There is something amazing about those early crushes that can be completely revived no matter how old you are. My particular formative years crush was New Kids on the Block. They are now back together and making a new album. I've sat here watching their video, thinking "holy cow, what am I, 14 again?" I can't help myself, I have to watch it over and over. It's ridiculous. What is it about the influence in those crucial years that sticks with you well into your 30's (and older I am sure if my mom's everlasting crush on Herman's Hermits is any indication). The New Kids are obviously no longer kids and have other careers now. Being a grown-up myself, I find myself critiquing the video rather than silently longing as I did in my teens. It's amazing that the two of them with actual acting experience, Donnie in the movies and Joe on Broadway, are so much more believable in the video. Jordan, who may be gorgeous and have a beautiful falsetto voice, can't act his way out of a paper bag and it's obvious in the video. http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1588642&vid=238677 Watch and see what I mean.
Anyway, this time around, I don't feel the need to stand in line all night to get concert tickets, but I will enjoy the new album to the point of wearing out my iPod (remember how tapes used to actually wear out!) and watch the videos with a grown-up eye. However, there will always be that small longing, that childhood-remembering.....that first, all-powerful crush.
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