Hard to believe that a man of his size thought he could disappear into the crowd in Europe. Hardly incognito at that weight. Even among other American tourists he must have stood out.
There was actually a movie in the works a few years ago, based on the Vanity Fair article, and the working title was Transcon. It is currently in development hell.
Nice companion piece to the 20/20 segment, which is even more illuminating. In that piece, Lance Bass described not being able to pay his rent or make a down payment on a car, despite NSYNC having sold millions of records.
TLC were completely broke even though they had sold millions of records. Two of the girls from Destiny's Child couldn't even pay their phone bill while Beyonce was driving a Jaguar. The 90s were full of music artists being screwed over left and right by everyone from managers, to producers, to record companies, etc. This is why the music industry tanked after internet downloading become a thing. It was Karma to such an evil industry.
Not to sound like an apologist for Lou Pearlman. But if compared to K-Pop music executives? Pearlman would be a Boy Scout. Yes he did rip off his talents. But at the same time he made them taste the good life a little bit. He hosted awesome parties, and made them live in comfortable homes. While he did cheat them out of their salaries, they did at least a comfortable place to stay and were not starved. Compare that to K-Pop girl and boy bands who have to sign "Slave contracts". They are already in debt right before they even sell a song. They live in tiny apartments and are not even allowed to own a cellphone. They can't even see their relatives. These guys are forced to eat nothing but cabbages and cucumbers just to achieve that slim look. On top of it, they are made to rehearse 18 hours a day. The treatment is tantamount to human rights abuse the Korean government had to intervene.
If we didn't have so many different kinds of formalities in the way of documents and licenses then more people would understand these docs and it would be harder to get away with phonies. The needless complications in how many documents you need to get by with a business leave openings for don kings.
So the big question is, who owns the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC's Masters/Publishing? Since it was a "fictious" themselves business. Hopefully the groups own it
2:00 Helicopter Taxi company. LOL. they already had a low cost helicopter taxi company in New York City...but there were was a serious accident that occurred with one of the helicopters and the business died afterward. now its for the wealthy only that fly into Wall Street, who either own the helicopter and can afford a private pilot, or a charter service that has much higher standards.
Family friend of mine invested in Lou’s ponzi scheme and lost all the family money. When Rodger was on his death bed, Family friend of mine invested in Lou’s ponzi scheme and lost all the family money. When Rodger was on his death bed, he was crying to his wife and said, “I’ve failed you” because he left nothing to care for his wife. All because of this slime bag. Anyway, we went to the sentencing with Waneta. She never saw another dollar.
Of course it's Back Street Boys. I'm still vibing to their song's. And on the topic of songs thank you so much Pablito for giving me one of your background music, I play it in my car while driving.
Lance Bass was not a founding member of Nsync. He replaced the other original 'N' member who left unceremoniously, and Lance was briefly known as 'Lansten'... Because 'Esync' doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
Wrong, he lost hundreds of millions from bands he created winning settlements against him after they breached their contracts and court ruled against him. Lou was the victim. The band members signed the deal and got greedy after the fact. Don't believe everything you hear or read. Smh
He earned his wealth prior to becoming involved in music via his aviation business. He used millions of his own money to create these bands careers. They have lavish life's now because of Lou and had he not decided to create these acts, the band members would have never attained fame whatsoever. Period dot. Research how much all the major record labels wanted him gone. He was targeted and destroyed by them, because they couldn't stand that he was able to create his own label along with the entire boy band phenomenon and they weren't able to profit from it. They even tried to purchase Transcon Records from him multiple times and threatened him to do so, but each time he refused. That's the real reason he is dead...
You'd have to be deaf to not at least appreciate *NSYNC's music. Unless you don't like some of the all time best vocals, hooks and melodies. And at times surprisingly great lyrics. Fair game on the others, but *NSYNC was a different beast.
Talk about kicking a man after he's passed away! Two trend-setting pop groups, and a billion dollars in cash flow . . . for over ten years! Record labels are notorious for gouging their clients. Didn't Backstreet Boys sing 'You gotta fight, for your right, to par-tay?
