NKOTB Concert!

I have a great mom. I already knew that, and she certainly doesn’t have to buy me anything to prove it, but she did something great for me again. I opened up my email one day at the end of August, and there was an email from my mom- subject: See attached. I opened it up, and there were two printable New Kids on the Block concert tickets- woo hoo! For those of you who don’t know, New Kids on the Block is like the Beetles of the 80’s (oh no, she did NOT just compare New Kids on the Block to the Beetles!). No, not really- not in terms of quality of music or staying power. If I can only listen to once CD for the rest of my life, the Beetles trumps NKOTB-no contest. Just the craze. Every girl loved New Kids on the Block. There were mobs of screaming, crying girls at concerts and others who just had posters, buttons, t-shirts, bed sheets, puzzles, pencils and just about anything else that could be marketed. For those of you who still don’t know who I’m talking about, they sang the songs “Hangin’ Tough” and “Step by Step” among others.

Anyway, so I open my email and am SO excited. I look over at Josh and say “Hey, look where we’re going!”. He frowns and me and says “No, we’re not”. Great. So which of my friends can I call and invite to this jr. high school reunion from the 80’s? It has to be just the right person- old enough to appreciate them for what they really were, but not so young that they missed the craze. And she had to really love them. I texted my friend Karen. I knew I chose the right person when the final text of the conversation was “I’ll be Hangin’ Tough until then!”. And a week later I got another text asking me if she should bring her Jordan Knight (one of the bandmembers) doll. Oh Yeah. This is going to be great!

The concert was on Saturday (the 25th). Karen came over and we drove to the Palace of Auburn Hills. The crowd was Crazy. There were people with the original attire that they saved from the 80’s- I saw a girl with the exact same shirt on that I used to have. People made signs and wore the giant buttons that defined the band. There were legwarmers and side ponytails, and glow-in-the-dark puffy painted T-shirts that said things like “I Still Love you Joey!”. Karen and I took our seats (GREAT seats by the way- 5th row floor) and had a blast going back to Jr. High. A couple even cried when they sang “Please, Don’t go Girl”—seriously. Karen and I went into it with the same outlook- we LOVED these guys in Jr. High, and it will be fun to re-live that time. Some girls did not- they were really still in love with the New Kids. The only problem? I have been singing songs like “My Favorite Girl” and “You’ve Got the Right Stuff” non stop since then. Oh well- what a great night! Oh, and the Jordan Knight doll DID attend the concert with us- see photo

This is Joey- he was my favorite about 20 years ago...in this photo, he's pointing at me, telling me that I'm his favorite girl.

Karen and I with the Jordan Knight Doll- the girls next to us were VERY jealous of Karen's Doll

Fianlly, if you want to see some of the concert for yourself, here is a link that will take you to a youtube video that I uploaded- the sound isn't very good, because it was recorded with my digital camera and not a camcorder, but still, it's way fun. Once I figure out how to post actual videos and not just the links, I'll get some of Liam up here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCwphh9b3Jo