My first thoughts - OMG! This can't be! WHY? Why would they pick the Backstreet Boys? Of all the bands to choose from, WHY THEM!? ... To say the least, I wasn't happy with the decision, but had already made up my mind that I was going to the show to see MY GUYS no matter WHO they were touring with. PERIOD!
Then, after thinking about it for awhile and talking with a few friends about how they felt. it hit me!
Rewind to 1994 - NKOTB disbands and leaves millions of us devastated! Then, there are these other boy bands popping up - Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, 98 Degrees- just to name a few. NKOTB fans are still in mourning for their favorite band & seeing all the attention going to these other bands, pissed us off & some of us, like me, refused to jump on the new "boy band wagon"!
A die hard NKOTB fan would have defended them no matter what the risk was, and on several occasions, we did! And in the end, after all the time, energy and love that we put into them, they were gone. Alot of us, like I said, were devastated. Though, the devastation we had, did nothing to deplete the love we felt for them, instead, it made us long for more! So, hoping on the coat tails of a new band was out of the question! Why? Because in our hearts, NO BAND could EVER take their place! The new bands hitting the music scene, were in a way, taking the place of NKOTB, and that too, was unacceptable.
So, the way I see it, it all comes down to feelings. And if you were not a die hard fan, you won't understand it, but I'll try to explain it the best way I can.
Devastation turned to longing and dreaming. Longing and dreaming turned to "OMG, butterflies in the tummy, NKOTB is back, I feel 13 again!" All those feelings from being a pre-teen/teenager came back, we celebrated, we partied, we cried, and we had the time of our lives. We were happy again, we loved again, we smiled again, we cared again,- we bonded. Since 2008 we have been on a roller coaster of happiness and we are loving every minute of it! Now, the hint of a tour with one of the bands that set out to win the hearts of NKOTB fans in their absence, stirs up the feelings we had when we felt as if they were "taking over" It's a fear. A fear of change. It's a fear of loosing NKOTB again. And, it's a fear of the "other bands" taking over,...again.
Now, on the other hand, a friend brought up the point that this is quite possibly one of the biggest business moves that NKOTB could have made. Teaming up with the biggest selling boy bands, after NKOTB of course, and putting the talents of both groups in one tour and possibly adding a 3rd - this could open the doors to bring together some of the best bands in the world and perform on one stage! History in the making? I believe so! ;)
I've had time to think this over and while I'm still not a BSB fan, I say BRING IT ON!
My NKOTB sistahs, remember this line - "I don't know how it's gonna be, but the last time, we made history. So, tell your mama and your sistah too, that the New Kids are coming back for you." ?
Yeah,... you get it... Gonna make history for a 3rd time! All you gotta do is change the lyric line a little bit to something like...
"Tell ya daughters and your nieces, too that the New Kids are changing history, just for you!" ..... cute, huh?
Blockhead for LIFE!
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