color me badd? seriously?
written by eric on 02/08/07

confession time: i liked color me badd.

i was in the first grade. the only cassettes i owned were the who framed roger rabbit? read-along and the soundtrack to the little mermaid. outside of disney, i had no understanding of pop music. the only other music i heard was whatever my mom played on the radio - and the radio played a lot of color me badd.

and because it was on the radio - i liked it.

is that how the rest of america was tricked?

pop music has seen some pretty ridiculous acts: the spice girls, the village people, neil young - but i think color me badd might be the kings of ridiculous.

look at these men, and realize something important.

color me badd was an actual thing…

… that people paid money to have in their lives…

… more than once.

now some might argue that they were no different than other boy bands, like *nsync or wham. all boy bands display the same traits at one point or another:

* unmistakably white in their rhythm

* timidly sexless and innocent

* horrible fashion/laughable hair

* obviously homosexual, yet suffering from self-denial

* inappropriately sleazy at the worst time

but color me badd was the only group to be all these things at the same time, all the time.

and two of them look like the kind of guys that have put roofies in drinks…

…but you know, “just to see what would happen.” they weren’t going to actually do anything, officer.

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  1. Morrison Feb 8

    If Neil ever fucking releases Homegrown, you’ll be eating your words, friend. And so will all those posers out there like Damien Rice.

  2. Ballard Feb 9

    I really enjoyed this. A LOT.

    It’s kinda scary.

    I also remember when CMB played “I wanna sex you up” at the Grammys, and my mom said “Hey, this is nice. I like this!” and it seemed really awkward.

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