??? He ran a scam and no, the BEASTIE BOYs wrote "You Gotta Fight..." Labels sometimes scam their clients, but actually rarely. Artist often want everyone else to do the legal and due diligence and then are shocked at what they ended up agreeing to. Sometimes Artist scam the labels, I've honestly seen more of that. I've been in and out of that business for 30 years...its a basic VC model based on 80/20 logic with a 1% expectation of success.
I remember when he was making US5, I was in Germany then as a teenager, I watched the weekly reality show, we all liked him but, somehow, I knew something wasn't right. It's a pity he's dead though.
I was a pedicab driver in Orlando around 2003/4 and I took Lou Perlman from a restaurant downtown to his office a few blocks away. He had a stack of Benjamin’s in his inside coat pocket. He peeled three off for me. “ I pay $100 per block”, is all he said to me. I now know why he was so generous. It was other peoples money lol.
Something uncanny just happened. I was watching a dry, factual science video on *LEMMINO* and suddenly, apropos of nothing, the name "Lou Pearlman" popped into my head . . . so I entered it as a search and this video came up, posted just a bit earlier today (it's 1:50 PM here in The Corn Zone just now). I watched a video on premonitions and presentiments a bit earlier, as well. Isn't there actually a name for this specific kind of synchronicity? Of course, it's probably coincidence - or, as the Skinnerians and Behaviorists say, I was probably responding to cues that I was consciously unaware of. Mysterious, yes? Regards, Kev ps. I would have looked here on *Pablito's Way* first for something factual and concise on the man . . . but this post came up first in my search, anyway. -K.
Doesn't matter how much he underpaid the artists, he took complete nobodies and made superstars out of them. Not many ppl are presented with this sort of chance
I love America. The only place you can get a shorter sentence for murder than for stealing money. U.S.A!
You don’t fuck with the money that’s what it’s all about
Money > Life
Give it a try then
The only place where you can package your own shit and sell it off as gold nuggets.
In America stealing is only a crime if you steal from the rich.
“Lou Pearlman was so interested in blimps when he was younger, he decided to become one”
waited for that comment and wasn't disappointed
😂
He sure did.
He eat his food real good
Omg I was just about to comment this exact phrase. 👏 🤣
It’s always fascinating to see people who would’ve been rich by doing things right but that wasn’t enough for them.
Hard to believe that a man of his size thought he could disappear into the crowd in Europe. Hardly incognito at that weight. Even among other American tourists he must have stood out.
He worked so hard to do bad. If he would have used that same energy to be honest he would have been a legend.
Typical Gemini for you.
@@Lil_Angry_Bitch Omg 😂😂😂 true
SO TRUE. ......GREED!!
I'm surprised that Hollywood hasn't made a movie about him.
Because he belongs to their …. .
There was actually a movie in the works a few years ago, based on the Vanity Fair article, and the working title was Transcon. It is currently in development hell.
that would paint the jews in a negative light, can't have that
They can’t make a Hollywood movie about him. There’s no actor big enough to play him.
Nice companion piece to the 20/20 segment, which is even more illuminating. In that piece, Lance Bass described not being able to pay his rent or make a down payment on a car, despite NSYNC having sold millions of records.
TLC were completely broke even though they had sold millions of records. Two of the girls from Destiny's Child couldn't even pay their phone bill while Beyonce was driving a Jaguar. The 90s were full of music artists being screwed over left and right by everyone from managers, to producers, to record companies, etc. This is why the music industry tanked after internet downloading become a thing. It was Karma to such an evil industry.
The missing 300 million was his food budget...all gone he ate it.
😂
🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
The Noor Jasmine channel presents an excellent video reviewing the story of Lou Pearlman. I thought that you might want to check it out.
Like Bernie Madoff, Lou could have had a comfortable life playing by the rules
Lou reminds me of a used car salesmen
А snake oil salesman..)
Good morning sir. Can I interest you in this all American boy band over here? Zero percent down. Low payments. Catchy songs.
