Former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel turns 27 today. I lost track of the boy, but surprise! He’s across the street from EW’s offices, appearing as Link in Broadway’s Hairspray (and, I’m praying, never running into me after I’ve had two mojitos at Victor’s Cafe).
Below, for your viewing pleasure, is O-Town’s legendarily bad performance of "Liquid Dreams" at the 2000 Miss America pageant. They blamed faulty earpieces. (If only I could have found the clip of the boy band being forced to watch a tape of that performance on the 2001 second-season premiere of Making the Band — it made EW’s 2004 list of the five best reality TV moments.)
After the jump, a webisode of "ParkerTV," which finds Ashley preparing to sing the NationalAnthem for the first time solo, at Shea Stadium in May ‘08. Show the boy some love.
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Thanks- watching this cracked me up! Did anyone else think they went back and taped the “omg, my earpiece went out” segments months later, after this performance aired and they saw how horrific it was?
Man, liquid dreams was such a ridiculous song! I remember O-Town-they were fairly talented, although you would never guess it from that performance! The more off key they were, the louder their voices got.
Okay, that wasn’t SO bad…besides the fact that Liquid Dreams is the worst song ever written. Sorry, was never a fan so much of O-Town, but who in the world was the dude in the red shirt with the growly/squeaky voice? Is that attributed to bad earpieces too or is that just how that guy sounds?
That is evidence that “reality” TV should be wiped from the face of the earth.
I can’t believe nobody mentioned the really great, overlooked solo album he put out in 2006, “Soundtrack To Your Life”. “Shades Of Blue” and “Who Cares?” are my favorite songs of that year.
“Soundtrack to Your Life” was a very solid album with several stand-out songs that I still listen to on my ipod on a regular basis. He is a very talented guy and it is too bad that his solo career hasn’t taken off yet.
Well Happy Birthday Ashley ! Go to my mom site and get free birthday stuff!
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