Backstreet's Back

I can honestly say that I used to be a huge Backstreet Boy fanatic. When I was 14, it was my dream to marry AJ and live in a huge mansion on Maui. Hehehe. I'm not ashamed to say it! I'm still a fan but stopped following them after they all got married and AJ had his alcohol problem. Man, how times change. Glad to hear that they are back, though.

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AJ talked about his problems and noted that he'd been sober 3 1/2 years now. And they all a LOOKING good too. AJ was wearing some ripped up pants that showed a LOT of leg. I'm a Howie Man myself and he looked SPECTACULAR- even close up!

I'm not sure if they are Marquise. . . I didn't even know Backsreet was coming back. Their songs are only good (for my purposes anyways, my tastes have expanded since I was 13) for me and my friends to act like jack asses on karaoke nights because we remember all the routines from when we were in 6th grade.

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OH. MY. GOD.

hey, there's nothing wrong with being a Backstreet Boys fan. (*turns face away and covers eyes with hand*) Hehehehe. My favorite album was Milennium. Omgosh, I was so obsessed with them.

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*NSYNC and 98º were definitely much better than Backstreet Boys, vocally. Their harmonies were tighter and more difficult. Backstreet Boys were painful to listen to acapella, but the other two groups sounded pretty good.

What year is this?

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I love that they're coming out with new material. I have a legit excuse to run around acting like I'm 14 again! YAY!

*starts digging out old CD's* Amazingly, I was the sanest fan I knew.

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Gosh, so many Backstreet haters-- who'd a thunk it?

Marlo, not sure about other cities but I know here in Chicago tickets for the show sold out in a matter of 2-3 minutes. Scalpers were selling tickets out front for $100 a piece. Granted, this was a small venue, but demand was high. If tickets are available in your town, buy them!

And Josua, I'd go see a sing off between those groups any time. I never saw 98 Degrees, but having heard both N*Sync & The B-Boys sing live a capella, there was no contest- The Boys sang rings around JT & Crew. In fact, the first time I heard the Boys sing, they were out to dinner and found out that a radio programmer was in the restaurant with a party for his daughter's birthday and they performed their own arrangement of "Happy Birthday" for her. As an encore, they performed one of their songs- with no microphones or studio trickery, live, impromptu, five feet away, they blew my mind.

Meanwhile, I heard N*Sync in an intimate launch for their first album and while not aurally objectionable they were no match for the Boys in terms of talent or professionalism.

As for the predicatble slam that they don't write their own material...I guess I just don't see that. Ethel Merman wasn't scorned because she was smart enough to have Gershwin & Porter write for her, don't understnad why a different standard applies here.

Anyway, for those who want to give them I try, I highly recommend it. The Album is due in June.

"The Album is due in June."

I've been hearing early-mid July, but hey, the sooner the better.

I've had two songs, clips since early February, and just found two live songs *have yet to listen to* I LURVE them! Will SO be picking up this.

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I can honestly care less if they write their own songs since I love a lot of singers who never wrote a single note or lyric so I won't say anything negative about that. But, I remember when NSYNC did their own arrangement of the National Anthem (And rocked it, I might add) then Backstreet Boys did theirs either the next year or the year after (I am not really sure on the year).....let's just say it was HORRIBLE. I admit there were a couple of songs I liked from them but overall I think they are really weak compared to the other boy bands that were popular at the same time. I mean, Nsync rocked the accapella and have you heard 98 degree's "Ave Maria"? It is gorgeous. I still stick with my original statement that I don't understand having 5 guys in a group and only 2/3 part harmony.

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What cracks me up is that still have their little boy band dance routines. You would have thought or hoped they had grown up a bit but no, they're probably still humping floors to get the girlies all excited.

The other night I saw something on MTV when the interviewer referred to them as a boy band. Nick hit the roof and was whining about the fact that they are a 'vocal harmony group' and not a boy band. Maybe they should reconsider their dance routines if they want to be taken seriously... it looks a bit sad and desperate, doing 'air humping' at the age of 30-something.

QM

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