Readers respond to the Jive/'N Sync/BSB/Pearlman Situation (Part III)

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Oct 19, 2099 Source: Backstreet.net readers Submitted By: From: Y [yvette_99_99@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 12:46 PM I know I am going to get flamed but here goes nothing. I have wonder what the fans have been thinking actually I thought the posts were rather biased for my liking. Not saying there is nothing wrong defending Nsync but hello what happened to the fans that know BSB. Our pals Natural, Phatlady and the rest of the gang have made sure we know the whole story and why are not their responses but there. I am not blamming anyone but when when hard times come around boy do fans have alot to say and it is ususally against BSB. As I have always stated in the past we know the guys are not perfect no one is claiming that but they are not "afraid of Nsync and the limelight being taken away." They are taking control of their own careers and when fans become older you will know that most people in the work place do things like this not to be mean but in order to make sure they have careers. It is looking out for yourself and it is not being selfish or rude jut part of trying to survive. Sorry if that does not make sense but it will. BSB is not ego driven, they are very modest and just trying to make sure they last long. We all know they have had problems with JIVE before Nsync got into the picture. It is sad to see that the BSB fans in the time of support and unity are just critizing and not doing their homework. I do not mean everyone but most fans are just over critical. I hope we see posts on this thing by BSB fans that know the story and will support BSB not do the opposite. Off the soap box for today. I hope you respect my opinion because I respect the opinions of everyone here. You are entitled to your opinion as I am but on this one I have to say it saddens me how the fan base is reacting. From: Gabriella Hunter [gabriella1@gurlmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 11:38 AM Hello 'N Sync and BSB fans. I have been a loyal Backstreet Boys fan for three years now, and 'N Sync are okay in my opinion. I am so upset by the amount of rudeness that is coming out of this situation. There is no respect for anyone in the problem, and there needs to be more for a possible solution to be reached. I believe both BSB (although I love them more) and 'N Sync are truly talented individuals and it always seems money gets in the way of talent. I respect Mr.Pearlman, 'N Sync, Jive Records, and the Backstreet Boys. Maybe if there wasn't so much hatred involved, we could all get along. Being mean and rude never solves anything. The outcome of this situation is unknown, but the fans can set an example. I believe from the bottom of my heart that 'N Sync and BSB probably do get along in reality and are very confused by the situation. If fans pull together and show love for the music, then maybe the others involved we'll see that we need to be nice and kind to one another in order to make our world a bett er place. I am a strong believer in love healing everything, and situations like this only need love to become better. If we focus on the positive affects, then maybe 'N Sync fans and BSB fans won't hate each other. I respect 'N Sync fans very much, although I like BSB more. I think you all rock. Come on fans. Stop fighting! Love, Gabbie From: DDLB5656@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 12:26 PM Hi, I just wanted to put in my two cents on this whole mess. Remember, this is just my opinion. I'm nineteen years old and have been a fan of BSB for about a year and a half now. I don't know if you could call me an N Sync "fan", but I do really enjoy their music. Don't you think it's a bit premature to start jumping to all these conclusions about why BSB is leaving Jive? We really haven't heard anything official from them; why start believing everything we read? If there is one thing I have learned, it is that making assumptions about things we DON'T know the entire story of, is , sorry if some of you consider this mean, but DUMB. I have the utmost respect for the guys, and they have never done anything to make me think different. They all seem like good guys who were raised in strong enviroments and have their priorities in order. This is in no way to say that they are perfect or even close to it, but I do believe that they are good, honest people. I just have a hard believing that they would do something that wouldn't be beneficial to them or to the fans. As for N Sync, I don't know. I don't know enough about it, and I think when you're on the outside looking in at a situation like this one, it is hard to know what is truly going on. On both sides. By both sides, I mean Lou Pearlman and N Sync/BSB. So, I guess what I'm trying to say, is that is not good to start believing rumors and what the media has to say (since we all know just how truthful they are......). It's okay to be a fan of both groups, taking sides