Comments | burendasan4: I was stunned...

burendasan4

I was stunned...

Jan 27, 2008 00:39

I just came across this very troubling and disturbing article:
New Kids On the Block...Staging a Comeback??

THIS. CANNOT. BE.

It's one thing for other groups to make a comeback, but the New Kids on the Block? They are SO dated! It was cute back in 1988-1990, but trying to revive that craziness just ain't gonna work in 2008! And their fan base ( Read more... )

nkotb, rant

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tovaks January 27 2008, 06:19:19 UTC

They might have a great new sound, though. Who knows? At the worst, they'd be a great source of amusement even if they suck.

burendasan4 January 27 2008, 17:34:41 UTC

Yeah, I'm also wondering if they'll do the whole "nostalgia" thing or try to come up with a new sound and image...They'll probably go the Spice Girls route and do a little bit of both (but mostly "nostalgia").

tovaks January 27 2008, 17:40:42 UTC

they will have to re-invent tat least their image.... I mean people will just laugh if they turn up with those silly haircuts and clothes....

I want MC hammer pants ;)

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burendasan4 January 27 2008, 17:14:55 UTC

:-D
...I never thought I'd be writing "NKOTB" again ;-)

slashtacular January 27 2008, 14:47:16 UTC

Well heck, they're digging everything else up from the 80's (Transformers, Ninja Turtles, Paula Abdul, and didn't Duran Duran even have a comeback of sorts too?), so why not?

burendasan4 January 27 2008, 17:18:33 UTC

I knowwww....NOTHING is being left to rest in the sacred tomb of the past. Soon there will be nothing left of the 80s to re-create!

slashtacular January 27 2008, 18:21:36 UTC

I'm also thinking that when they try to recreate the 2000s in twenty-five or so years, there's nothing original, only stuff previously recycled from the 80s. And the cycle continues. :)

dancerdiva January 27 2008, 14:59:56 UTC

Jon was my favorite too!! :)

burendasan4 January 27 2008, 17:19:41 UTC

:-D :-D!
...He has the same birthday as me! ;-) *reverts to girlish squeeing*

anonymous January 27 2008, 17:04:11 UTC

they will be semi popular for five minutes or maybe longer..... sell out a few tour dates if it is marketed right, and make a few million in the process. The come back of Duran Duran can't really be compared to a boy band scenario though..... Duran Duran wrote good music in the 80s, and even had an album or 2 released in the 90s, one of which had probably one of their best songs on it. Then they re-grouped and released a couple of albums more recently, have done more than one world tour since. They actually still have it, and are still doing it, although they maybe a little more obscure now then their 80s success. Not everyone will remember them for that era :P ( ... )

burendasan4 January 27 2008, 17:32:36 UTC

That's the thing about New Kids on the Block compared to Duran Duran. The music and image of Duran Duran seems almost have a timeless appeal and is appreciated even today unlike NKOTB, whose music and image, IMHO, is really dated and belongs only to that brief period of the late 80s-early 90s. It's stuff that people look back on and cringe.
So we'll see if they'll do the whole "nostalgia" thing or try to create a new "sound" and image...
...and ROFL about the "clever" 30-something men getting some poontang! ;-)