Why?
@@sopamarucha2388 shady ripping off bands and running a ponzi scheme...
@@imagine9265 lol .. I know I'm just trolling
Philip Seymour Hoffman could’ve totally played this dude in a movie.
He's dead
And Jews go to the ghetto a ghetto b
That's why he said could've a$$#ole 🤦🏼♂️@@DaveLamb-ft4gp
He would’ve had to wear a fat suit
I always wondered what kind of people purchased those gaudy and tasteless Rolls Royces; I guess I have my answer.
I thought he deserved prison for creating Boy Bands. I had to hear that crap.
Har har
100% agreed
Always awesome content Pablo thank you for the entertainment brothaaa! Blessings 🙏
This shit has been going on since music has been recorded
I'm going to use the techniques I learned watching this video, to sell bottles of water to tourists.
The things you learn on the internet. 😏😉
@@clairebeane3455 true
"A helicopter taxi company that flew people around New York City" - and the film shows the helicopter flying near downtown Los Angeles. Good one :)
Talking people around town in an helicopter where would it landed at.. on top of building.. Like a taxi cab
Been waiting for this one for a while!
It's not fair to say *NSYNC was Timberlake led. If anything they were Justin and JC led.
That's awesome that you have the same animator as The Infographics Show.
I wonder if people just look at him, and his business interests, and decide "yeah you gotta be, definitely into young boys."
And he was
Not to sound like an apologist for Lou Pearlman. But if compared to K-Pop music executives? Pearlman would be a Boy Scout. Yes he did rip off his talents. But at the same time he made them taste the good life a little bit. He hosted awesome parties, and made them live in comfortable homes. While he did cheat them out of their salaries, they did at least a comfortable place to stay and were not starved.
Compare that to K-Pop girl and boy bands who have to sign "Slave contracts". They are already in debt right before they even sell a song. They live in tiny apartments and are not even allowed to own a cellphone. They can't even see their relatives. These guys are forced to eat nothing but cabbages and cucumbers just to achieve that slim look. On top of it, they are made to rehearse 18 hours a day. The treatment is tantamount to human rights abuse the Korean government had to intervene.
Yikes!
Agreed. This is nothing comparatively speaking.
It's not stealing if it's in the contract
If we didn't have so many different kinds of formalities in the way of documents and licenses then more people would understand these docs and it would be harder to get away with phonies. The needless complications in how many documents you need to get by with a business leave openings for don kings.
So the big question is, who owns the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC's Masters/Publishing? Since it was a "fictious" themselves business. Hopefully the groups own it
It’s almost like thinking a guy named Lou Pearlman won’t rip you off is a bad idea.
Fun fact. If you die before your prison sentence is finished your listed as escaped
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Heya! :D Great video - where's the archive from at 5:36? Cheers!
Pearlmen was the Bernie Madoff of the music industry.
what about clive davis???!!!!
@@drewali7clive davis wasnt the only j one of many
Lou Pearlman liked blimps so much he became one
"Pearlman was beginning to flex his business muscles..."
Those were about the only muscles he was flexing.
He even tried to look like a blimp...
Clearly succeeded
Wow my mind is blown Art Garfunkel is Lou (the money shrew)'s first cousin!👀🤯
2:00 Helicopter Taxi company. LOL. they already had a low cost helicopter taxi company in New York City...but there were was a serious accident that occurred with one of the helicopters and the business died afterward. now its for the wealthy only that fly into Wall Street, who either own the helicopter and can afford a private pilot, or a charter service that has much higher standards.
Family friend of mine invested in Lou’s ponzi scheme and lost all the family money. When Rodger was on his death bed, Family friend of mine invested in Lou’s ponzi scheme and lost all the family money. When Rodger was on his death bed, he was crying to his wife and said, “I’ve failed you” because he left nothing to care for his wife. All because of this slime bag. Anyway, we went to the sentencing with Waneta. She never saw another dollar.
Wow!! I’m so sorry.
Which group is the greatest boy band of all time?
BTS
@@DOM41N BTS stands for Boy Toilet Service.