probably isn't very necessary, do you think the guys would want you to do that anyways? All in all, I think the safest and best thing to do is to wait until all sides come out officially and you hear it from them. Thanks, Debbie DDLB5656@aol.com From: terry reeves [terryreeves@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:23 PM I was reading the news about Nsync was moving to Jive and my first reaction was what a bunch of idiots(Nsync). They always ramble on about how much they are not like the Backstreet Boys and they aren't trying to be like them. And Nsync fans are always saying Nsync is not trying to be like the Backstreet Boys. Well if they're not why are they moving to Jive? That is adding more to the dispute. Yeah Nsync is sueing Lou, but who did that over a year ago? BSB! Nsync ARE trying to be like the BSB they do everthing they do. Like for instince what I just said, and the pay-per-view concert BSB did that in January and now Nsync did it a couple of months ago. I mean can it be more obvious I think Nsync fans are to dumb to notice. Nsync just wants to copy BSB's success which helps now that they are moving to Jive. Come on people wake up and notice. From: Claire Pepe [cbpepe@quixnet.net] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 3:09 PM I'm writing as a fan of both BSB and *N Sync. With the contract difficulties that both bands are experiencing, I would like to make a proposal to all fans of either or both bands.The concept is simple: a quid pro quo arrangement in which everyone votes for Music of My Heart on TRL for Wednesday, October 20, and for Larger Than Life for Thursday, October 21. I would like to see this happen to show unified support against Lou Pearlman, and for the two bands. I realize that LTL has been #1 for some time, and does not need the support of *N Sync fans to stay there. However, I am also aware that many BSB fans would like to see LTL break *N Sync's record of 44% of the vote. This could achieve that result. Despite the often strained relations between fans of the two bands, I believe that almost all of us recognize that Lou Pearlman is a leech; he's still making money from BSB, and has been taking up to 2/3 of the money generated by *N Sync. Any way that we can show our disrespect for him and his tactics will surely benefit any new bands who are tempted to sign with TransCon, and the music industry in general. I sincerely hope that we can count on your support.                   Thanks, Claire Pepe From: KaraRok@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 5:12 PM Ever heard the saying "good riddance to bad rubbish?" well that explains the whole nsync situation. They WEREN'T first, they AREN'T the best so why should they pretend to be? Sure Lou treated them bad, but that doesn't give them any right to breach their contract. By jumping onto Jive they did, and made their predecessors, the ones who opened the door to their success (AKA BsB), uncomfortable in the process. Of course BsB would want to move!! Who would want their biggest competition being on the same record label? You wouldn't want your favorite basketball team being coached by the same person who coaches your least favorite now would you? Its the same principal! Additionally, BsB were thinking about changing their label since they switched management to "The Firm" about a year ago. So don't go blaming everything on Nsync. The boys have their own minds and can decide what THEY want to do as long as they do it legally unlike a certain copy-off boy band we know of(AKA nsync). This is just my opinion and it is biased because I do not like nsync. But even if I did(haha yeah right!) its still wrong to do things illegally which is exactly what they did. Sara From: Rebecca Kehoe [best_bud_becca@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 5:20 PM Hi everyone! I was reading some of the responses to this whole situation and I thought I'd add my 2 cents. First of all. To that girl who was saying that N'SYNC can pay that much money no prob, you're sooo wrong. Mind you, I am in no way a N'SYNC fan....at all! But I think that 150mill, that's a whole lota greens! Like that girl was saying, N'SYNC have only made $1 000 000 yet. Remember, BSB were in the business for about 6 years, and they'd only made $300 000. Who says Lou didn't pull the same scam on N'SYNC. What I'm wondering, could this possibly rid N'SYNC off of the charts? Like I said, I don't like them, but if that happened to BSB, I'd be devestated! I feel really sorry for N'SYNC because it's almost like their trapped. If they stay with Trans Continetal Records, they'll be so taken advantage of that they'll probably recieve like 1 billionth of their earnings, and if they leave, they'll be caught up in this HUGH lawsuit. On the other hand, to the people who are saying that Lou shoulding be suing N'SYNC at all 'cuz it's "unfair", it IS so fair. I don't think it should be that much maybe like $10 000 000 but not 150!!! Do you guys know how much money Trans Con is gonna lose because of this? If N'SYNC