OMG....as cheesy as it sounds...this is STILL a dream come true for me! Hahaha...this totally brings me back to my younger years, and even though they will never be popular like they once were...this would be great for old time's sake. :)


http://omg.yahoo.com/report:-new-kids-on-the-block-reuniting/news/6009

Get ready boys and girls -- the "Kids" are making a comeback.

The New Kids On The Block are getting back together, according to a report in People.

A source tells People the group will make the announcement in the next few weeks.

The boy band -- made up of Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood and Jonathan Knight -- were a worldwide phenomenon in the early '90s, selling more than 50 million albums worldwide before calling it quits in 1994.
With such songs as "Hangin' Tough," "Step By Step" and "You Got It (The Right Stuff)," made tweens across the globe swoon.

Of course, more than a decade later, these "Kids" are all grown up.


Donnie, now 38, has dabbled in acting, landing roles in "The Sixth Sense," "Saw II," "Saw IV" and the TV series "Boomtown."

Danny, also 38, released a solo album and worked as a producer with Donnie on a Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch album, fronted by Donnie's younger brother-turned-Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg.

Jonathan, who turns 40 later this month, is now a real estate developer on the East Coast.

Jordan, the group's lead singer, achieved some success as a solo singer after the group disbanded. He also appeared on the third season of VH1's "The Surreal Life" in 2004 and also appeared in the 2007 spinoff "The Surreal Life: Fame Games," before leaving the show for personal reasons.

"OH NO!"

I was doing a dance of excitement when I read this.

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL*

Will it be Old Kids On The Block now?

I was doing a dance of excitement when I read this.

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL*


Me too!!!!! w00t!!! ;D :D

Will they be singing "This One's For The Grand-Children"?

Oh what the heck....let's bring back some New Kids memories: :D


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Wow..Joe McIntyre is all grown up now..he looks so different...yet he still has those gorgeous baby blue eyes! I'll Be Loving HIM Forever! ;D :D

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My son used to like their songs.

It's apparently not true. That makes me sad.

This is a part of a bulletin that Danny Wood sent out on his MySpace:

Hello to everyone. Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the New Year. I wanted to address the rumors of the NKOTB Reunion Tour. There has been no talk of this and you are getting it from source directly.


:\'(

It's apparently not true. That makes me sad.

This is a part of a bulletin that Danny Wood sent out on his MySpace:

Hello to everyone. Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the New Year. I wanted to address the rumors of the NKOTB Reunion Tour. There has been no talk of this and you are getting it from source directly.


:\'(



ah man...that sucks so bad. Why can't they just do it...I mean, it's not like they are doing anything else spectacular. :-\\ :(

Oh what a let down!

The Spice Girls have made £10m each from their reunion, the boy from NKOTB may not have realised this yet.

ah man...that sucks so bad. Why can't they just do it...I mean, it's not like they are doing anything else spectacular. :-\\ :(


Yeah, and you know they'd be guaranteed a big crowd. There are a lot of closet NKOTB fans around. :D

Yeah, and you know they'd be guaranteed a big crowd. There are a lot of closet NKOTB fans around. :D
Led Zepp and the Police have reunited and have done well for themselves.

My sister loves NKOTB.

They were the ones who influenced The Backstreet Boys and N*Sync.

How sad. Funny thing is, the Backstreet Boys are almost as old now! ;D

How sad. Funny thing is, the Backstreet Boys are almost as old now! ;D
Old Men On The Block

This will actually be good I think.  Probably not a big success, but New Kids on the Block were the original boy band that spawned the likes of Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Westlife, etc ...

This will actually be good I think.  Probably not a big success, but New Kids on the Block were the original boy band that spawned the likes of Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Westlife, etc ...
How about bringing back the boy band but with new younger singers?

How about bringing back the boy band but with new younger singers?


That would be a better idea yes.  Fresh talent on the music scene.  I actually liked alot of the boy bands in the 90s.  I loved 911s version of 'A Little Bit More'

That would be a better idea yes.  Fresh talent on the music scene.  I actually liked alot of the boy bands in the 90s.  I loved 911s version of 'A Little Bit More'
...can be down on an American Idol type of programme?

...can be down on an American Idol type of programme?


Pop Idol, more like it.  All the best boy bands come from the UK.  For every good American Boy Band, there were maybe 5 British ones that were better

...all the best boy bands come from the UK. 
The best of the boy bands have came from the Republic of Ireland, i.e. Boyzone, Westlife.

Will they be singing "This One's For The Grand-Children"?


Tracks:

" Hanging Low "

" Shooting Bruce Willis "

" Planet of the Apes ( remix ) "

" An Heroes "

No offense, but with the way everyone is talking about it, this thread erases all doubt in my mind that 1989 or '90 is old old OLD!  :\'(  :\'( :\'(

To me that's the biggest tragedy of all. Sorry, but I'm not ready to let it slip into oldness without a fight. I hate seeing it being talked about the way in which Vietnam, The Beatles, Watergate and all that Baby Boomer stuff was probably looked at back then. Logically I know it wasn't yesterday, but it still feels very CLOSE in the grand scheme of things. I have crystal clear memories of then, even if I was a young kid.

Yet despite all my protests, and as much as I might try and emphasize the similarities (instead of the differences) to the present, I guess I can't deny the inevitable. My childhood is becoming a mere footnote of history. In 1999, the late '80s might've had a "semi recentness" in terms of being firmly in people's memories...but not anymore. That's enough to shock you more than the biggest electrical jolt and it'll wake you up faster than the strongest cup of coffee.