Of course it's Back Street Boys. I'm still vibing to their song's. And on the topic of songs thank you so much Pablito for giving me one of your background music, I play it in my car while driving.
D12 or the lonely island no question.
Who cares?
he put the wood in timberlake
Wasn't he dipping his stinger intl kiddies ?
This somehow forces admiration
Yes , but , without Lou Pearlman there would be no Backstreet boys an NSYNC , or Aaron Carter
Agreed
It’s such a coincidence that he was into blimps being a blimp himself.
Lance Bass was not a founding member of Nsync. He replaced the other original 'N' member who left unceremoniously, and Lance was briefly known as 'Lansten'... Because 'Esync' doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
All the boys had to sleep with pearl
😧
Wrong
Finally someone explained to me what those jeans are called which every teenage adolescent is wearing 0:02 "mom jeans" 😅
Yeah, back then everyone wore tight shirts and baggy jeans
Pearlman, Madoff and others from that Old Testament community love these financial schemes.
which "others", exactly ?
@@dereksteele291 Your kind davy
Super smart guys ruthless
First time I've heard the phrase "that Old Testament community".
Lol I see what you did there
Harvey Weinstein n Elton John's love child! He got the deceptive nature from his dad n the gayness from his other dad🤣
The bands were what got him rich but was also a good distraction from what he was really doing
Wrong, he lost hundreds of millions from bands he created winning settlements against him after they breached their contracts and court ruled against him. Lou was the victim. The band members signed the deal and got greedy after the fact. Don't believe everything you hear or read. Smh
He earned his wealth prior to becoming involved in music via his aviation business. He used millions of his own money to create these bands careers. They have lavish life's now because of Lou and had he not decided to create these acts, the band members would have never attained fame whatsoever. Period dot.
Research how much all the major record labels wanted him gone. He was targeted and destroyed by them, because they couldn't stand that he was able to create his own label along with the entire boy band phenomenon and they weren't able to profit from it. They even tried to purchase Transcon Records from him multiple times and threatened him to do so, but each time he refused. That's the real reason he is dead...
"The WYTEE Don King" 🤣
I love the way the boy bands "me-tood" Perlman 25 years later, after the many millions he made for them ran out.
The guy is gone now so why?
Exactly, Lou was the victim.
He was stealing the money he made himself the sixth member of n sync 🤣
And yet the IRS didn't even notice him. Amazing!
He didn't suffer long enough for inflicting those boy bands on us
You'd have to be deaf to not at least appreciate *NSYNC's music. Unless you don't like some of the all time best vocals, hooks and melodies. And at times surprisingly great lyrics. Fair game on the others, but *NSYNC was a different beast.
@Totally aware you must be older?? Usually older people feel like that lol.
X D
Holy shit I thought you were talking about clay from sons of anarchy I clicked so fast then realized that’s definitely not him lmao
"the 90s were a magical time......"
NOPE, they were not, the 80s were
Is no one talking about the uncounted $300 Million still missing?
Talk about kicking a man after he's passed away! Two trend-setting pop groups, and a billion dollars in cash flow . . . for over ten years! Record labels are notorious for gouging their clients. Didn't Backstreet Boys sing 'You gotta fight, for your right, to par-tay?
??? He ran a scam and no, the BEASTIE BOYs wrote "You Gotta Fight..."
Labels sometimes scam their clients, but actually rarely. Artist often want everyone else to do the legal and due diligence and then are shocked at what they ended up agreeing to. Sometimes Artist scam the labels, I've honestly seen more of that. I've been in and out of that business for 30 years...its a basic VC model based on 80/20 logic with a 1% expectation of success.
I remember when he was making US5, I was in Germany then as a teenager, I watched the weekly reality show, we all liked him but, somehow, I knew something wasn't right. It's a pity he's dead though.
Why does he call them a group of nobodies, is not that rude?
And now the helicopter taxi business is a thing!
I had a djavu about a dream in that collage.crazy something in the air
I remember running into Lou in 2000. He was trying to scam the company I worked for.
