By my calculations (random guessing), the members of the backstreet boys are well into their late thirties. Some may be hovering around 42. And this new vampire-themed video of theirs reeks of riding the coat-tails of a pop-culture trend to get a little attention.
One of the "boys" is almost entirely bald, but you'll have to look closely, as he never takes center stage. (the cue ball can be glimpsed in their I-youtubed-old-New-Kids-concert-footage dance sequence.)
I'm feeling a little depressed for my "generation," even though, ahem, I'm way younger than these douches, it was my cohort that brought them to fame. I may have even played a song or two of theirs in my car on the way to school. I said MIGHT.
I don't know why they can't just catapult one member to fame, one to homo outer space, and the rest into self-hating obscurity like N'Sync? It seems the logical thing to do.
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Just so you know, Nick Carter, the youngest BSb is 29, the oldest Howie is 36. Noone is in their 40s. The "bald" one had a receding forehead when he was 17-sucky genes to be born with, but hey, you make do with what God gives you. They ARE older, but they keep making music. How old are the Beach Boys now? The Stones? Madonna? There isn't a time limit on musical acts, even boybands! Its their JOB for crying out loud. They are still making money for themselves and their label-selling worldwide 1 and 1/2 million CDs with their last album. As long as someone is buying the music and they are making money, Backstreet will be BACK!
Good point, I also think the beach boys should have stopped decades ago. Let's tell the BSBs to heed the lesson of their elders. You can only do the same thing for so long before it gets boring as shit. (Or scarily veiny, if you're Madonna.
The Stones are a different animal entirely. They, along with bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, have aged somewhat gracefully, in that they allow their music to grow and change. And they don't call themselves "boys" anymore. Never did.
hahahaha I'm still laughing over the fact that the Backstreet boys were ever considered a group. Sorry to all those fans, not to throw out stereotypes but the only ones I saw that rolled hard with those "boys" were Asian chicks and white girls that were awkwardly overweight in High School. How could you ever put the Stones or Madonna in the same catagory at Backstreet Boys? Madonna is spitting in her grave right now...oh she's still alive? My bad ;-)
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