{"id":3549,"date":"2015-01-26T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becster.com\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T09:57:55","slug":"media-monday-007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becster.com\/cy\/media-monday-007\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Monday #007 – Boyzone"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been listening a lot to Boyzone recently – more specifically their “BZ20<\/a>” album which was the album released in 2013 to celebrate their 20th anniversary!<\/p>\n

In my teens I was a huge Boyzone fan. I can remember when I fell in love. It was after Smash Hits (there’s a blast from the past!) gave you a free songs tape. This tape just so happened to have Boyzone’s “Isn’t It A Wonder” track on it.<\/p>\n

Anyway I needless to say I’ve been a fan for years! After one of the members (Stephen Gately – my favourite!) died in 2009 their music has never been the same. He was the second vocalist and had a higher voice than Ronan Keating and they complimented each other perfectly (in my humble opinion). The album released after his death – entitled “Brother” in his honour – was not the same. It was definitely missing something. Clearly Steo’s death had really affected them – evidenced by the “Gave It All Away” video. It always makes me cry! And the most poignant thing for me is that the very first line in the song is “I will learn to live before I die…” and poor Steo died before the song was released.<\/p>\n

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Another oldie! Me and Stephen Gately when he was acting Joseph in London. #tbt #throwbackthursday #stephengately #boyzone #steo #london<\/p>\n

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