<![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 23 May 2008 18:10:53 EDT Fri, 23 May 2008 18:10:53 EDT http://idolator.com/392992/new-kids-on-the-block-have-a-brand+new-hit <![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit]]> http://idolator.com/392992/new-kids-on-the-block-have-a-brand+new-hit#c5868573 I didn't read that whole thing but anyone who has to play with Lou Pearlman's privates to get famous deserves another number one hit.

JamalAmbustus

]]> 33:392992:c5868573 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:10:53 EDT <![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit]]> http://idolator.com/392992/new-kids-on-the-block-have-a-brand+new-hit#c5864830 After all, 1994 was pretty much the moment when Pearlman began dreaming of rejiggering the five-boy New Kids template, launching the Backstreet-*N Sync era that entrenched the boy band in pop lore...

Lou Pearlman told "Behind The Music" (or some similar such program) an interesting story. He was running his (mostly fraudulent) "airline business" and "making good money" renting out jets to entertainers and high-net-worth types. One of his clients was NKOTB. He says he wondered to himself how a group of late-teens/early-twenties could afford his jets. So he decided to check out a NKOTB concert. He says that was the moment he decided he was in the wrong business and should be in the "boy band" business.

But -- of course -- that could all just be a steaming pile of horse shite.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:392992:c5864830 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:54:06 EDT <![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit]]> http://idolator.com/392992/new-kids-on-the-block-have-a-brand+new-hit#c5863719 summertime was really big on pop radio here (an hour outside of boston) on the two days it came out, but now it's not even on the pop station's top 40 (or, mysteriously, top 38) playlist. which is sorta how i felt about it, too--really excited for about two days.

also, am i the only person that thinks Hallelujah is a boring, boring song?

bcapirigi

]]> 33:392992:c5863719 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:09:42 EDT <![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit]]> http://idolator.com/392992/new-kids-on-the-block-have-a-brand+new-hit#c5863431 we are supposed to read this post title to the tune of the lfo song, right?

jordan_s

]]> 33:392992:c5863431 Fri, 23 May 2008 13:57:26 EDT <![CDATA[New Kids On The Block Have A Brand-New Hit]]> http://idolator.com/392992/new-kids-on-the-block-have-a-brand+new-hit#c5861217 How that dreary Ashanti track has managed to crack the top 10 is just beyond me.....

HONEYBFLY

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