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Jesus, how deluded are the Backstreet Boys?!

Posted by Digital 14 August 2009 11:30

Jesus, how deluded are the Backstreet Boys?!

With the world and its wife staging musical comebacks in the latter years of the noughties (Hello Blue, NKOTB, Boyzone etc etc), for the reuniting boy band, it’s important to harbour a lot of self-belief to succeed the second time around. While ace musical veterans like Take That carry off the man-band thing effortlessly, spare a thought for the Backstreet Boys, who somehow has landed slap bang in the middle of a big fat cloud of their very own hype. How? Let’s consider Exhibit A). Their website (which is currently down, sadly) reads, “It’s hard to believe that 15 years have passed since Backstreet Boys redefined the modern musical landscape.” Er, hello? In what universe was this exactly? Yes, Backstreet’s Back was ace, but it wasn’t that good. Even BBs’ very own Kevin (the one that looked like Aladdin) refused to reunite with his four former bandmates. We reckon you had the right idea, Kev…

 

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