So I'm currently in Lake George, NY for a little vaca but as always when it comes to BSB there is no waiting ... and yesterday BSB announced that they will be performing TOGETHER in Central Park on August 31 for the Good Morning America concert series.
Now I have tried in the past to attend these concerts and it never works out because they start at 7 am and getting to the city is a hassle but I don't care if I need to sleep next to a hobo in Central Park overnight in order to make this happen ... because there is no way this can be missed. This is the concert to begin the next phase of BSB greatness. (And, yes, I say "next phase" because I choose to believe that they will never, ever stop making music for their fans even if they are 80 and attached to oxygen tanks).
So ... I just needed to share that bit of news with everyone ... and here are the boys with the announcement, in case you missed it.
(Did anyone else get chills and tear up when they just sang a little bit of "I Want It That Way" ... Because I certainly did ... and that's coming from a die hard fan who goes by the notion that "I Want It That Way" is the worst song they ever released. Yeah, I'll say it. Pshhhh ... Whateva.)
Guess who just got back today - them wild-eyed boys that had been away. Haven't changed, haven't much to say, but man, I still think them cats are crazy. They were asking if you were around. How you was, where you could be found. Told them you were living downtown, driving all the old men crazy. The boys are back in town. The boys are back in town. (Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy)
Can we talk about how I never wrote a freak-out post about this? I'm not sure how that happened ... It must have been because of the thesis-ing and graduating and working and the rushing around (which I wrote about in the last post ... see what I mean ... It causes problems!) ... But seeing as how I seem to document all things BSB ... I will freak-out in 3 ... 2 ... 1.
KEVIN'S BACKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!
And BSB are releasing a new album ... which will basically solve all the world's problems. I have nothing left to ask for ... All my prayers have been answered. Life is good. Everything is in sync. The world is at ease.
On this perfect day - nothing's standing in my way. On this perfect day - when nothing can go wrong. It's the perfect day - tomorrow's gonna come too soon. I could stay forever as I am on this perfect day. (Perfect Day, Hoku)
Some people have their guilty pleasure music that they only listen to in the privacy of their own room, or through their ear buds on very low volumes ... and would never admit to anyone that they rock out hard-core to ... You know, "musicians/bands" like Justin Bieber, REO Speedwagon, Lindsay LOHANNNNN, etc. but I have no problem admitting that I rock out to all of the above and many more ... including, but not limited to, Avril Lavigne, Aqua, Air Supply, and David Hasselhoff.
I am also an extremely big fan of anyone who sings before/during/after a career on the Disney Channel or on Nickelodeon such as Hilary Duff, Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, Drake Bell, Demi Lovato, and the Jonas Brothers. My newest obsession has been Big Time Rush. A boy band with four cute 20-something year-old, funny dudes who wreak mayhem wherever they go (on their show) ... I think YES.
Their first official single "Boyfriend" with Snoop Dogg (yeah, I don't know) was awesome ... But then this video for "Worldwide" was released and I was appalled and slightly offended.
Anyone following my blog knows I am on a crazed BSB high right now because I met Howie and Brian exactly a week ago today, but even if it that didn't happen, even if Backstreet wasn't proverbially back, anyone born pre-1990 should recognize a slight (and by slight, I mean EXTREME) similarity between that video and a video from BSB. Anyone remember a little ditty called "I Want It That Way?"
Four attractive men (and one man-boy ... sorry Nick, you were still pre-20-s --- Can you believe that was 1999?!?!) in a band dressed in white dancing in an airport terminal singing a song about a chick? As opposed to four attractive boys in a band dressed in white dancing in an airport terminal singing a song about a chick? The difference??? ... Oh yeah, in the end BSB has their own plane and a shit-load of screaming fans ... and BTR doesn't have the girl.
Oh well, BSB wins in the end, even if BTR stole half the premise for the video. Props to BSB, once again.
Invitation only, grand farewells. Crash the best one of the best ones. Clear liquor and cloudy-eyed, too early to say good-night. You have stolen my heart. You have stolen my heart. (Stolen, Dashboard Confessional)
If my 24-year-old self went back and told my 9-year-old self that she would meet Howie D. and Brian Littrell (after seeing an awesome Yankees win) on Sunday night, she probably would have broke down and cried like a child and told you not to lie to her about such important/life-or-death matters.
And if you showed her photographic proof, such as this ... She'd probably piss herself and cry.
Howie D. and ME!, 6/12/11, Izod Center
Well, 9-year-old self, it's true ... here's the proof, so go ahead and piss yourself.
Brian Littrell, 6/12/11, Izod Center
So, Sunday night I was getting ready to get dropped off at the NKOTBSB concert when L looked out the window and said "Is that Howie?" and I looked out the window and proceeded to lose all control of my motor skills ... and turn to my purse and search for a pen or pencil or any writing utensil while yelling "I NEED SOMETHING TO SIGN! OH MY GOD. THAT'S HOWIE. I NEED SOMETHING TO SIGN." ... Well, the only thing I found was my Yankees ticket, so I pulled that out of my purse and then tried to get out of the car, but apparently seeing one of your pre-pubescent loves means losing the ability to open a car door. I was incapable of getting out of the car. My hands were shaking, my heart was beating, and my brain was screaming, "I WILL CUT A BITCH IF I NEED TO IN ORDER TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH." I was climbing the walls with excitement.