stays around and makes more records, they'll probably lose more than 150 million. I don't blame them for leaving, but maybe they should have sent like a letter from their lawyers like BSB did with Jive saying that if they don't hand over more money, they'll be leaving. Not just try to compromise for a while and leave behind Trans Con's back. I'll bet if they had to send a threat like that or even go on strike that Trans Con would've tossed over big bucks. I don't know why singing groups or singers ever sign on to Trans Continental records, and by the look of things, they're not going to be getting many more clients. I mean, that girl said that Lance from N'SYNC was in the hospital for a week? That's sick! And BSB have had many bad times too because of thier bosses. I have one more thing to say to the peeps that were saying that BSB were being jealous of N'SYNC and stuff. I don't blame BSB at all for leaving when they did. If they had to stay, they'd be in a record lable with lots of so called "teeny bopper" acts and with N'SYNC added to that list, it makes it worse (personally, I think N'SYNC is much more close to a boy band that BSB ever will be). So by staying with that lable, they're not going to be doing much to shake that teenybopper/boyband image. One more thing I wanna say is to the girl who said that it's about the music so we shouldn't be talking about this and stuff and it's all about the music so we shouldn't care. I agree that we shouldn't care but I think, as fans, we hold the right to know what's going on in the professional lives (not personal) of the people we know. I mean, without this, BSB could go and like split up and we wouldn't even know. Another thing is that if N'SYNC didn't want us to know all this we wouldn't cuz they get their reps to tell the press. I'm sure you've noticed that people don't really know all that much about BSB's situation other then that they've threatened to leave Jive. That's because they and their representatives have failed to comment. I think that they should always do this until the deal is settled and then what happened could be made public. Well that's what I think! From: nardia mcphee [mcphee_n@scholar.don.tased.edu.au] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 5:58 PM i have been a fan of bsb for 4 and a half years and an *n sync fan for 2 years now bsb and *n sync are my fave groups! ever since i heard *n sync moving to jive and bsb moving out is RIDICOLOUS! i was talking to my mom about it last week and she says that it is stupid and it's going to take a lot of trouble of bsb to find a new record company. yes i know that bsb moved out 'cos of their ex-management "the wright stuff" is with *n sync and they didn't wanted to work with them at all that doesn't mean they have to move out 'cos of *n sync their management know that they did the wrong thing last year by taking most of their money and fired them after a court case by the judge saying that they settle it themselves and so they did! bsb and *n sync has are good friends (well i don't know now) howie and chris went to school with each other and chris was nearly joining bsb! now before you go of and say that *n sync sucks go and think to yourself that they used to be friends with each other! jive records is one of my fave record companys which have singers and groups that i like such as backstreet boys, britney spears, and heaps heaps more! i think that both groups should just stay friends and work together that's all i have to say! if you like to make any bad comment or say anything that agrees with me email me at ilovenickbsb@mailcity.com or mcphee_n@scholar.don.tased.edu.au thank you nardia mcphee (tasmania) From: Sneezers14@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 6:09 PM Ok! Here goes my opinion on the whole BSB vs. Nsync vs. Lou thing. First off, I hate Lou Pearlman, he screwed BSB over and after they left he thought he would get away with it with *N Sync but he didn't. I'm not some major fan of N Sync, i mean I like them but not to the point where I actually hang up posters of them in my room (my wall space is pretty much used up with BSB posters and awards and pics anyways!) but I do like them as singers and I've grown to like them more now that one of my best friends pretty much made me watch her n sync tapes with her. I mean they are pretty much the same as BSB so how can someone worship the ground BSB walks on and completely despise N Sync? To me that's stupid! I for one, am glad N Sync isn't letting that fat loser screw them over anymore! I mean, like someone said, he treats them like caged animals! And the BSB thing...I don't really see how they got brought into this!! I mean it's two totally different things! From what I understand, BSB had an exclusive deal with JIVE that they'd be the only boy band signed to JIVE and when they signed N Sync then they broke that contract! And I'd sue Jive too if they done that to me!! But I also think it was stupid of N Sync to leave RCA...RCA is a good label. I don't think that any of