They’re back and they need work!

Posted by terri | Filed under natsukashii

So in case you haven’t heard or caught it on YouTube:  the New Kids on the Block are reuniting. 

And if you click on that link, you’ll agree: they sound HORRIBLE.

But apparently, it doesn’t matter how they sound. It’s fun having the New Kids on the Block back together.  Whether you hated them or loved them, they have a special place in your childhood if you were born in the late 70’s, early 80’s.  I guess you could say that they were the *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys of my junior high years.  Seeing their Today Show appearance and all those “ladies” screaming and clamoring for them, it’s downright hilarious.  I immediately thought of my best friend from elementary school being so crazy about them that her room was full of their stuff.  Heck, she even named her cats Joe and Jordan.  You could say that she was beyond “fan girl” status at that point.  As for myself, I caught on to their infectious pop, but wouldn’t call myself a fan.  My friend definitely amused me with her fanaticism, so much to the point that I would write short stories about her favorite boy band in a, uh, not so favorable light.  Let’s leave it at that, but now I am curious as to where those stories went…hee hee.

I have to say I am so surprised that the New Kids on the Block are reuniting.  I figured they’d be so over it, but hey, if you need the money, you need the money.  And I think for those people looking to recapture a part of their youth, they’d dish out money for this once-defunct band’s reunion tour.

Way to milk that cow, guys!

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