How fitting that he was heavily invested in blimps..
I was a pedicab driver in Orlando around 2003/4 and I took Lou Perlman from a restaurant downtown to his office a few blocks away. He had a stack of Benjamin’s in his inside coat pocket. He peeled three off for me. “ I pay $100 per block”, is all he said to me. I now know why he was so generous. It was other peoples money lol.
You were able to get him that far you must look like Arnold Schwarzenegger
Offering a one-sided contract is not ripping someone off.
Something uncanny just happened.
I was watching a dry, factual science video on *LEMMINO* and suddenly, apropos of nothing, the name "Lou Pearlman" popped into my head . . . so I entered it as a search and this video came up, posted just a bit earlier today (it's 1:50 PM here in The Corn Zone just now).
I watched a video on premonitions and presentiments a bit earlier, as well.
Isn't there actually a name for this specific kind of synchronicity?
Of course, it's probably coincidence - or, as the Skinnerians and Behaviorists say, I was probably responding to cues that I was consciously unaware of.
Mysterious, yes?
Regards,
Kev
ps.
I would have looked here on *Pablito's Way* first for something factual and concise on the man . . .
but this post came up first in my search, anyway.
-K.
10:08 Chris in a "Pervert" shirt seem a little off brand
8:56 Sean van der wilt was one of his Clients?! No wonder Trisha Paytas dated him?!
fraud king
That dude is a neckfull.
Real Question? What corrupt politicians did he pay off with his illicit funds. Corrupt politicians are the REAL problem
Perlman should still be held accountable. He's a true predator
In what world are you living in, calling BSB garbage music
Boy bands MV lives on at youtube
Oh no, don’t worry we all know Lou Pearlman is they only made 18 documentaries about him
Must have been sitting beside Chump in elementary school
..i wanna be like Lou!!!!!
brb looking up footage of Britney Spears as part of that group instead of just being Britney
Must of have been the # 1 graduate of Trump U ----Majored in Larceny--1-A or simple theft---You choose !!!
He obviously did not invest any money in improving his appearance, his ugly level was the same as his wealth level, very high.
Lmao.
A chew stealing? lol surprised is not me.............
And He's Alive?????
Greed is good
He was probably Heading some boys banned in prison.
Unfortunatelly thats the music industry
Wow! He's the PERFECT candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 2024!
So are you !!!
I’m guessing you voted for Biden? 😂😂
Pearlman -- that's an Italian or Presbyterian name, I believe?
He's NOT Italian. He's Jewish.
@@arabicmusiclady1428 , SCRONX knew, he was provoking.
Presbyterian and and Judaism are religions not nationalities.
Your thinly veiled racism really cause a lot of laughs around the trailer park...
@@williamegler8771 So Jewish is a nationality now? Are you sure you want that silly assertion visible all through cyberspace?
@@theresesoeters4885 Not provoking, just observing. Some can take the truth -- some can't.
Big Papa equal Big Scamer
HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE..
BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL U...
jb.ok
There must an exclusive school they went thru like madoff , TRAGICALLY they both die in PRISON ?
Is that Kim Dot Coms cousin ?
Stole their $ and desserts!
Doesn't matter how much he underpaid the artists, he took complete nobodies and made superstars out of them. Not many ppl are presented with this sort of chance
One right doesn’t cancel a wrong though
So i made more money then boy band that year and i was a busboy .
Please don't call these boy bands "musicians", it insults real musicians. They are male dancers and great at the art of lip-sync.
Greedy greedy 😈😈
0:16 that looks like a gross pizza...
Agreed
@@sethbush5794 they did a circle jerk on that pizza. Whoever came last had to eat the whole thing.
Lol. That's hilarious
Wow!
They even look shady.
Droopy baggy saggy pants and clunky shoes bands.
Pearlmanz down fo' deuce pearls atta time, prude.
Even interviewed to manage "DA Band" with puffy....sad business that entertainment world is
Lou Pearlman was a Ponzi Scheme genious! RIP!!!🙏