Well...I know this is going to sound cheesy, slightly wrong, and plain old lame...but I'm gonna say it anyways...
I went to see NKOTB (New Kids On The Block) with my friend Kristen on Monday at Jobing.com Arena...and I'm just gonna say that I was pleasantly surprised. (And I even got a little bit phased!) Really, you ask? Well, for one, I wasn't the only 29 or 30 something girl there (unlike the time when Kristan & I saw NSYNC-besides, I was 22 at the time), for two, Kristan wasn't the only pregnant one in her 30s, for three, we weren't the only ones singing every lyric we knew...
"I'll be loving you for-everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! "
"Step 1- we can have lots of fun....Step 2- there's so much we can do......."
"You've got the right stuff....baby....love the way you turn me on...."
"Please don't go girllllllllllllllllllll....you would ruin my whole world"
etc.
etc.
etc.
I was really tempted to hunt through my old boxes and locate my giant "I heart Jordan" button and other random NKOTB paraphernalia from when I was 11- and wear it to the concert with my hair up in a side ponytail, keds, and shirt with the belt-loop-tightener-at-the-bottom-thingy...but I refrained. I thought to myself....I'm going to have fun regardless of what I am wearing so I will just be the me of "now" instead of the me of "11 yrs old". Here is what I remember Jordan looking like at my age...
I went to see NKOTB (New Kids On The Block) with my friend Kristen on Monday at Jobing.com Arena...and I'm just gonna say that I was pleasantly surprised. (And I even got a little bit phased!) Really, you ask? Well, for one, I wasn't the only 29 or 30 something girl there (unlike the time when Kristan & I saw NSYNC-besides, I was 22 at the time), for two, Kristan wasn't the only pregnant one in her 30s, for three, we weren't the only ones singing every lyric we knew...
"I'll be loving you for-everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! "
"Step 1- we can have lots of fun....Step 2- there's so much we can do......."
"You've got the right stuff....baby....love the way you turn me on...."
"Please don't go girllllllllllllllllllll....you would ruin my whole world"
etc.
etc.
etc.
I was really tempted to hunt through my old boxes and locate my giant "I heart Jordan" button and other random NKOTB paraphernalia from when I was 11- and wear it to the concert with my hair up in a side ponytail, keds, and shirt with the belt-loop-tightener-at-the-bottom-thingy...but I refrained. I thought to myself....I'm going to have fun regardless of what I am wearing so I will just be the me of "now" instead of the me of "11 yrs old". Here is what I remember Jordan looking like at my age...
I was pretty astonished that this is how he has aged...
Uhhh...yeah. I know.
So this is the poster (amongst many) that were hung up in my room when I was 11.
And this is the poster I will hang up in my room now....haha, yeah right. You only wish I was that cheesy. They have each changed for the better, I'd have to say.
In other news it was also pretty cool that Natasha Bedingfield was the opener for the show. I didn't know she would be the opener- and she's got some pretty sweet tracks. And since Blake has a little crush on her I called him so he could listen to "Pocket Full of Sunshine". Aren't I nice?! She was very pretty and sounded pretty good- I'd have to admit!
I am going to say that I didn't prep for the concert and buy the new NKOTB album that they put out before they left for this tour- but some of the songs were likeable and definately had a cool groove you could dance to. For me-sometimes a song's lyrics don't matter as long as you can dance to it! So, I'm not all hard core NKOTB or anything- but I will say I did get a little flushed and giggled like a little girl when Jordan popped up from the back of the stage with wind (practically) ripping his white shirt off (to see his lovely sculpted upper body) and singing " Baby, I Believe In You " to the croud. It was nice. To say the least.
I know you're dying to see that...so, here you go...
I am going to say that I didn't prep for the concert and buy the new NKOTB album that they put out before they left for this tour- but some of the songs were likeable and definately had a cool groove you could dance to. For me-sometimes a song's lyrics don't matter as long as you can dance to it! So, I'm not all hard core NKOTB or anything- but I will say I did get a little flushed and giggled like a little girl when Jordan popped up from the back of the stage with wind (practically) ripping his white shirt off (to see his lovely sculpted upper body) and singing " Baby, I Believe In You " to the croud. It was nice. To say the least.
I know you're dying to see that...so, here you go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFKKXkae000
Anyways...back to reality...it was nice to come home to a sleeping baby and a husband who (only in his head) is embarrassed of his wife for fulfilling a dream to see the New Kids at her age.
Anyways...back to reality...it was nice to come home to a sleeping baby and a husband who (only in his head) is embarrassed of his wife for fulfilling a dream to see the New Kids at her age.
Blake's "got the right stuff!"
4 comments:
O my gosh, soo funny. I totally remember listening to New Kids On The Block in the back of parents honda when I was like 8 or something. I had their CHristmas album and listened to it all year long on my disc man singing at the top of my lungs. My poor parents never complained about it (at least to me).
ooooookaayyy . . . nkotb were the worst thing ever for pubescent boys - mostly 'cause every girl was so crazy about them which left no room in their hearts for the truly attainable boys in their lives (me), but also because their voices were still high pitched and some of us couldn't sing like them with our newly found deep voices (me) - I was so hoping they would go the way of Milli Vanilli and be exposed for their lip-synching ways . . . and now you tell me they are back - don't tell Susan!
Yep, I had that exact poster up in my room back in the day.
Lucky girl!!
You need to talk to Sara Graff. I think she went with her friends from high school! You guys are awesome.
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