One morning last week while running at the gym and watching the Today Show I saw a preview for the New Kids On The Block concert. I was under the impression it was a onetime reunion concert but then later found out from a friend they were making a comeback and had made a new CD. So of course I had to check it out, so I set it to tape and planned on watching it while Nick was on a campout with the scouts. So Friday night I settled in to watch the concert not knowing if I'd scream like a school girl or want to vomit at the sight the 35 year old men trying to stage a comeback. Well. . . I now know that I still know the lyrics to every song even though I haven't heard them for 15+ years. It brought back so many memories of hours spent out in the garage learning every NKOTB dance move with my siblings. Suzi and I would buy teen magazines with our babysitting money just to tear out their pictures and pin them up like wallpaper in our bedroom. All six of us kids made a music video at Universal Studios to "Hanging Tough" and we had a one night showing of "Cover Girl" at a family reunion. I could go on and on but we were all fans and we all had our favorites, Tim/Donny, Suzi/Jordan, Me/Jonathon, Jeff/Danny, Steve/Joey (yeah I still know all of their names and if I thought long enough I could probably tell you their favorite colors and foods too). I can't imagine what our parents thought but I'm sure we gave them a few laughs. I know this because I'm now a parent and after the boys go to bed we laugh too. I don't know how successful the NTOKB comeback will be but I can say, thanks for the memories, the Doll kids have got some good ones.
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