boy-band league

[GUEST2008]

Hi
There may have been twenty girls outside the hotel. Hardly in the boy-band league.

--- Does it mean they didn't have any boys with them?

[Anglika]

No - it means they are not attracting much attention, unlike the boy-bands which are mobbed by fans.

[GUEST2008]

Ah, I see. It just means that they, as a band consisting of only guys, didn't relly attract that much attention. Thanks.

[Anglika]

It is not related to whether the band is only male or not, but that the band is neither particularly exciting or attractive.

Most "boy-bands" are artificially put together and heavily promoted. Whether there is real talent is not considered.

[GUEST2008]

OK, so the sentence: There may have been twenty girls outside the hotel. Hardly in the boy-band league, means that there were twenty girls outside, but we weren't particularly attractive. (actually it's about a band consisting only of males)

I understood it this way: There were only twenty girls outside the hotel which is nothing special if you take into account other "boy-bands" which attract loads of groupies.

[Anglika]

Originally Posted by guest2008

i understood it this way: There were only twenty girls outside the hotel which is nothing special if you take into account other "boy-bands" which attract loads of groupies.