us should really worry about this because it's not our place to worry about it. We aren't in the groups, or part of any of the record/management companies or anything. Oh!! That reminds me of something! I don't know if this is right or not but I think Trans Con is just a management company and not a record company! But RCA and JIVE are record companies!! I mean when BSB sued Lou they had to find a new management company, not a new record company. I mean I can see BSB's point for wanting to leave Jive now that N Sync is signed too! I mean say you were BSB would you want to be on the same label as your biggest competitor? I wouldn't and besides that's like saying "we're one big happy family" and I don't really want BSB and N Sync on the same label because they are so alike already and that would cut each groups' breathing room between each other and kinda force them to compete! I mean the fans compete more than the guys do! But my main point is, is that we really don't need to worry about it because none of us really know the whole story as to what is going on and why BSB is leaving Jive and why N SYNC left RCA and Trans Con, so we can't really pass judgment on the whole thing! Just let the guys of both groups and their lawyers do their things because unlike us, they know what they are dealing with and talking about! Well, anyway, thanks for reading this!! Miranda From: Erin "BTLS_Hushpuppies" Bancroft [dbancroft@erols.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:22 PM Hey Everyone Now i have to say something that has been on my chest since the Day *Nsync (NSTINK) join Jive. I have one thing to say about Nsync... STUPIED! they totally didn't even think of there fans when they switch lables. There New album is going to be thrown in the trash can unless they fix all this up. I really don't blame NSYNC themself for the swich and the lawsuit... I BLAME Johnny Write. he is so mad at BSB for dumping him he used nsync to get back at them. And now it coming back at him. I think bsb left Jive to get away from JOHNNY not the guys of Nsync. I really started laughing when i heared about the law suit. but this is my opinion. Well if you agree Email me at DBancroft@Erols.com KTBPA!!! Forever BSB Erin From: LaShanda L Bell [psubsbfan@juno.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 9:29 PM First of all, to the person(s) that said that BSB are acting childish and are letting their egos get in the way, I think you need to rethink what you said and examine the issues that they had to deal with in the past year. They are not acting childish, they are just trying to take control of their careers. They are smart businessmen, who don't want to be some label's puppets who allow the corporate world to control them. They made $200 million last year and only received $300,000 each. I don't blame them for wanting their fair share of the cash. They are touring non-stop and recording, they deserve it! You may deny it, but N'Sync is nothing but a carbon copy of them! Lou Pearlman has even admitted if, even though he may have not used those words. I wouldn't want to be on a label with a wannabe version of my group either! I'm not the biggest N'Sync fan as you can tell, but if I had to give them advice, I'd tell them to renegotiate with Pearlman. They are risking their careers. I'm not saying let him take control of you, but if BSB can work out something with Pearlman so that his greedy ass can get a piece of the pie without having total control over them, then so can N'Sync. They should have no problem with following in BSB's footsteps since they copy everything else they do, lol! Sorry, I had to say it! I hope BSB can work this whole thing out with Jive because I would hate for them to ruin their careers over some wannabe group. These guys have such a promising future and I'm positive they have the talent to have the longevity and respect that they desire. I have seen these guys live and they are unbelievable and put the imitation groups *cough* N'Sync *cough* 5ive, to shame! I don't want them to fade away like two other "boy bands" that I loved, NKOTB and New Edition. I commend them for standing up for themselves and taking action. I wish them the best! BSB Fan Always, Shanda Go ahead NSYNCERS, send me hatemail, I love it! I'm grown, I can handle it! PSUBSBFAN@juno.com From: KawaiiDi@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 6:46 PM I have a LOT of things to say on this situation. The whole BSB leaving, NSync signing onto Jive, I haven't been able to keep up! Half of the people say BSB left cause of NSync, the other half is that how Jive "supposedly" treated them. We can keep on guessing all we want, but we probably won't ever know. BSB could be mad about NSync, but like they wouldn't tell anyone. The wouldn't go to a fan conference and say "we left Jive because those stupid NSync posers signed on"(even though that would be interesting if that did happen). Who knows! Maybe BSB thought Jive was getting too popsy with NSync and the Princess of Pink Britney Spears, since