10 years is pretty recent, but when you get to that magical line of 20 years, nothing is ever the same. That's when a generation gap becomes more like "your parents time" than your own or your older siblings/cousins.

New Kids on the Block released their first album 22 years ago.  Can they really be called "New Kids on the Block" anymore?  Maybe "Old Men on their Rocking Chairs"

:D

You're not helping Jason. :(

How about you get ME a rocking chair, that's how I feel now. This is my generation we're talking about like it's something super old. And to think I felt weird when the early and mid '80s started getting older and feeling like a different era when I started high school? Well that's a Spring shower and absolutely nothing compared to this. I'd give anything to have 1989 be only 8 years ago.

You're not helping Jason. :(

How about you get ME a rocking chair, that's how I feel now. This is my generation.


You are still in your mid-20s.  The members of New Kids on the Block are nearing their 40s.  They aren't new kids, and they aren't old men, but they are too old to be in a band called New Kids

The members of New Kids on the Block are nearing their 40s.  They aren't new kids, and they aren't old men, but they are too old to be in a band called New Kids


The Beach Boys (or what's left of 'em) seem to do okay out of it!  :D

Once you hit about 21 or 22 your true real youth is over anyway, so that doesn't matter either. Sure, relative to life my generation is still very young (I think that lasts up till your mid-late 30s), but it's useless to pretend we're as young as I've been used to us being.

In other words, we're very old-school, whether I like it or not. I can fight it kicking and screaming all I want, but it won't stop us from being dragged into the same "oldness" stage which the Baby Boomers and Generation X are further into.

When things you grew up with start becoming a footnote of history - where you have to, like remind people and go "Whoa, hey remember them!" or "I used to that back in the day" - that's when you know it's a completely new era. In the '90s everyone still remembered the '80s (including kids) even if some things were a little cheesy, so it had a young and modern feeling that it now lacks.

When teenyboppers of 1989 are now the age to be "the establishment"....just shoot me now please.

I'm 29.  My life's just beginning.

If you're feeling old and you aren't even MY age, you need a major attitude shift and start looking for something to actually look forward to instead of always living in the past.

I'm 29.  My life's just beginning.

If you're feeling old and you aren't even MY age, you need a major attitude shift and start looking for something to actually look forward to instead of always living in the past.


What he said.

I am going to be 37 in a month and I'm not old.  Age is just a number, man. 

What he said.

I am going to be 37 in a month and I'm not old.  Age is just a number, man. 


You're 37?  :o  When'd THAT happen?  I thunk you wuz 25 :D :D

What he said.

I am going to be 37 in a month and I'm not old.  Age is just a number, man. 


You are? What the hell? :o

BTW, thank goodness the NKOTB aren't touring, now I don't have to take Jess ;D

J/k.

BTW, thank goodness the NKOTB aren't touring, now I don't have to take Jess ;D

J/k.


Hey!

Old Men On The Block


Some of the members of Backstreet Boys & N' Sync are about the same age as the youngest members of the New Kids

Just to add a final bit--

I apologize if I offended anyone, because when I say "old" I don't mean it literally of course. I know logically that me and my generation are still pretty darned young, that's WHY it makes me feel old. The average New Kids fan is 30, not 60...yet when I hear it being discussed like it's some totally long time ago from another era, that's discomforting.

Believe me, in real terms people are still fairly young up until about 40, and I've often argued that point myself when I'd hear someone who was upset about their age. When it comes to OTHER PEOPLE I tend to view things much more liberally than I do for my own self, though. Because I'm experiencing these ages and the real loss of my childhood years for the FIRST time. And that is scary.

It can really shell shock you when something from your own personal life and memories becomes old and retro, as opposed to "just a little while ago" (i.e. the way the Eighties were during the '90s). It makes you suddenly reevaluate things, because your mind has been almost equipped naturally, to only look at it this one way all through life. When that starts changing, it's just flat out weird.

So yes we're still young, we're just "old school" too.

You're 37?  :o  When'd THAT happen?  I thunk you wuz 25 :D :D



You are? What the hell? :o


What?  You guys gonna disown me now that you know I am old? ;D

What?  You guys gonna disown me now that you know I am old? ;D



;D

Should I get your rocking chair? :D

I just didn't realize you were going to be 37. I always think of us at the ages we were when we all first started talking on here. That, and you definitely don't look or act your age. ;)

What started out as a New Kids on the Block thread has turned into a debate about aging.  What the hell? ;D ;D ;D

;D

Should I get your rocking chair? :D

I just didn't realize you were going to be 37. I always think of us at the ages we were when we all first started talking on here. That, and you definitely don't look or act your age. ;)


Thanks.  I try hard not to act my age. ;D

None of you all have anything to worry about...you are ALL young. Gosh, even someone who is 60 can be young...it's all in how you feel, ya know? I agree that it is good to be able to reminisce and think of the past times as monumental steps in one's life...but it's true, it is not good to let yourself get so engrossed in it that you become obsessed with living in the past. I have been slightly guilty of this kind of behavior...and honestly, it doesn't do any good. My new goal...live for the present...remember the past and always love it...but be able to move on and make something of my FUTURE.

anyway...getting back on topic...


I'm really pissed that they aren't going to reunite...it would have been very cool. 8)

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