The Quarter Life Chronicles

Last night was the New Kids on the Block show.  This past summer, when the show was announced my friend and I decided to buy the tickets for "shits and giggles".  We were highly amused that the former teenage hearthrobs had come out of retirement 15 years after they called it quits 15 years ago.

After the miserable experience I had at the Hanson show, I was not really looking forward to the concert.  The only reason I was looking forward to the show was that it was at Madison Square Gardens and it was a reason to travel into NYC.

We headed into the city early in the afternoon and headed for lunch and play at Dave and Busters.  I'm still recovering from the bill, but we had fun.  We then proceeded to wander around Times Square and kill time before the show.

We got to the venue a bit before 8 and spent the next half hour or so finding our seats.  We finally were seated (way at the tippity top of the venue) and endured the tail end of a singer named Lady Gaga who resembled a mixture of Baby Spice and Hannah Montana.  Natasha Bedingfield took the stage next and while she was better than Lady Gaga, she still was not very impressive.

Finally, at long last NKOTB took the stage...and they put on an awesome show.  It was a mixture of songs from their latest album, their "classic" hits and even their solo hits.  They all had their turn to shine on stage and the break must have done them all good as they were in top form.  They still can hit all the notes, they still can dance.  And the crowd?  Still full of screaming girls...which I found very contagious and fun!

I never was a NKOTB fan...not TOO surprising as I was about 7 at the height of their career.  I remember some of their songs.  I remember the merchandise, the cartoon show that I would occasionally watch (anyone else remember it?  Hilarious!).  I just didn't buy into it as even as a 7 year old I was my own person...but last night, I had a change of heart.  Granted, I probably won't be rushing to the store to buy their albums...I will not be buying their teeshirts, buttons, posters, lunchboxes...etc.  But I will readily admit that beneath all of that...is a pretty decent group. 

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