everyone knows how both groups hate being classified as 'boy bands" and pop saying they are more R&B, but both are as pop as can be. Maybe NSync signed onto Jive because they wanted to ditch Lou and want to seem more "mature". And that whole thing about Pearlman suing NSync? I hate NSync(KTBSPA!!!), but still, this is ridiculous. Because as much as I hate NSync, I hate Lou even more and I really don't want to see him get that $150 million. Is it that now every boy band who hits it big, and then wants to move on from Transcontinental, he sues them for "damages" or some outrageous like that? And then MTV says it should be interesting what happens? I can already see how crystal clear it is: Pearlman gets all the money, NSync cries, Pearlman buys another waterfront home and a new Benz, then finds a new boy band to wreck! Okay, I know that is really long, but that's the way I feel. From: Crystal [bsbnsync15@webtv.net] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 7:02 PM I love the Backstreet Boys and I like *N Sync, but I think that *N Sync should quit following everything that the BSB are doing. First they had the same manager and now *N Sync wants to have the same record label as BSB. There are plenty of other record labels around there i'm sure. So I think they should leave BSB with their label and go to a different one. BSB have been on Jive since they started so I don't think they should leave because of *N Sync. *N Sync should leave them alone with Jive. What's the deal with Lou Pearlman!? He shouldn't try to sue *N Sync for 50 million dollars! He is just CrAzY and money hungry. All the money that this guy has and he wants more! If you ask me I think *N Sync should get more money than Lou or any other person dealing with them because they are the ones that work hard just about everyday for their fans. They are the ones that have to do concerts every weekend and go to photo shoots and always constantly on the road. And this Pearlman guy is just sitting in his office relaxing with his big wad of cash, which he doesn't deserve, for all that *N Sync does. In conclusion, I know BSB and *N Sync are friends so that doesn't bother me. I have nothing against them for fighting for their rights. I just hope that they can work things out and get this stuff off of their shoulders. From: Katie1398@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 7:08 PM Well there are a couple of things that I have to say about this stupid fight. The first is the most important to me. My dad knows a lot about music and the music industry so I naturally went to him when this whole thing started up. People are saying "BSB are getting egos" and some others but it's not them. Under contract the only thing you can do is break your management. Anything else, like label changes, is decided by management. So all these decisions and problems are all from the management. I can see where all this other stuff is coming from b/c I believed it at first but Dad fixed it for me and now I'm telling what I was told. If anybody is getting an ego, it's the management. For all we know BSB may not want to leave Jive but don't have the choice. Don't be pissed off at NSYNC or BSB; be pissed off at their management. As for Pearlman, well to me he's a jerk. Going behind BSB's back with NSYNC, going behind NSYNC's back with LFO, treating both bands like they were his creation and all the other crap he's pulled; I just don't like him. He's not fair with anything. BSB were not his creation and neither was NSYNC (both groups got together through or as friends and he just signed them.) and now he's not letting women in on the new singer opening. Being 14, I'm an aspiring singer and a year and a half ago I wanted to be signed to TransCon. But now, I'm thinking of JustinTime Entertainment instead. I'd rather go with someone who's fair than one who's not. Please think about this and know that's it's not the guys. TeenyL02, TurkFan, and Seafoam326 had a lot of good points in their reviews (and chopped my review by about half) and I thank them for what they said. All I can say now is think about how the guys of both groups feel about this. -Kat From: melanie@bgnet.bgsu.edu Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 9:06 PM Hi, I suppose most of you don't know me, since I have only been coming to this site for a months now so I guess I'll tell you a bit about myself. My name is Melanie and I am a 18 year old college student. I have been a fan of the Backstreet Boys for quite some time now, and love reading all the commentary on them at backsteet.net. However, lately I think many of the fans are being WAY out of line in respect to their dislike of N'Sync or their hatred of people the whole "Boy Band" image that is commonly associated with BSB. I want to make it clear that I do not like N'Sync and I do not think that the Backstreet boys fit into the stereotypical boy band persona. However, I been noticing some things when I read much of the commentary that is on this site, the first being that many fans do not think