there havent really been many role models. If you have two sweaters that are the same except for color how do you differencate between the two? marketing that's all it is.
It if worked, then it was clearly a shrewd business move.





Why would it be ';wrong'; exactly, unless you're a homophobe or something?





Pete Waterman once said there were two types of people who bought the records he produced: 9 year old girls and gay men. As a record company boss, he basically targetted his product at those two markets and he did pretty well out of it.
Being gay, I can't imagine that many homosexual males would find that attractive in the least.





They are all incredibly feminine and flamboyant. That is not attractive.
no but but people might say yes becuz one of the backstreet boys was reported gay on the news and one of the judges on abdc is gay so people might say ya
Its only teenage girls and pillow biters who like boy bands anyway.





As for Shambo ........... well, you know he bends it like beckham.
That video is just wrong.


and its excellent marketing.
lol i didnt think things out before i clicked that link. Now i wish i did think things through. I hope your happy, that video has scar me deep. :(
Who do you think buys all Madonnas cr@p by the sh!t load.It makes absolute business sense.
Outrageous!
Ugh...how mature of you