Backstreet Boys Explain Their Motivations To Club Full Of Ladies

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Jun 16, 2005 Source: mtv.com Submitted By: backstreet.net NEW YORK — Say what you will about the Backstreet Boys, but one thing is undeniable — they know how to work a room full of shrieking girls better than anyone in the business, a talent they tapped into on Tuesday night at the Canal Room. On the day its first album in five years, Never Gone, hit stores, the group was feted by Teen People magazine at the downtown club, where the guys posed for photos with fans, signed autographs, belted out a few impromptu notes and shared the stories behind some of their favorite tracks on the new LP. Seated side by side on the stage, the Backstreet Boys, looking very un-BSB in stylistically divergent outfits — Kevin Richardson wore a Beatles Revolver tee and Brian Littrell sported a suit jacket — listened and sang along to their favorite cuts off the new album, like "Just Want You to Know," which Nick Carter explained was the last track they recorded for Never Gone. The room, full of fans who might have needed parental accompaniment to some of BSB's earlier concerts, already knew every word to each track on the album, and screamed along. Though they were slightly older than the prepubescent swarms the group catered to in its heyday, the crowd was feeling the new sound, even if the girls didn't know the artists who helped Backstreet achieve it. "We recorded this song with the drummer from Prince's New Power Generation," said Kevin of the track "Crawling Back to You," a fact that was initially greeted with confused silence. "It's a classic 'I screwed up and I want you back' song," Richardson said of the track, as Littrell found the microphone sitting idle in his hand irresistible, and began singing along with the music. Taking that as his cue, AJ McLean hopped off his stool and took a few flying leaps across the stage. While they only briefly addressed the issues behind their five-year absence, they broached the topic subtly, such as when they discussed "Weird World," written by Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik. "The song is saying, 'Don't let all this negativity wear you down,' " Richardson said. "That's why we're back — to try to bring back a positive vibe," Carter added. "We were taking ourselves for granted, taking our fans for granted," McLean chimed in. "It just wasn't fun anymore." The Boys showed a more whimsical side on the slightly up-tempo "Poster Girl," and catered to fans during "Climbing the Walls," a track originally intended for the "Spider-Man 2" soundtrack, by signing autographs for the duration of that song, as well as the current single, "Incomplete." While the event itself was short, McLean promised the crowd that the group was serious about its return to music and its fans, and that he has no plans to return to his old habits that kept him off the Backstreet Boys' last tour and contributed to the group's separation. "It's because of you we're doing this again," he said. "So we're going to keep doing this. And I promise to see you all out on tour." — Alyssa Rashbaum Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: johnansaz http://imrdsoacha.gov.co/silvitra-120mg-qrms Submitted by: johnansaz http://t-links.org/EZjAi12N real sex dating near you! Submitted by: awesome seo n6FKBd Hi there! 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