They are not "new" nor are they "kids"...

[Tiberius Jim]

...so why, oh why have The New Kids On The Block been allowed into a recording studio and in front of a music video camera again?

I think the youngest of them is 35 while the rest are pushing 40. I'm all for them pursuing solo careers, as a few of them have in the past but...did we really need to see/hear 5 middle aged guys trying to act like they're teenagers again?

I mean...Donnie Wahlberg? Really? He's not wearing that stupid looking sideways-pointed-brim ball cap because its "stylish". Its there to hide his male pattern baldness.

Here's the link to their ridiculously cheesy video.

 

[Bad Bishop]

Welcome to the second thread about the New Kids on the Block.

did we really need to see/hear 5 middle aged guys trying to act like they're teenagers again?

Who's forcing you to buy tickets to their show?

Flux Capacitor, should the Beach Boys have changed the name of their band when they all hit 25 or 30?

 

[Tiberius Jim]

I knew someone would pipe in with that old line. Actually, I am forced to hear and see them. My place of employment plays a Top 20 satellite radio station as background music...so I basically have to hear it 10-15 times a day.

I wasn't so much commenting on their name as I was that they are grown men now and shouldn't be prancing around as if they're still teenagers with girls half their age and still making the same bubbly, cookie cutter pop crap.

Edit: I skimmed the first three pages of the forum before posting this thread so unless I missed something I don't know where this first thread is...

 

[nx1701g]

I heard them this afternoon for the first time. Didn't bother me all that much.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I knew someone would pipe in with that old line. Actually, I am forced to hear and see them. My place of employment plays a Top 20 satellite radio station as background music...so I basically have to hear it 10-15 times a day.

Wow, they're in the top 20, I guess they're still topical.

Seriously though, how do you not go crazy even with good songs played that much. I had a job eons ago that played looped music and ads and it about drove me nuts.

 

[RoJoHen]

The song is typical boy band stuff.

But the video is creepy and makes me feel like a pedophile just watching it.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

I knew someone would pipe in with that old line. Actually, I am forced to hear and see them. My place of employment plays a Top 20 satellite radio station as background music...so I basically have to hear it 10-15 times a day.

Wow, they're in the top 20, I guess they're still topical.

Seriously though, how do you not go crazy even with good songs played that much. I had a job eons ago that played looped music and ads and it about drove me nuts.

Well up until recently the store's XM radio had been set to XM 9 which is a 90's station...and while the occasional annoying song would pop up, you never hear the same song twice. It was on XM 26 for a while which is a nice blend of alternative rock. But for some reason, somebody decided a few days ago to switch it to XM 20 which of course plays the same 20 "popular" songs over and over based on what people vote for. And by people, I mean a billion 12 year old girls.

What is really funny is the lttle audio clip they sometimes play between songs on that sation, which laughably states "We dont play the same songs over and over." claiming that since the countdown changes based on the public's votes, its never the same each time...which is complete BS because if anything, its just the same damn songs but in a different order than before.

Thankfully, as of today, I'm a supervisor and can now change the station if I wish. I'm wondering if I can completely lock out Channel 20...

 

[Roshi]

Proof that even if you change the packaging, a turd is still a turd and people will drive to buy that shit. En masse!

 

[Trekker4747]

The song is typical boy band stuff.

But the video is creepy and makes me feel like a pedophile just watching it.

Very interesting looking children in your world.

 

[Iliana]

If only Bros got back together again...

 

[CaptJimboJones]

they are grown men now and shouldn't be prancing around as if they're still teenagers with girls half their age and still making the same bubbly, cookie cutter pop crap.

Why not? If they can sell music and still have an audience, why do you care?

And yes I saw that you don't personally like them and have to listen to them at work, but that's hardly their fault.

If the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols, the Police and countless other bands can do "reunion tours" well into middle age, why not NKOTB?

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Because those bands' music has matured along with them as time has gone on...whereas NKOTB is a group of five 40 year old men desperately trying to capture what they had 20 years ago when they were teenagers. In other words, they need to act their age.

Besides, the boy band phase was over years ago. They all should have stuck to their solo careers (aside from Wahlberg, he should stick to acting) and ditched the goofy choreographed dance moves.

 

[JoeZhang]

Because those bands' music has matured along with them as time has gone on...whereas NKOTB is a group of five 40 year old men desperately trying to capture what they had 20 years ago when they were teenagers. In other words, they need to act their age.

I'm sure this line will hurt them deeply as they count the cash and snort coke off some hooker's breasts.

 

[Holdfast]

...so why, oh why have The New Kids On The Block been allowed into a recording studio and in front of a music video camera again?

Good God, they're really back....?

 

[Bad Bishop]

Because those bands' music has matured along with them as time has gone on...whereas NKOTB is a group of five 40 year old men desperately trying to capture what they had 20 years ago when they were teenagers. In other words, they need to act their age.

And you need to spare us your fake indignation.

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Where do you get the idea that my indignation is fake?

Last time I checked, nobody put a gun to your head and forced you to read this thread.

 

[nevermore]

...so why, oh why have The New Kids On The Block been allowed into a recording studio and in front of a music video camera again?

Because the universe is full of hate and fail. I have NKotB PTSD from middle school, and just knowing that they're out there somewhere polluting the hearts and minds of our youth, inflicting their unique brand of trauma on the world and creating others like me again makes my heart shiver in terror at the coming apocalypse. I thought the world was safe from this scourge. I guess the terrorists have won...

 

[Tiberius Jim]

 

[nevermore]

^If that is in response to my post, let me assure you it was not sarcasm. The trauma of being a 12-14-year-old with taste during the first coming of the New Kids was very real and very profound. I feel for today's 12-14 year-olds with taste and wish the godspeed in surviving this new onslaught.

 

[Ethros]

They are not "new" nor are they "kids"...

But do they live on a block though???