Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Backstreet Boys? REALLY?
A few Sundays ago after cutting the grass (what else?), I popped the TV on in my family room and sat down on the leather couch hoping to find a baseball game to watch while inhaling leftovers from the night before.
As I surfed through the HD Channels (yes, I am an HD snob), I couldn't find any baseball, or even any other worthwhile sports to watch. I continued along higher up in the 500 series of channels, and stumbled across one of those boy bands sitting on four stools in front of a huge crowd. I was on Mark Cuban's channel, HDNet, which actually has some very cool commercial-free concerts from groups such as The Doobie Brothers, The Moody Blues, Fleetwood Mac and many others.
As I watched these guys start to sing, I couldn't tell if they were The Backstreet Boys or 98 Degrees. Not having kids, how would I know, or why would I care? I caught the very beginning of a power ballad they were performing called "Helpless When She Smiles". It's about a 4 or 5 minute song I guess. 30 seconds into it, I was thinking, okay...I need mustard for this leftover WaWa turkey hoagie. 2 minutes into the song, I'm thinkin' "...hey, this song is actually pretty good". By the time the song was over, I was seriously blown away. I hit the "info" button on my remote control to solve my "98 Degrees or Backstreet Boys" query. It was indeed The Backstreet Boys, taped from a live show in London. The song was an incredibly slick, hauntingly melodic, dramatic power ballad. Part of the lyrics in the chorus were "...I'm a house of cards in a hurricane...". Actually, I would have named the song "House Of Cards", or "Hurricane", and if you listen to it or are familiar with it, you'll know why I suggest that.
The leftover hoagie devoured, I sat there agape for another 45 minutes until sadly, the show was over. I was truly impressed with how good these guys really were. Yeah, they might have had some backing tracks pumped in behind them, but you can't cover lousy vocals with backing tracks. The Backstreet Boys were thoroughly entertaining with their choreography and overall vocal performance. I was blown away. If these guys come to Musikfest or The Allentown Fair, I'm going!
The next day at work here at the station I mentioned to two co-workers about my Sunday boy band surprise. They both agreed that Backstreet Boys were incredible performers, and they couldn't believe that I didn't know that. I guess for all their years of success, fortune and fame, I had attributed it to their teen appeal of boyish good looks coupled with a few slick stage moves.
The lesson I learned is sometimes it's not a bad thing when there's not a good ball game on Hi-Def. I wonder what else I'll discover the next time that happens. I'll let you know.
As I surfed through the HD Channels (yes, I am an HD snob), I couldn't find any baseball, or even any other worthwhile sports to watch. I continued along higher up in the 500 series of channels, and stumbled across one of those boy bands sitting on four stools in front of a huge crowd. I was on Mark Cuban's channel, HDNet, which actually has some very cool commercial-free concerts from groups such as The Doobie Brothers, The Moody Blues, Fleetwood Mac and many others.
As I watched these guys start to sing, I couldn't tell if they were The Backstreet Boys or 98 Degrees. Not having kids, how would I know, or why would I care? I caught the very beginning of a power ballad they were performing called "Helpless When She Smiles". It's about a 4 or 5 minute song I guess. 30 seconds into it, I was thinking, okay...I need mustard for this leftover WaWa turkey hoagie. 2 minutes into the song, I'm thinkin' "...hey, this song is actually pretty good". By the time the song was over, I was seriously blown away. I hit the "info" button on my remote control to solve my "98 Degrees or Backstreet Boys" query. It was indeed The Backstreet Boys, taped from a live show in London. The song was an incredibly slick, hauntingly melodic, dramatic power ballad. Part of the lyrics in the chorus were "...I'm a house of cards in a hurricane...". Actually, I would have named the song "House Of Cards", or "Hurricane", and if you listen to it or are familiar with it, you'll know why I suggest that.
The leftover hoagie devoured, I sat there agape for another 45 minutes until sadly, the show was over. I was truly impressed with how good these guys really were. Yeah, they might have had some backing tracks pumped in behind them, but you can't cover lousy vocals with backing tracks. The Backstreet Boys were thoroughly entertaining with their choreography and overall vocal performance. I was blown away. If these guys come to Musikfest or The Allentown Fair, I'm going!
The next day at work here at the station I mentioned to two co-workers about my Sunday boy band surprise. They both agreed that Backstreet Boys were incredible performers, and they couldn't believe that I didn't know that. I guess for all their years of success, fortune and fame, I had attributed it to their teen appeal of boyish good looks coupled with a few slick stage moves.
The lesson I learned is sometimes it's not a bad thing when there's not a good ball game on Hi-Def. I wonder what else I'll discover the next time that happens. I'll let you know.
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