that the boys and their fans get the respect they deserve. All I have to say is why should we? I mean all we do is sit here and belittle critics and other musicians because they do not like BSB. I am sorry but many of the things were not only unitelligent but they were also just plain cruel. If you want respect you need to earn it. You need to back up why you like the backstreet boys, or why you feel that they are not a boy band. You can't just blatantly tell people that they suck and that they are just jealous, it just makes us look worse. You need to rise above them, be a better person, don't stoop to their mindless insults. I how hard it can be to keep your emotions from unveiling sometimes, but we have to remain positive. Because if we keep over dramatizing the criticism and scandals it is only going to bring down everybody's morale, including the guys themselves. I also think that it is possible for N'Sync and Backstreet boys fans to get along, and be friends. It is a matter of respect. But if this mindless rivalary continues between the fans then it's just going to escalate and make everybody think less of both the groups and their fans. I believe we can get a long and live in peace and harmony. Think about it this way, if their is hard feelings between the 2 groups(which I seriously doubt their really is think about N'Sync on TRL I mean Justin was jamming to Larger than Life) then if we (the fans) got along maybe the guys would start to get along. We can atleast try. I must say that there are many fans who share the same sentiments as I do but we don't get the same media coverage, why? Because there isn't enough of us, and we are overwhelmed by people with negative attitudes. It's about time for that to stop, we all need to be positive it's the only way things will get better. I know that I have been pretty harsh with my comments in this little letter but you guys should also let you know that I stand behind everything that I say and will not apologize for it. However, I will say that I think that the backstreet boys have some of the most intelligent and beautiful people as fans. I think most of us fans will agree with that, let's make the rest of the believe that too. I encourage anybody to say whatever they want about this commentary, just email me at melanie@bgnet.bgsu.edu. I promise that I will respond to each and every piece of mail that I recieve. Thank you for reading this, and God Bless! From: Veronica [anna1818@excite.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 10:35 PM I thought I would voice my opinion on this whole Jive/nsync/Lou/BSB thing, and I hope you post it up on your website Caitlin ;o) Yes, I know you're probably thinking, "Here goes another person thinking she knows everything", but really, I don't. Neither do any of you, and it's true. But some of the people that I've read their opinions on this whole "Jive" thing, are of coarse, just opinions. So I can state my opinion too, right? My thoughts on this is that BSB are making the SMARTEST move ever. It's really not making sense when some people say "oh BSB have egos for leaving "Jive", or their being childish". Oh c'mon, childish? In case you didn't know, BSB are not trying to do what's "cool", or trying to please "nsync fans, or nsync for that matter", or trying to impress "bashers/critics". You have to realize that BSB are very SMART group wise, and trust me, they know what they're doing. For the nsync fans, you should be grateful that BSB are doing this to save your "nsync" buddies from ALWAYS being compared to them all the time. Don't you get tired when they always compare nsync to BSB?? Well then, there ya go, you should be thankful that they're leaving "Jive" so they can stop being compared to each other, and especially if they're on the same record label. Obviously, nsync don't know how to handle business smart wise (I know I just made some nsync fans, but oh well). I've seen the things that they've been doing, and do they even know what they're doing? First, they break a breach of their contract, now is that a smart move for a group to do? No, don't even bring up "well Lou did this to them, Trans Con did that to them", was that a smart move yes or no? I know it's a NO. Before you want to do anything in business (because let's face it, this whole music thing is nothing but business), you have to go the smart way, not the dumb way. And as a group, nsync should've done the smart thing and handled their situation properly. Now see what's happening? Lawsuit, a big fat one too! Lou didn't ask for it, nsync did. Yes I know, Lou is a big backstabber, and we all know it. (btw, if you're reading this Lou, you BETTER stay away from our 'boys, [BSB]). Ok back to the subject, I'm just sick and tired of all these people saying that BSB are childish, and they are causing this whole rivarly (sp?), blah, blah, blah, cuz it's all bullsh**! BSB has been having problems with "Jive" in the first place, so no, they didn't leave because of nsync, they left because their not getting the respect they deserve. You see people, this is all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T. I think that's all BSB wants, and if these "Jive" people can't give it to them, well bye bye "Jive" cuz they don't need your sorry a** label. Sorry if I'm being harsh, but you have to realize that not everything is 'right' behind those closed doors, and you have to realize what BSB are going through. And I say "More power to ya BSB!" I think they are the SMARTEST group out there who KNOW what their doing, unlike other groups :þ luv, *Veronica* Email me good or bad email, it's all good, just my opinion & hopefully some of you agree w/ me ;o) Anna1818@excite.com From: Rozush@aol.