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8:27 pm - 11/29/2011
2Ge+her Reunion: We need your help!
I posted about this a few weeks ago, ONTD blew up in support, so... hoping to get your continued help!
The guys are all on board (Alex, Kevin, Noah and Evan).
Noah is moving to LA and will be Alex's roommate (not kidding).
MTV needs to get on board and they need to be proven that 2Gether has an audience and the audience wants to see the show, the movie, a reunion and potentially a documentary leading up to the big reunion show. Alex already has cameras following him documenting the journey.
MTV Buzzworthy blogged about the news today here: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/11/29/2ge
Right around the turn of the millennium, fake-ish boy band 2gether was everywhere. Formed in 1999 as a response to the boy band wave that had the charts in a death grip, with Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC ruling the airwaves, 2gether was a parody boy band introduced to the world by way of an MTV original movie which debuted in 2000. The movie profiled the fictional casting and rise to success of the group, while in real life, high-profile appearances on TRL and a spot opening for Britney Spears on tour helped make them into an actual success story. Infectious singles like "U + Me = Us (Calculus)" and "Say It (Don't Spray It)" caused their debut album, 2gether, to peak in the Top 40 on the Billboard 200. And their second album, 2gether Again, spawned the single "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)," which charted on the Hot 100.
Part of the band's success was the weird, goofy likability of their members, which fulfilled and satirized the expectations of stock boy band personality types: Evan Farmer played Jerry, the Heartthrob; there was Chad, the Shy One, portrayed by Noah Bastian; the aforementioned QT; Alex Solowitz's lovable Neanderthal of a "bad boy," Mickey Parke; and the amazing Kevin Farley (brother of the late Chris Farley) as Doug, the "Older Brother." But 2gether was forced to disband in early 2001, when Michael Cuccione died after years of battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, and the group slipped into the annals of teen pop ephemera.
But now they're back, y'all! Bad boy Alex Solowitz recently told TMZ that the four surviving members want to make a mockumentary about the band's reunion and start releasing new music. The band says they'll be donating much of the proceeds to the Michael Cuccione Foundation, which works to support childhood cancer research, so it would be kinda noble and philanthropic, too! Interest is building on Twitter (check out the hashtag #2getherReunion), so maybe there's something to an incipient 2gether reunion. (Crosses fingers/ prays/ shakes/ cries.)
+ So what do you think? Are you holding out for a #2getherReunion? Tell us in the comments!
What you should to do support the reunion: go to the MTV post and comment in support, tweet about it, specifically to @MTV, @MTVNews and @MTVBuzzworthy and use the hashtag #2getherReunion
Thank you ONTD! I love you all! :)
edit to add: alex loves you too!
edit to add x2:alex mickey parke did an interview last week and it was hilarious.
The guys are all on board (Alex, Kevin, Noah and Evan).
Noah is moving to LA and will be Alex's roommate (not kidding).
MTV needs to get on board and they need to be proven that 2Gether has an audience and the audience wants to see the show, the movie, a reunion and potentially a documentary leading up to the big reunion show. Alex already has cameras following him documenting the journey.
MTV Buzzworthy blogged about the news today here: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/11/29/2ge
Right around the turn of the millennium, fake-ish boy band 2gether was everywhere. Formed in 1999 as a response to the boy band wave that had the charts in a death grip, with Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC ruling the airwaves, 2gether was a parody boy band introduced to the world by way of an MTV original movie which debuted in 2000. The movie profiled the fictional casting and rise to success of the group, while in real life, high-profile appearances on TRL and a spot opening for Britney Spears on tour helped make them into an actual success story. Infectious singles like "U + Me = Us (Calculus)" and "Say It (Don't Spray It)" caused their debut album, 2gether, to peak in the Top 40 on the Billboard 200. And their second album, 2gether Again, spawned the single "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)," which charted on the Hot 100.
Part of the band's success was the weird, goofy likability of their members, which fulfilled and satirized the expectations of stock boy band personality types: Evan Farmer played Jerry, the Heartthrob; there was Chad, the Shy One, portrayed by Noah Bastian; the aforementioned QT; Alex Solowitz's lovable Neanderthal of a "bad boy," Mickey Parke; and the amazing Kevin Farley (brother of the late Chris Farley) as Doug, the "Older Brother." But 2gether was forced to disband in early 2001, when Michael Cuccione died after years of battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, and the group slipped into the annals of teen pop ephemera.
But now they're back, y'all! Bad boy Alex Solowitz recently told TMZ that the four surviving members want to make a mockumentary about the band's reunion and start releasing new music. The band says they'll be donating much of the proceeds to the Michael Cuccione Foundation, which works to support childhood cancer research, so it would be kinda noble and philanthropic, too! Interest is building on Twitter (check out the hashtag #2getherReunion), so maybe there's something to an incipient 2gether reunion. (Crosses fingers/ prays/ shakes/ cries.)
+ So what do you think? Are you holding out for a #2getherReunion? Tell us in the comments!
What you should to do support the reunion: go to the MTV post and comment in support, tweet about it, specifically to @MTV, @MTVNews and @MTVBuzzworthy and use the hashtag #2getherReunion
Thank you ONTD! I love you all! :)
edit to add: alex loves you too!
edit to add x2:
RIP, SWEET PRINCE <3
(but in case we breakup, can i still have sex with youuuuuuu~~~~)
A breakout hit in both the movie and real life, the single went on to enjoy a good bit of radio play. It's hilariously on point with actual boy band standards, which is unsurprising as many of the group's songs were penned by songwriters with a track record working with boy bands and pop music acts. This song is fun pure and simple, a no-frills approach to parody that so closely imitates its real-life muse it's nearly impossible to distinguish from the real thing. Well, except that the lyrics are pretty ridiculous. It did come with a fun little dance to the part that goes, "You! Plus sign! Me! Equal sign! Us!" That pretty much makes up for any shortcomings.
http://childrenofthenineties.blogspot.c
i had backdoor lover stuck in my head the other day, no joke.
i'm down for a reunion lol
Edited at 2011-11-30 04:40 am (UTC)