Hundreds watch New Kids comeback:
Some fans had been waiting for 48 hours so they were able to get the best view of the group – brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and McIntyre – on stage.
Ya know, I would’ve thought that most of us fans (yes, this I must admit*) would have got over the tack that is NKOTB by now. I wonder about this new single — I’ll probably listen to it over the Internet and giggle. I somehow doubt they can match or surpass the songwriting greatness of Gary Barlow.
Ah — found it on YouTube. They do know they’re not teenagers any more, right? The quality of that track should only appeal to tweens who can’t know any better. It’s pathetic.
* I wonder if my sister’s pal Gwen will admit to it — she had a full-length, 1:1 scale portrait of Jordan Knight painted and managed to blag her way in to see them when they performed in Singapore in 1992. I just went to the concert with my mates.
I happened to be up at 5am last weekend and managed to catch NKOTB’s ‘comeback’ ’song’. Hundreds of women my age, all standing in the rain screaming their heads off to the medley of ‘hits’.
It was the saddest thing I’ve ever seen.
Comment by Boo — 21 May 2008 @ 5:36 am
5am? I’m WAY too old to be still up at 5am.
It is really sad, I agree. There’s a sociology thesis in here somewhere. The fetishisation of something and something about juveniles and immature adults?
Comment by Andrea — 21 May 2008 @ 10:22 am