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 11:20 PM Ever since Nsync came to US until recent time, it's been Nsync and BSB the same stuff.....Well as for us for the fans it's not SAME, and especially now...What most of us don't want to realize is that in music business it's not personal it's business. And for years now BSB was looked at as another little boy band who cant' sing, and have always been on the same level as Nsync, just because they used to have the same management and whatever. But they are not and are not supposed to be on the same level as Nsync, not because I might dislike Nsync or anything,but whatever you say facts are facts, Backstreet Boys came first....I remember hearing Nsync in 1998, but BSB came into US 1999. And their management have always put Backstreet Boys into the risks first, like ok where to go now USA or Europe, and when Nsync started [HALF year later, still LATER than BSB] they didn't really have to do as much promoting AS bsb, cuz their management already knew what to do and what not to.... As for this whole BSB/JIVE/LOU/TRANSCONT thing, imagine to be in bsb's place, still it's only imagining cuz u will never be in their place, when they FINALY start getting some respect from the media, less comparison from Nsync cuz it's obvious they are more mature in this [BSB] and I noticed it in the articles recently published, concert reviews and such....now WUS UP with Nsync going to Backstreet Boys record company?! no matter from what angle u look at it, it's not right! it looks like Nsync goes after BSB's spotlight every where! yea whatever go ahead and hate me but it's true! There are millions of record companies who need big exposure and who could give a good treatment to nsync, but no JIVE has to be it.......NOT right! And Backstreet Boys, I UNDERSTAND their concern with leaving the company, let me break it down for you.... When you tell your best friend that you like this guy and he likes you too, and then she goes off and tells another girl who you have to compete with every day.....and that girl goes after your guy....and you would be mad at your best friend huh? something like that...it's called BETRAYING.....yes jive showed that they don't have respect for their artists....Backstreet Boys want to be respected as artists and it's not about hating nsync either.....so i support them with their move...if they didn't do it I would personally think there's something wrong with them! And NSYNC did have it coming on them......they started the whole thing Another thing, WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS on how much money do BSB make and Nsync.....u wouldn't know if they have $150 millions dollars in their bank, and shouldn't care about that either.....you call your self a true fan, but when things like this come up and you go off and start saying that they are getting big headed and go off and like nsync cuz they are being treated poorly by their management...just enjoy the music and dont' go like ''ok Backstreet Boys are like the bomb. no look at jusin omg he's sooooo much cuter than any of them i love nsync they are so talented.....no look at aj he's got these cute eyes....no backstreet boys hate nsync i love nsync.....etc....... From: edward donnelly [110524.1162@compuserve.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 2:39 AM Alright, I'll try my best to keep this short. I believe that pearlmen takes these people ( singers or bands) " under his wing " , claiming to " be like a father to them " and then helps them achieve their dream. Suddenly without warning, he makes money off them and takes it from them. Why does he need more money, he's a millionaire for goodness sake? He has enough, why would he sue n sync for breach of contract, when maybe they were trying to escape the " greedy one " a.k.a pearlmen. I was shocked when i heard about it. I hope that things will be resolved between n sync and pearlmen without anymore problems in the future. I wish n sync good luck and all the best. shannon p.s. both bsb and n sync are talented, cute, and can be successful with or without pearlmen. keep the backstreet pride alive and stay n sync. Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: johnansaz http://imrdsoacha.gov.co/silvitra-120mg-qrms Comment on this item. Next Item: Quick hit Prev Item: Simulcast planned for Backstreet Boys concert