So, I'm feeling very very nostalgic right about now since I just spent almost an hour watching the old Backstreet Boys' videos on the net.
Why? Well, I just found out that the boys are releasing a new album (minus one Kevin Richardson), and that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Yes, in my teenage years I was one of THE BIGGEST BSB FANS on the planet!!! Not so much anymore, but they still make me go all fangirl for them, lol. :p
I mean, I did it all. Bought every single magazine they ever appeared in (even if it was just a teeny tiny picture), bought every CD (sometimes even twice if a new edition came out with just one new song, lol), had the posters, saw them in concert, taped every single tv appearance, and tons more. And I didn't even have a computer at that time, just imagine how obssessed I would've been had I had a computer back then. ;)
I was so obssessed I even hated N'SYNC!!! Oh, yeah, i would get into heated arguments over which boyband was the best. Justin? Oh yeah, he was my enemy. LOL!!!! :p
Anyway, the fangirl in me became dormant, and when I would listen to a random song on the radio I would sigh and remember the good old days.
You can say and think what you want about them, but these guys can sing. And really, how many pop acts nowadays can actually sing acappella & ROCK!? Not many.
I guess what I still love about them in a small way is that they are completely unapologetic about the fact that they are a pop group. That's what they are and they wouldn't have it any other way.
Now at 27 yrs. old my musical tastes have changed a bit, I've gotten a bit tired of mainstream music (though im still a Top 40 girl at heart), and have become more familiar with Indie Bands and Asian music (Pop & Rock). But finding out the guys are going to be having a new album out made me excited (even if I never bought their last album).
I love singer/songwriters, rock bands, etc., but I miss the good old happy music from the 90's. Most people tend to put down pop music, but think about it it's called pop which comes from popular, so my guess is that a great number of the people that diss pop are probably closeted fans, lol.
Not me, Im cursed with liking every single type of music genre out there (some more than others), which makes me not exactly fit in anywhere, and that's fine with me. ;)
Am I going to buy the new CD? That's still to be decided (the new song is absolutely beautiful, though). But I know I'll always look back to that time when all I cared about was BSB with a big old silly smile on my face.
So dust off your old BSB CDs and Keep the Backstreet Pride Alive!!!!
P.S. in case you want to groove to some good old Backstreet videos, here's the link of the ones I was watching before. ;)
http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/video/backstreet_boys?bcpid=1137815619&bclid=1137748107&bctid=1124131805
Here's a sample of the new song. Enjoy! (From TMZ.com)
P.S. 2 As you can see, I'm changing the direction of this blog a bit. Im still going to talk about my favorite TV shows, but Im also including music, books and other stuff into the mix. ;)
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