So, I get out the car and get in line, and by get in line I mean I cut off a whole bunch of other women who are clearly there to see New Kids because they are like 35 years old, and hold my ground because this is soooooo happening. I have waited more than half my life for this moment. And then it happens ... That one in a million moment ... Howie asks if he can take pics with anyone in groups and I say, "HOWIE! Me and her. ME AND HER!" and he was all "Okay, cool." and I was all, "OMG!" in my head ... because I am wayyyyy to old to you know scream and faint and cry over touching him ... which is sooooo what I wanted to do. He was the sweetest guy ever. I was absolutely helpless when he smiled. and now I think I see him every time I close my eyes.
And, on top of this sheer bit of luck with Howie, some crazy lady next to L and I had a broken ankle and Brian, who wasn't even planning on really coming over to anyone, saw her and yelled over "HEY! What happened to your ankle?!" Then he came over and saw her smoking and said, "Were you smoking and you just fell over and were all ..."
He seriously was the nicest, most down to Earth guy ever and so much fun. He was jumping around and fooling around but boys will be boys and he seriously is just one grown-up boy.
I wish Nick and AJ came over to us but I mean I was 20 feet from them and I can't really complain considering this all really happened by accident. I wouldn't have it any other way. (OK, if I really had it my way, Nick would fall madly in love with me and say he was incomplete without me in his life and then sweep me away on his tour bus for the rest of eternity ... But that's just celebrity crush fantasy world ... Plus he went all manorexic on us and he looks all skeletor ... Like AJ is bigger than him ... What's up with that!?)
Nick Carter and AJ McLean, 6/12/11, Izod Center
Anyway, the concert was amazing, in general ... More on that in the next blog entry because I am too tired to even think about the awesomeness of the overall concert, especially with the addition of New Kids ("Cover Girl," anyone!)
PS. Mad props to anyone who comments with all the BSB references used throughout this entry (hint: there are nine.)
If you really want it good girl, get yourself a bad boy. Get it like it could be, would be, yeah like it should be. If you want it to be good girl, get yourself a bad boy. [If You Want It To Be Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy) - Backstreet Boys]
And on the 20th day of April ... the Lord created the Backstreet Boys ... and all was good in the world.
18 years ago today, these 5 guys came together and the squeals of screaming girls (and guys) have been filling stadiums since ...
I went to my first Backstreet Boys concert in the seventh grade ... saw them again after I graduated college ... and I'm seeing them again on June 12 with New Kids On The Block ... and I will continue to see them until the day they stop touring ... or they break up (although I choose to believe that will never happen).
Celebrate the remaining 15 minutes of this glorious day by reliving the memories of one song from each of their amazing CD's.
"Get Down (You're The One For Me)" - Backstreet Boys (1996)
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"- Backstreet's Back (1997)
"Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" - Millennium (1999)
"The Call" - Black & Blue (2000)
"Incomplete" - Never Gone (2005)
"Inconsolable" - Unbreakable (2007)
"Straight Through My Heart" - This Is Us (2009)
BONUS: "Don't Turn Out The Lights" - Featuring New Kids On The Block (2011)
Sooooooo ... The Heaven's opened up and dropped a present on the world on Tuesday (which I didn't discover until Thursday) and I am sharing it with you today.
ARE YOU READY FOR IT?!?!?!?!?!?!
The Backstreet Boys have released a new single ... "Don't Turn Out The Lights"!!!!!
Ok, so it features New Kids On The Block ... But they are on tour with them so I'll allow it. OH EMMM GEEEEEEEEEE, it is amazing. Classic Backstreet Boys GOLD. None of that rock-esque, poppy-hippy-hoppy stuff they tried doing for a while (which was still amazing ... so does that tell you how SUPER amazing this is!). This is Backstreet Boys doing what Backstreet Boys do best. It's them at their roots.
It is so good, there are no words to describe it. You just need to listen to it to believe it. So, here you go.
So, how amazing was that?
All I want to know now is when are they releasing a NEW ALBUM?! Seriously. They need to. I mean, teasing us hard-core fans with tours (June 12, IZOD Center, WADDUPPPPP!) and new singles and appearances ... But no albums. What is that?
Seriously, who the heck needs a Backstreet Boys cruise ... When we can have new Backstreet Boys music? Personally, as a fan, I want the music. People probably think I sound crazy, but I would skip the chance of meeting one of my boys for what ... 2 minutes on the ship ... than having 12 new songs that I can enjoy for the REST OF MY LIFE!!!! I mean, what are my chances of meeting Nick Carter on there and having him fall madly in love with me anyway? Like 1 in 10,000 (or however many single women ... and probably married ones ... are on that ship) ... My dreams will be crushed. No thank you.
Side Note on Celebrity Crushes:
** I just realized fifteen years of my life has been spent fantasizing about marrying Nick Carter. That's more than half ... Damn ... I need to get a life. **
