Yikes! Stripes! Fruit Stripes Gum!No, this is not just a clever title. It is the actual subject. I went to a New Kids on the Block concert last week. And before I start, I need to confess. Before last Friday, I had never actually heard a NKOTB song. All I know is that I was in the 3rd grade when they were super cool. I was wearing shirts with puppy dogs on them. NKOTB were the butt of many jokes in my 9 year-old circle of friends. That being me, my 7-year old friend, and my dog.
So Brett calls me on Thursday and says "I got great news, my co-worker doesn't want to go to NKOTB with his wife, and I told him you LOVED them, so you would be interested."
URRR- Wrong. I LOVED N'Sync. But a boy band is a boy band ... right?
Lady Gaga is the opening act. Sounds like a bizarre Nick-a-lodean character right? Urrr- wrong. She's like a go-go girl on acid. I've never done acid (for the record) but I imagine watching her show is the closest I will ever come to it. Note that I don't have link to her site or her music because it would be like having a link to a porn site.
Sadly, I think I would like some of her songs alot, but watching her perform them really traumatized me.
It gets better. Natasha Beddingfeld is up next and she is awesome. I love every song she sings and her vocals are off the charts. I really really really enjoyed her concert. I had to bail on the last song though, because I wanted to go line up to meet her. I didn't meet her but I ended up getting her picture. My friend has it on her camera. I will post it when she gets it to me. Beddingfeld really made the 1.5 hour drive to San Jose worth it.
And then.... (drum roll please) came the boys from bean town. (Note I picked up many "Block-isms"). They were good. I can't say "they took me away" but they were entertaining. I must be getting old. All I can say was that there were crude gestures aplenty.
Through the whole thing I kept thinking, "man, if aliens were to come to our planet and only had this experience to judge the worth of our planet on, they would destroy us in a mili-second." Let's just say I felt "very sober" among the thousands of drunk women and three tag along boy friends and that were there. However,NKOTB are very danceable so I think I had a great time. Plus or minus the evil lady Gaga who will be giving me nightmares for weeks to come.
This is a good picture to represent their "oldness." Brett keeps reminding me that he is as old as they are, however, he's not doing suggestive dances for a living.
6 comments:
Rachel - you are hilarious! Thanks for the laughs. Way to stay young and hip!
Rachel, that is awesome! I can't believe you saw Natasha Bettingfield- I love her too. You and Brett are both such funny and entertaining writers- Maybe you should write a book together- on how to keep your friends entertained with an awesome blog- Great idea, ya think?
I'm trying hard to contain the jealousy right now. See, when you were 9 and making jokes about NKOTB, I was 12 or 13 and totally in love with Joey McIntyre. I do think you're onto something with the whole alien abduction scenario, though. Screaming 30-something female fans of a 30-something former boy band (what would you call them now, a man band?) would truly be a sight to behold.
Yeah, jealous about the Natasha part. She must have been pretty cool live.
As I am preparing to attend my own NKOTB concert, I appreciate the Lady Gaga warning. I'll make sure that I show up a little late.
I was a HUGE fan when they were big (I still have most of their songs memorized to this day!). I'm pretty pumped.
Brett is close in age (still younger, I believe) than the YOUNGEST member. Believe me, some of these guys are pushing 40.
LOL. That post was aaaawesome. From Brett thinking he'd done you a favor, to the decision not to link to the porn site, crude gestures aplenty, and the earth being destroyed in a mili-second because it's only representation was NKOTB, I couldn't stop laughing. Alas, I was never a fan. Give me The Monkees or The Beatles anyday. Now those guys were just plain awesome.
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