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Still here, still exhausted. Still gonna try to post stuff. Articles are easier, I don't know if my brain can handle coding right now.
KEVIIIIIIIIN.
For BSB fans, the highlight of the show was probably the surprise appearance of original member Kevin Richardson, who left the group in 2006. He popped up during a performance of “I Want It That Way” to screams that felt as if they could be heard all the way in NKOTB’s Boston hometown.
“Wow, this feels good,” Richardson told the ecstatic crowd of being reunited with the group and being on stage again.
One comical moment came when the Backstreet Boys brought up members of the audience to serenade with their hit “I’ll Never Break Your Heart.” The four chosen were three females and one very good-natured male, who played along as A.J. McLean sang lyrics including “From the first day that I saw your smiling face/Honey, I knew that we would be together forever” directly to him. Source (fun fact: Said guy brought up on stage is one of AJ's friends, and Rochelle's gay bff. AJ is the most awesome EVER)
Some pictures of Kevin and another tiny write up here.
I've read some very good reviews from fans and non-fans and converted fans, but two of them stood out to me. This one is good. But this next one I'm gonna quote is downright amazing. A guy brought his 5 year old daughter to the show after the mom couldn't make it like originally planned, and his reticence quickly turns into realising what fans of both bands have known for years.
I could go on and on about this show, but I’ll keep it brief. They are pros. They sounded like pros, they looked like pros, they engaged and played the audience like pros. I have not seen a show like this, EVER, and I have been to a TON of shows.
Having been to about 200 local shows in the past 3 months, this came as quite a shock to me. Even the local acts who really should have something to prove at every show have shown lack of passion as of late due to the failing industry and falling attendance, I just hadn’t noticed the extent to which they have been falling short as I only had a bunch of other crappy shows in my recent memory to compare it to.
This show reminded me of the hard work, the preparation, the experience, the difference between making it and not making it. It was flat out inspiring. Say what you will about boy bands and “instant” fame, laugh at their costumes, their dance moves, their lyrics, whatever, but there is no way if you are in tune with the music industry and artists that you would have watched this show and thought they had some how taken the easy road or had anything handed to them, ever.
His views on Teenage Wildlife are pretty darn hilarious as well: The strangest one was A.J. McLean’s video, where he is apparently admitting to the world that he is into the Furry life-style. Who am I to judge? I felt like I knew the message of that video because I spend way too much time learning about the weird side of life via the interwebs (much of which I wish I could unsee). “So A.J. McLean is a Furry. I learned something new and now I feel justified for having gone,” i thought smugly to myself. I do wonder if he was being funny with that video or what the actual deal was.
Read the review, it's honestly one of the best I've read in the last few years.
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KEVIIIIIIIIN.
For BSB fans, the highlight of the show was probably the surprise appearance of original member Kevin Richardson, who left the group in 2006. He popped up during a performance of “I Want It That Way” to screams that felt as if they could be heard all the way in NKOTB’s Boston hometown.
“Wow, this feels good,” Richardson told the ecstatic crowd of being reunited with the group and being on stage again.
One comical moment came when the Backstreet Boys brought up members of the audience to serenade with their hit “I’ll Never Break Your Heart.” The four chosen were three females and one very good-natured male, who played along as A.J. McLean sang lyrics including “From the first day that I saw your smiling face/Honey, I knew that we would be together forever” directly to him. Source (fun fact: Said guy brought up on stage is one of AJ's friends, and Rochelle's gay bff. AJ is the most awesome EVER)
Some pictures of Kevin and another tiny write up here.
I've read some very good reviews from fans and non-fans and converted fans, but two of them stood out to me. This one is good. But this next one I'm gonna quote is downright amazing. A guy brought his 5 year old daughter to the show after the mom couldn't make it like originally planned, and his reticence quickly turns into realising what fans of both bands have known for years.
I could go on and on about this show, but I’ll keep it brief. They are pros. They sounded like pros, they looked like pros, they engaged and played the audience like pros. I have not seen a show like this, EVER, and I have been to a TON of shows.
Having been to about 200 local shows in the past 3 months, this came as quite a shock to me. Even the local acts who really should have something to prove at every show have shown lack of passion as of late due to the failing industry and falling attendance, I just hadn’t noticed the extent to which they have been falling short as I only had a bunch of other crappy shows in my recent memory to compare it to.
This show reminded me of the hard work, the preparation, the experience, the difference between making it and not making it. It was flat out inspiring. Say what you will about boy bands and “instant” fame, laugh at their costumes, their dance moves, their lyrics, whatever, but there is no way if you are in tune with the music industry and artists that you would have watched this show and thought they had some how taken the easy road or had anything handed to them, ever.
His views on Teenage Wildlife are pretty darn hilarious as well: The strangest one was A.J. McLean’s video, where he is apparently admitting to the world that he is into the Furry life-style. Who am I to judge? I felt like I knew the message of that video because I spend way too much time learning about the weird side of life via the interwebs (much of which I wish I could unsee). “So A.J. McLean is a Furry. I learned something new and now I feel justified for having gone,” i thought smugly to myself. I do wonder if he was being funny with that video or what the actual deal was.
Read the review, it's honestly one of the best I've read in the last few years.
comments at Dreamwidth. Comment at either place.