It’s not that I think they were terrible – heaven knows that the old guard of Radio 1 DJs have prompted reams of ire from me during these TOTP posts – it’s just that they didn’t seem to add anything other than youthful over enthusiasm which in the case of some resulted in a lot of shouting of links (yes I’m looking specifically at you Claudia Simon). The on stage interviews of the artists from the early weeks has been ditched thankfully (they were excruciating and pointless) but the new sections such as the ‘exclusive’ showing of new videos and the US charts seem shoehorned in for the sake of it.Īnd then there’s the presenters. The relegation of the chart rundown to just the Top 10 (with no voice over initially) seems to have been just for the sake of drawing a line under the old format and the studio set up with the audience visible running in between stages seems chaotic. The live vocal policy has just found people out rather than given the performances an extra edge. I have to say that I can’t think of anything that’s been introduced that’s improved the show. That means it’s been four whole months since the new, ‘year zero’ revamp of the show. Rhonda will be happy to read this. Girl-from-the-cinema would not.We’ve missed another show due to Adrian Rose’s still unexplained refusal to sign the repeat waiver for the TOTP episodes on which he presented and so we arrive in the middle of February, 24 hours before Valentine’s Day. Now, C.M.B., with the exception of Watters, hopes to escape from entertainment limbo, with their most recent performance at Retrolicious: a concert in Singapore with notable names like Tommy Page and All-4-One. While the future of their music career remains unclear, one thing is for sure. But after publishing their last album Awakening in 1998, the band dropped off the entertainment radar for close to 15 years. They began their career in 1987 originally with four members Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon, Kevin Thornton, and Sam Watters. Their singles “I Wanna Sex You Up,” “All 4 Love,” and I Adore Mi Amor” were popular hits in America. experienced equal amounts of both adulation and scorn from the public. This girl came up behind me, leaned down next to my ear and said ‘I just want you to know, I think Color Me Badd sucks,’ and she just walked out,” says Abrams, "I would like to say I wasn’t affected by it. But I would be lying."
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“I was watching a movie with my family one time. Things that happen outside of the frames of TVs screens.
Calderon, after some time, opened it, at which point she dropped her jacket and “showed her stuff," says Calderon, "it's crazy!"Īlong with upsides to boyband-fame, like adoring fans, are downsides that we don’t get to see. During the band’s tour in Canada, a girl dressed only in a big furry jacket showed up at their hotel room. They’re no stranger to forward, sometimes even aggressive, fans. “I got upset with my own family once,” says Calderon, "I was home once, and they started sharing me with other friends, saying ‘Look! See! He IS my cousin,’ and they get mad because you don’t want to go out,” says Calderon.Ĭolor Me Badd, Backstreet Boys or One Direction boybands, then and now, acquaint well with fame, and the stampede of screaming Rhondas that come with it. in many ways, sometimes, surprises can come from somewhere a little closer to home. While fans and friends can surprise boybands like C.M.B.
His stern face relaxes as he reminisces, talking about the past. He smiles, his eyebrows raised as he leans forward from his chair and speaks for the first time since the start of the interview.
“When we were younger, it was like a dream come true,” says Thornton as he drums his fingers across the table like it’s a piano. “It’s one thing to be overwhelmed by screaming fans, but to have people you went to school with, people you know, screaming and shaking for you, that’s the strangest thing for me,” says Abrams, folding his tattooed arms. That happened the first time the band, Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon and Kevin Thornton, returned to perform in Oklahoma, their home city. She's screaming for Abrams and his band, Color Me Badd, or C.M.B. They grew up together in Oklahoma, knew each other since second grade, and sat next to each other in high school.īut now she’s screaming. “Rhonda, was her name,” says Bryan Abrams, as he recalls the name of his high school friend.
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